Carry Me Back To Old Virginia

Wben Il-r Boyal Htghneaa the Infanta, was at Washington slie oncountered some marked evidences of the fact t lint there is more pathos as well as joy in the simpler songs of a people tlian are wmetlmjai to be found in the more classic writings by composers of classic fame. During lier return up the l'otomac from her visit to Mount Vernon, the Princess requested tliat the Marine band play tbe airs of some of the folk songs of the United States. Tfie baad Bwung into the moving hairmony of "My Old Kt-ntucky Home.1' Mis. Gresham, wbo is a Kontueky woman, was moved to t';irs a.s tlie strain.s came ltack from the gleaming surface of the rivi-r. .iiid tte Princese pressed the hand of tbe Tankimg lady of the ('aliinct in genulne human gympathy. "Carry Me Beek to Oíd Virginia," was the theme of the baad as the veseej approaclied a landing on the south bank of the i'otomac. a negrees on a flatboa! uní to the Bhore, Ilfted her .-kirts an 1 executed a pas de s uL wlth a.n ciithusiasiii that oponed the Princess' eyes. "Dixio," the "Star Bpangted Banner," "Yankee Doodle" Bmd "My Country, 'Tis of Thee," filled the remaining moments of the luíanla' voyage upon an American river amid American muaic.