Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1917 — THE ROB ROY QUARTET. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE ROB ROY QUARTET.

Probably no country In Europe is richer than Scotland in popular minstrelsy. From the rembfesr'ttnre - the chief entertainment of thepeople through the long winter nights of the north was listening to the lays of war. friendship, humor and love. There is a fragrance like the heather to the songs of Scotland. Their slyTiumoYT their lilt, their tunefulness make them unique in the music of the world. The central idea of the Rob Roy Quartet is to present the romance and music of Scotland in song and story. In addition to the ensemble each member of thto company is a soloist. They also ampler in the dress of Scotland, as Indicated. A few Scottish songs have partly lost their charm. They have been sung so often. In preparing the music for this program whole port folios of song and their traditional

-airs —brought—direct from Scotland were examined. With the result of the recovery of, a number of charming ballads practically unknown to the present day song loving people. This does not mean, however, that none of the more familiar songs will be sung. Several of the old favorites will be heard on every program. An exceed iagly attractive feature of the Rot Bey* Quartet's program tg a musics l 3{tEMna t entitled “The White Cockade/. This sketch was written by Katharine Brown; the producing director of thl* company. It deals with a romantic episode in the life of Frlnee Charles' Stewart, the scene being laid In the Castle of DrunCuday. “The White Cockade" lends Itself to the hitroduc tlon of a number of the most beautiful at the Jacobite auno.

THE ROB ROY QUARTET.