A tow days ago the Willams & Walker
Glee Club pald a visit to Dr. and Mrs.
Booker T, Washington, at thelr summer
home at South Weymouth, Mass. and was
deuighttully entertained by the distinguish
fed educator and his charming wife. This
club a the outgrowth of the indefatigable
efforts of Mr. {George W. Walker, whose
remarkable talent has brought him fame
on two continents, Mr. Walker Is some-
what of a philanthropist as well as a come-
dian and actor. He is large-hearted and
sympathetic and contributes freely to
many worthy causes. In order to keep the
‘young men of his company in close touch
‘with each other, and to give them profitable
Jemployment duriog the summer months,
Mr, Walker suggested the Willams &
Walker Glee Club composed of the follow
{ng geotiemen: Wiliam ©. Eikine, Wash-
ington, D. C.; JL. Hill, Memphis, Tenn;
Henri Green Tapley, Chicago, Il Sterling
©. Rex, Philadelphia, Pa.; Charles Henry
Young, St. Louls, Mo., Charles Henry
Moore, Cincinnatl, 0.: Charles Lineoin,
New Haven, Conn.; ‘Theodore Lawrence
Pankey, Litile Rock, Ark.; James Escort
Lightfoot, Hamilton, Canada; J. Mantell
‘Thomas, Philadeipbla, Pai Adolph Hen-|
derson, Pine Bluff, Ark; Arthur H. Payne,
Cambridge, Mass,; Lloyd C. Gibbs, Balt-
more, Md: Lewis Heory Saullsbury
Washington, D. C. and Modeste Bel Guil
taume, New York, N.Y. Late in the sum-
mer the glee club will joln the Williams &
Walker Company for the rehearsals of the
big production of “‘Abssinia,"” in which
cover one hundred people will be engaged:
Their season will open In New York and
otter American cltes, and in the spring
they will eross the ocean for an extended
London engagement.