Show Sousa and His Band at aty y T Tabernacle December 13 I I A 5 S t I I I 1 5 I I C Q- Q S i S 5 I It C in S. S i 5 0 S S r F c a. a L t t 1 S o J I JOHN PHILIP SOUSA xv Six medals conferred by four governments may mav be worn by Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieu Liou- tenant Commander John Philip Sousa Sou- Sou sa sa the famous bandmaster who Is ow on his thirty first annual tour I hJ hs band The medals of whIch Sousa Is most proud of course 5 his r military medals a three e In Inn 7 n umber t b They ze are the Victory t medal medial med med- e al tal and lind nd the Officers of or f t t-o t o World r me medal al received during h he war and the Spanish War Var lal pal of the Sixth army corps ft the occasion of his world tour several l years cars a ago o Sousa Housa was dt decorated deco deco- co- co i t rated t cl by three fort foreign countries At the hands bands of the tho lalo Edward Edward Ed- Ed EdI I ward of ot England he received the I decoration c of ot the Victorian r n Order to while from the Academy my of ot Hainault I in Belgium he received the Fine Arts medal From the French nation nation na na- na- na tion he hl received th the Palms of the Academy Because of the I risks of travel and because of the size sIzo of or some of the medals Mr Mn Sousa hoes does not Hot wear the originals but has had them r reproduced produced In uniform sire siz In The rhe miniature n reproductions are ale faithful copies both as to medal and ribbon and th thO reproductions lons cost more moie than 1000 Tho The orl which of course are aro Invaluable are kept In a vault Sousa and his band barid will appear at atthe Tab Tabernacle Thurs Thurs- day jay December 13 matinee and night t I. I |