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Show WHISTLED A SOLO AT THE FUNERAL OF HER FRIEND Jessie Cree. whose whistling numbers with the Vassar Olrls are being received with mirked favor at the Orpheum this week. Is probably the only person on record who hes ever whistled solos at a funeral. While attending a private school for young women In Washington. D. C. a few years ago. Miss Cree had a roommate, room-mate, Miss Hen son of 8t. Louis. Mo. Both had unusual talent for whistling and were frequently heard In duets at private pri-vate entertainments. One day. half In fun and half In earnest, earn-est, the two agreed that whoever died first, the other was to whistle their favorite fa-vorite hymns at the funeral. About eighteen months ago Miss Benson died at her home, leaving a drath bed request re-quest that Miss Cree be asked to carry out her promise. Miss Cree wss at the Chicago opera-house. opera-house. She had Just begun an engagement, engage-ment, whlrh she hastfTy" canceled, and left at once for her friend's bier. I"hir- ' lng the ceremonies of the funeral, to a I softly played accompaniment bv a vlolon- cello and flute. Miss Cree whistled "l-ead. Kindly Light." and "Nearer, My Ood. to Thee." two favorites of her friend. Miss Cree is a etrolt girl and a member mem-ber of one of the oldest families In that city, where her father Is a promlntnt physician. |