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Show P SONGS THAT LIVE. j A little more than 100 years ago .there was born near Pittsburg, Pa.,j Stephen Collins Foster, whose best, known songs have stirred the emo-j emo-j t'ons of four generations, and live j today in the hearts of his country-: country-: men as do those of no other American. Ameri-can. Millions who have sung and heard them never knew the name of their author, who was of a quiet and retiring retir-ing disposition, delicate as a child and never robust. He began wr'ting songs at the age of 13, and-by the time he was 20 his compositions had gained considerable favor. He wrote in all about 125 songs, of which the most famous have a southern setting, although he was born, lived and died in the north. ! Among Foster's songs which had a ' universal appeal may be mentioned "Old Black Joe," "Old Folks at Home," "Massa's in the Cold, Cold Ground," and the exquisite vocal quartet, "Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming." These and others i have been popular on both sides of , i the Atlantic and their words have ! been translated into many tongues. I Great musicians incorporated several of these melodies into elaborate con- j j cert fantasies. ! j Fester wrote both words and music ; for his songs, which made an epoch j in popular music. He died in New York in 1864, but his plaintive, ! haunting melodies seem destined for immortality. |