The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-06-23
The Boston Peace Festival.
FOURTH DAY.
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TFdltor!al Cortespondence1.

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immense crowds which attended the
concert on Wednesday and Thursday
would crafty the curiosity of the
people, and that the attendance to-
day would be materially diminished.
Great was the surprise, therefore,
when it was announced quite early in
the forenoon that all the tickets for
the afternoon performance had been
sold, and that no more could be OBJ
tanned for love or money unless they
were purchased at second hands. II
Is whispered around that the police
have been earning an honest penny
by selling tickets at largely increased
rates. Thousands of people who came
from a distance, do not like to go
home without seeing the interior Of
the Coliseum and hearing the music,
and so are willing to stand a
considerable swindle in tickets
rather than fail to witness one of the
performances. Yesterday eight dof-
lars were paid for two dollar tickets,
and the purchasers when they got
into the building were compelled to
stand up during the entire time. Many
of them, no doubt, thought they were
paying dear for the whistle. The
probability is that the insinuations
against the police are groundless. So
far as your correspondent can see,
they have done their duty faithfully
and pleasantly.
This forenoon was devoted to re
hersals. The choruses for the after
noon were repeated. and the Public
Schools turned their contents into
the Coliseum. The children presented
a magnificent sight. They fled into
the building through the various
enterances, marching in twos, and
took their position in the place vaca-
ted for them by the singers without
the least noise or confusion. While
entering the hall they did not so much
as disturb the rehearsal in progress.
When fairly instheir places. they pre-
sented a most beautiful sight. There
were, perhaps, ten thousand Of them,
aud each one acted as though
the reputation of the Boston Schools
depended upon his or her good be-
havior. They we're neatly dressed,
and walked and sat with the precision
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Prof. EICHBERG welded the baton
and directed their singing. They did
not sing boisterously but sweet ly. and
yet when the forte passages were rem
dered, the music rolled up grand and
glorious, and filed every soul with
thrilling emotions. That's the kind
of music we shall hear when we get
to Heaven, +" remarked an enthusiastic
listener; and, indeed, such music
seemed worthy of Paradise. The
harmonious blending of the voices,
and the excellence of the time made
the children 's-chorus rival that of the
professional singers. Their songs
were more simple, yet, if anything, all
the more beautiful on that account.
They were supported by the same or
chestra which sustained the other
singers.
In addition to their songs, the chill
dren also went through a very inter,
esting calisthenic exercise. So regu-
lar and uniform were all their motions
In this exercise, that, when looked at
from distance, they presented almost
the appearance of waves of water.
The whole ten thousand we're so
located that all could be seen at one
glance, and as they turned their
heads, moved their bodies, or threw
up their hands, the effect was most
wonderful. The excellence of this
performance, and the interest it
aroused on the part of both pupils
aud audience, occasioned a feeling of
regret that the public schools of
Evansville had rot been more stead
fast in sustaining the same exercises
Immediately before the children
were dismissed. Madame PAREPA
Rosa entered the hall, and was greet.
ed with the uproarions applause which
she calls out whenever she appears.
She favored the children with one of
her most magnificent songs. They
were intensely delighted, as they had
reason to be. and testified their de.