Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-12-17
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Il ~ .sEG1A4 S-ARL6E -
The amstsnr entertainment foi
the benefit Of the poor Of Lexington,
advertised last week, came Or Il
HarmoniA hall on Friday evening,
Thursday aud Friday wore beyond
all comparison the most inclemen,
aud d~lsagrscable days experienced In
Lexington for many months. II
rained, elected aud showed alternate.
~ throughout tho entire day Friday,
the streets and sidewalks were GOV.
cred with mud aud slush. which
about nixhtfall was converted into q
sheet Of leo, rendering pedeatrianisn
not only difficult but dangerous.
It was feared the entertainment
would prove y failure, at least 80 far
as IN audience was necessary to It's
success. Fortunately the clouds
broke away about 8 O'Clock; the
snow, which for the preceding hour
had been falling rapidly ceased, aud
there remained nothing IN the way
Of q turn out, except the difficulty of
walking on ice, which. could DO over
come by care and cirrumspection. 1t
was overcome, and at Z O'Clock the
hall was we'll filed with aselect au-
dience, composed Of the most refined
and cultivated people Of the city.
The ladies, we were glad to sec, were
In the majority.
The entertainment opened with an
overture by Philharmonic society,
he'd by John Burden, assisted by Pro.
lessor Gimbel, Prof. Foster, John
Zcilcr. Frank Kreihn and Mr.. Bin
der. Tho society also introduced
part second Of the entertainment
with ''Palms of Peace" waltz, and
closed with "Polonaise." Their
music was unexccptionable, and the
execution was just what everybody
was entitled to expect from the soci-
ETY.. Its performances have been for
a long time u source of tho highest
degree of pleasure and enjoyment to
the people Of Lexington, aud its mer-
its are too we'll known aud universal
ly acknowledged TO require any com.
mendation at our hands.
Professor Gimbel's piano per-
Torrance was a work of high art,
aud entities tho little magician to
rank with the first and foremost in
tho profession. The piece selected
was a new composition aud was well
calculated to try The skill of the player
to the uttcrInost. 1t is needless to
say tho trained fingers, with the
rapidity of thought and the precision
of machinery, found the complex
combinations and brought forth
the responsive sounds ~ If
directed by inspiration. The pro-
longeds applause attest the esteem
IN which his professional attaiumeuts
are held in Lexington. .
The "Grande Marche de Concert"
piano performance, by Miss Fannie
Waddeli, is rarely exeelled by an
smatuer. She plays not only will,
skill, which, to some extent, may DO
acquired by practice, but with the
judgment which comes Of cultivation,
and the expression which results from
n thorough comprehension of the
spirit OF music.
OF Miss McMillan's song, It is only
necessary to say it was encored, which
constitutes the highest possible testi-
mony that IN audience q give of its
appreciation.
Miss Betty Arnold sang with all
the sweetness which gives such an
inestimablc charm to her vocal per-
%formances, two pieces, "My Mountain
Lay" and merry Laughing Girl"
and afterwards kindly consented to
sing "Blanche Alpen," which was
asked as q special favor by several
persons in the audience.
The reading was listened to with
fixed attention by the whole audience,
the best evidence Of the interest they
felt in 1t. The selections were good,
aud we'll adapted to the occasion.
Miss Nellie Vaughan and Miss Anna
Nelll have evidently studied alocu-
ton, and practiced it, as oil art or &C.
co,nplishmcnt the most difficult to
acquire, as we'll as tho most valuable
to its p"ssessor Of all tho long list or
accomplishments.