Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-01-04

MISS 1ua cerguS0n, whose name "PPs
on the programme, the last named LAZY nav
Ing been absent until Il late hour on tho Jay
OF the concert. Miss Royle psrforned her
part admirably, her delicate lingering being
= credit alike to her teacher and herself.
Mr.. A. W. Smith then sang q solo from the
''Robbers," Bishop, '.'Tis When to Sleep."I
As basso Mr.. Smith has no rival In these
parts, and his solo was rendered excellsntIy |
well. He received long continued applause.
found bow, with which the audience had to
remain content, --l=E-Et
A piano duet was then offered by Miss L.
Wikuf and Prof. Chas. Gimbel; and the first
psrt was concluded with = chorus, Mendsls-
sohn's ''souE Of Spring." by Misses Thomp-
son, Wood, Stell. Greenabaum and Ain old
and Messrs. Chiles, Conner, Mckee aud
Smith.
As announced, the frat piece In. the second
part should have been \ piano duet by Miss
ss L. Martin and yaIlIe Sands. but miss
sands being absent, = vocal solo, "Wil &c
Come" by Miss Bertha Greenabaum was
substituted, and was well received by the
audience.
This was succeeded by . vocal duet,
'sL' AnIcizia." Hodges. by Misses Maria
Wood and N mile Thompson. The music
10 entirely new to us, and 10 very beautiful.
Both the ladies have good voices, but. Miss
Woods clear notes, fluts-like In some parts,
won the hearts OF the audience and . loud
recall.
Prof. 9imbel. followed with ona OF bis ln-
fmitabie piano solos, 'Tannhaeuser March,
Liszt, which he played to perfection. In
answer to the persistent hand .clapping. he
appeared At the wings, and made q CHESTER
THANK you, thank you very kindly, but it
is too cold to prolonx the programme"
The feature Of the evenings entertainment
WAS the debut before q Lexington audience.
Of Miss ). 81. Thompson, the accomplished
teacher of vocal music ut the Baptist Female
College. A she Is . comparative stranger
to our people. we will be .paraoned II we
briefly introduce her to our readers, a. she
appeared on the stage to render her solo.
"Di Placer Mi Balzs II Cor" Cavstiua, by
Rossini. Miss Thompson 10 . blonde, with
regular features, and large blue eyes, which
are very expressive AMI full Of life. She ha.
y graceful figure; 10 neither petite nor large.
and presented before the footlights the ap-
pearance OF \ quick, nervous, warm-hearted
southern woman. She was dressed In a
eefs gu Iait gros grainsilk drsss, trimmed with
cardinal silk bows ; lace about the throat ;
her hair pulled, high on her head; her orna-
ments consisting of coral and gold. She
sang her selection with much spirit, display
ing . very sweet, welLmodulatad voice.
Though lsboring under : cold which com.
pelled her to cough several times while she
was singing. her vocal organs seemed unsi-
fected, 40 her notes were full, clear and me.
lodious. She wss rapturously -%applsuded.
and sang Il second time, her encore being
very warmly received: A bouquet Of iow-
ers proved that winters icy blasts cannot
quench the ardor of admiration which is
here felt for song and its votaries, and Mis-.
T~hompson's debut was greeted as . success.
The qlartette sang with beautiful pathos
''Don't Leave Grandmother, Now She is
Old" a really good song; Miss Maud Hard
wicks and Prof. Gimbel played a'dust, and the
evenings entertainment closed with q glee
GOOD Night and Come Again Tomorrow y
by Misses Thompson, Wood, Stell, Grsena.
baum and Arnold, and Messrs. Chiles, Con.
ner, Mckee and Smith.
Last night being our press night, we could
be IN attendance but a few minutes. The
programme Was carried out crsditably to al
who took part, svidencing the careful train
ing and high order Of musical culture 70,
which the Baptist College is so Justly cele
brated. The audience In numbers Wa,
Father better than the night before, but tn.
pleasure OF the occasion was considerabl,
marred by the miserable lights aud the 'dif
nculty OF heating the room.