Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27

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grace, and everything passed off pleas.
antly and satisfactorily to the audience,
Soiree Musicale-E. A. Seminary
'Aiusic hath charms" Indeed il
hath; and though ours is no Savage
breast" still it has charms for US. Its
power to "soften rocks" or ''bend a
knotted eak' has been sung by the poet
and acknowledged by mankind in gen.
eral, especially when this music. with
its .'voluptuous SWELL" comes from the
hand or voice OF ''earth's noblest thing,
"a woman"
As we have robbed three poets for q
prelude which says that we love music,
and hints that we are fond of the gentler
sex. it may be as we'll to iutter down to
terra frma, and acknowledge that we
have been to a seminary Soiree mt
sicale.
The Elizabeth Aull Seminary, un-
like our other female colleges, has
no public exhibitions. In lieu there
of the parents and a few nea friends OF
the young lady pupils are invited, occa-
.sionally, to "a feast of reason and a
flow of soul" at the school, where es-
says, recitatlons, declamations. vocal
and instrumental music evidence the
progress made by the pupils. Such an
entertainment was offered to a large
number of the friends of the school last
Monday night. The two spacious par
lers were thrown into one, a piano was
placed at the open connecting door, the
rear room was filled by the scholars,
and the front one by the guests.
Promptly at seven o'clock, MIR. Quarles,
the president, requested Mr.. Leyburn
to open the exercises of the evening
with prayer, which was done in a few
appropriate words, when the following
programme was gone through with
Prayer: Rev. G. l.. Leyburn.
2-Insirumental duo: Sonata in D.-Diabella
Misses Berry and Hutchinson.
S-Essay 1.-The Carbon Family" Miss
Theda Humphreys. Galloway county.
4-vocal solo: Too Late.-Lindsey. Miss
Ross S,lvers. Lexington.
5-Recitation: '.Mother's FOOL" Miss Kitty
Fulkerscn. Lexington.
s-lnstrumental solo Grace Galop.-Chol.
Miss Kate Hartwsll, Wesson, Miss.
Vocal solo: A Leaf from the Spray.-Mey.
Miss Virxie Gray, California, Mo.
Solicitation: 'Too Late for the Train,''
Hiss May Calhoun, Kansas City.
s-Vocal solo: One Day.-Marian. Miss Mag.
gle Trotter, Lexington.
lO-Instrumental duet: Andante Allegro
Misses julia and SallIe Smith.
ll-Vocal trio {: o, Restless sea.-Warren
Misses Glasklu, Towt. Mexican and Roper.
l2-Esssy: "Sabbath in the Country Mist
Dixie Hutchins, Lexington.
3-Voca solo. Aud Robin Gray. Miss
Jessie Bouton. Kansas City.
14-Recitstion: Painter of Seville" Mis-.
Mary Quarles, Lexington.
l5-Instrumental solo The Dying Poet
Gottschalk. Miss Ella Nickel, Lexington.
I6-Vocal solo: Janet's Choice.-Claribel
Miss Letha Hogus, sedalia.
l7-Recltaton: .tChristmas at the Quarters, ,
Miss Lizzie Shields. st. Louis.
Is-Vocal trio The Reapers.-Clapisson
Misses Julia Smith, Bouton and Machette.
l9-Instrumental duo Qui w la.-Sidney
Smith. Misses Machette and Glaskin.
Difficult as were the various parts. il
competition, recitation and music, as.
sumed by the different young ladies, il
is simple justice to say that all acquitted
themselves In a highly creditable man
nor to themselves and to their teachers
Of this the audience, which was a high
~ critical one, seemed very much i'm
pressed.
In instrumental music, the young la
dies all did well-the Misses Smith
Nickel, Machette and Glaskin beng es
pecialy worthy of mention.
In vocal music. Miss Jessie Bouton'
rendition of sold Robin Gray" should
be mentioned, as we'll Tor the thorough
appreciation which she evlnced OF the
dialect, as tor her sweet, though no
very strong voice. The part-song, b.
Misses Towt, Roper, Glaskin and Nc
Kean, vas very we'll sung; and th'
trio, in which Miss Julia Smiths volc.
was conspicuous, WAS also finely rem
dered.
The recitatIons were unusually good
Miss May Calhoun's, "Too late for tn
train" u humorous, piece, in which
woman gains a wager with her husban,
that she can dress faster than he, wa!
very wei! done. and brought her mucl
applause. We cannot refrain from say
ing. here. that the scene did injustice t.
the poor man, as, while he vas dow
town hard at work, all day (maybe)
the lady was at home. making hec prep
arations to jump into her forgery; an
she did not fail to pull the buttons off o
the old gentieman's shirt, and hide hi
other things where he couldn't find them
However. we suppose this kind of read
ing is considered just the thing in
place where there are one hundre,
women to n man. Miss Mary Quarle
recited, with much feeling. 1.-The Paint
or OF Seville in which Murlllo's slave
like Prometheus, filches, from the heav
on about him, the fire to inspire a geniu
which forces recognition, and which i
beautifully accompanied by self-abuega
ton in his iiiial love. Miss Lizzi
Shields s'Christmas at the Quarters
was excellently rendered, and met ut
such favor from the audience that sh
was called out a second time. when sh
recited johnny Bartholomew" Thi
young ladv's recitations were very loud