The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-18
LAST NIGHTS ooScgRr.
A Complete Success from Every Point
Of view,

Of view.
Tho concert and Evolutionary entertain
nent At the Opera House last night given
jointly by the young ladies Of the Wheeling
Female College and the boys Of The LtRsly
Institute, was in most respects the most
noteworthy public entertainment ever given
In the city BY youthful amateurs. The pro-
gramme was unusually rich In numbers OF
extra attractiyeness, and tue execution was
such as to enhance the pleasure Of the audi
ence. The young ladies and gentlemen were
aided by several older amateurs and probes
slonals, and by the Opera House Orchestra,
which did much TO complete the affair, and
make II the gratifying success all admitted II
10 be.
The Opera House was Internationally filled
In tho orchestra md dress circle, and the boxes
and balcony lily Accommodated those who
preferred seats there TO limited standing
room elsewhere.
Part liEst Of the entertainment was opened
with the rendition Of Catlin'S "Bonnie Scot
land" by the orchestra In . manner to win
round Of hearty applause. A dialogue be-
tween little Alfred Boyd and Clarence y
BaSuley, an be soldier" was tecitcd with
commCndAble dlstinctness and with consider.
able dramatic effect, the boys being In cos
tune.
The first piano performance was duet by
Misses Bishop aud Ruble, "Wayes VI the
Ocean," All Of the instrumental numbers
were injured byA bad arrangement OF the
pianos, which were themselves not satistac'
tory. The execution In this case, however,
was fine. lie Moyne Hupps German rectta-
tiont "DaS 6chatchen," C"Thc Lamh'') was
we'll delivered, bis pronunciation winning
favorable comment from German scholars
present 1t was followed by one OF the most
pleasing performances OF the. evening, .
chorus, the selection being Tcnnyson's
beautiful lines, -.
Sweet and low, sweet and low,
Wind Of the Western sea-"
with Barnby's equally beautiful music. The
chorus was composed 0! number Of the
College young ladies, several OF the young
gentlemen OF the Institute, md a number OF
well known musicians Prof. Hartley ThOmp.
son appeared as director, and the chorus re.
Elected considerable credit upon him as well
as upon each Of the individual singers. The
chorus was encored, but the singers declined
to respond.
A recitation, 1.-THE Wounded Soldier" by
John L. RoeMeF, In uniform, won Its share
otapplause, Us did also the second member OF
tho orchestra, concert ShOttisChe"
Mr. Bert HazletrS essay on vision" was
a thoughtful and well written composition,
and was received with due favor. The
Mendelssohn wedding march by Mrs. Ham.
mond and Misses Cockayne Marshall and
McGFcgor, was well played, but suffered like
all the other piano pieces.
Mr.. Thompson closed the first part with
My Queen" the popular tenor solo. He
was raapturonsly applanded and recalled
three times.
The most acceptable orchestral number
was the selections from Patience" which
opened the second part; and the scene from
Julius CtGsar," the quarrel scene between
Brntns mud CasSiuS, rs perS onRted by George
+. Boyd and Marshall Y. White, respectively,
must be set down rs the triumph OF the
evening. The boys showed unusual elocu-
tionary skill for their age.
Miss Potts and T. Harry Smyth played q
brilliant arrangement OF the Last hose Of
Summer" in a style we'll In keeping with
the character Of the composition. The pro-
gramme was somewhat disarranged, the rep.
resentation "The Beautiful" by Misses VIII
son, johnson, Hughes, Bali, Roberts, Bodley
and Mr.. A. s. Hare. being changed for Miss
Tingle's recitation, a selection from Schiller,
given In the original German. Both were
well delivered. "TheN Nightingale" chorus
from Mendelssohn, followed. and sir little
boys then reCited the lovely little poem,
what Hath the Angel WrittenT' They
were Masters Vance, Aeyman, Wagner, Cul.
bertson, Dalzell and Robinson. All acquit-
ted themselves remarkably well.
An overture on two pianos was attractively
played by Misses Wallace, Bodley, Douglas
and Cramer 1t was the "Poet and Peasant"