The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-05-21

school OF his own Wnere ne Ieachee biia1
instrument. There were three young
aides among the violinistsa at Cleveland.
Mrs. Birdie Hale Britton was the only
soloist of that city, and sang with fine
effect, though among SO many stars.
Miss Emma Howe's vocalizaticn is sur
prisingly like Litta's, and she chooses
very snowy and difficult music, much
in the style we have heard that hushed
song bird sing. Col. Mapleson said of
Miss Howe, "she is the only American
singer know who can sing the part
of the Queen of Night in The Magic
Flute.'"
Miss Henrietta Beebe, of New York
City, who In 'sl and 's9, sang with very
great success In London, and In the
presence of royalty, has a charmingly
pure and clear voice, which she
manages with admirable skill. At the
matinee, in which she did not sing. we
chanced to sit beside her, and could
not avoid hearing her chatter, of per-
sons and costumes, and music and
places, all of which she recounted with
the relish and fluency of the woman OF
fashion, but clapped heartily for her
rivals as they went off the stage.
Mr.. Fulkerson, an Ashland boy,
London man, and soon to return there,
has been abroad six years, and improved
much in his singing In that time. The
richness ofhis tenor and thesympathetlc
quality of his voice, Its nexibility and
entire absence Of disagreeable elements
or faulty methods, makes him fill every
requirement. His "If Ye Love Me
Keep My COMMANDMENTS" was nobly
rendered, and was written for him.
The Royal Academy and the Mayor Of
London have both conferred medals
upon Mr.. Fulkerson.
Neither Jules Jordan or Mr.. King
were remarkable, but Myron w. Whit
ney maintains his popularity.
Miss Agnes Huntington was ofall the
lady singers the supreme favorlte. She
is unaffected, gracious and winning,
highly endowed physically; and at
twenty-four Is great artist. The un-
sophisticated may wonder how 1t
happens that so many blondes upon the
stage have those fine, clear-cut, very
dark, well.arched and remarkable eye
brows, but 1t is pleasant to think that
beauty is on the increase, and that fair
faces may possess that rare element OF
it that usually accompanies dark
locks IL 1t Is not also found with
beard.
Madame Trebelli or Mrs. Gillebert, of
Paris, has been before the public as
professional singer twenty-slx years, and
wears upon the stage royal medals and
her accumulated diamonds, and jewels
set with precious stones, so that she rep
resents great deal Of either wealth or
favor, as we'll as brilliaucy. She was
the least pleasing In face and manner
of any Of the ladies, and her counten-
ance seen through the Disseminating
opera-glass, was not one those fair de-
butantes would wish to grow to resem-
BILE. With all the splendor of her robes
and the richness of her jewels, her
dramatic experience and knowledge of
musical method, her voice, II under
perfect control, was excessively dis
cordant In the lower register, and she
disappointed expectations. She was a
fine pianist at sixteen, and once for an
encore, Wednesday evening, pulled of
her gloves and sang lively ballad
playing her own accompaniment.
The Tabernacle is useful structure; !;
it has already been an immense con-
venience to Cleveland, and is getting the
worse for wear, as the settling floor in
the left aisle indicates but that city and
the Vocal Society so much needs
music hall, as good and as large as that
of Cincinnati, that 1t Is hoped a few Of
ITS rich men will embalm their names in
such building, and SO command the
lasting gratitude of an appreciatiye
concertgoing multitude.
Theodore Thomas is opposed to en-
cores. So are we. The greediness Of
demanding two or three times as much
OF a good thing as we bargain for and
pay for, is unfair to the artists, exact
ing to the management, and wearisome
to suburban patrons, who think there Is
enough down in the programme when
n takes about three hours 10 perform II,