Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-06-13
The Methodist Concert.

le9e took place last Monday night DIT Hagen
Opera House. There was a very large at
tendance. Prot. Kerdolff is emlnently a mai
of practical and common sense ideas, which
he displayed in two ways. o. By begin
ming the exercises Of the evening promptly a
the advertised time; and, (2.) by announcing
that the door keeper would not admit per
sons during the performance of a number or
the programme, thus i~nsuring to those wht
take the pains to come early the privilege Of
hearing, undisturbed. the first few selections
This is the usual practice in France, and /
would be well if il could be generally adopt
ed in this country. 1t would have the gooe
effect, not only of making the first number
on a programme as desirable to the perform
ers as the last, but 1t would also cause people
to be in their places in time. On behalf OF t
long-suffering public we return our sincere
thanks to Prof. Kerdolff for his sensible limo
walton npon q custom which Is more honor
ed In the breach than in the observance
Another thing, the hoodlums know thai
Prof. Kerdolff will not permit unseemly
noises disguised as applause, consequently
his audiences are spared the infection of cat
calls and loud pounding upon the floor.
After an appropriate snd earnest prayer
by the Rev. T.. NJ. Cobb, the evenings enter
tainment began with a beautiful chorus by
the vocal class, "Gypsy Girls" Bordese
The overture and oberon, three pianos,
andante and allegro, by Misses Green, Green
Taubman, Searcey, Prather and Clemmens
was an artistic performance, and reflected
great credit upon Miss Katie X. Kramer, the
talented and painstaking teacher of instru.
mental music at the college. The tim wa:
perfect, and the execution full of sympathetic
appreciation of the music. The audience, 8
critical one, was captivated, and greeted the
conclusion of the piece with vOciferous APP
plause.
"La F~ioragO," Bivignani, a vocal solo, by
Miss Marie Howard, was very we'll render
ed. Miss Howard is quite young but sht
has an excellent voice which already shows
evidence of cultivation.
Miss Julia WInsor reclted "The Brida
manner. Her voice is not very strong, buI
she made the very best possible use of it, and
was warmly spplauded for her rendition a,
well az for the noble sentiments of her reel
tatiOn.
Misses Prather and Saufiey, pupils of Mis-.
Katie Kramer, next rendered u piano duo
"Reveil du Lion," de Kontski. Both young
ladies are already proficient musicians, and
in their execution OF this difficult selection
they did themselves aud their teacher grea
credit.
The vocal trio, ''The Mermald's Evening
Song" Glover, by Misses Patterson, Roberts
and Blakem ore, was a pretty part song and
was very prettily sung.
This was followed by a piano duo, "Beli'
sario," by Misses Prather and Searcey
which was well executed.
The second part of the programme was be.
gun with what was very properly called
medley, arranged by Miss Scott. 1t was not
only a medley as to the different pieces from
which 1t was taken, but it was also a medley
of defamation, recitatiye, song, movement
and posturing. 1t was performed by eigh.
teen beautiful young girls, all dressed in
white, and all moving rs If with one impulse
in every gesture, singing as if with one voice
and speaking as If in a single tone. The ides
was unique, and its execution remarkably
accurate and effective.
The piano solo, Greg and Beethoven, by
Miss Nettie Clemmens, followed, and was
remarkably we'll played for so young 6
pupil.
The gem of the evening was the vocal solo
"Deep In My Heart,' by Miss Edna Saufley
Miss Sau1ey is a petite blonde, with regular
features and a sweet expression of counte-
nance which wins the heart of the audience
ere she parts her pretty lips. She pOssesse;
a pure soprano voice. the timbre of which al
times reminds one of the solian harp wills.
perlng, amid the moonlight aud the zephyrs
gentle sOund in harmony with flowers, anc
with poetry, and with love. Ever and amor
as she warbled, like q bird, notes of exquIs-
lite melody, there were those among her audi
tors who with closed eyes felt sweet emo
tons deep in their hearts, Such is the
power of music; music blended with beauty
and with grace.
.'rhe soul OF music slumbers in the shell,
I'LL Wakei and klndled by the N LSter'S spell;
And feeling h~earts-toucE them but rightly-pou
A thousand melodies unheaid before"
Miss F. May Taubman. seemingly to sup
plement q charming piece of vocal must,
with a beautiful Instrumental selection, play
ed with the greatest accuracy aud the best
expression, Schulhof's Carnival of Venice.
Miss Taubman is one of our most brilliant
young pianistes, and she maintained her rep
utation in this performance.
Miss Sallie Searcey's A non GuInge, ;
| uyos uoru vyall Spnn N,sa Saora.u ba, .
sweet voice, which b IS very much improved
of late, and with the exception of u note o.
two which she could not quite round out sh,
sang her selection very creditably.
The Misses Green are ~artistes at the piano
and their duo was easily one of the very bes
numbers of the evening, and was heartily ap
plauded by the audience.
The vocal quartet, THE Waltzes, Arditi
by Misses Saufiey, Searcey, Wakefield all,
Blakemore, was probably more subject t
criticism than any performance of the even
ing. With harmony there was material Their
to have produced an admirable effect, bu
someway it was not reached.
The concerto, three pianos, Misses Saufiey
Searcy, Crenshaw, Clemmens and L lloyd Wa
exceedingly We'll rendered.
The hour WAS d little late when this part c
the programme Was reached, but Miss Scott
two classes in calisthenics soon reused u
the house to renewed interest. The stars all
crescents were to drill for d beautiful em
br0idered banner, wrought by the skiiifui hn-
ers of Miss Title Hollis 1.-THE valuable materla
of which was given by several young gentle
man Tho 40 nr,ittaa = a.I tLa ,--,r
consisted Of Rev. Ii. W. Walker, Rev. Jno
Davis, W. II. Chiles, Jno. S.Blackwell and A
A. Lesueur. Each performance was careful
lv graded by the committee ,on u scale of ten
every mistake counting one off. Til
evOlutions were intricate, we'll conceived an,
beautifully executed, and carried to ever
mind the conviction of the great value of tn
exercise. After numerous manlpulations {
wands and dumb bells, the formation OF Tree
CT osses, cTe>cents, and all sorts of ~intricat
! figures ,nore may even than the ''mazes' U
the dance, there was a representation of
May pole exercise that was very beautiful, j
which Master Reid Ryland crowned Mis-
Daisy Taubman queen Of the May, rs II re
ward to the latter for having gained the fr,
prize III calisthenics.
Judge y. Ryland then presented the beau
tiful banner to the Crescent class, 10 which
had been awarded by the committee. Tn
Judge made his speech Very effectively, as Ii
always does. lie said:
YOUNG LADIES:-It becomes my plea
ant duty, i'll the name OF the douJIs, Mi>
Title Hollis, MesSrs. Joseph Afford, otcriin
Grimes, John Hau>aIn, George Logan, Wa
ter McCausland and Willie SIewar., ~ pa,
sent You this banner, which is the work
the skillful hands of Miss Hollis, as a rewar
for the excellence and grace of movemer