St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-11
PRESS CLUB BENEFIT.
The Annual Entertainment Passes
with Great EcIat and Succe.s

WIN OTeat Eclat ana Success.
The annual Press club benefit enter
tanment was given at the Grand opera
house, yesterday afternoon, and in point of
success and social eclat fully eoualed, if it
did not excel. all of its predecessors. The
house was well filled, and it would have
been difficult matter for the city to have
turned out an audience of greater culture
and refinement, tribute at once to the
benehciaries and to those ladies and gentle
men through whose courteSies the enter
tainment was made possible. Prof. Frank
DanZ, with his complete orchestra, gave the
opening overture. The superb organization
was at it's best, and Hoffman's Jupiter was
rendered with faultless execution. A
string quartet, from the same orchestra,
gave the initial number of part second,
executing Arditi'S gavotte in beautiful
style. In this connection it may be said that
Prof. DAM, who is as much the gentleman
as the musician. rendered the services
of his entire orchestra, and that all the
other performances were volunteered in the
same spirit of kindness. Herr Stoeving,
whose fame as a violin virtuOso is extend
ing throughout the entire Northwest, added
laurels to his reputation in the mastery
rendition of Leonard's Souvenir d'Haydn."
Herr Ii. <. Zoch, the well-known pianist,
gave beautifully blended transcription of
Memberships wedding March, and LISTS
Fairy Dance" displaying the perfection of
technique and expression that has show
eled upon him so many public praises. The
instrumental portion of the program closed
with Swiss bell-ringing and cornet duo by
Emery and Russell of the dime museum,
who gave a novel and very entertaining
feature.
Two vocal numbers of the bill were gems.
Miss PhiIa NJ. Griffin gave Mulder's ''Stac-
cato Polka" and for an encore,
Lullaby" Her yocalization was pro-
nounced faultless. and thoroughly de-
lighted the audience. Mile. Anfresi
sang the Jewel Song" from Faust" ex-
quisitely, and gave Home, Sweet Home"
in response to the enthusiastic encore.
These ladies are now quite well-known TO
the music-loving people of Minneapolis,
having achieved the success their talents
deserved. Accomplishments in both cases.
were played by Miss Gertrude Z. Daniels,
who deserves the warmeSt praise for the
manner in which she so beautifully and I'M
Obtrusively carried the instrumental music.
Quite successful portion Of the program
was devoted to declamatory art. Miss Mae
II. Arson, lately returned from an Eastern
school of elocution, recited scene from
the School for Scandal, carrying a difficult
double part in most creditable style. Mr..
w. J. Florence not only gave two recita-
tons himself, but was assisted by two gen.
tlemen members of his company, while
Mrs. Florence and Miss Greybrooke
smiled encouragement upon them from
box. The pathetic Collier s
Child was given by Mr.. Florence, who.
in responding to the encore, changed the
vein and recited I've Been With Grant.
Mr.. Henry Holland gave an excellent imita-
ton, exaggerated into burlesque of Henry
Irving, in Wilkins and His Dinah. Mr..
Howard Coveney recited Shamus O'Brien
in fine style and gave continuation of it
something new-for an encore. The per-
Torrance ended with the Irish Patrol, a
fine and stirring piece of music unapproach-
ably executed by the DAM orchestra.
Taken throughout. it was a very enjoy
able entertainment and an unusually sue
ceSSful one. The Press club. an organiZa-
ton in which every newspaper reader is in
directly interested, has an excellent use to
which to put the fund so raised. and in the
improvement of its individual members the
public will reap still further benefit.