Telegram-herald., 1888-04-29

the cool rseess<s Of Harry hubosrd's ~oEoS-
To- last night Ii vas sung by the attaches
and orchestra Of Posers Grzad Opera
Hease. The reason tor the rollieking re-
train Mas found IN ths fact that Manager
Bsrger's birthday occurred yssterdsy--and
the joke Of the Singular refrain lies IN the
f2ct thai be wzs 90 or - or thefeAeouts-
hes in tie fact mind yoa-slthoash the
family record and his own mother declare
he 10 bar 80. Notwithstanding al this
there ars hundreds Of old. white-hairsd
citizens whon l have heard declare that
when little boys they attended the concerts
Of Ihs Berger Family Of Swiss Bel Ringers.
some Of the lady members Of the Family
are oEtea slightly disconnected TO hear such
compliments as Why, remember hearing
yoa sing snd play twenty years age"
still Manager Berger. wac looks 10
Be about 10, persists ia declaring
thar he Is So years OF age. Fred was remem-
beFed xery handsomely yesterday oy num-
bSrless people outside bis own family.
Acting Manager G0uge and the employees
Of the theatre presented him with a splendid
silk umbrella with sold silver handle leat.
ly engraved and one or two besutifui
bouquets rsaehed the box ONCE. After tue
performances last evening Manager Berger
invited the orchestrs aud all the attaches OF
the theatre to little lunch in the 'GroIto'
where Jolly time was had.
The gracious and splendid oratorio" OF
the Creation" as IL has been called, 10 be
given May IS ~ H2rtman's Hall. Is begin
ming 10 attract the attention IN Grand
Rapids commensurate with its standing In
- n - L.
that in y city OF 5000 Inhabitants 50 little
is known of oratOrios and oratorio music,
and that one never has been rendered nete.
Even in our cholrs music selected or ar
ranged from the mass is more frequently
sung than the music OF the grand sratorl0.
True, the music OF the mass is generally OF
high order, and often by the same com
poser as the oratOrio, as. for example.
Haydn. whose splendid masses are so often
efficiently sung in PARK congregational
church, but the oratorio ought 70 have
show now and then. In England and
Canada. and in a great part Of New Eng
land. q town Or city is not of much account
muslcally unless it has a society which can
produce an oratorio two or three times
year. In London il is said there are 900
singers and an orchestra or two who can
render the Messiah" from memory.
The Creation" is one OF the most inter-
"
singers, as representatives of the three
archangels and of the first man and woman,
very busy. The orchestra tHaydn's great
poin) is especially attractive and stirring,
and the chorus grand:
II goes without saying that w. J. Scan
lan, the composer OF "Peek-a-Boo." MY
| Nsllie's Blue Eyes," and half dozen other
| songs which every body has sung. il great
4. 81 Nnf Kat n ~
"msshsr." il n the sentiment OF his songs
that gives him q hold with them. Hand
some Scsnlan appears AZ Powers Grand
| Opera House. May IA.
Berry Wall, the dethroned King Of the
| Dudes, talks of going on the stage. and has
actually had an offer for next season.
Marguerite Fish accompanies Mr.. and
Mrs. George Knight to Australia for six
| months engagement.
II has been definitely settled that Ariel
Barney will manage the tour of Miss Mar
lowe next season.
The advance sale of seats for the three
performances Of Edwin Booth and Lawrence
Barrett ia indianapolis reached 5000 on
the first day of the sale.
Kate Castleton closed her season last
week in Kansas City and has now gone
| back to California with her husband. Harry
| Phillips. their matrimonial differences.
/ about which there has been so much talk in
| the newspapers, having been satisfactorily
I adjusted. Miss Castleton will produce a
w play next season under the name OF
/ A Paper Doll"
Dal "a ri had
case OF dyspepsia By chewing gum.
One of the coming attractions at Powers
era % Opera House is Bennett d Moul-
| ton comic Opera Company. This Is the
/ opera company that originated the popular
/ price system. They will appear in a reper-
toire OF the latest comic operas.
( Agnes Huntington has retired from the
! BossOnians. Jessie Bartlett Davis has been
! secured as prims donna. Miss Huntington
/ may organize an English opera company OF
her own
/ Frederick Warde will plev an engage
/ rDent OF four weeks at the Fifth Avenue
next season.
Maggie Mitchell has made success with
her play called Ray"
Joseph Baseither. one OF the finest oboe
I PLAYERS in the United States. now located
IN Chicago, has been engaged by 3r. More
bead 20 play in the orchestra st the pro-
daction of the "Creaiion" May i3. This
will De the first time that bassoons and
oboes have ever been heard in q home
orchestra
| Joseph Jefferson will appear In bis grand.
esf creation a. Powers--"Rip Van Winkle. -
i This weird. wonderful snd pathetic PLAY
| wlil never die until The name Of Joseph
jefferson Is known and severed no more
Nst Goodwin will close his season IN New
England on May IL. and s.il for England
on tue 18th, to De gone about three months.
Mar strskosch is reported seriously ill
~ bis home 10 New Ysrk
Love and Duty Patti Ross's new PLAY.
= said to be great snocsss
Mrs. P0ttsT's season, however small it-
artistic resnits has been fusncisl sucoess.
Manager Ainer has clesrsd = comfortable =
proft from fhe tour. and "a sstssied from
he BUSINESS standpoint. Bat his personal
seiz los With fhs lady have not oees such
A. ne would care % repesf, sB4 -Aen ne =
sssed If he s sorTv thai sae dos not re-
msla under his control <nother season. his
fscs ages ea sn .xors>sion rh1ch = scsrcs-
IS 6sscriosd kT The words incslcoiahie re-
hsf
Tn. in. for tbs Ro a ao5 Barrsts ssle.
Which sp<ns 81 Msnsxsr Berssrs box ofsse