The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-02-23
A WELSH HOLIDAY EVENT.
III NEW FORK CITY ETsTEDDPon
BRINGS OUT MANI COMPETITORS.

Thomas l., JAMES IL u weishmar, mud h,
f~resaded-Music. Poetry, and Orator.
Joined 10th for Pleasure and 'FRONT.'.
The members Of tho New York City Ella.
teddfod c~ommomorated the great American
holiday yesterday by n celebration In honor Of
their forefathers' land Of Wales. Association
Hall, Twenty-third street and Fourth avenue
was comfortably filled at both the afternoon
and evening sessions. The platform was hunu
with American and British flags. Across thu
flags ran the motto, "YGwin Yu Erbyn Y BydI"
which signifies. Truth against tho world.p
Other Welsh proverbs were placed along thu
front OF the galleries. Ex-Postmaster- Genera
Thomas L. Jamos presided during tho after.
noon session. He said, by way OF a speech. that
1t was to the honor Of the Welsh nation that n,
a time when the other peoples OF Europe prae.
tised cruel and brutal sports the national pas.
time Of Wales took the form OF literary and
musical contests, such as were to be Witnessed
at this celebration.
Tho exercises began with the singing Of tn.
national SONG and chorus. The audience wa,
requested by the printed programme and By
the conductor Of tho exercises, the Rev. Dr.
Evans Of Philadelphia, to unite In the following
chorus:
awlsd, gwisd rieidioi wyf I'm cwlad,
Ira NOR yu fur ir bur hon bau,
Obyddod ir hen iaith barhaiL
Nearly everybody sang with enthusiasm. and,
for all tho non-Welsh speaking auditors could
tell, they may have uttered the sounds indi.
Gated in those lines. This translation is fur.
nished by tho programme:
Wales Wales M mothers sweet home is In Wales;
Il Nv Y i sssan S' my ps'ssiSa ira %s ,sf e. '9 %ae ,s'"
Tho regular exercises of the Eisteddiod DO.
male yoiees called. The Two Bards.h COMPOSED
G RYse Mipd t Of 1885, sse fT Fins eG Were i've ps z, sh y;
competitors, each with a syImbolical name. Mr..
bass, who entered under the name OF The
.TEe sdjudicator.' William Apmad9c OF Utica.
ever given In the many Eisteddfods held. and
the best he had ever heard. DR.. Evans remarked
wal snn as the sony s9 sr SssI Way wts to % have ss F Erss t.
men, Germans, &c.. come to Eisteddfods and
call Wales their native land;
Sssps i T pises sns Salfed as ~ Tu aSS.s SH %hle aG1'i IS not re:
Eunice was about 3 feet tall. and Filth Vwa
hall y foot shorter, but Edith. or Ella Williams,
took the frs; prize. Both won, applause Tor
Edward .Corncli Jabriski, IA years old, n boy
soprano with n wonderfully pure voice. had no
eGTmbS HE coar 1Gr N Mas HoG 4aas!es 81 pfF' tsls 81 ci 81; won
for their singing Of Holdsan's" Flower Of Lis.
OAsy' " ueiuk
For the c9pP.raIto solo = in which HHsndsIs
"5 hGPs IN sadie taH Ever G%snt,s vas and sa aFsS:sn ntAiiifF! FL.
som" competed. Tho adjudlcator. divided tho
prize between, the first and the last named.
The audience then sang q Welsh hymn. and
the better to cope with It's difficulties al arose.
rust; S though Mis- his T Seart was w Wish st' to o tho co ass
oxsrsSSl ,si% i inso Weigh Q, the hymn Tho
Mr. A: Bsnisi q shis, city. ysil Known as
rt "a 1e Wss r frSn a ass nGn: t I'm SO q p E9ss io4 s Of
essay on Proiiection versus asi Free tT ri4s to
the Rev. p. I. Phillips OF Baltimore.
~ TT e. si ls;s ~. o5 4; %,I tHs H. FL Hss; ;?! s :
tSwe@nht s: af ghb, co mns Tito s,,o The Rev: Morgan
as .byidwsh." aymxdoa.S sydy@drySsea
among 1T the auditors who fe la thrill s. 10 q salts.
faction whom, the adiudicator declared that
u uSRs Tss 81 aF b.. had pr Is the other and both w0r'
m Three ss m MINT sn each ssr wsfS a dSfi1t three Gentle IL.
the ""CGtrSankiness Of Grants" were amusing.
The Courtney choir won the prize Of SIS over
rendering OF DR.. Parry's part song, "sleep. Ny
e%l 1s the s sysp Mlss s ssiins t thfss EsFs 81 Stable Ok,
s. l.: received the only recall Of the EisteddfoI
for her harp solo.
Three quartets tried singing at sight. Both
audience and singers got great enjoyment out
Of the ludicrous failures.
The Courtney choir again defeated the
Gounod Choral Society. The prize was tl25.
DIR. D. Parker Morgan. rector of the Church OF
the Heavenly Rest, spoke briefly. as did also
District Attorney Edwards of Scranton, Pa.
State Senator Williams OF Harrisburg. Pa. In.
yited the New York people to q grand Eisteddfod
to DO held next June in the Wyoming Valley.