The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1889-06-08
The Musicale.

There have been many enjoyable en-
tertainments given in st. Paul in which
our talented folks took part but they
never appeared to better advantage than
on last Tuesday evening at the musicale
given..by the st. Peter Clavers Soda]ity
in the new and elegant Cretin Hall on
the corner of Fort and Sixth streets.
The entertainment was given for the
benefit of St. Peter Claver Catholic
church and its success both from an ar
tistic and financial point of view was
success beyond the most sanguine OK
pectations of the managers. The beau
tiful hall was completely filed with an
audience whose liberal and constant ap-
plause testified Enthusiastically to their
thorough satisfaction with, an enjoy
ment of ENTHUSIASTICALLY we'll render
ed numbers. The acoustics of the hall is
the best of any in the city for the pecu-
llarly sweet, harmonious voices of our
singers: and they covered themselves
with glory. The programme rendered
was as follows: Introductory address,
President S. E. Hardy; Overture, Prof.
Hilyard's orchestra; quartette, "Sweet
and Low" Mesdames B. H. Wilson, w.
H. Clay, Messrs. w. A. Hilyard, J. w.
Luca; tenor solo, "Smiles May End in
Tears" Mr.. C. H. Bush; recitation,
1.-The Painters Of Seville," Miss Edna
Buck; Duet, "Come to My Heart" Mrs.
B. II. Wilson, Mr.. w. A. Hllyard; piano
solo, "Leibach's Fifth Nocturne," Miss
Josie O'Keefe; bass solo, Rocked in
the Cradle of the Deep" Prof: J. w.
Luca; soprano solo, "The Song that
Reached my Heart" Mrs. w. H. Clay
banjo duet First appearance) Misses
Lulu and Nellie Griswold; chorus (By
request) "steal Away" Mesdams B. H.
Wilson, w, H. Clay, X. M. Smith, Miss
Ella B. Smith, Messrs. C. H. Bush, W..
A. Hilyard, Prof. J. W. Luca; soprano
solo, 'Jack Won't Forget You," Mrs.
Katie Mason Smith, of Minneapolis; So
prapo solo, "Flowers of Love Bring to
Thee" Miss E. Belle Smith; quartette,
"Good Night" Mesdame Wilson and
Clay, Hilyard and Luca. Miss Lula
Griswold was pianist for the evening.
Every number was most admirably rem
dered and won encores which were re-
sponded to in most cases. ..>
Enjoyable as may have been the sweet
singing, the artistic playing and the
grand reading; to many, perhaps, the
most enjoyable part was, the express
sions of the just, humane, Christian
like sentiments of Archbishop Ireland
and Father Stanley who were called up
on to address the audience. These rev.
erend gentlemen were most warm and
enthusiastic in their praises and COM
phments: Father Stanley said, awe
certainly are enjoying more genuine
music than those who are now at the
Peoples church attending the June Fes-
tivap Archbishop Ireland said, IT am
glad to see this absence of the color line
and think this entertainment will be of
more benefit from an educational stand
point to the whites than the Colored
people," The noble, manly sentiments
of ArchbishopIreland seemed to strike q
sympathetic chord in the breasts of his
hearers largely composed of whites
and they were, ofcourse, rolled as sweet
morsels under the tongues of his Col.
ored auditors. Upon the whole the
occasion was memorable one and will
not soon be forgotten nor. lose its bene-
fetal effects.