The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-20
HASBROUCK GLEE CLUB.
Il CONCERT WHICH CRoWDED THE
TABERNACLE.

The Children's Home and the Home of
the Homeless Beneft-PIeAsant Gath
erings at the Berkeley and Jersey
City Athletic Club Houses.
AS the vast audience Which had occu-
pied every inch of space in the Tabernacle
where a chair or a person could be placed
slowly issued from the building last even
ing at the close of the concert given by
the Hasbrouck Glee Club for the Chill
dren's Home and the Home of the Home
less, on all sides was heard the enthusias-
tic declaration that it was the grandest
affair of the kind ever given in Jersey
City.
However much one who was not pres
ent might lave been inclined to consider
that declaration exaggerated it is certain
that a prettier sight was never seen in
Jersey City than that which was pre-
scented when the members of the Glee
Club, marching to one of Victor Baier's
charming gavottes (played by Mr.. Baier
himself on the organ), filed in and took
their places on the tiers of seats raised
over the pulpit.
There were over two hundred Of them.
and the fresh, rosy faces of the children,
the manly bearing of the young men and
the grace and beauty of the young women
was a sight to reassure the pessimist who
fears for the future of the race.
Then the audience was a most brilliant
one, and almost every n of prominence
in the city was present. The programme
in all there was good cause for the audi
ence's enthusiasm.
The entertainment began with Freycr's
variations of the Russian National An
them, played on the organ by Mr.. Baier.
Then Wernig's orchestra, of New York,
.1n-ru1 NfoR1oi5e ax6rfT1rn stfIhn MorTCr
Wives of Windsor and during the even
ing. beside accompanying the choruses
and soloists, they played the Invitation
to the Dance" by Weber, two selections
from the ballet music from Delibe's
sylvia" and the grand march from Tam
hauser.
The playing of the orchestra was in
keeping with its reputation as a body of
flrst-class musicians.
Miss Florence A. Underwood provoked
the enthusiastic commentator of the
audience by her singing of the aria LEND
me your aid" from Gunod's "Queen of
Sheba." Miss Underwood has a sweet,
flexible soprano voice which has been
carefully trained, and which she uses
with grace and intelligence. For one SO
young her performance was remarkable,
and shows that the young lady has a brill
liant future before her.
Mr.. Henry Lincoln Cases violin solo; an
lHIIONlDCbAOA IAb hOhNNO OctRAANOcU ny
Saint Saens, was one OF the features of
the entertainments. His playing showed
a steady improvement, and convinced
more than one of those present that Mr..
Case would yet become one of the lead
ing violinists of the day.
The playing of Mr.. Rudolph Zingsheim
who played a capricus brilliant for the
piano by Mendeissohn was almost fault
less. His execution was brilliant, and
his performance throughout was finished
and intelligent.
The audience, however, was most
pleased with the Glee Club. Their sweet,
Young voices, pure and bracing as a
spring atmosphere, carefully trained and
in%teliigently led, made music the like of
which has seldom been heard in this city.
The medley arranged by Mr.. Bater, and
consisting of selections from ~sIolanthe,'
pearl of Pekin," Queens Mate"
"Nadiy," s'Fledermaus'' ard the pathetic
"Yeomen of the Guard" was sung with
hardly q flaw, as was also the other glees
which they rendered.
During the intermission in the per-
formance Mr.. John A. Walker, president
of the Children's Home, took occasion to
thank those who had contributed toward
the entertainment-all the participants,
| professional and amateur, for their sery-
| ices, the Tabernacle trustees for the use
of the building. Mr.. Vanderbeck for
lumber, Messrs. Bonnell, Hughes, Piaget
and Morrow & Day, for chairs; the news
papers and Mr.. j. W. Harrison for adver-
Using and printing, all of which were
contributed gratuitously.
These gentlemen aided as ushers:-W.
H. Negus, w. G. Muirheid, j. A. Dear,
Jr.; w. w. Ruggles, Jr.; Louis H. Wash
burn, George McLoughlin, L. d Furman.
Fred Fish, Walter Collins, H. A. Parker,
George E. Tracy and William HI. Evans.
The main credit for this excellent en-
tertainment, which will realize q hand
some sum for both Homes, is due to Prof.
Stimets, of the Hasbronck Institute, who
conceived the project, and Mr.. Victor
BILE labors carried it to u a successful
issue.