Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-10-17
MARY HOWE AT WORCESTER

The St Johnsbury Caleduuiau of this
week has a carefully prepared editorial ON
Mary Howe at the Worcester festival iu
which the rank Of tins annual gathering ~
the hest musical event Iu America De- rec
ognized. and the following estimate Of Miss
Howe s performance there this year is given
% Us not surprising that .1ru, musical critics
should hni opJ1rtuuit-, Tor passing adverse crit.
icism upon Miss Howe. Tor tins beautiful Young
lady has suddenly stepped into position wheft
she Is cuniuar-d with the world greatest artists
That She ha~ "a wonderful yoits. all will allow
Very few artists OF the present dny can t.uast Of
the compass. rNenut-ss and volume of voice which
she poss.sss- Her upper notes ar. a. true and
clear the finest violin. and she takes them with
an accuracy and ea@, that is truly wonderful Her
training has iS''n under the world IS famous teach
ers But even the~r phenomenal gifts arr not thu
requirements Of "A great artist alone There must
b.. shown controlling % all the mind OF musician
otherW i~a one Is but autonatuu This latter
GIT Is the sluwrst 10 act Il comes more grad.
ually, and varied experience boz life foster it,
growth But We arr convinced that Miss Howe
viii not lack IA this requirement Her INST at
tempt at other STYLES Of singing than showing
her phenomenal gifis. was made al Worcester a.
assuming the soprano role la sullivan setting of
Luugfeiluw 5 Golden Legend " That she con
cs.iv~d tn. part with true muscianly feeling was
readily recognized She surprised her critics Sh-
had studied the music thoroughly aud knew al
most every note of &c by heart, and she sang o.
with All evident drsirt 20 subordinate all tho-t
snowy qualities for which she has t---n most
praised. 70 M the expression OF the gentle self
sacrificing maiden rhc Elsie OF Lougfeliow is
not a FASHIONED Xp-renct7i woman but a sweet
dutitul and religiously inclined maiden who ha~
s-ru her highest ideal IN th. SELF sacrificing life Of
Christ; who following bis footsteps Offer her
life calmly and decidedly 90 cure the suffering OF
her Prince The true devotional feeling Was show
4 iu every word Of MY krtle.-uier and my Lord "
aud the simplicity Of her Rift 900 M y f. il littl-
Unless all signs fail We predict that Miss Howe
/ will not rest satisfied until she has attained the
highest possible position Ia tine Held of music OF
which Vet she has devoted herself 10 but a Int l..
space She has much work o. do before she stands
IN the very front ranE But We t-heyr she Is sup
/ piled by nature with the means of accomplish.
I ing IL
We have the best of reasons for believing
that this is a correct statement Of the way
Miss Howes work impressed the great mum
Der of cultivated and unpreiudiced people
who heard her at Worcester a few weeks
ago. 1t Is true that many of the newspaper
notices of the young singers performance
at the festival were unfavorable Several
Of them, u the discredit of those who wrote
them, DE it said, appeared 10 have a delb
crate purpose 70 InJure her aud even Il
crush her, If this were possible But what
ever the critics may say. the story from her
/ audiences IS always the same They believe
IN her and give her wild aud responsive az.
plauses To them, as they catch the inspi
ration of her wonderful gifts the talk about
her vocal pyrotechnics' and her "subordi
nation of the true musical quality to mere
vocal display evidently has venerable
flavor Of sour grapes Miss Howes Brat
tlebOru friends are satisfied with what she
has already done, and they wait with pa
tent and assured confidence for what the
growth and development Of future year,
will bring 10 her.