Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-03-21
NARY HOWE IN WASHINGTON
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Particulars which have been received Of
Mary Howe's appearance in Washington
last week show that Der reception
amounted to an ovation. The choral 80
ciety which gave the concert is an organ
ization % which the leading musicians Of
the national capital belong The place was
the new Lincoln hall. the leading au1itori
um Of its kind in the city. having a SEATING
capacity Of about 300 The audience was
large Miss Howe was dosn for two mum
bers, but the applause which greeted her
was - overwhelming aud the demand for
her reappearance 80 imperative, that she
gave an encore for each. and after the last
the audience would only be satisfied after
she had appeared and bowed her &C
acknowledgements four successive times.
Magnificent flowers were sent up by Mrs
Edmunds, Mrs Proctor. the Neazies and
Col. and Mrs. Estey The leading Soprano
Of the chorus was in an ecstacy Of enthu
siasm, and snatched the flowers from her
corsage and threw them at Miss Howe's
feet as she left the stage. The success was
a notable one the more ~ from the high
character Of the audience-and the enthu
siasm greater than the young singer has
seen since she sang in Berlin. Congress
man Stewart, who is a man Of cultivated
comparable, and called next day TO make
her acquaintance Other prominent Yer
monters also called, including Mrs and
Miss Eimunds aud Mrs aud Miss Veazey
Miss Howe sings 10 Washington again
this evening in the same hall, in a concert
70 be given by the Boston symphony or
chestra
Next Monday evening is her Worcester
date The tickets we're announced - 20
on sale last Monday morning, and the peo
pie IN charge were astonished and half up
set at finding half mile Of people in line
when the sale opened at O'Clock The
Gazette's account Is interesting:
At ten minutes before O'Clock this morning
'h- fist man APPEARED al Gorham's music store
aud beaded the line u purchas Of tick for the
Mary Howe cunc-rt next MONDAY evening n Ne
chaulcS ball shortly after others arrived aud by
@ CLOCK tully 10 persons were waiting for the
opening n the store Before O'Clock the linz.
reached from the entrance Of Gorham's music
store - Peasant street. Before the store was
.I-n.l Two Or three ladies had taken plag-s in
the hhr which was constantly increasing. There
we're. hoNeyrr some di-put-s over plac-s. aud
several lively wrestling match-s. Thus issuing
checks at the opening n the star. at O'Clock
had no time 90 s-ttl. disputes Never t--for- at
any sal- conducted AZ GOrhain has il been nee.
e-~stry o. issue over 80 checks, but this morning
over t1 wer- given out and they were hastily
mauuia' tuft-i from everything In the line u pa
p-r. Old sheet music aud paper boxes we're torn
up 70 90 ser'il1 About y % clNyk th1se NhO had
i't tAkru any sock 10 rush at the OPENING sale
Organ 70 arrive, aud their disappointment on re
p-i'lng big NUMBERS WAS keen. Tor this WAS the
KIND Of drawing here the larger the number the
smaller the prize
O'Clock the store vas still throngeI with
buyers and enough checks had been issued to Ia.
SURF the sale ~ every sat In the h0ussa l--for-
night Ia tieW Of this fact the management
have decided o. place seats 10 the gallery acJyes
ana ties can D. secured at tn- store tomorrow
morning A limited number Of standing checks
wiH also y issued When il is considered that
Mechanics hall has a seating capacity Of about
s'p. u Is evident that Miss Howe Is 10 have a
royal srlcom- The sale was one Of the most r.
markable ever held here for single concert ~
Ts-iaily when IL Is considered that this /, Miss
Hove IS third appearance In Worcester aud that
she "a 10 d. herr again at the festival