Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-02-19
AmEOLEY0F SWEET SOUNDS
The Musical Entertainment Last
Thursday an Unqualified
Success.
Prof. Updyke's Lecture Tuesday
Night, Upon the Hero Of
AppOMattOX.
Dedication of the COngregss-
tiOnal Church. --LaSt
Sunday.
The Charity Entertainment.

The Charity Entertainments.
The ladies' musical club gave another
OF their popular concerts at the opera
hall, Thursday, to large audience. The
program was entirely musical, and for an
entertainment of exclusively that char
acter it was a decided success. There
were no bitches or awkward intervals, or
any evidences OF lack Of preparation on
the part Of the performers. Every num-
Der had been thoroughly prepared, and
it's delivery showed that the ladies have
not only delightful club for their own
benefit and pleasure, but for decided
progress as we'll.
The band selections were all good, and
the ladies are grateful to its members for
their substantial assistance.
The instrumental part of the program
was begun by Mrs. Tilden and Miss Por-
ter's duet, "Invitation to the Waltz"-a
standard piano piece that is always well
come, and especially 80 when delivered
with the effect rendered by these LADIES'.
Miss Bellivou sang beautifully, ''The
Angelus," a difficult selection but ex-
ceedingly we'll sung. Her clear power
full voice is always welcome to music
lovers. Miss Putnam's combination
number, Il waltz and Swedish march,
displayed the contraries in music dis
tinctly The song" crimson Glow of Sun
set." by Miss Bellivou, and Mrs. Chas.
Kiaue, accompanied by the piano duet,
by Mrs. Tilden and Miss Sullivan, was a
musical novelty, that greatly pleased the
audience which insisted upon It's partial
repetition. Mrs. Alfred Steele surprised
all by tie skill and endurance displayed
in her flute solo of operatic selections
Mrs. Default was the accompanies, and
the difficult art of making melody with
the flute carrying the air alone, was sue
cessfally accomplished.
The gem of the evening, perhaps, was
the trio, ''The Dragon-Flles," by Mrs. E
J. Schwellenbach Mrs. J. Fl. Rankin and
Mrs. s. L. Glaspell. The song was new
to most of the audience and its execution
apparently faultless. The three voices
harmonized splendldly, and the ladies
we're quickly encored. The second mum
Der in which the same voices appeared, q
trio by Abt, "Awake, Awake" again dis.
played the effectiveness OF their singing
and the appreciation of the audience was
prompt aud decisive.
Another beautiful duet was the "Vene.
tian boat song," by Mesdames Steele and
MONTGOMERY, sweet selection that
proved it's hearty acceptance as such by
the applause that rewarded it, Mrs.
Chas. Klaus contralto solo, "Forget Me
Not" was admirably rendered.and encor-
ed while Miss Porter's piano solo-Som
nambula-was exceedingly we'll executed
Mrs. Scwellenbach's clear, pure soprano
again was manifest IN her solo "Angel's
Serenade." She sang the lines with an
ease and command Of vocal power that
was particularly enjoyable. The piano
duU ulCo dCCOlu pbuAAlCuC nSAACA SAOoo4y
to the effect. The program was COM
pleted by quartette, in charming
good night song, the singers being Mes
danes Klaus and Montgomery and
Messrs, Baskerville and Jndd.
In addition to the musical part of the
ladies' entertainment proving such an
undivided success, there was something
else which added largely to the pleasure
OF all. or at least to the masculine por-
ton of the audience, and that was the
appearance of the ladies themselves. All
wore costumes of most De omlng kind,
several evening toilets being particu-
larly attractive.
Four young ladies acted as ushers-
Misses Jennie Smith, Elsie Gieseler. Ad-
die OFT and Lou. Conklin.
The receipts of the entertainment
amount to nearly 500, viz: S99.75. and
the expenses to S26.5O for hall, printing,
&c, leaving net sum of S73.25 for dis
tributlon by the Ladies' Relief society.
The excellent piano used was an Estey
instrument, very kindly loaned the ladies
from his stock, by Mr.. j. L. Eager.
\ Lecture and Il Reception.
Rev. S. G. Updyke's lecture Tuesday
upon General Grant, seemed to meet
the expectations of his auditors, and
was patronized by nearly house full Of