Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21
MUSIC AND SOCIETY.
| Gilmore's Famous Band Pleased the Chill
dren and Older Folk Yesterday.


made pleasing combination at the Gilmore
matinee concert yesterday The children
filled the gallery and overfowed into the
body of the hall, the price of admission
being for them only 10 ceuts, and half holi-
day from school life having been granted for
the event. An otherwise large audience
was in attendance and the larger part OF the
May festival chorus also; but outside of the
performers, the interest of the oeca-
sion was centered in the repre-
sentation of childhood, and In the
numerous little sparrows that entered the
hall with neither ticket nor pass, but whose
twitterings and singing and bird talk, as
they flew from place to place, and cooked
their pretty heads to better hear the music,
denoted their enjoyment and appreciation
of the affair. Mr.. p. 5. Gilmore proved him
self n great favorite with the children,
whose ideas of his importance and magnin-
cence were greatly intensified by his gilt
trimmed uniform and numerous medals.
His appearance was the signal for
a burst of applause from them
that c;o made Ny the very .ba ra1ters cngn,imegt T
paid by the youthful constituency OF the au-
dience In pleasing manner and proceeded
to conduct his vast orchestra through Wag-
ner's "RenZi' overture. A Saxaphone solo,
rendered by Mr.. f. A. Lefebre, accompanied
by French horn quartet, pleased the child
ish ear to an encore extent, and "Danse
Africaine," by the orchestra, in which clog
~
balls in the hands of certain of the perform
ers, elected quite an ovation. The children
were not alone in their admiration OF TINS
number, many of the chorus and the audl-
ence evincing unusual and pronounced en-
joyment. The chorus and band rendition OF
1.-THE Heavens Are Telling" from 'Ihe Gre
alton" was pleasing number. VI the SOLO
lists who appeared Miss Ida Klein was the
favorite. and it was her voice that made the
wee birds bold to enter. She was the only
one of the singers who responded to an en-
core. The others were signor sartori, ,Signer
Carlos Spigarolf, Mile. Anna Manteu ana
Miss Maud Powell, the violinist-
The Southside Medical Society celebrated
its twenty-frst anniversary on Tuesday In
novel but very pleasant manner. All the
members of the society, with their families
and about 400 invited guests, went up the
Monongahela river on the steamer May
flower, leaving the foot of South Twenty
second street shortly after o'clock. Stops
were made at Six Mile Ferry, Homestead
and the City Farm, where additional guests
were taken aboard, and the jolly excursion
lists continued, their trip made more pleasant
by the cheering music rendered by Toerge
full orchestra. W1ld Rose Park was reacned
at o'clock, and here the doctors and their
friends took to the woods for lunch. The
contents of hundred baskets filled with all
sorts of good things were soon disposed OF,
and this was followed by a ramble through
Monongahela City, where number OF people
who had gone up on a train after the Doat
left the city were taken on. At JOCK NO.
the guests of the society insisted that meet
ing must be held, and the crowd assembled to
participate in u feature of the trip that,
while 1t was not in the programme, was all
the more enjoyable to all present 1t was a
little surprise for the members of the SO
ciety. Rev. II. a. Elliott, of the Southstde u
P Church; Rev. w. A. Jones, of the Knox
vile Presbyterian Church; Dr. j. 9. Lange
of Penn avenue; Rev. James Kirk, father-in
law of DR.. j. NJ. Duff; DIR. j. ID. Thomas, Dr.
L. Reinecke and Il number of others made
speeches, in which the highest praise was
extended to the Medical Society and its Com
mittee of Arrangements, for its complete
ness OF details, and the manner in which the
comfort and pleasure of the guests had beer
looked after. The remarks of DR.. Thoma:
were rather humorous. The gentleman re
ferred to the object of the excursion which
he said was two-fold- Since the grip epidemic
the doctors have not had much to do. The
outing gave them a day of pleasure and ar
opportunity of making some of their friend:
sick All the guests united in compliment
ing the society upon the success of the trip
which ended by the return of the excursion
lists to the city at o'clock yesterday morn
ing.
SEATTLE has robbed Pittsburg of q yer,
charming young lady, Miss May Mckee, VIII
as Mrs. Frank Schram will make that cit,
her future home. In this robbery MI
Schram is wholly responsible and could b.
proven guilty Of .'malice aforethought," a
for some years he has paid the most devote'
attentions both at long and short range, h
having formerly been an Alleghenian, to th'
young lady with the avowed intention of in
ducing her to fOrsal<e Pittsburg and brighter
his Western home The wedding last evening
was very pretty affair. 1t was celebrated a
the residence of the brides parents, Mr.. and
O'Clock. Rev. B. F. Woodburn was thu
officiating clergyman, and the ceremony wa
witnessed by numerous friends and rela
| tives. The bride was clad in pure whit
| lansdowne that draped hergraceful figure &
perfection, and swept into full court train
| 1t was cut low and round and embroidered
| chiffon was generously used as finish
| She carried bride roses and appeared in he
own girlish beauty, minus attendants. 4
| wedding feast and an informal reception
were enjoyed subsequent to the ceremony
| Mr.. Schram is u successful business man o
| the Western city, and has prepared Lowell.
home for his bride, to which he will take he
Immediately.
THE Pennsylvania College for Women ha
already outlined it's commencement exer
cises. A concert at Dilworth Hall Thursda.
evening, June 4, will inaugurate the exer
cises. The baccalaureate sermon will b.
delivered Sunday afternoon, June Z, at
o'clock, by Rev. Richard I'll. Holmes, ID. ID.
pastor of the Shadyside Presbyterian
Church. The commencement exercise
3, at Dilworth Hall. Rev. Robert III Fulton
d. D., will deliver an address and diploma
will be presented to Misses Bette Plumme
Cunningha IN, Ida Sheafe, Ella Cassell Scott
Margaret Easton and Lily Virginia Pickers
gill. The motto of the class OF vi is "ll
Limine."
THE first anniversary of Sons of Libert,
Council No. 452, Jr. o. U. A. NJ, was cele
brated last night in their council room
Union Veteran Legion Hall, Sixth avenue
The programme OF the evening included ad
dresses by w. T. Kerr, Chairman OF tn
Pennsylvania State Council Committee ol
Law, on '"The Sons of Liberty" the cele
brated patriotic society of the Revolution
for which the council Is named and by A. d
Wilkin, ESQ.,, of Mansfield, on Fraternity.
VERY pretty wedding at the Hotel Ken
mawr yesterday was that of Miss Alice
Rugg, the accomplished daughter of Super
intendent Rugg, of the Citizens Traction
line and Mr.. j. X. Whitaker, u prominen
Young business man. The wedding was wit
messed by the relatives and intimate fFiend
only. A wedding banquet Followed. IN
favorites.
On Thursday evening the Ladies' Aid Sc
ciety of the Homestead Methodist Churcl
will produce "NIrs. Jarley's Wax Works,
under the direction of Mrs. Emma Earnest
at the Homestead Opera House. On Friday
evening there will be "real English tei
table," presided over by Mrs. Bridges
There Wilt also be musical programme 1un
der direction of Mr.. j. S. HOllingshead.
Social Chatter.
Mrs. THOMAS MCKEE's german this even
ing.
AIo'CLocK luncheon was given yester
by Mrs. w. ID. Woods.
MRS HUGH CAMPBELL and Mrs. Humphre,
Miller will receive together this evening.
EnurpNop PIrRpnNr of West Nirpinia