The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-10

e"irec rendered Their Friends by Pupils of
the Female Institute.

Great bevy Of fair maidens occupied soo,s
upon the platform in the hall of the Richro,a
femaie institute last evening. The occaoi,D'
was soiree musicale rendered by tho ,n,,;is
OF the institute TO their friends Pup'''
me falne OF these affairs have grown oscb
year anu the public now know that music
ooth vocal and instrumental will he rsndsra1
IN an accomplished manner. and that 10 sa
Itcuons VIII be of a high order. Conse-
VOehtiY tho pOssessOr Of an invitation .rd
tickets u envied 10y those less fortunate and
those who are invited seldom fail 10 avail
themselves OF the opportunity Of attending.
4 ms was me case last evening. and the hall
was croWGed almost 20 suhOcauon Standing
room could not be obtained.
Inc Young ladies occupying the platform
were the music pupils Of the institute. and in
their pretty gowns made an extremely be-
wtrhlng sight
The programme rendered was as follows:
over ir ure ,,,ol bise .Mcndelssohn
Second pianO-Allsses Salle and Edna
Harris
Il an, aoo.5' GODDARD
Miss Mamie Hopkins 0'o''' u
a-!.ast Dream OF tho Virgin ..........M assenet
b-La Serenta Del Msrinaro ................. List
Miss Ellie Cofer.
NNeti ana LOW Ritter
Misses Hammer, Griswoid Baker and
Cofer
p-1arrentelle. Raff
Cazonetta-Opera Margetta. Meyer Helmund
c...u;..i, p..,,lnlss ANIME Hammer.
' Mss Nellie Dustman ''''''''''OH"
Second piano-Miss Eva Barker;
Mis-. Lula Pope. u "'''l'""'
Misses Hammer Griswoid baker and i"''
Rhapsodie Hongroise. ,.................... List
Thou Art Like Unto Flower. Rubenstein
Miss Annie Cherry.
harp accompaniment Miss Mary Thurs
ton.
Iirst piano Misses Pope and Gardner.
Second planO-Misses Powell and Whit
Cantata. Merry May. ......... Warner
This csntata is descriptive Of the observance
or May Day III the olden time when the May
pole. Morris dance and such sports were con-
sidered indissoluble from the occasion.
Solo voices Miss Katie Dodson, Miss Lula
Pope Miss Flora WhitlOck, Miss Mary Coker.
Miss Briggie Cwsitney, Miss Mamie hopkins,
Miss Anime Hammer Miss Emma Bailey.
After the beautiful rendering of Sweet and
Low by the above quartette they sang ex-
pressively and sweetly Annie Laurie" and
after Miss Anime Hammers solo she re-
graceful manner Coming Through the Rye"
The overture "Ruy Bias" by Mendelssohn
was brilliantly rendered, and the technique
displayed was excellent
Miss Nellie Dustman gave much pleasure in
her charming and sparkling rendition of
Capriccio Brilliant by Mendelssohn. The
cantata was exceedingly we'll sung. and
showed both splendid vocalization and
thorough understanding of musical princi-
pels.
The chouses were rendered by Misses
Corinne Bailey. Emma Bailey, Eva Baker,
Mary Coker. Lillian Conan Annie Cherry
Kate Dodson, Mary Dodson. Brggie Gwalt-
ney, Maggie Hewitt Mamie Hopkins, Anime
Hammer, Lula Pope, Annie Powell, Annie
Peay. Annie Preston, Molhe Shields, May
Tindal. Maud Thompson Emma Whitfield.
Flora Whitlock and Mary Wilson.
The renditions of the several numbers
created much applause, and the young ladies
were the recipients of many floral tributes.
Miss Nellie Dustman and Miss Annie Louise
GriswOld are the directors of the musica
branch of the institute and deserve a great
deal Of credit for the excellent tutelage.