The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-11-02
STUPENDOUS BENEFIT.
Grand Opera-house Crowded
From Pit to Dome.
There Were More Than Twenty-Five Hun
dred People Within its
Walls.

The second concert Of the Saturday
Morning Orchestra, under the direction of
Professor j. H. Rosewad, at the Grand
last evening, drew the largest assem-
blage of people ever within the
auditorium of that spacious old
theater. REPRESENTATIVES were there from
all classes OF our citizens. from the highest
to the lowest, and outlying towns, espe-
cially Oakland aud Alameda, also had large
delegations to do honor to the occasion.
Every passage-way, upstairs aud down, was
h1ed with patient listeners to the music
disc0ursed by the young lady performers.
enjoying themselves first by the excellence
of the work, aud second, in the thought
that by their presence they were con-
trlbuting to the cause of deserving
charities. The performance was in aid of
the Maria Kip Orphanage, and also of the
Hahenmann Hospital. Forty execatauts
were on the stage. each young ladv. Judging
from the work performed, quite efficientin
the possibilities of the instrument he manp-
ulated. The violin, viola. violin cello, contra
basso. flute clarinet, oboe, cornet, tronr-
bone, harp. drum and organ, were all repre-
sented. The ensemble musc-Maillardrs
overture, LES Dragons du Villars;" Wag-
ner's introduction to the third act'
and bridal chorus, of "'Lohengrin."
and Hauser's "Rapsodie HongrOise'";
(Orchestrated by J. H. Rosewald) showed
the musical accomplishments of the young
ladies as instrnmentists to their best ad-'
vantage. Mrs. Edward Everett Wise Saug
Saint-SaenS' aria, samson and Delilah," 10
ine advantage, and the same may be-
said of Miss Julia Newman's rendering
of Ambrose ThOmas' Psyche" aria,:
4 feature of the performance was also.
Miss Alice Ames rendering Of the Viottt
Concerto. No. p (iTss moyemenO on 4he'
| violin. This young lady appears to
| have taken step in advance of
her colleagues in the mastery of this
instrument Of the soul" She may be a.
coming Camilla Urso or Mile. TorriceIH.
The whole performance can command no
other terms than those of praise, considered.
from an amateur point of view. Pr0fcsS0r
Rose wald. as well for his managerial
capacity as for his artistic nicely as a leader:
is entitled to the thanks OF the directors of
the charities in whose interests he has
worked so laboriously, as well as of the
public at large. 80.
THE LADY EXECUTANTS. =.
Violins Miss Helen A. Bosqul. Miss
Adele Dannenbaum, Miss Roberta E. Lee
Herrick. Miss Charlotte Gruenhagen, Mrs.
Julia Epstein. Miss Emily McClatchy, Mrs
Eta McNear, Miss Mamie Van Wyek,
Miss Minnie Heath. Miss Daisy Polk, Miss
CarOlyn Knox, Miss Lalu Stanford, Miss
Mamie COnlin, Miss Florence Hush. Miss
Alice McCutchen, Miss Belle Jory. Miss
Ida Fox.
Viola-Miss Marie Hayn, Miss Marie
POnt0n de Arce, Miss Annie Gibson, Miss
Bessie Ames, Miss Jean Hush.
ViOloneello-MisS Jean Wepma1, Miss
Hermoine Rey, Miss Ethel j. Jory.
Contra basso-Mrs. Belle Van Buskirk,
Miss Mary A. Harris.
Flutes-Miss Kate Clement, Miss Annie
Lyle.
Clarinette-Mrs. Laura Ray.
Oboe-Mrs. Linda Eagar; cornets-Miss
Pearl Noble. Miss Preciosa Praeht, Mrs.
Emily Shepman; trombone, Miss NJ Noble;
drum. Miss Augusta r. KnelI; harp, Miss
Marie Dillon; organ, Miss Lucy B. Jerome;
president, Mrs S. S. Wright; aecompanist,
Miss Ada Z. Weigel.