The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-16
SCRANTON|ANS IN Wales
The Evans Concert Company Secs
Some Familiar Landmarks.
MANY REMINDERS OF HOME
Wilkes-Barre and Scranton Are Almost as
Wen Known TO Welshmen as Cardiff
or Swansea Kaiser's
Usual Bright Letter.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.

SPeSidl 10 the scranton Tribune,
Llanelly, Wales, Oct. 2.
Night before last we favored the peo-
pie of Pon-y-Pridd with another con-
cert, The audience was q good one, and
the town hall, in which we sang, is in
ueeu, splendid place. 1t is very
Wen nnlshed concert room the acous-
tic properties being very fine. We went
through the programme all right. al
though some Of the company We're very
pauly aificted with colds, and after the
concert We're the recipients of a great
many compliments from number Of
friends. We still have almost three
weeks of 1t before us, and really, we
all feel very experienced on the subject
or programmes and concerts already.
1t Is quite little education in the art
OF making up attractive and at the
same time classical menus to put before
the people of different towns. for every
one knows what will delight one COM
munlty may not please another at ALL
so we go on in the even tenor of our
way from night to night and | fancy
that we are all learning a great many
good and profitable things from this
pleasant and well planned trip.
Has Relatives in Scranton.
We are at Llanelly now. where we
gave concert last night. The town
market hall, where we sang. is an i'm
mense place, and was filled with chairs
for the occasion. We had a very large
and intelligent audience, who certainly
enjoyed our programme very much, as
they encored nearly every number 1t
was very enjoyable to us, too, to see the
audience before us, as a great many
people We're in evening dress, which
gave quite a pretty aspect to the house,
from our point of view The stage was
all trimmed up with flags and colors
and palms, and presented beautiful
appearance. Some of us are being very
cordially entertained by Mrs. John Nor
ris, of this place, who has a daughter
living in Scranton, and who was one of
the best sopranos in Mr.. Evans Worlds
Fair choir. You may be sure this lady
was glad to see us, and to hear from her
absent daughter in America all that we
could tell her. We meet many people
over here in South Wales who have been
over to Scranton or Wilkes-Barre,
either to live or on a visit. These two
cities are almost as well known here as
in Cardiff or Swansea. Everybody has
some relative or other over there, or
else expects to go over some time.
On Mrs. Morris mantel there stands
photograph of the Scranton court
house, which, of course, we recognized
instantly, and were very glad to see the
picture Of so familiar landmark. This
morning, as / am writing here, and last
evening before the concert, there were
several people who have near relatives
and friends in Scranton, and who have,
in fact, some of them, been Scranton
ians themselves, in to call on us.
1t is getting quite cold over here now,
and we have, all of us, more or less
caught colds. 1t Is not cold, like our
country cold weather, but damp and
raw, and not dry and snappy and 1
suppose that Is the reason why the peo-
pie have to eat so much fat meat, and
dr. "n,uch liquor.
rne Red, White and Blue.
Last night at our concert we came
across a big handsome American flag
in our dressing room. Mr.. knwyl spread
it out for US all to feast our eyes on,
which we just did. Some of us kissed 1t
and some Of us wrapped ourselves up
in it's folds, for very gladness and pride
in our country and her Stars and
Stripes. For, although this Is a very
fine country to come to and visit, or for
vacation, as one Of the gentlemen
says, it is not the country to live in and
grow up in for us. Hurrah for the land
of the free and the home of the brave
for there's no place like America for
progress!
Mr.. Evans and Mr.. Anwyl have just
been down to the sea-shore, near which
we are now, and have returned with
their pockets full of shells, pretty ones,
too, which they have picked up on the
beach. We sing tonight at a town on
the sea-shore, and / anticipate a great
deal of pleasure in seeing the bay where
we shall be. Sadie E. Kaiser.