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UNION LEAGUE STAG.
Members Enjoyed The Singing of a
Ladies' Cuartette.

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Ladies' Cuartettc.
II could scarcely be called a "stag" which
the Union League gave to its members and
friends last night, because there were ladies
present. 1t was rather an entertainment,
and one of an exceedingly delightful charac-
ter. Certainly there has never been q finer
array of talent OF any OF the very many
pleasant Thursday evenings spent within
the walls Of this hospitable club. To begin
with, there was a piano solo by MI. Mor1tz
e. Schwarz, brilliantly executed, as one
might expect from so able a musician.
Then Mr.. Theodore Arnheiter displayed his
ability as q violinist. The Gregory trio con-
tributed some selections, and the Amphion
Ouartette sang with spirit two glees. Mr..
William Vermilye, that most excellent
~raconteur, told some of these funny stories
of .shis'n.n In the same line Mr.. Hugh
O,Mara showed his artistic skill In yarn
spinning.7 Mr.. Charles Dunscombe made
the third in a trio Of very clever numor-
ordinary art of handling a drum majors
baton, gave a taste of his quality and Mr..
j. Leslie t4ossin recited "Old Glory in a
most admirable manner. Excellent as this
| array of talent was, MIR. G. h. Benson, in
charge Of the s'show," with great taste
| and Judgment reserved for the last
the best. This piece de resistance was the
| Lyceum Ladies' Quartette from New York,
composed of Miss Marie Budworth, Miss
| Isabel B. Mosher, Miss Lillian Duboise
| Miss Grace G.. Couch.
Never was there such excitement seen in
the club as when Mr.. Benson felicitously an
nounced that a quartette of ladies would en-
terrain the clut, and that excitement was
| intensified when the charmingly dressed
and graceful singers entered the room.
| The elder brethren of the club whose
heads are denuded somewhat of hirsute
! a~dornment, left their game of billiards,
abandoned the smoking rooms n hocked
to fill the front seats with ~liveliest anticipa-
tion Of beholding terpsichorean evolutions-
some people call it high k~icking-but it was
infinitely more attractive than that. The
uuartette sang tsMarie'' and a dainty ar
| rangement of the old ditty, "The Low
Backed Car" When the fair singers began
to tell about peggy sitting beside me with
my arm around her waist" they suited the
action to the word and the word to the ac-
ton, a piece of artistic byplay which created
thrilling excitement among some of the
susceptible ones in the audience, while
others regarded it as a piece of wasteful,
foolish, wicked extravaganza similar to that
displayed when pretty women kiss each other.
| Loud and long was the applause which
greeted the ladies for their work The
timbre of their voices, the faultless style OF
| phrasing and the delicate touches of shading
made their singing just about as delightful
as one could wish, and many were the ex-
| pressions from the audience that, when the
| quartette pays another visit to the Union
League Club, may they be there to hear:
Every praise is due for the arrangement OF
this delightful entertainment to Mr.. c. Il.
Benson, and had he heard half of the conf
p~limentary things said about him and his
fabors he would have thought himself
amply repaid for any trouble incurred.