Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04
MISS ANNE EWING WON.
The $1,000 Piano Contest Held at
Hardin Last Night Resulted in a
Fair Daughter of JEFF. City
Winning the Piano.

of the culture and taste OF our city,
assembled in the auditorium at Har-
din College Friday evening to listen to
the great annual vocal contest for the
81, 900 Grand piano.
There we're six contestants, and
never In the history of the college had
more interest been conferred on the
result. Perfect order was kept dur
ing the entire evening, something
which can seldom be said of Mexico
audiences.
Each of the six contestants sang two
selections and the large number of
classical compositions rendered made
the programme an unusually delight
full one.
The first singer was Miss Laura Pat
rick, of Bowling Green. She sang the
famous prayer from "Der Freischutz"
with sweet expression, but was some
what at a disadvantage on account of
being slightly frightened. In her sec
ond song, DeKoven's "Winter Lula
by" her sweet voice vas exhibited to
much better advantage and her rem
dering of this was highly pleasing.
Miss Olive Ewing, of jefferson City,
was the next contestant. Her first
selection was the recitation and aria,
"Estrano," All, fors Q lui, from Verdi's
"Traviata," and the beauty of the
composition was only equalied by the
way in which it was sung. Had she
been accompanied in a manner the
least befitting to the occasion her
piece would have been vel finer, and
as it was it far eclipsed the first efforts
of any of the other contestants. In
Liszt's "Loreley'' Miss Ewing did not
do so well, still it was charmingly rem
dered.
The third contestant was Miss CRIT
fin, of this city, who sang Denza's
"Sing On" and Blumenthal's Gwen
tide" She has a clear voice which
will improve with further training,
and rendered her selections with per-
feet ease. Her enunciation was I'M
usually good.
Miss Evelyn King, of Arkansas,
came next and sang "Conzonette," by
Meyer-Helmund, as her first selec-
ton. Her voice is a clear soprano of
remarkable purity and was exhibited
to splendid advantage in her second
song, Bevignani's "Hush! My Little
One"
The fifth contestant was Miss Ger
trude Barker, of this city. She sang
Welkerli Inns "Flower of the Alps" and
Schubert's "Serenade" with much
feeling and expression. Miss Barker
lacks strength but makes up for it in
her clear, sweet tones.
The last contestant was Miss Anne
Ewing, of jefferson City, Her first
song was the recitative and cava-
tina, "Oh Patria! Tu che Accendi, ''and
her sweet contralto voice was well
adapted to this great composition of
Rossini's. However, it was not until
she sang her second selections that the
general opinion of the audience turn
ed in her favor. When the last notes
of the exquisite Serenade by Neid-
finger floated away the applause was
~deafening, and when she had finished
Jensen's "Lehn Define Wang an Meme
Wang" there was not the suspicion of
a doubt that she would win the piano.
Miss Ewing's voice is one of rare
sweetness and her unusual range adds
much to her singing. She seemed to
throw her whole soul into her songs
and one was SPELL bound while listen
ing to her.
While the judges, Misses Helen
johnson, of st. Louis; and Jones, of the
Orphan School at Fulton, and Mrs. HI.
P. Warden, of this city, yer making
their decision, a delsarte drill was
given by pupils of Miss Frost, which
was very novel and pretty.
When the decision was announced
the yells and applause that arose were
deafening, and it was plainly visible
that the decision was a unanimously
popular one.
Miss Anne Ewing, the winner of the
Grand piano, is a beautiful young lady
whose popularity is only bounded by
the number of her acquaintance. She
has a sweet, winning way that never
fails to make friends, and a voice that
never fails to please those who are for
tunate enough to hear it.
To Mrs. Foster, the vocal teacher at
the college, belongs great credit for
so admirably training the contestants.
Her methods of teaching are the very
best and her work has borne good
fruit