Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-06-27
"THE MESSIAH" AT OTTAWA.
,pREsENrED ny rnE ASSEMBLY Cno-
y a. THURSDAY NIGHT.
Rendition Highly Crcditnhie-A Most
Int rcstinK Paper mn "Giris of
Yesterday aud To-day" by
IA Miss Anna q. Ansrli.

Va Miss Anna q. AnRrli.
Forest Park. Ottawa, Kas.. 1nnc a.
QBpecIai.) As a hitting climax to the ru-
&C that has this year delighted the as
I. nDmbly guests, THE Messiah" perhaps
NJ most beautiful Of the oratorios. was
Wen on Thursday evening. That In so
(hcrt n time-ten days-so much has been
Exempted and 80 much accomplished is
Pery crejitabie to both the courage and
8blllty of all participants, and especially
Professor Leason, to whom great praise
Dhculd be given for this enthusiastic NIT
: Dical achievement.
TIL orchestra not only played with Its
usual excellence. but with a thorough and
sympathetic understanding of the work.
The Pastoral symphony one of the
most rarely beautiful numbers ever COM
posed. was particularly fine. To the In
defatigable work and magnetic leadership
OF MIR. B.hr Is this success in a great
measure due.
Mrs. Gillespie. who has this year won
for herself a warm place In the memories
of the people. has a voice with a strong
carrying quality and in the peculiarly dit
ficult solos showed great power and gave
evidence OF yet more ability.
Mrs. j. Otis Huns magnificent voice
was at it's best. Her great solo. HE Is
Despised and Rejected had in 4, a SYM
pathetic quality and a personality that
completely aroused the audience. Mrs.
Hun, who has for the past three years
been a special fayorite here, has more
than renewed her popularity by this sea.
sons work,
Mr.. Murray made his first appearance
ms an %oratorio soloist and gave evidence
thai his voice was particularly adapted to
this style of music.
OF the chorus work. Throughout this en-
tire rendition. her piano notes rang deli.
q truly marvellous way.
Especially fine We're the choruses. W.
hIhe SihsssE HS Vixen oG the a As5T : and az fa ,Ss
ANl people stood en- masse until tho tri-
umphal ending.
ra 1as angou sSS To.d Ss the e ss M, :s " Xans
George ANGEL, of L~eavenworth. drew an
interested sndIcnto TO White ball: Miss
womankind,-of how the evolution Of WON.
an has followed closely on the heel OF
a. passive and not an active factor in So
ciety. she has necessarily. Jagged. a triile
s sserna She IL + t isE,n age SUCH Of msa. wSr.d; 10 h rss.
iify the hitherto existing state OF affairs
that the race between the sexes is be-
WORKING for ih"erseif.@ xscepttins anti
hhIR .P heart. pln Mn n % and IN Won the ,s s!n her. .S Se
was yet unsatistied: wanting the independ-
ssnes; the sxers;s'ns Of her own powers, 70
Each learns for herself: hearsay Is scarce
dition was scaled. and is daily crumbling
away before the masses surgins against
!!!s o;la w Tsr r mS,lsy m ,ss . SxS1Rpr'' Sns , 'nS
uncontrolled; the enthusiasts. who are yet
reckless: the novelty seeker. the weak and
the strong. such n. varied crowd as fol-
lows in the wake OF any new movement.
while there had been war and rumors
of war for some time back, the main part
OF the modern woman outbreak has Or-
CURED between the time. of their great
Fr TnS,ss nns a 4s1na shs 4. firls Of dc tS,ang;" to
OF The higher emancipated tyne. are the
!' !SoW a ,h Sa aa's m sassess RI , rirl RRsl'0 to
be not only. as near n radiant. beauty. as
S en ali ron nna ath hLs,se. an ACKNOWLEDGEMENT neospHsRet i IN.
least well up on mu"ie-and ditto upon art
inuttcrable things-i. is an age OF realism,
p%oliflcs and %cnrreht events: teonversant not
merely with her WI church creed. but
and above and before ali. must understand
the art OF, concealment-that Is. when the
occasion demands IT; put her knowledge
Enlightenment al the hand OF man when
he gets at all, crusty about her close
pursuit and evident gradual gain on him.
To the business capabilities Of the young
woman OF the age. MISS Anseil PAID her
tribute or the advantage OF the present
woman's handling OF large sums of money.
she speaks. Through this. girls are grow
ing broader and they are not so terribly
81 Northumberland is womanIiness7
1t is so tangible that 1t deies analysis. It
It like beauty: all things to all men. Is 1t
not deeper than clothes or custom, or man
passing whimg 1t truly takes on diTsrent
forms and sometimes masquerades In
s,ranse DISCUSSES, ut is 1T not there all
And then the final question; rs there not
danger that. the girl of to-day will be
spoiled by the, self-adyanGement, OF which
aroundg The American girl, especially, be-
IS iaS Of the right material, praise. instead Of
initiating. humbles her; and the American
nineteenth century girl Is of the right. sort.
She wants TO be worthy Of the ideal of 9th
ers-to touch her own ideal OF herself.
which she knows Is yet a long distance
a asslsst Of ,sa hs skv to 90 of the tu tnin. p'3"'0"
An animated discussion followed the read
ing Of the paper.
and the entrance OF wealthy girls into the
business world were some of the subjects
4 steady, heavy rain interfered somewhat
with The Labor "a aas ni9Sra Hnme ia a't On ,Ss
morning trains. c. L. Clarke, grand chief
OF the order of Railway Conductors, was
the speaker of the morning, and aroused
strong enthusiasm. Hon. p. N, Arthur,
grand chief engineer, made an eloquent ad.
dress at 9 o'clock before a deeply Interested
audience.
Al The woman's council a very bright and
practical paper was read by Mrs. Mary T.
t;ray ON motherhood and citizenship"
Mrs. Gray advanced many sensible ideas In
regard to the home life and training OF
bnys, which was met by strong interest and
much discussion arose among the ladies.
"A general breaking mp of camp was the
prder OF the morning, as many left for