The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-14

tne ago OF Ii MISS iertruQe keWl1,
whose voice was rich soprano. COM
menced her career as a public singer
by competing at the Abergavenny els
teddfod for a scholarship. On that Oc-
casion Miss Edith Wynn, the adjudica-
tor. pronounced her opinion that Miss
Lewis effort was equal In point OF
merit to that Of the winner, Miss Will
Jams, now Madame Williams Penn. but
awarded the prize to the latter on ac-
count of her age, she being a year
younger. After this the young soprano
went to London. where she was placed
under the tuition Of Mr.. William
Shakespear. Under the care Of this IA
nous voice trainer Miss Lewis made
rapid strides in her adopted profession.
and on her return to Wales was for
Some years exceedingly popular at ora
torio concerts. When about % years OF
age she married schOolmaSter OF
Builth. who shortly afterwards was at
tackled with pulmonary disease, and
was ordered to the Cape, but derived no
benefit, and ultimately succumbed to
the fatal malady. This distressing epi-
sode seems to have been the turning
point in her life, and until she married.
a few years later. Mr.. Rosewarner.
she obtained her livelihood by teaching
music. and, meeting with occasional en-
gagements only as a pubic singer. or
late years she had existed alone in a
state Of extreme poverty, as indicated
by the sade circumstances surrounding
her death.
MUSICAL AND EISTEDDFODIC.
Few people living outside of Wales
have done so much to maintain the
distinctly characteristics of our nation
as the venerable William Griiiiths,
Ix-n he a ~.
gynD of Workington Cumberland.
Most Welshmen know wander only as
one of the musical adjudicatOrs at the
Merthyr national eisteddfod fifteen
years ago, when he said very unpalat-
able things to our brass bands. but
everybody admits that what he said
then was only the truth. wander has
been the moving spirit in the Work
ington eisteddfod, which has been held
annually for the last score of years.
Last New Years day the eisteddfOd
attained it's majority, and now enter
ing as 1t were upon new lease Of life,
its promoters have determined to make
1t a more important function in every
sense of the word. The next eistedd-
fod will be held on New Years day
and continued on the following day.
On New Years evening there will be
public rehearsal of Judas Macca-
baeus," and the work will be fully per-
formed on the following evening. On
the Sunday night, Jan. 3, the festival
will be closed with the performance
of the Messiah" Mr.. Ben Davies will
be the tenor vocalist at all the con-
certs. Such is the programme, and 1t
will be admitted on all hands that 1t
is most ambitious one. Mr.. w. G.
MacNaught, the great apostle Of the
taf tn 7
Emile Burley, of Liverpool. who Is
equally enthusiastic In the cause Of the
staff notation. Since her vic
tories at the great eistedd-
fodau In South Wales last summer her
services have been much sought after.
She holds more than dozen musical
certificates. They will act as musical
adjudicators. 1t will be a great gather
Ing of musical talent. and will be one
of the eisteddfOdical features Of 1897.
NOTES.
The Porth Eisteddfod committee are
determined to put the Porth Hospital
on a sound financial basis. Recently
they handed over to the hospital COM
mittee the sum Of G26O, being the pro-
ceeds Of the last eisteddfod. while a
cheque for over ESQ was also received
by the committee from the POrth and
Cymmer Male Voice choir, this being
the sum realized at a recent perform
ance given by the choir. The institu-
ton now contains eight beds, three of
them being already endowed, one by
MIR. Clifford Cary. another by Messrs.
Lewis Merthyr Colliery company. and
the third by Colonel Williams. Of the
United National Colliery company.
There must he scores Of people In
Cardiff and the district who would hail
with delight an opportunity to acquire
a knowledge of Welsh, and many
Welshmen also who would be glad OF
a course Of lessons in their mother tom
que, and so make up for the neglect
Of earlier days. To these 1t Is Of some
interest to know that Professor Powell
Is now about resuming at the Univers-
ity the Welsh class which he conducted
with so much success in years that
have gone by. The classes meet every
Monday evening, and the first of the
series has already been held. Only
four students. however, presented
themselves the first night but this we
are convinced must be entirely due to
the fact that the existence of such
facilities has not been sufficiently made
known. OF course. II no more members
are enrolled the classes must be aban-
doned.
The many Liberal associations
throughout South Wales are now ar
ranging lectures and debates for the
coming winter are pursuing q policy
that cannot be too highly commended
for Liberal principles need only be
known and understood to be thoroughly
appreciated and endorsed by the peo-
pie generally. For the next few months
the cry Of Register! Register! Regis
teri" Educate /! Educate." for without
the latter the former will he
so much neregy thrown away. The
Penarth Liberals have recognized this.
and have completed an excellent pro-
gramme. The session will shortly he
opened with an address by Mr.. Jo-
seph II. Jones. on the Licensing laws
in relation to the accepted policy of the
Liberal party" During the winter Mr..
Morgan Thomas will read a paper on
"Tithes--the history and law" Mr. ].
7. Parry. the new agent for South
Glamorgan, will treat on "The History
of the Education Bill" Mr.. Lloyd Mey-
rick on the question "Is Absolute Free
Trade Wise?" and Mr.. J. Valentine, of
Bristol. the organizer of the Irish Ma
his pet subject. Irish Poets and Irish
Politics.
young Wales" for this month Is an
excellent number. and contains al least
two articles Of real interest to Welsh
Natonalists. Professor Anwyl writes
about the national awakening in Wales
In its relation to Welsh literature Mr..
Thomas Darlington writes about the
Cymric element i'm the Welsh people.
Mr.. Anwyl tells us that the new out
burst of interest in Welsh literature in
the last few years has shown itself
partly as a desire for reproduction of
the literature of the past. He points
out the different characteristics of pa
triotism within and without Wales,
and says that mo more eloquent testi-
rony could exist to the life Of the
Welsh language than the fact that in
il alone the Celtic language has an