The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-11

whom Scrantonians will remember as a
member of Mrs. Clara Davies Royal
Welsh Ladies choir, has been SO for
tunate as to win the Parepa- Rosa
scholarship. which entities the success
full candidate to two whole years free
tuition in the Royal Academy Of
Music. This scholarship is competed
for by female vocalists only, between
the ages of eighteen and twenty-five
years, who must be British born sub
jects, must not be, nor ever have been
students in the Royal Academy, and
who must produce certificates Of birth.
l do not know how many entries there
were for this scholarship examination
this yearbut there are always goodly
number at any rate, as these scholar
ships are choice ones; but I think that
the winning Of this scholarship under
almost any conditions, was a noble
thing to accomplish. I am sure that
every one Of you who have ever heard
this young lady will be right glad for
her. I have not met her at the +. A.
NJ. yet, as her sojourn there has been
short, SO far, but shall give myself
the pleasure Of an Introduction very
soon, and shall greatly enjoy saying
a loud and hearty Bravo" to her,
both for myself and for all her friends
in the States. You may not know it yet.
but you are to have still another visi-
tation of Welsh choir next autumn, the
artists this time hailing mostly from
Merthyr Tydfyl. 1t Is to be mixed
double or single quartette. l think,
from the little that have so far heard
and I do not know the artists except
one, and have never heard of them nor
heard them sing, so cannot tell you
what to expect at all. The money that
Mrs. Clara Davies makes out Of her
trips to the States have been such a
dazzling bait to others in Wales who
sing and conduct that there are sew
eral choruses and choirs-male, fe-
male and mixed--now training for for
eign tours. Some of Mrs. Davies girls
tell me that they are not going to the
States this autumn and winter, but
mean to rest on their oars until 1897
when they will visit us again. 1 know
some of you will be sorry for that. for
their choral work is certainly almost
perfect, and an annual visit from these
energetic travellers would not come
amiss to many Of you, I know.
OLGA NETHERSOLE.
I wonder IL any Of you happened to
see Olga Nethersole in her much dis
cussed creation Of Carmen, when she
was in New York this season. Well, of
course I didn't not having been on
that side Of the creek for some months,
but took the first opportunity of going
to see hera soon as she opened shop in
the Gaiety Theatre here. Her broth
er, Louis Nethersole, kindly bestowed
upon your humble friend two very nice
stall tickets. and Of course took ny
best beloved chum, and we hied us
down to the Strand and saw Olga at
last. / liked her herself better than
her play. She certainly acted su-
perbly the night We saw her, but. while
something's were overdone and over
drawn others just as important to the
neglected and somehow we went home
heaving an unsatisfed sigh. Nothing
could possibly be found fault with in
the costumlng and mounting of the
play-gowns were simply ravishing-
and yet there was something that ir-
ritated and exasperated me beyond
endurance. see in the papers that 1t
has been taken off after a run of only
couple of weeks SO I gather that
London, though It likes Olga Neither
sole we'll enough. will have none Of her