The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-18
BIG CROWD AT NIGHT.
Competition Between the Choirs Was
the Feature Of tho Session.


The largest crowd of any at the els
'teddfod attended the evening session.
The main attraction was the chief Choir
al competition for the largest prize of
the eisteddfOd. $500. Seated on the plat
form We're Mayor-elect j. c. Bailey.
Treasurer-elect G. G. Boland, Daniel
Williams, Rev. ]. c. Morris, Livy s.
Richard, T. Kilcenin Evans, of Nanti-
coke. William Connell was called to the
stage during the evening Judge Ed
wards as conductor and president made
an opening address. Previous to this
the audience burst forth many times
in spontaneous singing Of familiar
songs.
Professor Davis sang "Hen Wlad fy
Nadiau," the audience joining in the
chorus. DIR. MasOn's club was given
the S75 prize on the male chorus. On
the soprano solo there We're several en-
tries, among which were Miss Lizzie
Jones and Mrs. Frank Brundage who
won the prize of 81. The competitive
piece was Sullvan's "Sweethearts."
Judge Edwards in making his adjudica-
-tiOn on the Welsh poem on "T. Llfynvy
Morgan" divided the prize between Will
liam Ap Madoc. of Chicago. and John
II. Powell, of this city. The contest
was participated in by well known
Welsh bards all over the country. The
competition on the mixed quartette was
perhaps the closest from the point Of
view of an audience of any of the els
teddfod. There were but two entries.
and the singers are we'll known. In
the first there were Miss Margaret
Jones, Mrs Frank Brundage. John w.
Jones and Edwin Bowen. In the Sec
ond and successful quartette the follow
ing were the singers: Mrs. NJ. j. Boston,
Williams, Miss Lydia Sailor, David Ste
vens and p. Fl. Warren.
JUDGE EDWARDS TRIBUTE.
Judge Edwards was so well delighted
by the singing that he made a pretty
tribute to the eisteddfod. These are
the children of the steddfod," he said.
I'VE thank the eisteddfod for what we
have heard tonight" When Adjudica-
tor Davis made his decision there was
much anxiety shown by the audience.
He gave the SIG prize to the second
quartette. The competitive piece was
"The Radiant Morn" by r. J. Davis.
Judge Edwards announced the adju-
dication on the "W. George POwelm
epitaph. The successful one was writ
ten by Swansea" the nom-de- plume
of Rev Depew Griffiths, of Turin, N. Y.
1t is as follows:
Sleep faithful student! Thou hast lived
in deeds,
And, as the meteor thus! the heaven
speeds.
Leaving a Hood OF light: tiny race Is run.
Just as thy brilliant morning had begun.
And poetry that thy saddest hours be-
glliled
Mourns the untimely silence Of her child.
Adjudicator Edwards criticised sew
eral of the better epitaphs. The one by
Apollo had in its first four lines the
making of an ideal epitaph. John"
was also close competitor The num-
her of compositions was forty-fOur. ID.
= fat Of f1., 1aoaocad
in the place of Mr. Griffiths in accept
ing the prize money. l.. +. Robathan.
a close friend of the deceased. was the
donor. There were fourteen essays re-
ceived by Il. H. Pratt. who was ad-
Indicator of the Republicans $25 prize
for a superior essay on 1.-THE New Wo-'
man, Once Our Equal. Now Our SUI
perior." There were but two essays