The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-22
YeAncient People Assembled
at Ye Temperance Hall
Last Evening.
The Old Folks Concert Given by
the Veterans Was a
Decided Success.
EASTER SALE AT ST. GEORGES.
License Board to Meet Tommorrow Evening
MED Rather SuddenIy--Much.Needed Laws
Reprimanded by the Mayor Notes.

The Old Folks concert, given under the
auspices of the Veteran Firemens Associa-
tion last evening at Temperance Hail. was
a decided success In every particular. I'VE
ancient people" to the number OF thirty
two "sunge liste of hymns and tunes,
which gave perfect satisfaction TO gooo
sized audience. Every particular in con-
nection with the concert was looked aiter
to a nicely by the committee OF arrange
,pen.s. whose sole aim was for the comfort
and enjoyment of the guests OF the even
jnp. No attempt at decorating the hall
was made, but this was more than onset py
the setting of the stage and the rich ana
beautiful costumes of "ye old danes" who
took part in the solos and chorus.
During the time the audience were being
seated the Euphonic Club, consisting OF
Miss Carrie w. Wood, the efficient leader,
Miss Ella Prentiss and Miss Alice Clarner,
nlaved some beautiful six-hand selections
ON the piano. The ushers, Messrs. BenIa-
min CARPENTER, Frank Wood, Charles
Bishop and Percy Prentiss, performed
their work Of seating the guests in PAINS
taking manner and TO the evident satisfac-
tion OF the guests.
The opening of the concert was some
what different from like occasions, aud
the innovation wzs unique as well as
agreeable to the audience. Ye ancient
people filed out of the doors on either side
OF the stage, and, led by the ushers ir
court costumes, passed down the side
aisles to the rear of the audience, and
thence by couples TO the stage where the
line separated on either side, passing
through the side entrances to the stage
where seats were taken for the opening
chorus. The effect of the march was very
pretty, and although the costumes bespoke
age on the part Of the wearers, 1T was no.
ticed that most Of them walked with
sprightly step. One of the funniest make
ups was that worn by Herbert Tracey who
nut the audience in convulsions by his
inmitable antics.
The program as rendered was excellent
in every particular, the solos being well
sung and the chorus part showing careful
training and conscientious work. One OF
the bright, pBrticular stars OF the evening
was Miss Edith Sanger Wood, a graduate
of the Emerson College OF Oratory. Miss
Wood is a finished artist in the highest
sense of the word, and her work last even
ing stamps her as person OF superior
histrionic ability. Her first reading, AUNT
Hannah Tripe as Witness in Court OF
.Justice.n was as true to court annals as If
she had been a constant attendant In the
District Court. In her second reading,
Afs-e 4 s.gff ~
displayed her really fine talents as a de-
lineator of emotional parts. Her ready
transition from the cocl<ney tongue to the
vivid and exciting parlance of the race
track. and thence to the tender emotions
at the possible death of the young child
on the track, was thrillingly impressive,
and, to use stage expression, brought
down the house. Miss Wood received a
fiattering reception, and it is safe to say
that IL she appears again in this city she
will meet many warm friends.
The Program I'm Full.
To the music of Demer's orchestra, and
under the leadership of n. 8. Roberts, the
following excellent program was rendered: {:
Grand march; chorus, "New Jerusalem"
Turner, We ancient people; solo and chorus,
.'Old Folks at Home," Sister Abbie Thurber
and chorus; reading, "Aunt Hannah Tripe
in Court of Justice" Miss Edith Sanger
Wood; anthem, "Sons of Zion" ye ancient
people; Trio, selected, Euphonic club;
Jerusalem, My Happy Home, ye ancient
people; solo, Revolutionary Tea" Miss
Hattie Freeman; "Cousin Jedediah," solo
by Miss Sadie Trainor, and chorus by eight
of We ancient people.
Anthem for Easter, ye ancient people; !;
solo, "My Grandmother's Advice" Miss
Mabel Bethel; chorus, ,"Invitation, ""Rain-
bow" ye ancient people; reading, "How
the La Rue Stakes Were Lost" Miss Edith
Sanger Wood; ''Strike the Cymbal," solos
and chorus by Sister Abble Thurbe ,Goode
Manne, Albert ID. Monkhouse and We an
cient people; "Battle Hymn of the Repub-
iic," Goode Name, Albert Monkhouse and
chorus; "America," We ancient people;
duet, "Dos't Thou Love Me Sister Ruth"
Miss Nellie Bamford and Goode Name,
John Dalton; "David's Lamentation," We
ancient people. The last number on the
program was "Auld Lang Syne," and the
chorus and audience rendered II In very
touching manner.
The following were ye ancient people
who took part in the chorus: Herbert
Tracey, Frank Freeman, Joseph Bates,
Nathaniel Pierce, G. L. Stafford, Albert
Ellis, b. Frank Bowen, Frank Greene,
Mrs. Herbert Tracey, Miss Matte Tracey,
the Misses Hattie and Julia Freeman, Mrs.
Joseph Bates, Mrs. Samuel and Miss Flor
ence Daniels, Mrs. Samuel Flemming,
Miss Bertha Young, Miss Mabel Bethel,
Mn. Charles Lamb, Mrs. Albert Ellis,
Miss Carrie f. Wheeler, Miss Susie Sweet,
Miss Nellie Bamford, Miss Matte Fales,
Mrs. Spencer Arnold, Miss Abble Clark,
Miss Abbie Thurber, Miss Sadie Trainor,
Miss Anna Bliss, Miss Eva Barry, John
Dalton and Albert Monkhouse.
The committee Of arrangements to
whose credit the success Of the AFFAIR is
due are the following: John II. Barber,
w. H. Erskine, Charles Baker and Frank
Newell.