The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-20
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
THEIRS or INTEREST FROM BOTH
 SIDES THE RIVER.

vile Exposltion-very Favorable Com
 ment-Completion of the New Draw
 bridge DeIsyed-Divers at WorIt-Other
 News.
 Mrs. Kettle Bradley Kelly won great praise in her fine singing at the Nash Vile exposition last Wednesday. The Nashville American says; "The As sembly hall of the Woman's building has seldom been so crowded as 1t was yesterday afternoon to greet the noted New York singer, Mrs Kettle Bradley
 Kelly. Mrs. M s. Lebeck, chairman of the music committee, has given many
 brilliant programmes in this hall since the opening of the centennial, but none have ever been so pleasing to an audi ence as the song recital yesterday af-
 ternoon. Mrs Kelly, although not a professional, has voice that would place her among the foremost In this country and Europe. Her voice Is a dramatic soprano of the fullest, richest
 quality, and she sang through a pro-
 gramme composed of a variety of
 songs, with only few minutes pause
 between each number, yet when she finished her voice was as true and clear
 as when she began. The audience gave
 her a perfect ovation as she sang song
 after song, entirely different in style,
 yet each rendered with perfect inter
 pretation and without the least effort,
 the applause growing more and more
 enthusiastic until after the final num-
 hIp Io d a@rr, I1t,
 shown. A musical artist always re-
 ceives recognition and appreciation be- fore a Nashville audience, Such is Mrs.
 Kelly and after the first song, The
 Nightingale by Gang. the true artist
 was recognized in the singer, whose simplicity of manner and handsome ap-
 pearance added to the charm of her
 voice. The music was nearly all new
 Few of the pieces had ever been sung
 in this city before. 'Minuet, by Dell
 Aqua, was especially pleasing. Der ceuse,' by Goddard, showed the quality of the voice, which Is full of sweet ness. The aria from Faust was inter preted with much dramatic power and showed the artistic cultivation of the singer. Swallows by Brigham, show- ed the bird-like quality of the voice,
 the enunciaton being remarkably dis
 tinct. Polly which has never been sung in America before, is captivating little ballad, and Mrs. Kelly sings it from manuscript said to be 300 years
 old. The Holy City sung by request, was gloriously rendered 'Wie Beruhet Mich Wundersam,' by Bendel, ballad full of pathos, was sung with marked | feeling. That difficult ballad, I've Something to Tell You by Tanning, was sung without effort, and proved the lower tones of the voice as true and good as the high. The manner in which the singer sustained her tones was one | of the prettiest features of the singing.
 Mrs. Kelly was accompanied by Miss
 Mary Laura Champe, of whom she paid
 the high compliment by saying that she had been accompanied by men and women in America and Europe, but Miss Champe pleased her best At the close of the programme a number of Nashville best musicians, many of the 1 Wednesday Morning Musical club
 being among the number, came forward to meet the fair sing CT. The woman's department is | indebted to the Baptist Young Peo- | ple's union of America for the great
 musical treat given them yesterday Mrs. Kelly. who is visiting Mir. and Mrs. | w. E. MetZger, is on her way to Chat | tanooga, where she Is the soprano solo, ist of this convention. She will sing there with a chorus of 800 voices, who | will render choruses from 'Stabat | Mater and the Creation Mrs. Kelly I has studied music in America and abroad. In Paris she studied with Bonby and Mime. Dyra Benner of the Royal Conservatoire of Brussels. A year ago Mrs. Kelly met her husband, He is an Englishman and general agent | of the Scottish Jnternational Insurance company. MT. and Mrs. Kelly have a charming home in Hartford, Conn.,, but have spent most of the year in Europe and New York"
 Considerable trouble has been experi- eneed during the past few days in the attempt to settle the last pier of the new drawbridge upon a proper founda- ton and In consequence two or three men have been discharged from the construction gang. The diver first dis covered a log under one cad of the
 caisson and when the obstacle was re- moved 1t was believed the box would settle down upon a level founda ton, but it didn't, Afterward great bunch was discovered at the northeast corner and for several days the diver worked to scrape off the gravel down to a level.
 But the work was slow and unsatisfac tory and the diver was discharged A more expert diver from New York, a Mir. Gilligan. was sent for and Is now
 at work. He is working while the tides
 serve, small portion of the time, how
 ever. At high water the bottom of the
 caisson Is only two and one-half feet
 above the river bottom and the diver
 is obliged to crawl into this narrow
 space and work at great disadvantage
 in scraping away the earth. He dare
 not work while the tide is falling lest
 he be crushed under a weight of nearly 5000 tons. The foundation was leveled
 off six weeks ago and left In 8. condi-
 tion entirely satisfactory, as 1t was be- lieVed, but subsequently the current be-
 heath the caisson has resulted in the
 formation of the bunch or sand bar
 Vessels with stone have been moored
 near the caisson and the running tide formed an eddy, resulting in the big
 sand deposit. The freshet occasioned
 by last weeks storm undoubtedly in creased the damage. It has been de- clded to remove one course of stone
 rom the caisson so 1t will rise suffi-
 clently to allow the diver to work at