The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-04-22
TT WAS EXTRA FINE.
The Concert Given BY the knights of
Pyrhias and Rathbone Sisters

The Concert Given BY the knights of
PyThias and Rathbone Sisters.
The local lodges of Knights of Py-
thias and Rathbone sisters gave Keno
sha one of the finest concerts it has
been the good fortune of Kenosha to
enjoy in many long day. The Sails
bury orchestra, of Chicago, furnished
the music, and it Z was music as was
music 1t was extra fine.
When the two lodges sent out the
invitations for this musical feast the
request was made of the public to be
on hand promptly at s o'clock. The
guests did not obey as promptly as
could have been wished, and it was
fully $50 before the orchestra mounted
the elevated platform at Simmons hall,
which had been surrounded with wav-
| ing palms, lilies, and other potted
plants. These had been furnished by
Lewis Turner, and added immensely to
the beauty of the arrangements of the
hall.
The first number on the program
was the overture, I" William Tell.n 1t
was somewhat descriptive in charac-
ter, and set the pace for what was to
follow. 1t was most beautifully execu-
ted and called forth a storm of APP
plause.
The second namber was vocal. Miss
Abby Rose Wood sang the aria Bel
Raggio" by Rosini, so we'll that she
was compelled to return with an encore
in more of the popular style.
The orchestra produced two negro
absurdities for the nextnumber in very
| fine form.
The Top" by Gillet, rendered by
the string orchestra, seemed to improve
on the numbers which preceded it,
while the descriptive idyl, "In the
Bird Store" by Orth, eclipsed the
entire first portion of the program.
1t seemed to be a point with the
orchestra to improve on its every num-
Der in the one following it.
The second part of the program was
opened with a violin solo by Walter
]Schulze, of Chicago. He played the
Scene de Ballet" by De Beriot. The
piece was strongly and neatly rem
dered. It was heightened in effect by
the orchestral accompaniment and was
very satisfying.
The next number " Sounds from the
Sunny South" was medley of old
plantation melodies. Miss Wood then
rendered " Violet Come Rejoice With
Me, 5" and " Katydid, E" in such an eff
fective way that she was recalled twice
before the audience would allow her
acknowledgements to be received in
lieu of another song.
The next was advertisement for
flute and clarinet entitled Mime
haha" by Barnard.
The grand cap sheaf, so to speak, of
the concert was the last number The
| Voyage of Columbus" This was a
descriptive fantasia and was deserving
of greater praise than all the other
numbers on the program put together.
1t was a remarkably beautiful thing,
and was so carried out with mechani-
cal effects as to be almost perfection
itself. The piece carried Columbus
from the count of Spain through his
departure with its regrets and sorrows,
the merriment on ship board on the
ocean, storm with all the accompani-
ments of wind, rain, lightning, ETC.,
thesunshine folloWing,a calm,a mutiny,
the quelling of the mutiny, the sight
of land, the salute of the birds from
shore, intense excitement and all end
ing with a joyous outburst of harmony.
The piece was thunderously applauded
as it deserved.
Following the concert came the ball
which nearly all the audience enjoyed
! to late hour.
Taken all together it was one of the
| finest of concerts of the season and the
Knights Of Pythias and Rathbone sis
tiers are to be congratulated upon their
good taste in the selection of such fine
music and for arranging such an en-
jeYable affair.