The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-25
BEAUTY AND MUSIC.
BRILLIANT GATHERING At THE
SEATTLE ATHLETIC CLUB
Winter Season q Grand suceeas-
cymnasisn Twan.fermed Int .

The. tag GYMNASIUM at the Seattle Ath-
l@tac Club was transformed sxszo = VERT
able theass< asa evening, znE X - Almost
nse1less 90 say That every available chair
was occupied AZ the lowest caicukatsoa
10 ladies' and gsntseTncn were prs@e1t- Y
ws1 q brilliant audience. The entertain
meat Was uzlqas and Thoroughly emp
abba. The eeattie Athlete CErh Is 70 oe
congratulated upon tts opening" for tbs
fa!! ard winter season.
After ths First Regiment orchestra had
given it, first xalscfioa. Capt 2. u.
Hughes made the opening address He
said that ne found himself ia a very en-
bArrssssng position. President James
Gol16mlth Was down OF tie programme
20 DO the talking. but at a late hour had
been compelled 20 remain away and ia
order to make Il easy for his Substitute
had sent q carefully prepared speech. Ow-
irg 70 q mistake the spe@ch sent waz ore
tntsndsf for fhs Chamber OF Commerce
80 the substitute was left az the mercy OF
tho aneience. Ar. Hughes was equal %
the occasion. however, and adroitLy
caused esveral hundred hats 70 be tipped
20 him By q casual references 10 thu city
ordinance about bats or al entertain
snents. Mr.. Hughes was either II luck or
decidedly out Of IT, After he had Success
fully passed through Mr. Goidsnlth's
speech. he was informed that he must 90
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suddenly called away.
Miss Minnie Beatrice Peck. one OF Seat
ties young ladies' who has Just returned
from two years course f. eiocusion at
Chicago. made her initial appearances be-
fore home audience. Her first selection
was entitlsd Pauline PAvioyna." and for
an encore she recitea 'sT'he Telephone
She was well received. and Il Is not an
exaggeTation 10 say that she made de-
cided success. She carries herself well
upon the stage. and shows IN evsry wora
and action excellent training and clear
conception OF the ideas she h Interpreting
She throws lie and energy into her work
and this. combined with q pleasing per-
sonaIity. good voice and artistic render
mistaken In devoting her time 70 al ac-
complainant that is certain TO bring It's
reward.
Mrs. Jennie Houghton- Edmnnds was the
vocal sosoiss OF the evening. She rang
Thou Art Mine AL" and Tor an. encore
gave "-Thon Art Lake Unto a Lovely
Flower" by Wilson O. Smith. IN the
As the Dawn" oy q. Cantor, and for an
encore "wsigenIfed." by Brahm Mrs
EdmunGs Is too well known IN Seattle TO
need an introduction. Her clear. resonant
soprano voice has been heard often. but
one does not tire OF hearing II again The
nearly APPLAUSE SIZE received A1tef sAGl
song WINS conclusive evidences OF the place
shs occupies In the heart Of the Seattle
people.
Four series OF views were given BY the
Lumiere cinsmatosraphe. These pictures
are not only pictures OF scenes but also
perfect Representations OK ths lfs thai IN
reality forms q part % them. II wouid
be an endless task 70 describe the different
pictures. there were 20 many OF them out
Of tas entire lot there was not ons that
did not interest The special favor
ite however. was that representing ths
baths Of Milan X was truly wonderful
There was ths picture Of the bath. vita
the wafer nearly Up 20 the edge OF the
marble wall Al one side. high above the
water. we're the spring boards from which
the bafhers plunged into tbs wafer. Every
action from tha time the bather started
Aloag the board until he disappeared into
tbs water with = grand splash was shown
as clearly as II one was present IN Milan
The audiences Insisted that the scene Re
reproduced. The wish was complied with.
and Il Was the lntenlon OF the operator
20 reverse the picture and make tbs
bafhers jump from tire water up 70 the
spring boards but the film caught and
burned Il the middle.
After the entertainment the clubhouse
wa. thrown open % Ia visitors who en-
toved themselves according 20 their in~
eHnasiosa The Departure from tie regu-
lation smoker appeared 70 meet Win
hearty approval