The record-union., 1897-07-04

careful attention of our best musicians,
with the encouragement of prominent
members Of society, who are always in
interested in matters musical, and be-
fore long the society viii be in thor
ough working order with James Ham
ilton Howe of Oratorio fame at Its
head Mrs. Frances Moeller has been
largely interested in the movement, and
Mr. and Mrs Frank Miller have also
done not a little to encourage it. The
date has not yet been fixed upon for
regular meetings, but as soon as 1t IS
a large membership is expected, as the
musical growth of our city during the
past three years has been noticeably
rapid. and people are waking up to the
idea that there are worlds TO con-
quer" in the music line, and are eager
to begin the conquest.
Miss Eva Mckee is visiting friends at
the bay
Mrs. James Backrath and daughter,
Nita, took flying trip to the bay dur
ing the past week Mr.. Backrath and
son, Robert, are about to start for d
lllp IOl III OS StCctiAitl. AAAOS VII -
ably go as far as Tacoma.
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News has been received from Alice
Kellar, one of our Sacramento girls,
who has adopted the stage as a pro-
fession. She was last heard of from
Minneapolis, where she was filling an
engagement With the Louie Fuller COM
papy, with which she is travelling. She
is doing a speciality act with a young
man of the company, entitled "A
Troublesome Servant" the two being
printed on the bills as "the Barring
tons" Miss Kellar is a very prepos-
sessing girl, of good figure and pleasing
address, being quite talented in the
musical line. A good pianist, possessed
of a sweet soprano voice and good elo-
cutiCnary powers, she can scarcely fail
in time TO make her mark in her call
ing. She was an elocution pupil of
Mrs. Condo, and a piano pupil of. Miss
Gertrude Gerrish during her residence
in Sacramento. The papers speak we'll
Of her ability.
Mrs. S. II. Beckett, who will be re-
membered by many as Miss Mollie
Gwinn, formerly of our town, came up
from San Francisco on the Atlantic
! express Friday night with her little
daughter, Leah, to make a short visit
to Mrs. Charles Palm of Sutter Ter
race. She will return to San Francisco
on Tuesday. Mrs. Beckett is teaching
music in San Francisco. She was a
good pianiste when she left Sacra-
| mentO. Since then she has advanced
! rapidly in her profession, being a pupil
of the noted Heinberger, to whom
Sherwood of Boston owes much of his
ability as a pianist.
Miss Ella Deming and Miss Genevieve
Green have rtturned from the bay.
Miss Helen Harrington, who has been
playing the widow Frimousse in
Wang" at the Tivoli Opera house, San
Francisco, has made quite aIhit with
that community, who are ordinarily
hard to please. She will take the char
acter of Abigail Peck in the Isle of
Champagne" which will go on after
Wang" after which she contemplates
a visit to her mother in New York for
few weeks. Grand opera goes on at
the Tivoli in August for a fall run. and
in the winter Miss Harrington expects
to return to the Tivoli for another en-
gagement of opera bouffe.
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Irma Fitch is also clever and sweet
as Gillette" and has made a most en-
viable impression on the people of the
metropolis with her lovely voice and
winning ways. 1t is a matter of no
small congratulation that both these
clever people are Californians. Miss
Fitch is a Sacramento girl, extrava-
gantly fond of her native place, and
Miss Harrington is a native of the pic
turesque little town of Placerville
POLLY OLIVER.