The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-08-05
A Delightful Musical Enter
tainment.

The Musicale given in the Presby-
terian church on last Thursday even
ing for the benefit of the Sunday
, School Association, was a rare treat
to the Intelligent and appreciative
audience who filled the church to It's
comfortable seating capacity.
The program was not too long to
be tiresome, and was so diversified as
net to be dull and monotonous.
Solos, duets, trios and qnartettes
alternated in delightful variety, and
where all the performers did SO well.
it would be iuvidlous to name the
choice. We are in conscience bound,
though, to compliment and congrat-
ulate Mr.. Henry Wordsworth for his
solo. We had heard him in cam
paign doggerel and couldn't appre-
ciate, in this relation, his talent in
song. His solo, ''Nocture." was to
our surprised ear the prettiest piece
of the evening. We expected good
singing from the ladies, and were not
disappointed. Not anticipating any
melody from slee clubber, we were
captured by surprise and captivated.
The quartette in which four stall
wart men went over some Mother
Goose gable, telling what the Mon
key said to the Champanzee, would
have been much better if the words
had been do, IA, me, ia, sol, &C., in
stead of the twaddle they recited.
The music was good, the voices ac-
corded In harmony, but 0, Anache-
ron! the poetry. The monkey had
gone into partnership and thought he
had good thing in the pea nut busi-
ness and is supposed to have said:
"And we will eat all day"
As rendered by the sonorous quar-
tette it went about this way: "And
WOW, WOW, ee, ee, WOW, wow, vi, VI,
leat, lee, lee, leat, tall, tall, leat, tall,
day, do, dl, doyi, doyi, do, da!'
1t might have been good monkey
talk, but 1t didn't fit to the good vol
ces of the human Sunday School
choir.
The entertainment closed with
chorus 1.-The Heavens are Telling"
from Haydn's Creation.
1t is told to US IN the legends that
Of all the D!vinities, Diana only, and
on tip toe from highest Olympus,
could, with her golden arrow, clip
the rim of the rising sun. 1t is also
related that the archer of mortal
fame who aimed thus high, lost the
shaft that would have overtaken the
feetest deer in the wood.
The Creation by Haydn is an
exalted theme.
Might it not have been possible
that the Chorus Of this occasion could
have mastered a chime along on our
more freqnented level, and handled
it with more approved skill to ears
other than star eyed curing cheru-
bin.
The entertainment was under the
direction of Mr.. A. V. Crawford, and
We most sincerely and heartily COM
mend him and congratulate him OH
the eminent success of this Musicale,
and in behalf of Library Associa-
ton, ask him to have it repeated for
the benefit of the boys and girls VINO
want books.
Mr.. Crawford did not have such
trained chorus as Thomas can COM
mand, but he had prettier girls TO
sing, and although he was not as i'm
pressive as the m-pressiori, he Is
great deal better looking man.
We hope the Musicale, or some
thing along in these harmonious
scales, will be given for the benefit
of our Library, for the boys and girls
of Logan who like to sing and hear
songs but who want to read books.