The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-02

closing, that an eistcddfod would be
held on March Il, in Olyphant.
In the evening the church was crowd
ed, about 800 persons attending. Rev.
| II. II. Harris was chairman Of the scs-
sion. Or. Harris is becoming much in
demand as q conductor of eisteddfodS.
He is of ready wit and has good
natured bubbling spirit and that is
what the Welsh people like. Conductor
Harris announced the opening of the
session, a song by Morris Thomas. Mr..
Thomas sang IF She Were Mine" in
his grandly meodious voice. call
was made for addresses by the poets.
This is an indispensable feature of the
eisteddfod. Henry Williams, of Peck
vile, and Edward James, of Bellevue,
responded. The first competition was
| on the solo softly and Tenderly," for
| girls. There were five little misses en-
| tered as follows: Miss Harris Ellen
| Thomas, Beatrice Morgan, ELLA Brown
| ing, Sarah Davis. All sang very well.
| when the adjudication was given the
first prize, 81, went to Beatrice Morgan
| and Sarah Davis took second price, 80
| cents.
THE PRIZE DIVIDED.
The adjudication on "Harmonization'
was given just before the decision in
|
the solo contest was announced. The
| prize of 50 was divided between Morgan
| ID. Stevens ana David j. Evans both of
| Plyinouth. Inc compositions iis'u oeei'
| previously hahded IN 10 the uuJuuica-
tor Lewis "atCSh oile VI '"e very III
leieStHlS contests ol tiie elsteualou lou N"n
Oh llle pailtoiie soio' pil~e %f' - u
the Deup' .he 9Ou'iui % "''oii VI
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nIa,,,,a Sr,,o,,oa. r,hn ,rnIr,s of Tay,
lrn. phil;, DTa,ca,, J,res Z, yv,tl,ins
a,l1 1n,,ia Ta,aI,inn
rhis oo,,ta,t ,,,as si,,,n,,, GRAND and
,,,+ht hera o,,a haains 70 fee, tho hea,,-
-, nf tha welsh eistaddfod wbare with
the sweetest of instruments, the voice.
DIV. meet and sing their best. The
prize was won by p. H. Warren, who
sang under the name of "Phil"
In giving the decision the adjudica-
tor dWelt upon the faults and merits
of each contestant Mr.. Jones' effort
lacked energy Mr.. Jones was good
he has a fine voice; Mr.. Thomas has
an excellent voice, and sang correctly,
Mr.. Tubbs san WELL as also did David
jenkins. But p. H. Warren sang the
best of all and was entitled to the prize.
Conductor Harris announced that an
eisteddfod Will be held at AVoca ON
FEBRUARY y. At this point Rev. }. L.
Thomas, pastor of the Bellevue Cal
whistle Methodist church, was made
temporary chairman Oh the session
while Dr. Harris heard the compeu-
tlon on 1hsoh Carauos' "eisH
; recltatioh' prize ~, Ihere were t"C
1 epeaheie' tholi'aS James, VI nelie W. ue
> ",i" '' '' ~ i"Sio''
I piece IS uiaiiia'ic iiiias liilhs Vi the
'0' "ia|'".
Wheh ne was peiiiiiu pr pilsoii oats' Au,
Juu, , 60 'toi - ~ , eil'' '4'e - '"s
i'au oeeh "oi 'S -h'' ''''ieS'
MRS. BRUNDAGE SANG.
.
, Al'er 'iiis auJuulca'Ioi -niS' riahf
1 hruhuase' Oh "ilhes-baife' put lor'
illerlg VI eVue' laNoreu lle auul'
: ehce with SOLO, leil NE MY Heart
accompanied ny MIS- ~ D. Ihomas
t 10 nearly encore slie responded Wltr
\ hoou Nish'' ueiica'e piece' lh'
l auJuulcatioh On the SOLO was given a
= TINS point. mrs Johh Il. James anc
y MIS- henrg W. Evans were the com
= peutorS lor prlZe OF Sou on the so
:. prano SOLO, BreudWydy f'reuhines.'
e Mrs. John K. James won the prize.
e Conductor Harris announced tha
o John II. Phillips, of Robert Morris
d lodge, had offered prize of 81 to thu
man who would make the best i'm
promptu speech on a subject to b,
given when the speaker came upon tn,
stage. This created more fun than any
II other thing in the eisteddfod. 1t al
ways does,
While one speaker was on the stag
the rest We're sent out of the house
The subject was The Noon DAME
at the last eisteddfod was the frs
sneaker He used the Welsh +ongu
Win effect Attorray Ior,as u W.
kine of Tavlor moda a yer,, sansiI,I
snaaob oi,,ira tho oetroro,,,iooI oa,7i
tio,s of tha MOON and dra,ri,,o, fnon
~, a,.oa,,ant ,.,o,,,a1a' y, ~, -
- -, 80 49," 80 r4,,,oE
' 53',l,, t,,a '','' -na W "sN',' 49,
""s "uyu.'seu .i!',,,s ti'e mus "oil"S Vi lh
pi'~e'' ne "uJIu''"''oh oh 'he 81
Pra"o solo was tiieh slNen'
IN the competition OF the duet teno
ana pass prlZe $0' David jenkins an
W. d. DAVIS Won Ihonas Ihona