The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1898-09-02
HEARD IN CONCERT
Mitchell's Musical People Gave
a High Class Concert on
Tuesday Evening.
Assisted by a Popular Singer
From St. Pau1-Concert a
Great Success.
THAT MONEY WAS FOUND
The $40 Lost Last Week was
Found by Two Little
Boys the Other Day.
AN EVENING RICH IN MUSIC

AN EVENING RICH IN MUSIC.
Miss Coghlan's Concert Was a Triumph
in tho Art of Muse.
There were none who attended the
concert Tuesday evening at the Grand
opera house but who went away from
the hall with the feeling that they had
been most thoroughly and enjoyably
entertained. The event has been anx-
iously looked forward to for some time
and the realization brought with it
greater charms in music than was an
ticipated.
The concert was arranged by Miss
Celeste Le Fsvre Coghlan, assisted by
Mr.. 81. E. Phillips, of st. Paul, Mrs.
Lou Ella B. Smith, Miss Gertrude
Becker, Mrs. Maude Sllsby-Nichols and
Hoyt's orchestra, Of this city.
The audience in attendance was not
- large as the merits of the concert de-
served, owing to the heat during the
day.
Twas little before o'clock when
Hoyts orchestra gave the opening
number to the program, giving spirit
ed number, which was rendered in very
good style. The orch estra also played
the last number in the first part of the
program and closed the concert with q
good selection.
Mrs. Lou Ella B. Smith sang cava-
tina from the opera, ''Barber de
Seville" by Rossini, in which she de-
veloped the fact that she held much in
reserve in her voice that had not vet
been revealed to Mitchell audience.
Mrs. Smiths selection bordered on the
professional line and in it's rendition
there was but little lacking to win the
plaudits of the audience, although the
applause which followed her excellent
effort failed to produce an encore,
which was evidently desired.
Miss Coghlan's first number was an
arioso, "Jeanne d. Arc" by Bemberg,
and on her first appearance, and sue
ceeding ones as we'll, she was most
heartily greeted by the audience. She
presented handsome appearance,
robed in white with cluster of roses
pinned to the left. AS the first tones
of Miss Coghlan's voice spread DER the
audience . stiffness at once prevailed to
catch the first intonations, and the
frat few measures created q bond oj
sympathy between singer and hearers
and at the close of the song the bond
was even stronger. 1t has been several
yeaas since Miss Coghlan has appeared
before q Mitchell audience, having
been studying voice culture in st. Paul
in the meantime, and her voice, 9
mezzo-soprano, shows the wonderful
improvement she has made. From the
average amateur she has risen to
height, by her own exertions, that am
ply demonstrates tho great musica
talent with which she is endowed. anl
which she has cultivated to q degree
that is more than satisfying to he,
friends. Her upper tones lack tn,
piercingness so common, but have tha
softness, yet with much force, that i
pleasing to the ear. In her lower reg
lister that Same pleasure abounds. Dur
ing the evening Miss Coghlan sang tn
following numbers: "Thy Beamir,
Eyes," by Mcdowell. "Time Enough,
by Nevin and ''Staudohen," by Brahms
the latter German song which wa
made very enjoyable by the naive wa
in which she enunciated the words
: Summer" by Chaminade, and "Se
! Breezes" by Leoni. It was varie
! collection, but all through the fai
7 singer maintained the most exceller
. impression gained at the first.
; Miss Gertrude Becker opened tn
3 second part of the program with
/ classic number: "Ah! Nella Calma
{ from Romeo ct Juliette, by Gounot
3 Mise Becker has recently returned frol
New York, where she has been stud,
ing since late last fall and there was
great desire to hear her, inasmuch {
8 she had reached a very encouragin
: position in music in the cultivation
8 ner voice at home. 1t was genuin
. pleasure 20 note the Improvement sh
:. had accomplished. Her voice appear
/, rounder and fuller in its tones and th
8 delicate phrasing and shading was NJ
lost sight of. Mitchell people are prou