The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-03

De remembered.
1T is rather soon to be speaking Of what
Is 10 take place six weeks hence but an
ticipation is one of the pleasures of life.
and to those who love music il is delight
ful TO know of the musical festival that is
being arranged for the 18th and 14th of
May. Gustav Strube of the Boston SYM
phony orchestra will be the director of
music, and there are to be eighteen solo,
lists, among them: Mile. Alice Verlet.
Paris, prima donna, soprano Mile Mamie
Hands, Boston, soprano; Maud Pratt
Chase, New York, soprano; Carrie Bride.
well, New York, contralto; Grace Preston.
New York, contralto of the Nordica Con-
cert Company: S. Kronberg, Boston, bari
tone; U. $. Kerr, Boston, basso Harry
Lucius Chase, Boston, baritone; Ion A.
jackson, New York, tenor; Henry Mitch
ell, New York tenor; Emanuel Fielder,
violin soloist; Frank Kennedy, violin solo.
ist Theodore Gordon, violin soloist; Mar
garet McNulty, harpist; Felix Fox. Berlin,
pianist; Herr Van Vliet cello soloist; PAU
Fox, Boston, flute soloist; Xavier Reitcr.
French horn soloist. There will also be a
chorus of 100 voices, which will be directed
by MIR. Spencer NJ. White, with Miss EN-
ma CoOurn as accompanies and a large
orchestra from the Boston Symphony and
Seidls New York orchestra.
For small country, Poland, perhaps,
produces more great artists than any
other country in the world THE mucn
prosecuted but peculiarly patriotic Poles
have furnished great generals, statesmen,
writer's and famous beauties, but in this
country the fair land of Poland" is
known chiefly by the distinguished mas
ters of the dramatic and musical art who
have come here. Four of these recur to
the mind at once, and all of them have
won the very highest triumphs in their
respective callings. They are Modjeska,
Sembrich, Paderewski and Jean &c
Reszke.
DIR. S. A. Steele of Nashville, Tenn, will
give an interesting lecture in the Guards
Hall Wednesday evening on the subject of
Home Life in Dixie During the War"
under the auspices of Epworth League.
Some time ago the magazines took up
the fad of soliciting and publishing letters
from well-known authors on how they
came to write the books that gave them
their regulations. Among the letters pub
lished was one from Mrs. Frances Hodg-
son Burnett on "IIow ! wrote Little Lord
Fauntleroy'' or some similar subject In
Il she explained that the suggestion came
from the queer doings and sayings of ner
own SON. That son is now young man.
and is likely TO follow in his mothers foot
steps as writer. He is a senior at Har-
ward, and has shown more than usual abil-
ity in English composition. Among other
things he wrote the libretto for the comic
opera performed by the Pi Eta Society
Eve" Is the name of an operetta given
in Rome. The characters are Eve, Adam,
Saturn and Satan. The animals are rep
resented by pretty chorus girls and by
men. The stars are Represented by girls
clad IN Eden-like simplicity of costume.
The ownership Of Hazel Kirke" was de-
cided last week after seventeen years of
litigation. Judge II. A. Wheeler award
ed The sole right to the play to Marshall A.
Mallory, and gave the estate of Steele
Mackaye, the author, judgment for S7323.49
with interest