Arizona republican., 1898-11-27

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 We always get treat when Miss e Sargent appears and her first selection,
 When lis Summer in the Heart. 5
 was beyond criticism, and with no e1-
 fort aic all Miss Sargent drifted into
 Hush Little Girl, Don't Cry" Shc : was heartily cncared and responded , with q sweet little ballad. Tn the Cor her Of An Old Plaid Shawl Miss H<ll- soy accompanied in q most sympathetic manner.
 The Irish cradle song was given by Mrs. Depew Mrs. Depaw's voice is rich ard brought back memory Of ne time when she rendered so many , choice solos in the Presbyterian church
 choir, a few years ago, but since Mas ter Harold Depew occupies so much of
 her time the musical circles have been
 deprived Of her charming voice. So it
 was with renewed enthusiasm that she was greeted.
 And after the Irish lullaby Miss Lena Purdy delighted her audience with a lIccitation. The Red Fam Miss Purdy IS undoubtedly an elocutionis1. Her az ticulation was good, impcrsona-ion splendid. and motions graceful and easy. She recited with a vivacity thai was charming and was accompanied On the piano by Miss Sargent.
 The plantation lullaby crConed by
 Miss Reba Heyman was a surprise and a delight to all Il was an unexpected treat. Until last Friday evening only the personal friends of Miss Reba were aware of her talent and her singing was certainly one of the best features of the evening. While only q school i girl ner voice has q cultivated tone, with all the sweetness and clearness of . bird. Her range is wonderful and yet peculiarly adapted c the low sweet negro melodies. Her chiet charm was tho happy unconsciOusness Of her ideal imDersonation Of the happy nanny" hugging the little "brac!17 pickininy. Miss Heyman will certainly Ec an ad- i dition to musical circles and her voice premises especial distinction in the | future. It is needless to state That she was encOred.
 Miss Mamie Plank rendered a diff cult solo, "Across the Dee" which showed to advantage the high cuitiva- ton of her voice. Miss Plank has q fine alto as well as soprano voice, . gift which few people can claim.
 The Norwegian cradle song. Ec3t on the programme, was sung by Miss Purdy, and that was pretty, too.
 But where shall 1 begin, to speak of the violin solo, Air. de Ballee Sylvia rendered by MT William Halsey? Not half enough can be said c: it. From tke first note one almost held ones breath, fearful that it would end all too soon; and it did, but Mir. Hllsey re- spOlded to very persistent encore. I've forgotten what the second seIec- ton was but if possible. it was prettier than the first Very few players so young as MT. Halsey can reach the per lection he has and the end is not yet. His sister, Miss Mary Halsey, acconlpa- nied in manner that added double charm to the selections.
 The German cradle song was sung in German by Miss Plank. Of course very few if any understood it, bus the air was very sweet.
 The LongEedcck cradle song given 1 by Miss Marguerite Williams was an- other one of the many delightful lui- l2bys. Miss Williams always pleases her listeners and was quite as charm l ing as ever.
 The chorus, EstudiaEtina," Gin ccs- tunnel was beyond anticipation. Those who took part were Mesdames Depew, Schureman and TharaIdson, Misses i Murray, Smith, Hettie halsey, Miller, | Purdy, Crews, Parker, rlauk, little Louise Abrams, and wee Hazel Pugh. l The costumes were all peasant, Of black with head adOr2ings of pink, blue ! yellow and red. The tamborines were festOOned with fancy ribbon. The gen. raral effect was very pretty and the i singers seemed to forget their own in dividuality in the impeTsonations o: the characters. They were brought baci1 and repeated the last. chorus of the song.
 The next was a.-i Italian cradle song. Here Miss Sargent proved her voice was adapted to any and all languages CT music.
 After an absence of many months. NJ. Irving Andrews was greeted with burst of applause that showed his musical abili,y was rot forgotten dur ing his stay in the east. He gave q fine selection, The Arabs Bride" and though il was good, Mr Andrews can do better. A recent cold had left |, slight hoarseness Mr. Andrews was adverse 10 returning but was obliged to ana sang 2 delightful little ballad about three wise but foolish men who all loved the same sweet maid. until she married new charmer and then they hugged themselves and each otlie: Uhsn they found out she was naugh5 | but Q shrew and they had escaped.
 And they smiled enough for ten,
 And they laughed enough for twenty; i
 These three wise men.''
 Every one is glad MT Andrews Is back, and we are locking forward 70 many treats during the winter social i season.
 But nrettiest of all the cradle songs was the last cne.-an American cradle sonf-given by Mrs. Edward Depew. It certainly appsaled to every one, as the Dretticst and most endearing of all lullabys. The last Cn the programme was a tableau in which Columbia, or America, impersCaated by Mrs. D. A. Abrams, was the principal figure on a pedestal, and around her were clus- tered the mothers Of all the nations represented during the evening. It made Q pretty final scene, and the audi ence joined in the national hymn, America with vim.
 The costumes and dresses were all It.,-nl,1 r,l terEa l1- in, lcact r-ar thn