The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-30
MUSICAL WHEELING.

The brilliant entertainment OF the
Woman's Club last evening kept musical
devotion the present week from being
included In :ks array OF war scared off
undertakings" and this courage Will bs
more than borne out next week. which
holds .hree splendid attractions In lis
confines. each worthy OF large audiences.
Tuesday evening, at ST. Lukc's parish
house. the Amateur Orchestra. led by
Mr.. Evans, one OF the clty's best Violin
lists, has arranged m especially interest,"
Ing programme. and to Il has been add
ed a one-act drama In charge OF the
ladies OF st. Luke's church, which can
not fall to make n delightful entertain
mcnt. The programme in full will be
published Monday.
Thursday afternoon and evening the
Mozart Society. one Of the city's very
best organizations, directed by Profess
For Schockey, Will celebrate with n con-
cert et each session, in which Wheel
lng's greatest talent as well as some
from abroad, will participate.
Friday evening an Innovation on the
routine musical afrnlrs OF the winter
VIII be given In the music rooms OF MILF
gan Wllken & Co., by Mr.. Johnson Bane.
or Boston. Mr.. Bane has studied and
practiced the guitar for twenty-one
years and Is n thorough master OF the
TWO tunlngs. He was the first to give u
guitar recital In Boston; In fact the his
tory OF the instrument does not tell OF
any one who has attempted work that
MIR. Banc Is now doing, holding his audi
ercc as though charmed, for an hour
and thirty minutes. His own compost
tions are everywhere received with the
greatest enthusiasm. They may be
ranked on 4 level with the best modern
compositions. some OF his %nocturnes and
dances reminding one OF Chopin and
Moszkowskl. From the above. In some
measure may be cleaned the attractive
ness OF the coming entertainment. There
Is no doubt but that the music room will
he crowded. as all Musical Wheeling Is
interested In discovering the highest pos
s!bill.ies OF any instrument. It Is un-
derstood Mr.. Bane will be assisted by
some OF the well known vocalIsts OF the
city.
Miss Theresa VI. Phillips. one OF the
clty's best known c~ortraltos, will sing at
the special song service to be given IN
the Bridgeport ". z. church, tomorrow
evening. Other prominent members OF
Musical Wheeling, engaged to sing out
Of town recently. were Miss Zou Hast
Ings. soprano, Mannirgton; Mr.. Henry
W. Hughes. busso. Parkersburg. and
both ably sustained their individual, as
well as the city's artistic reputation.
The Woman's Club concert last even
iHg was i brilliant success from every
point OF view. Before the Beethoven
programme began. Miss L.nton.o of Pitts
burgh. n guest OF Mrs. Adelaide Egerter,
beautifully sang 'Mignon," by Harlecot
and "Oh! Thou so Fair and Holy" by
Castor. Miss Linton has 4 very pretty
voice and her rendiHon5 merited the
hearty applause they received.
Mrs. Nellie Warren Holloway opened
the prepared programme, with n we'll
delivered paper on Beethoven. which Is
printed in full In to-day's Intelligenccr,
after which the Choral Club creditably
sang the 'vesper Hymn"
The beautiful andante movement from
the First Symphony" for violin and
piano, by Misses Flora and Grace Pollock.
was splendidly received. after which
Miss Sue NJ. Caldwell. one OF the clubs
most promising younger members, did
herself proud. The selections allotted
her were difficult ones, but the young
lady was equal to the task and her pure,
true voice. with its perfect control was
never shown to better advantage than
In affections Bliss" and Faithful
Johnnie" and the congratulations ex-
tended were fully deserved.
The plano solo OF the evening was In
the keeping OF Mrs. Holloway. and could
NOT have been better placed. Beetho-
ven's famous Sonata, Appasslonatc."
was the selection chosen. The rendition