The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-24
SHE IS KNOWN IN BUTTE
Charity Martin Is a Native of the
Black Hills.
AMERICAN PRlMA DONNA
Her Voice Developed Under the Same
Tutelage as That of Nine. Nordica.
An American Girl Who
Has Won Fame,

Charity Martin, who will be heard in
with Ellis Brooks Picturesque Spec
tacle at the Auditorium on Jan. and
3, under the auspices of the Boston &
Montana band, is a native of the
Black Hills, and is well known to many
people in Butte. Her father. John 7.
Martin, is at present resident of Lead
City. S. d. She is known at her home
as the Black Hills Nightingale" Mr..
Treloar, director of the Boston & Mon
tana band, played at a big testimonial
concert that was given her Just before
she left her home to enter an Eastern
conservatory of music in 1885 to pre-
pare herself for the professional career
which has been so successful. The
Chicago Critic, in speaking of Miss
Martins recent appearance in that city,
said:
Charity Martin, our own American
prima donna, whose voice was devel-
oped under the same tutelage as that
of Nine. Nordica, has wonderful
purity, richness and depth in her tones,
and last night virtually out-sang any
of the artists who have appeared in
grand opera this season Her success
was immediate and spontaneous, the
audience becoming wild in their APP
pause. SHe cdplltdte0 everyone lIOtil
the start, and no artist ever received
such enthusiastic round and round of
| applause. America is justly proud of
| Charity Martin. Much has been said
of her Of late, but too much space can
| not be given an American girl who has
Won such fame in SO short a time.
| Charity Martin was born in Houghton.
! Mich, and at an early age showed
marvellous msuical qualifications. Her
| father. John T. Martin, with his family
moved to the Black Hills when Char
ity was but 10 years of age. And here
! her voice attracted the attention Of
| the miners throughout that entire sec
ton of the country, until she was
known throughout the land as the
Black Hills Nightingale. Her first
study in Boston at the Conservatives
closely followed her 18th anniversary,
and while there her wonderful voice
thoroughly skilled and trained, was de-
veloped under John ONeil the same
master that directed the tuition of
Nine. Nordica. Miss Martin sang
| only a short time in public when she
determined to pursue her musical stu
dies to a point of perfection nearly
| as possible. This she has triumphantly
| executed and carried out, as her great
success in the past year has so fully
demonstra ted. Her exquisite phrasing
and execution last evening showed
been. Many of the critics present de-
clared if she continued in her up
| ward career that doubtless within a
year the name of Charity Martin would
stand before the world as the greatest
prima donna soprano. -
Ii Sig, Ernesto Baldanza, the great
Italian tenor brought to this country
by Mapleson, and who created such q
furore in New York. and afterwards
joined the Grau forces. was worthy of
the applause showered upon him last
evening, for he certainly is, with one
exception perhaps Jean De ReszkD,
the greatest tenor in the world. His
rendition of .Salve Dinora, from
Faust won showers of applause
again and again. He has a voice of
wide compass and full volume, and its
quality is delightfully."- musical. He is
certainly one of the finest opera tenors
we have had here"
Victories of Old Glory on Land and
Sea- is a great musical Composition by
Ellis Brooks, the celebrated band mas
ter and composer. The work is played
by the bands under the personal lead
ership of the author. To assist the
audience in their Interpretation of this
work, over 100 views of the late wal
with Spain and the Philippines are
shown. Many of these views are orig,
nal negatives, said to be priceless If
value.
Visited DIR. Alexander.
| burglar paid a visit to the Office OF