Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-04

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given in this city was held at Wheeling
| Park Casino, yesterday afternoon and
last night, and during the day not less
than two thousand people attended, in
GLIDING a very notable selection of
Wheeling society and a large number
| of her music lovers, both ladies and
gentlemen. The attendance from out
| of town was all that was expected, and
| the event, both generally and particular
ly, was a complete success. AS is al
ways the case, there was lack of con-
| testants for few numbers, but this was
| made up, to some extent, by g plentiful
| sufficiency of them in others, the big
prizes attracting the earnest attention
of very capable organizations, with the
exception of the Ladies Choral
competition, at the afternoon session,
where the Woman's Musical Club was
| left in sole possession of the field. This
organization won for itself fresh hon
| ors, however, and the friends of the
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| rendition. The band concert set for
the evening was necessarily omitted,
| there being no entries.
The opening of the afternoon contest
| had been set for two o'clock, but va
rious events conspired to make delay,
and it was few minutes of, three when
the doors of the Casino building were
thrown open to the waiting hundreds,
many of whom had remained about the
building for an hour and a half, with
consequent fatigue, as the day was
warm as we'll as bright. The opportun-
ity was taken advantage of my many,
particularly the strangers in the city,
to view the beauties of the park, and it
was unanimously voted most charm
ing resort.
Professor Harry E. Jones, of Phila-
delphia, one of the adjudicators of mu-
sic, called the Eisteddfod to order at
three o'clock, and saying that it having
been found. at the last moment, that
Mayor A. T. Sweeney, who was to pre-
side during the afternoon session,
could not be present, because of bust
| ness engagements, Rev. N. w. Buck,
of the First Baptist church, would act
with generous applause, and made
| happy address, in the course OF which
| he dwelt upon the ennobling effects of
| music upon people and nations, and
| said that wherever music, either vocal
| or instrumental, or BOTH was loved
and cultivated, the people, would be
found to be God-loving, progressive,
moral and happy. He welcomed the
visitors to the city most cordially, and
| generally spoke in a very happy and
| appropriate strain, although briefly,
because of the lateness of the hour
Mr.. A. ]. Edwards, the conductor,
was then introduced. Mr.. Edwards is
bright and breezy, with go" in lis
| composition which caught the audience
| from the start, and the manner in
which he made things move along from
the opening was thoroughly appre-
| ciated.
| Referring to Rev. Bucks allusion to
! the Welsh language and that gentle
mans efforts to pronounce "Eistedd-
fod" and "Llewellyn," Mr. Edwards said
in the great hereafter, when the gentle
man goes to Heaven, he will find Welsh
the prevailing language, and he will
have to learn it.
The audience then rose en- masse and
| joined in singing America" after
| which the first contest upon the pro-
gramme was called, it being contralto
solo, He was Despised,' from the
| Messiah" Only one contestant ap-
peared, Miss Gussie Evans, of New
Castle, Pa. While capable vocalist,
| her voice was too light for the large
audience room of the Casino, but the
critics spoke most kindly of her, and
| closed by saying she had well earned
| the prize.
The second contest was a recitation
| The Dying Newsboy," and four COM
petitors appeared, they being Mable
Jones, of Martins Ferry. Mary Junkins,
| of Canal Dover, O., Maggie Jones. of
| Canal Dover, and Mary Jane Powell. of
Allegheny, Pa. The latter was given
the first prize, Miss Jones the second.
and the others were adjudged equal for
| third place. The winner of this prize
was quite little girl, but she had
i better conception of the work cut out
| for her than either of the others.
The next competition was a duett
for male voices, 'The Martial Spirit"
and there were three contestants. as
follows: % David Webb, of New
| Castle, Pa, and Daniel Stevens. of
Pittsburg; (21 Henry Bounca and
Thomas Richards, of New Castle, Pa.
and CD William Lewis and Llewelyn
Jones, also of New Castle. The prize
went to the first named two. with 81
| points to their credit, No. having Is
| points, and No. 3, 50 points.
Following came the baritone solo.
Lead Kindly Light" with four con-
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