The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-10-15

the association and their friends: Mrs
Davis Cox, Mrs. G. W. Farris and Mrs c
G. Barrett OF Huntsville, Mrs. Lee Lark
ford OF Port Lavaca, Mrs. Rowell OF Pear.
sail. Mrs. NJ. d. Bixler of Beaumont, ant
J Mrs. Daylay of La Porte. The Houston
contingent on the trolley ride was com.
posed OF Mrs. r. NJ. Johnston. Mrs. G. J
Palmer, Mrs. Overall, Mrs. Culmore, Mrs
Smart, Mrs j. A. Bryan, Mrs. NJ. H. Eos.
ter Miss Johnston. Miss Culmore and Mis-:
4 Josephine Thompson
Tho piano recital given by Mr.. Horace
Clark. Jr. Tuesday evening, assisted by
Mrs. Nelson Munger and Misses Bessie
Hughes and Elizabeth Brinsmade. was
simply a perfect pleasure TO those with
music in their souls From the opening
trio. Autumn Song" by Goldbeck. sung
by Mrs. Munger, Miss Hughes and Miss
| Brinsmade, to the beautiful ARRANGEMENT
of the Ave Maria" by Marchetti, by the
same delightful singers. 1t was concord
of sweet sounds that will linger long and
sweetly in the memory
Mr.. Clark followed the opening trio with
a short talk on music, the manner of his
! speaking adding greatly to the matter
spoken. He told of the influence music
on the history of nations its reflection of
their character, etc, and in closing re-
cited Adelaide Proctor's poem "A Mes
| sage. The last two verses seemed to
carry their message to the hearts of the
| audience for the hall was so still that
one could readily have believed it empty
save for the soft voice of the speaker. 1t
was noticeable that during the evening
this intense stiffness often prevailed. as
the audience was held spellbound by Mr..
Clark's magic influence. After his little
talk he went to the piano and began the
beautiful work of the evening with THE
Last Movement" from seethoovens So
nata in I'd" minor; then carried his audi
ence with his Upon the Mountains"
where they followed Grieg's music given
by masters hand. Mr.. Clark's wonder
full technique is upheld by a passionate
love of music which thrills through every
touch of his hands, He interprets the
Composer In his own way, throwing his
own soul into the lhrasing and thus
reaches the souls of his audience. He is
an artist with poets fervor. and the
music of the masters finds a fitting inter-
prefer in him.
During the evening Mr.. Clark. gave
Upon the Mountains The Watchers
Night Song and THE Carnival" by Grieg;
The Spinning Maiden" by Ruff; THE
Nightingale by List, and 'Moonshine
'ldylle" and Poem" by MacDowell. THE
Nightingale" and The Spinning Maiden
seemed to be the favorites of the audience
but 1t was difficult to tell between SO
many gems, which shone with clearest
light. If there could be fault found
with the evening it was that Mr.. Clark
did not give some selections of u graver
cast--some of Wagners grand chords,
for instance, to show a greater versatility,
bur this thought seems almost ungratef,il
after the pleasure he had already given
Mr. Clarls'is native Texan and deserves
especial favor from Texans, for he is all
artist that people of the old musical CEN
tiers might be proud of.
The singing of the ladies who assisted
Mr. Clark was quite up to the standard
set by him. Never have Mrs. Munger,
Miss Hughes and Miss Brnsmade baen
heard 10 such advantage. The opening
trio was an earnest of the delight to come
and the Ave Maria" fitting close TO 1t.
Miss Brins;nade, who came in between Mr..
Clark's selections with two songs from
"Eliland" by Won Fielitz. sang with un-
usual brlliarcy. Any song less well sung
would have been a shock to the audience,
as 1t was it was only another great pleas
ure. These three ladies deserve the hearty
thanks of the Houston people for bring
ing Mr.. Clark here, and also for keeping
up the reputation of this city as one when
good music makes her home. This fact
was established not only by their sing
ing but by their skillful and delightful
accompanist, Mr.. Aldridge Kidd, to whom
much of the success of the vocal numbers
is due. The audience, though small on
account of the wietched weather was a
very sympathetic and appreciative one and
showed its appreciation by bursts of APP
plause-without making a single mistake
in the way of an encore.
~
Mrs. Bette B. Davis. who is expected
home soon from a summer spent in wan
dering over Europe. writes very delight
fully of her stay in England and Scot
land. Mrs. Davis and her party passed
through Edinburgh where they visited
the old castle OF Edinburgh and had the |
great pleasure of seeing the famous Cor
don Highlanders, out in dress parade I
with the skeil of the bagpipe to make it
more impressive, They visited many
places in Scotland made famous by his
tory and by the magic pen OF Sir Walter I
Scott, and returning to London where they /
took in all the many points of interest to /
strangers. and finally to Paris, which. Mrs. /
Davis says, Is overrun with Americans and |
where there is little of real French life |
to be seen by foreigners. Mrs. Davis says |
she has missed The Houston Post much. |
but they have fitted about SO rapidly and |
that even The Post could not |
keep up with them. The party did in
tend to reach New York in time for the I
Dewey reception, but the steamers were |
so overcrowded that 1t was impossible to
get passage She says the preparations for |
the exposition in Paris next year are on !
a magnificent scale and there is an army
OF working men employed on them Paris |
is bright and gay In spite of national trou-
bles-even the Dreyfus affair fails to af- |
feet the spirits OF the gay "Parisiens'
~
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Meldrum opened |
the social season Thursday evening by
a reception given to Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. |
Common. Jr.. who have Just returned from
their bridal trip, and II this was an earn
est Of the functions Of the coming winter, |
Houston's reputation for delightful So
cial life will be most admirably upheld. |
II seemed like old times to SEQ the beau
tifully decorated rooms filled with a hand |
somely dressed crowd surging through |
from one apartment to the other, With |
hum OF happy voices filling the air. And |
there was q regular crush. as every one |
was fresh from long rest OF summers |
passed here and there among the resting |
places OF the country. and all seemed hap
Ply to meet again in the old pleasant way. |
Mr.. and Mrs Meldrum have happy way,
too. Of making their guests enjoy them
selves, and throw into their affairs their |
own spirit of genial fellowship with their
kind, that is both Infectious and delight
full.