Evening journal., 1899-10-24

Del.
Address Of Welcome to the Citizens of
Delaware, Honorable Samuel II.
AshbRidge, Mayor OF
Philadelphia.
Music,
First Regiment Band.
Response,
Hon. Ebe w. Tunnel. Governor of
Delaware.
Hon. Anthony Higgins.
Music-Chorus OF Fifty Male Voices.
Delaware Saengerbund, of Wilmington,
Del.
Address,
Hon. l.. Irving Handy.
Music,
Delaware Saengerbund
Address,
Hon. w. p. Wilson, Director General
of the National Export Exposition.
Music,
First Regiment Band.
For this afternoons concerts Walter
Damrosch, conductor of the Damrosch
symphony Orchestra, has arranged the
following program:
PART From to 4.
Overture. "Leonore," No. g. Beethoven
The Last slumber Of the Virgin
Massenet
Slavic Dances, ! and Dvorak
GaFOtte IN D.. ..... ....... Bach
Selection from Faust" ..... .Gounod
Cavotte in De. Observation-Disclosures Bach
PART II.
Overture, Figaro ........... Mozart
Sounds OF the Forrest. ...... Wagner
Allegretto from Symphony No. z
Beethoven
Waltz from "The Gypsy Baron"
Strauss
Norwegian Artists Carnival. .svendser
PART From to T.
Overture, "Sakuntala" ...... Gofdmarl
Albumblatt ......... ..... Wagner
Waltz, Blue Danube" ..... Strauss
Ave Maria. .. ............Go GounO,
Polonaise from Eugene Onegin,"
Tschaikowsk.
PART III.
Entire Act Gavotte. e..............Gi .Gille
Ride of the Valkyries ....... .Wagne
(By request).
| a., Traumerei. ei.............S .Schumani
! b. Minuet.
Hymn to St. Cecilia. ......... Gouno,
March, "Prussian Flags. Won Bloom
The Delaware Saengerbund met a
headquarters in German Hall at
O'clock and shortly afterward marche
to the p. w. & b. station. The Firs
Regiment Band has been preparing TO
the occasion, and an excellent program
has been selected.
The Baltimore and Ohio and Penn
lsylvania railroads are selling ticket
for one fare for the round trip. an
the price of admission to the exposi
ton, or S1.17, good for three days.
e Both railroads took many people [
8 the exposition. The crowds began {
= go early in the morning and increase
D until the noon hour.
, In the course of his address Nj
Handy said:
Delaware is here to-day partly bl
cause a close and warm tie of affectio
binds her to Philadelphia. This cit
lies at the head of navigation on n
/ noble waterway which, as river an
! bay, bears the name of our stat
: Through this great waterway in n
first place and In later years by raj
road as well, Delaware has been draw
into close and almost immediate col
tact with Philadelphia. Here we ha'
done our shopping. and here a part
our selling. Here many of cur DO.
on business bent have come to Il
! their fortunes. and much OF Philade
: lphia's proud history of commercial al
- manufacturing success is connect
- with the biographies ofsons ofDelawaI
Not few Of the potential business M
J; lof Philadelphia, when in the mig
~ hours they go back in dreamland
the gladsome years of boyhood, see
vision once again the farmyards, fri
orchards o. pine woods of Delaware
81 our Delaware-the dearest little sta
q in the world. We have, therefore.
ST warm tie OF affection for the city
le Philadelphia because It is our city
I'd ours by right Of all we have given to
our trade. our productions and @
children; ours by right of all the tin
yoH have helped US and all of the tin
he that We have helped you Under [
b, circumstances what could we do exc,
by come hare and have a Delaware Da
ay We heard that you had this big exl
" lsition, and that the gate receipts WI
mot oil you could wish. And so