Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-14

,n,yes one feel measurably stricken
.rs-as Dickens would say--to
" w.. ttat the anniversary Of Prof
rntl.rls twentieth year in Utah Is
~ Ne, to be celebrated. April 6th'
- . believe. was the da" Of his
.,r,l In thls city; on the Sunday fol-
60 he took up. his position as Or
D Of the Congregational church. a
.I,n he has occupied ever since
t.r,rr witnessed the growth Of the
Ds,..5 from the days when he pumped
~.si organ with his own feet TO the
.a. when the church boasts one OF
~. giant instruments Of the inter.
,-.,rtain country A glance back to
49,. DAVIS reveals a world OF changes
-r, Itue musical community Prof
p.4,l.fs was Induced to come TO utah
-. directors Of the ola Philharmonic
s,.lsv Prot Careless had been rs
,..5., and under his direction the first
I'm, opsra to be brought out by home
,.leot "pnafore,' had been produced
.WJi.Hmers remember with what sue
e..s Then theCareless orchestra loomed
", and took an the professors atten-
,i,o SO he resigned his place at the
tso5 o, the Philharmonic Society The
.,,sroHs.ng board OF directors OF that
,,,sty among whom were Mrs Hamil-
,os Mrs Hardness, Mrs. Conkln Mrs
lanes Messrs. burst, Huey Zera Snow.
Van Horne. John S. Barnes and some |
,,bsrs decided that the society must not |
,,ks step backward and negotiations !
were opened with Prof Radcliffe in !
poston. He took the place OF Prof |
Careless and the society continued for a
considerable period, then going the way |
Of an choral Organizations. But Mr.
Radcliffe gained wide acquaintance
with musical people and his rare ac-
compllshments, first as an organlst, and |
mex, as a pianist brought him all the
work he could attend TO, and for years
he has held the place Of one Of our
principal instructors and been one OF
The strong forces In our little world Of
music II is very graceful thing that
The ladies Of the Congregational church
should tender him testimonial on the
celebration of such a notable annlver-
nry To- his life. II will occur Monday
evening iu the Congregational
church. Everyone Is invited. and
H 1.-THE Of Prof Radcline's
friends and admirers turn out.
he place win not be large enough to
hold them There are no tickets and no
charges
Pligrewsk wound up In San Fran
cisco last Saturday night leaving that
city IN fIrore Of enthusiasm. He also
stirred Sacramento 10 it's center, but
non a very different cause, The fol-
lowing clipping from a California paper
explains the reason;
Sacramento. April s.-Ignace Pad
erersk The pianist, who was TO have
appeared at the Clune tonight, can
celed bis engagement this afternoon and
seat purchasers have been given their
money back Seyenty-two seats were
sold 90 parties living at such widely
distributed points as Lodi, Rocklin, Au-
blTu Blue Canyon, Chico, Fair oaks.
|acay.lle, Lincoln Folsom. Dixon, Per-
kni and Newcastle, and naturally these
ifSe,-holders, who had come to sacra-
Msni5 expressly to hear the recital, are |
very Indignant The first impulse Of
iha general public this afternoon was to
condemn the great artist for his elev-
eula- hour action but judgment will
ue slilenet when the statement made
py Manager Ficks OF the Clunie 90 the
SaN correspondent tonight becomes
known. that only fifty seats for the per-
llImanee, AN told. had been sold TO resi-
eel!s Of Sacramento"
There is little likelihood Of such a fate
osIaIlng salt Lake. Up 10 the present
Ilue over $500 has been taken IN at the
D1 Office and Mr.. Piper reports that
inquiries are still being received from
many out Of town points. The sale viii
continue an Of next week
Music lovers In Salt Lake. and es-
',sauy piano students, will be inter-
.s'ed to read the program which Pader-