Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-07-17
TWO CENTS
THAT VIOLIN CONTEST.
One of the Firm comes back at
d. w.
There seems TO be two Opinions about
Awards at the Contest Recently held
ut Unioutown.


\ at Unioutown.
I Editor New DoMrSIoN
! IRWIN, Pa, July l6. Dear Sir:---
/ We have In our possession an anus
Ing account published in the New
/ DOMINION June 9th aud signed ID.
w. from Randall w. Va. We kind
~ ask you to say through tho columns
of your paper that ID. w. may be
very nice man In his opinion, hut he
SO magnitied his opinion that he mis-
represented the whole affair."
If ID. w. claims that the West Vir-
ginians were shamefully Disseminated
against by the manager, then we be-
lieYe that the writer Of that article
has been sick more than nine months
rs he claims in his review. Judging
from the communications we had
! from ID. w. before the contest he
certainly must be chronic kicker
from away back. We think Mr..
Wiedman should feel honored that he
won second prize as he claims he
played under straining circumstances.
Mr.. Mosier from West Virginia who
played In the middle age class did
well. But the judges decided In IA
vor of A. M. EVERY the only player
from Greene county, man not
known by the managers nor judges.
Out OF 30 violinists we can only recall
six players that had piano accom-
PIANIST and two OF these men were
from West Virginia. At present wri-
ting we do not think that any OF the
players used piano on any tune print
ed on programs for players to select
from. We have learned by experience
that judge cannot always tell who
deserves the most credit, che violin
ist, or pianist, especially on old time
tunes. That mean MAN Miller did
kindly ask ID. w. not to punish the
audience any longer by playing an
other selection as the evening was
very warm and close The audience
was getting weary and was patiently
waiting on the judges who had retir-
ed to the dressing room more than
half an hour before d. w asked to
play the NEW DOMINION Two Step. =
At the close Of the special program we
called on the judges for report aud
found the chairman Mr.. Frank Rutter
ready to read to the audience che
names OF the prize winners. During
the short interval Mr. Baker an
nounced that ID. W. would play an
other selection. Miller, the mean
man did not know IL was .stwo-stepfs
but thought IL was intended TO enter
tain the audience until the judges
We're ready to report, that's why we
kindly asked the gentleman not to
play knowing that the audience was
filled full OF music and bubbling over.
We forgive ID. w. this time as this Is
the FIRST offence and invite him to
Greensburg September 28th to the vi
olin contest. We will give him all the
rope he wants. But please do not In
the future insinnate that parents mis-
quote the ages OF their children who
perform IN public. Reid Jaynes was
six years old last January. The writer
has been his instructor since then and
have known the parents for about ten
years and know that the little tot
can't help IL that he Is not any older.
James Robinson we have learned from
his neighbors is only little mora
than " years old, and we suppose be
cant help it II your opinion and judg-
ment tells you otherwise. The pro-
ceeds were $l68 less than your esti
mate and the outlay over 500 more.
Do you see You are wrong again.
VIII send you and Mr.. Morris an
invitation to the next contest In good
time so we get all the selections on .
printed program. III You think we do
not treat other musicians fair, ask
j. l.. Morris and the McClain
boys of Point Marion or Shelby Welt
ner, OF near Stewartown, w Va,
with whom | got acquainted while /
lived IN Uniontown. The trouble
with the Point Marion bows Ia that
they do not always tell The truth but
have learned on good authority that
they have reformed since left Old
Fayette.
II. r. NJ, Greensboro, Pa.
or the Arm Of Miller u Lott,
Irwin, Pa.