The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-01
SPECIAL TRAINS TO LINDSB0RG
For Great Annual Musical Event
..The Messiah

One week from next Tuesday morning
the Missouri Pacific will run a special
train from Wichita to Lndsborg, Kan.
for the great annual musical event there,
the Messiah" The train will leave here
in time to arrive at Lindsborg at p. m.
The rate will be one fare for the round
trip. The Messiah at Lindsborg has
become to be famous all over the United
States. The Ladies Home Journal and
the New York Herald have recently
written it up for full page illustrated ar
ticles.
The Messiah" was first rendered at
Lindsborg during the Easter season of
1882. The renditions this year will take
place on April 10, Ii, 49, Is and will be the
twenty-seventh, twenty-eighth, twenty
ninth and thirtieth performances by the
Bethany Oratorio Chorus.
AT first a small chorus of thirty or for
ty voices and small imported orchestra
from Rock Island had to do the work
and the stone church with an improvised
stage was the concert hall.
Then the chorus grew, and the per-
formances were given in the new, large
and beautiful college chapel Bethany
now had an orchestra, leader and SOLO
lists, all of its own.
But the spacious chapel soon became
too small When DR.. Swensson had the
immense auditorium erected in 1895, peo-
pie said They can never fill that hall.
Why, all Lindsborg could find place there
and yet there would be room to spare"
Yes. it is the best auditorium in Kansas,
but it does not hold the whole state and
so, at the very first performance of the
Messiah" in the new hall, after the
gigantic organ had been built in it, it
proved to be entirely too small, so large
was the assemblage of music lovers. On
account of this experience two renditions
We're given the next year; and last
Easter week witnessed three, while this
years Easter week will contain four
Messiah dates at the most beautiful
little Park City in the Smoky valley.
This year the chorus numbers $50
voices; the orchestra numbers forty in
struments. and two Of the soloists come
all the way from Boston. Prof. Thors-
tenberg is conductor; Prof Bedinger. or
ganist. and Prof. Lindberg leader of the
orchestra.
The railroad arrangements are very
liberal and accommodating. The rate of
one fare for the round trip has been es-
tablished from all points in Kansas. and
same rate viii obtain from Kansas City.
The special day programs are as fol-
lows:
Tuesday. April 10, first Missouri Pacific
day. Specials from Osawatomie, Council
Grove, Herlngton 10 Lindsborg. arriving
at l p. m; also from Wichita, Hutchin-
son and Sterling. arriving same time:
also from La Crosse. Great Bend. Hois-
ington and Marquette arriving same
time, and ali returning at close of con
certs. Also a Rock Island special from
Topeka and intermediate points 10 Her
ington, connecting with the Missouri Pa
oifc special from Lindsborg.
Wednesday, April II. first Union Pa
ciic day. Special train from 8Earysville.
Irving, Randolph and Manhattan. arrfv-
Ing at Lindsborg 1:I5 p. n; also special
train from Concordia. Clay Center. juno
ton City. Abilene. solomon (takinE Be
lott branch passengers and Saliua Ctak-
ing Lincoln branch and main line from
the west passengers 10 Lindsbo-g. arriv-
ing at lis p m, and all returning at
close Of concerts.
Good Friday. April e second Missouri
Pacific day. Special train from Fort
Scott. Moran Eureka, e Dorado. Newton
and Moundridge, arriving at Mcpherson