The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-02

artists, and their performances on all &C.
casions perfect. Novelties the public re.
quire, and novelties the French Opera
company provides.
Howley, Haniland & Co.. New York and
Chicago. have just issued a new song,
by Paul Dresser. Dresser's name is
synonymous with songs of the heart and
songs Of the home. In the "Blue and the
Gray" this popular composer has touch
ed upon a theme that Is dear to the
hearts of the American nation telling in
Its story Of mothers love for three sons,
her only ones, whose lives were given for
their country in the blue and the gray.
The music thrills you and the words in
spire you. Read the chorus:
One lies down near Appomattox,
Many miles away;
another sleeps at ChicKamauga-
and they both wore suits of gray.
Mid the strains of Down in Dixie"
The third was laid away
In a trench at Santiago
The Blue and the Gray.
Emil Onet will give a recital in April
at Raudenbush hall, Miss Millie f'ott-
geiser, Mrs. John Hartigan, Mr. Fisher.
OF Minneapolis, and Messrs Soucheray
and Rosenthal taking part. One act from
the "Rigoletto," Lucia" and 81 Pag-
liacci' will be given.
George Hamlin, the Chicago tenor. sang
with the Damrosch-Gadslsi-B ispham com
bination in Winnipeg Thursday evening
Henry Wolfsohn, who has just return
ed from Europe, made the following inn
portant engagements for the ensuing
season:
Fritz Kreisler, the Austrian violinist.
Hugo Becker, the German cellist
Clara Butt, the English contralto, trav-
cling with her own company.
Mr. and Mrs. Georg Henschel, recital
tour as far as California.
Miss Maud Powell the American vio-
linist
Augusta Cottlow, the young American
pianist.
Innes and his band will open their an
nual summer engagement at Atlantic
City, N. j., June 80. The concerts Will,
as usual, be given at Innes Music hall,
on the Steel pier.
Mr.. Innes announces for these con-
eerts a novel feature In the giving of en-
tire scenes from "Lohengrin," Tam
hauser,' Aida" ''Faust," 'Trovatore"
and other standard grand operas, in
which notable singers, headed by Del
Puente, the baritone; Clementine de
We're, Effie Stewart Sig. Noldi, Achille
Albert and others will take part.
The Atlantic City season will close
Sept. 9, and the band will Immediately
thereafter make a tour of the Midwest
and Southern states, the grand opera
scenes forming a conspicuous feature
thereof.
The regular lines concert will of course
be given at each performance, this, in
turn, being followed by such of the
operas named as may be decided by adj
vance ballot among the subscribers.
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A large audience gathered at Mozart
hall yesterday afternoon and enjoyed
an interesting song recital given by the
pupils OF the public schools for the bene-
fit Of the public playground fund. The
entertainment was given under the au-
spices of the Woman's Civic league, and
a number Of the officers and members OF
the league occupied boxes in the cosy lit
tie theater Miss Elsie M. Shave direct
ed the children, and 1t is due to her skill
full work that the concert proved the
success it did. Miss Shave was assisted
by Miss Charlotte and Miss Helen Trott.
A number on the programme that took
immensely with the audience was the
cradle songs Of many nations, sung by
the children. The little tots carried dolls
and each group wore the costume, OF the
country whose cradle song it sang. Ger
man. Tigua, Swedish, Japanese, Amer1-
can negro lullabyS were sung, the num-
bers concluding with the English song,
Good Night. Misses Charlotte and
Helen Trott sang a duet Chaminades
t'Angelus and Niedlinger's Parting"
Miss Helen Trott also sang Gilchrist's
Hearts Delight" A chorus of sixty
voices. from the training school and q
class at the Central high. school sang
the cantata, Young Loyels Bride" Miss
Coffin, soprano, and Miss Trott, contral-
to, were the soloists, and Miss Elsie M.
Shave directress. Miss Carter played
the Accomplishments yesterday.