Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-05

EVAN STEPHENS ON LONDON.
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rushed on to find our missionary house

iNauNN Wa ~ una our missionary uoueN
| az Penton street.
WITH THE ELDERS.
Despair sharpens wits. and we soon
. found our way. The right bus for the
Angel came along and we crept in
side and after many wIndings heard
the glad name announced. IL proved
TO be q dingy looking saloon on the
corner. but We soon found the mission
house. and were with the boys where
we remained for a Dutch dinner"
cooked especially for them by a sis
Ger from Holland, now In London. We
then returned. accompanied by Brother
Hindley, 20 get our luggage Brother
Berry having found as nice room
close by. This time we travelled on
top of the bus, and could get "a splendid
View M the street we were going
through These BUSES take the place
nj our street cars and form almost
continuous line on both sides OF the
principal streets. one going. the other
returning. one may get on and on
anywhere but they stop az certain cor
ners near the side walks. and the con-
ductofs are very civil and obliglng. a
nice little winding stairway leads 20
ihe top over the hind end Of the bus.
and there the people slt In pairs on
cross seats. both ladies' and gents.
Sometimes It IS pretty cold. and some.
times very wet but London does not
trouble Co shelter its travellers and you
must make The best OF IT, The streets
WIND about SO that IL often takes an
h9ur 10 reach a point three miles, OF
Jess, on these airy house carriages,
nevertheless, / rather like them.
Ihey give one time TO gaze
around. Nothing hurrlos unduly in
London. We passed on this errand.
scores OF historic places, places that all
me world have read about OF course,
they 90 diner In size. appearance, etc.
so do Cinnamon. but they AN look alike
20 me. as yet After a weeks RAM
bling about so far as outward appear
dHees gol would as soon select one good
ordinary block. and walk or drive
around an day. as TO spend the same
TINE In going over miles OF the city.
so similar Is the architecture to the
casual observer Plain solidity, var
nlshed over with age and smoke New
buildings seem as old as the old, even
before they are finished
HIAWATHA SET TO MUSIC.
As our lucky star would have il. the
Royal Choral society. 600 members and
lyp orchestra, We're TO give. on this our
lrst night ln London. Colrdge Taylor's
muslt TO LongteilOw's "HiaWatha," one
OF the most 10 not the most beautiful
musical works VI modern times We
We're tired completely out but could not
miss H. SO guided by Brother Hindley,
We hasiened TO the great Albert hall
even without supper 4 shillings each
gave us comfortable seats, high IN the
heavens. about 200 feet from the per-
formers The hall has about the d.
mensions Of the Tabernacle,b but Is high !
en- with raised side seats all around |
the lower iioor-uke a bicycle track |
ana tnfee entire surrounding galleries. |
III seats nearly twice as many as our |
oulIdlns. Not so resonant yet perhaps |
more evenly distributing the tone. The |
chorus and orchestra sounded fine but |
the solOlsts seemed very far away. and |
our Americans. Blauyelt and Mockridge |
We're much too week 90 be effective. Mr..
Black the baritone, Jared better ana |
was heard well. Half the people i'm |
The galleries had copies of the music. |
new as 10 rs. The young composer
a mulatto. ] believe, born In America. |
ana schooled In England, conducted In |
a very spirited and decided, but quite /
awkward manner, nearly shaking his |
right arm or But he kent 4
them wei in time and they
were trained by their regular con-
1uctor, Dr. Bridge IN shading and
oppression, so that without signals
from the composer they Interpreted the
beautiful music gloriously, apparently
.easting on Il themselves. Smooth.
rich and finely balanced with a certain
.arnestness and refinement, they far ex-
'elled any chorus singing / ever heard
IN America, and even the orchestra and
5oloists were far below them In finish.
The English So yilely spoken here. was
,harmingly good and correct I'm singing.
The orchestra was far behind the
Metropolitan Of New York, 20 say Moth
ng OF the Thomas orchestra. or the
.till more perfect Boston symphony"
! ne work Itself. and the chorus were.
Win the composer director, the stars
II the evening, and it was refreshing
.ull To see that the English could an,
liecldte a good thing with their pres
nee, applause ana cheers, when IL Is
o pe had' Eight thousand people at
east cheere1 ana applauded until there
vas a tumult In the vast building AT tbs
ma OF each part especially al the end
" the second part "AIinnehaba'e
Death and well did the composer and
interpreters deserve A. II was worth
oming thousands Of miles TO hear. n
ne couldn't have had IL al home. So
ar as Salt Lake ls concerned. the thine
g much as 10 Wills, with earnest Der.
everance on the part OF the singers
nstrumentalists. and the backing OF Inc
'eople, we might, before many years
ring such things within our reach mi
We DO not know what such a feast
means yet, nor how to produce II.