Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-22

! have IN my inside pocket plans for the
most alluring trips for you to Callfor-
mia, oregon, Yellowstone Park, Brlgh-
tons, and a fishing trip or two into our
own incompatible mountain tops. !
| fully realize It will take endless labor,
perseverance, enthusiasm, brotherly
love and other requisites that we, or
our community are not short OF when
/ put 70 the test, TO bring either, or all
| OF them about. and that a failure or
two may occur
II Is a pleasure for me 10 be able 20
! write that my longer stay in and bet
| ter acquaintance with Christania has
/ not changed my favorable view OF II,
! It's surroundings and It's match,ess pou-
| Pile while unsteady II has risen con
| siderably, In that ] have heard a very
| fine male choir Of 100 voices OF its
! picked singers, they are now In Paris
singing Morse music. They compare ia
voraby In voices with the best We have
had In Salt Lake, and excel US cOnsid-
erably In intensity and "c0lor' Of ex-
preston. Though they were away be-
/ hind us in solo work-the two gentlemen
doing service In this line being far from
excellent. / have since last writing
heard a better band also, who compare
well, II they do not excel I'm quality Of
work, Though numerically smaller)
with our one time knights Of Pythias
band" The national theateT orchestra
OF probably twenty-five or thirty in
struments. under Gustaye Lang's baton,
was a disappointment, reminding one
strongly that an orchestra Of anything
less than nifty or sixty performers must
az best be but an unbalanced affair, as
"a .pphHafEp ,Fatftfng
most important filing In wind instru-
ments, or else entirely covering over
the small number OF strings, and max
ing the "toot-tootings" OF the wood and
brass family so prominent that the
whole structure Is upside down. The
fact u the matter being that one full
set Of wind instruments demands at
the least from forty 20 fifty stringed
instruments 20 balance IT, The time Is
past when we call a choir good" that
has thirty sopranos, two ten
ors, six BASES and no al
tos; but similarly crippled |
orchestra. one-third Of the instruments |
that the selection was written for en-
entirely missing, and the rest entirely |
drowned out by trombone, a snare |
drum and a cornet-still may have a /
hearing and applause. because We have |
not outgrown II, A small orchestra may |
be good In Its way when playing music |
written for It. and the parts are kept |
balanced properly, but not otherwise. |
and at best II Is not an orchestra fit TO
tackle" master works written for a |
full orchestra, So this one |
Notwithstanding much excellence |
was painful to hear trying TO make out |
a melodic structure Of some Of the Sc
lections, through the oyerbalanclng Of |
the few wind instruments generally |
playing the least melodious accompany
Ing parts Not so was an orchestra
from Finland" that gave some con-
from Finland that GAGE some con-
certs here with seyenty-one perform.
ers; II gave some really wonderfully
fine music IN a superb way II was
also on its way 20 Paris, where | hope
Il received the greetings II deserves, a I
local opera company, too, were render
ing grand opera In rather Indifferent
manner In the "Tlyoli." / heard III
Troyatore." the soloists were fair but
not more,
/ became choir leader for the branch
choir here and really much enjoyed
meeting with them, teaching them
"Hosaanah" among other things. Too
much praise cannot be given them for
their falthfulness, and good work.
They play most important part in
the life Of this splendid branch. They
even support themselves financially.
every member paying in so much week
ly TO pay local conductor FOR train
ing them. And they work in way TO
get their moneys worth. | shall long
treasure the remembrance Of their zeal
as much as their kindness 10 me BY
the way they honored me with a
memento Of our labors together In the
shape Of a charming little glowing cup"
made Of Norwegian silver and gold, en-
graved beautifully This choir and the
''Pencader Male Chorus (of my BIRTH
place. are all who have kept me in
practice during my six months alb
sence from you. l must close or de-
nand an extra OF the News"
Tor my letter shall catch you
mapping before conference unless you
are ever wide awake.
IN SWEDEN
Gutenberg, Sweden, Aug. 1900
With mingled feelings OF pain and
pleasure | have said goodbye 70
Jhrlstlanla and Norway. my little
'osy room, and the ever kind and atten- ,
i've sisters Wllhelmsen. President !
Petersen and the other Utah elders.
he choir-many OF whose members /
we're becoming very near 10 me-the
oyely hooks ! can never forget, TO all !
II whom | owe a debt Of gratitude | |
an never repay. And Ike the !
oil Of the mountain land !
I'M drifting southwark through {
gradually changing land in !
appearance, but still beautiful-that OF !
NAWKuuNfg fNrl N a
GRADUALLY the rocky lodges and their 4
BEAUTIFUL mantels Of pine. birch Z
nd blue berry grow less frequent :
nd the valleys and plains grow wider /
lot less beautiful, perhaps, but less I
omantic. ] fail 10 note much differ :
nee IN the appearance OF the people; h
erhaps they are slightly falrer In com a
IeXlon, hardly as hardy and rosy. but /
more delicate and hence slightly more 4
etined In appearance, like the country y
hey iuhabit But / cannot Imagine a I v
reater mistake than a separation in Il
ceiling Of these two fine peoples. the ! n
,orse and the Swedes, who have GER ! Ii
alnly sprung from the same root, and 3
re each worthy Of the other. / regret I,
OF being able 10 pay Swedens capital, ! 81
eautiful Stockholm, visit but cir G
make II impossible at this z
nti 80 hh 4 ndQ 70 content mySelt / IN
18th the southern coast OF Norway. | b
lust be content with the western v
cast Of Sweden. have seen enough in b
nelly colOred views and otherwise OF v
9th 10 fully realize my loss IN both II
asses, but one cannot possibly during el
mes existence see every nook worthy a
visit In this beautiful world. As / L
lake no lengthy stay IN this country nj
viii not DO II the injustice OF com. =,
renting, farther than 20 say that this s
~ and others smaller than this one OF
i Impress one with their Industry, a
aauty and cleanliness. and the wide. =,
wake. modern tendency OF their in \
abitants, True, in the rural parts
llngs are quite primitive, az they are
J over Europe, the women quite gen. NJ
ally laborng at all sorts OF manual
Dor In the field, and many signs OF ?.
overt" are 20 De noted In connection A.
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