The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-05-15
'ORATOR|O OF ST. PETER
Woman's Club Music De-
partment Closes With
Payne Day.

| The Music Department of the Woman's s
Club held its monthly social meeting yes
4 terday afternoon in the First Congrega-
+ tional Church. 1t was Payne Day, and
j the greater part OF the music consisted
Q fselections from the oratorio of St.
/ Peter, with organ accompaniment The
| chorus was assisted by Messrs. Wolfe,
| Bunger, Harry Pond and L. Ferris
Mrs. Garwood Ferris opened the pro-
! gramme with a few Introductory remarks
as to the music in store for the audi
ence, and introduced Mrs. Walter Muir
head who gave an excellent paper on cur
rent musical events. She described the
Music Building at the Pan-Ameriean Ex-
position and gave an outline of the pros
pect for next year in grand opera. She
concluded with a number of witty clip
pings, giving definitions for the various
musical instruments.
Mrs. Eyeleth had the paper of the after
noon. 1t was on Payne, and was un-
usually interesting, as Mrs. Eveleth had
personal acquaintance with the COM
poser and gave number of personal
"reminiscences. She spoke of him as COM
ing from an unusually musical family,
traced his early career when he started
as organist in Philadelphia, to his pro-
fessorship at Harvard. His music was
| first classic, followed by romantic turn,
and he is now one of the leading must
clans in America.
Several of his compositions were de-
scribed, Nativity" Realm of Fancy
and Song of Promise" being among
them, but Mrs. Eveleth gave especial at
tention to the "Oratorio of ST. Peter"
Taken all in all, she considered him the
greatest composer America ever produced
He excelled, she said, as organist, though
he had not played on a church organ for
years. He had just completed new
opera for which Mrs. EveIeth predicted
unlimited success.
Mrs. Eveleth described Payne's personal
appearance and told something of his
home life. He is of medium height, she
says, with blue eyes that take in every
thing from behind a pair of spectacles.
He will tell one she looks charming and
tell her why. He is full of wit and humor
and great lover of the beautiful He is
very fond of roses, Of which he has a fine
collection.
The paper was ably illustrated with
musical selections from Payne's "Oratorio
or st. Peter There were two soloSts
Miss Pope and Miss Currie besides the
chorus from the Glee Club, led by Mrs
Garwood Ferris. Mrs. Henry Blauvelt
gave prelude on the organ.
Miss Pope sang most sweetly 'sThe Lord
is Faithful and Miss Currie rendered in
her usual charming soprano, "The Spirit
of the Lord is Upon Me- The chorus
selections were "Jesus My Redeemer
Lives" and Praise to the Father"
The only outside music was d duet sung
by Mrs. Garwood Ferris and Mrs Eve
leth Homeland, by Hanscom, who is e
brother of Mrs. Eveleth. 1t was beauti-
fully rendered.
This was the closing meeting of the de-
partment for the season.
Among those present were:-Mrs. Gar
wood Ferris, Miss Ferris, Mrs Eveleth,
Mrs George r. Hough, Mrs. Bowen, Miss
M. E. Currie, Miss E. Pope, Mrs. John L.
Scudder, Mrs. Charles Negus, Mrs. Frank
Fl. Hall, Mrs. Walter Muirhead, Miss A
Frost, Mrs. S. Rowland, Mrs. L. Fiske,
Mrs. Graft, Mrs Robinson, Mrs. Charles
Van Keuren, Mrs. George White, Mrs.
p. M. johnson, Mrs. Landrine, Mrs. w.
Toffey. Mrs. Harry Pond, Mrs. Franklin
Whitney, Miss A. D. Fuller.