The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-02

the CluDS, uOtnlllS VI uuuSudI Ala
terest in any of them this week.
y The members have all settled
down to studying and the result IS al
ready apparent. There is another rlval
in the field for clubhouse honors. the
Ethical Culture club. and it is among
the possibilities that the latter CLUB Will
have a home Of it's own first. 1t Is grow
ing rapidly and as only unmarried girls
and women are eligible for membership
they have members with nothing to sway
them from the path which leads to the
clubhouse door. 1t is really surprising
the growth of the latter club. and the
work it is accomplishing. Until it is in
corporated the clubhouse Of the WOm-
ans club is in statue quo.
The Saturday Night club met in the
studio Of Miss Cox. The committee on
program reported having prepared a
program for the next month. Current
topics will be the leading topic next
Saturday night, followed by discussion
on Shelly. Several new members were
added to the list, among them a few
bright men.
Mrs. H. V. Winchell, ida Bell Win
chelD is the possessor of one of the fin
est mezzo soprano voices in Butte, and
the most thoroughly and perfectly culti-
waited. She occupies a unique position in
that she is neither a teacher or profess
sional singer, but sings for pure love of
music and the delight it affords public
and friends. She is not chary in accord
ing favors and sings frequently in con-
certs and other entertainments.
At no place has she been more appre-
y a IND no{n no tI,4 -.
club, of which she is a member, and
where she often sings on the days set
apart for that department. The club has
for members the very best singers Of
the city, pianists, violinists, and they
can appreciate and name in learned
phrases Mrs. Winchelrs PROJECTIONS,
where the others can only sit and ap-
plaud and enjoy it.
From her earliest infancy she was
given piano lessons, her father destining
her for a professional career in music.
AS a child she was educated in Germany,
and was early master of the piano.
forte. Even now she says she some
times thinks she is a better player than
singer. On her return to America at 16
she commenced the vocal instruction in
tending to go into grand opera. But
when voice, education and dramatic in
struction were completed it was found
that her health would not permit it: she
was altogether too fragile for such an
arduous life.
Before coming to Butte she travelled
for a time with a ladies' quartet.
When in Boston, Detroit and Mime
apolis, she always sang in the leading
church. She has appeared with great
success in amateur operas, oratorio, etc.
She came to Butte with her husband
Horace V. Winchell, well-known as head
geologist for mining company, three
years ago, but she has been away fire.
quently The altitude has not affected
her voice at all. 1t is as clear and sill
very as in lower places. Her high notes
are clear and brilliant, her medium full
of sweetness and she shades and trills
with rare dexterity and suavity, with
evenness and precision and sings with
that conviction only attained by the
finely trained artist. There is always
color and life in her singing. Her tech
mic is superb; it seems almost sad that
Mrs Winchell did not conquer physical
weakness and appear in grand opera.
In appearance Mrs. Winchell is a
slender, statuesque blonde, veritable
'snOw maiden"
voluntarily thinks of her accompanist
for Miss Matte p. Sim always plays her
Accomplishments and also played this
week for Miss Scott at the WOman's
club. She is petite little blonde, full
Of life and vivacity. Her tiny hands are
always a source of wonder as to how
she can possibly reach an octave. But
she does it, all right. If Miss Sim would
listen to the advice of her friends and
complete her musical education and
adopt it as a vocation, she has brilliant
future ahead of her. But she will not
Did any girl ever do just what she
should in that line.
At a meeting Of the Woman's Literary
club of Anaconda Saturday the members
listened to a "miscellany' program
Mrs. Fitzgerald chose as her subject,
"Hinrich Heine." Heine was one of the
tirst of the German writer's. and his
poems are today considered among the
most popular.
The second paper was written by Miss
Helena Gleeson. Miss Gleason told of the
mart played by the Quinn bTotho"r =
German literature. She told how the
old German legends were collected and
written by them. and some of these le
gends put into the 70, =, of fairy tales.
Mrs Cohen was chs sen chairman of
'.current events" in the absence Of Miss