The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-01-22
A GRAND
RECITAL
The best Yet Given at
Denison College.


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Numbers Would Re
Credit Upon Prnffe5oIol Pl.lf
The recital given at the {
chapel on Friday night was W
doubt the best entertainment
kind Denison has ever witnessed.
number was gem of its kind an
large audience which filled the q
rum to overflowing, applauded
siastically and demanded enco;A &
such vocifel business that thereh
denying it. We have had dead 81
concert companies here, and hd
and elocutionists galore. TIES
with colors flying and were hsf "a
splendid press notices, but II -
them has given the entire ssbC
given by the Denison peor;R,i
peared On the Friday night 1S>
This was not because they VII
talent but because each M
an artistic gem which wouldYli
coniums from any audience.
The evening was opened b
cation by DIR. E. M. Holm
first number was a beauti
mental solo by Miss Pearl Fl
Ley is certainly most tain
former and she has won a HID
Denison musical circles. TO-
began with the close of { El
selection and every person tf
was recalled, not througsk =
alone but because the pc
wanted more. Il
The selections given by Mill
Gertrude Webster were varie6|
and character, they ranged frdl
to gay, but every one of them Y
and one could hardly believih
was possible for the talented liH
to give so we'll SO many differeE
Whether in the child-lore of 4
the dramatic story of Ma'moAF
the strong utterance of KiplindE
dialect work of Carleton, MisslA
was success. There can be
| tion but that Miss Webster iA
elocutionist ever in our citls
would hold her place in the FIJI
upon any stage and before all
ence. The large audience preR
to some extent a tribute to TIKI
citation of her efforts by the ctl
ity. She has done a great deallI
favorable advertisement to theH
and if she does as well in othG
as she did here on Friday ni'
recitals cannot fail to be helpfrsG
Institution by showing the hia,
of talent here employed. Il
Miss Lillian Garrison appearaI
upon the program. ga Neck
Love" by Nevin, ''Nightinga
Rose" by Hawley and Del
Cradle Song" were her selection
is almost impossible to descrit
Garrison's voice. There is IN
every note, sweet, clear, liquid
music that is full of feeling an
cacy and the true artistic discer
Miss Garrison has long been +
with Denison people both on acc
her sweet voice and her still {
character, they know with VIII
culties she has had to contend
suing her musical studies an
4 know that only an innate lc
I y
music could have sustained h
! made her perfect herself in her a
The piano solos by Miss Lally
that she too is a master musician
execution of the difficult mus
i we'll nigh faultless and she pla.
/ with mechanical effect of tf
; trained machine but with the
and delicacy of the artist. Miss
has received her musical ed
almost entirely in Denison and
credit to the musical facilities
by our city.
Mrs. j. N. Bradley was on Il
gram for two numbers. Her sci
, were Burst Ye Apple Buds by
and 'It were a Rose by Hess
Mrs. Bradley is the singer who
vellous voice has been one Of the
sensations of all Iowa musical
In Des Moines, in Omaha and
cities she has scored distinct tr
/ seldom accorded to any but sin
long standing reputation, but
always fancy that she reserves
efforts for her home people. ]
thisi is because We have only he's
!, hers.aud we cannot imagine Al
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