The Portland daily press., 1901-02-15
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
"nuNKERs posT oFFIoE. !"

Church OF the Messiah. Inis was e"o
cast: Mr. True, storskeeper, Arthur
Young; Mrs True. Mrs. Nfeserve; Uncle
DcoIittie, oldest inhabitauts Lester HART
washington Worthless, q. III. wilson
Emma swift hired girl, Mrs. Winship;
Mrs Sinpkins, vilIags gossip, Mrs Pet
tis; MIR. S,mpkins, Harry sampson; Mrs,
Green, Mrs. Bartlett; Reuben White, III
q. Calderwood; Mr.. Hill, Mrs. Hill,
city people, MIR. Thoms. Mary Dunham;
Mirandy Jans Smith, Alice Curtis;
Susan Peters, Nellie, schoolma am, Mrs.
Needham; Mrs Warren, Mrs. Swett;
Jennie Jones, bride, Mrs. Milliken; Eva
Todd Marion YORK Kitty Smart, Flossie
Wish; Jimmie Mills, the bad boy, Elmer
Birnia; Henry jerks, Phil Msserve;
Italian Tramp, Harold Harmon; Drum
mer, Mr.. Sampson; Bear, BY himself.
THE ROSSINI CLUB.
The special programme given Yesterday
morning on Shakespeare music by the
Kossini club, was q delight from begin
Mug to and.
The interesting little compilation rsad
tni arranged by Mrs Dennison from
Louis Elson's Shakespeare In Music,
male a capital starting point, and tine
clever adaptation OF quotations suggest
| ing the music, gave to the recital liter-
airy as we'll as a musical flavor.
1t was evident that the committee In
charge put a great deal Of thought into
{ leir work. and they are surely to be con-
graduated on this success.
The two vocal soloists were Miss
tlwar1 and Miss Berry, both OF whom
sang delig ghtfuIIy. Miss Stewards seieo-
tion "Let Him Upbraid," from the
Tanning of the Shrew was an interesting
{ of old English music. and the Bee
thoven song by Miss berry, is always
pleasure to hear.
Miss Weeks as the piano soloist and she
repeated the exquisite arrangement OF
"Hark, Hark the Lark," which she
/ played SO charmingly at one of the club
rehearsals a short time since.
| The piano quartettes were admirably
selected and given with the artistic ap-
probation always shown in these num-
bers, in1eed the same may be said OF the
duet by Mrs Palmer and Miss Rice, and
the quartette by Miss Varnsy, Miss
Hawes, DIR. Niokerson and Miss Hawes.
The violincello solo by Miss Winchell of
Brunswick made a most pleasing variety
in the programme and the selections for
the trio OF violin, cello and plano, given
ny Mr.. james Thompson, Miss Winchell
and Mrs. Thompson aroused much ap-
| plause.
! Mrs Dennison had 50 oleverly adapted
MIR. Elson's descriptions and suggestions
| of the music, that as each number fol-
lowed the other one felt as II she had
gained a distinctly Intelligent iiea Of
shakespeare Music
The following is the programme
Shakespeare Music.
/ Piano Quartette-Overture to Mid
summer Nights Dream, Mendelssohn
| Mrs, smith, Mrs Allen, Mrs. johnson,
Mrs. Thompson.
! Vocal Solo-Should He pbraid, Bishop
Miss Steward.
! Vionncello Solo-Airs from Romeo &.
and Juliet, Gounod
Miss Winchell.
Vocal Duett-There Was Lover and
His Lass, HaltheW
Airs. Palmer, Miss Rice.
Schubert-Liszt
Miss Weeks
Vocal Solo-Shakespeare's Epitaph,
Beethoven
Miss Berry.
Trio, violin, violincello, Piano-Two
danoss from music to Henry viii,
German
(a) Norris Dance,
! (bl Shepherd Dance,
MIR, Thompson, Miss Winohell, Mrs.
Thompson.
Vocal Quartstte-
(a) Where the Bee Sucks, DE-. Anne
(b) Ol Mistress Mine, Paul Ambrose
| Miss Farney Miss Hawee, Dr. Nickerson,
| MIR. BOwdoin.
Piano Quartette-Overture 70 Merry
/ Wives of Windsor, Nioolai
Miss Philbrook, Miss Trlokey, Mrs. Ell
well, Miss Fobes.
ERNEST SETON-THOMPSON.
During his long study of wild animal
Hfe Seton-Thompson has learned to imi-
tate closely the language of the larger as
we'll as the smaller wild animals, and
translate their meaning with singular
Il accuracy. From time to time during
the evening at recent lecture
he had electrified his auditors witt
this language of the denizens of the
forest and mountain and valley, but al
the CLOSE of the lecture ne gave an exam
pie of his art which was almost uncanny
it was the gray wolf call which has beer
referred to, and which at least one IL
his audience recognized with chill OF
"reminiscences, so perfect was the imita
tion.
And thus with the howl Of the gra.
wolf on the ear. with pictures which car
ried one wonderfully close to fres aniina
| life, and with impressions which tsnde'
to soften the savage instinct which ssem
I to be an Inheritance from remote ancss
tors. the audience slowly and reluctantly
dispersed.
Seats now on sails at Stookbridgs'
Pia no Rooms for Mr.. Thompson's tw
lectures at CIT y hall, Saturday, Feb. 10.
HAROLD BAUER.
D The fourth Philharmonic concsr
, brought us two novelties, young plano