The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-12-11
MRS. KOONz'S MUSICALE
Miss Akers and Her Singing
Girls Entertain.

One of the most delightful social affairs
of the season was the afternoon musical
and tea given yesterday afternoon by
Mrs. P. J. Koonz, for the benefit of the
Mary Fisher Home, at Tenafy, of which
Mrs. Koonz is director. The Koonz
home No. 80 Clifford avenue, was pret-
tiiy decorated for the occasion in Christ
mas greens. which festooned the ceilings
of hail. dining room and picture gal
lery Mrs. Koonz was assisted in receiv-
ing by her sister, Miss Grower, her three
daughters, Misses Anna Beatrice and
Clarise Miss Julia Sherwood and Miss
Randall of California. There were pre-
sent between one and two hundred
guests
The afternoons programme was princi-
pally in charge of Major James B. Pond,
and it was of an especially delightful
professional character. well adapted to a
parlor musicale. The talent consisted of
Miss Sally rockingham Akers and her
trio of singing girls, and Miss Sully,
elocutionist. Miss Anna Koonz gave two
piano solos, Cuban Dance (Hoffman,
and Spanish Dance" Jules Aviles),
most charmingly. Mr.. William Dinges, of
New York, gave violin selections.
OF course, the special feature of the
programme was the Akers Quartette. 1t
was a very pretty innovation upon the
usual woman auartette. The young
ladies were all beautifully gowned in
white creme de chine dainty designed
with tucked jackets over fluffy vests and
wrist puffs, skirts of double graduated
founces the whole applied with cream
lace They wore dainty white hats of
chiffon and white plumes and looked like
so many bridesmaids.
But it was the manner of singing that
the innovation came in. Instead of TAX
ing their places in the parlor at the
piano. these young ladies marched down
the broad stairs under the festoons in
the hall and passed out into the picture
gallery and back again, singing all the
time and modulating their voices with
wonderful adaptability. Not only over
their voices soft and sweet, but they
blended most beautifully. They sang
without accompaniment. Among the
selections sung were:-"Hark, the Lark
"Under the Greenwood Tree" ''The Owl
and the Pussy Cat,'' 'sOld Kentucky
Home,' lullaby song and a coon song.
Miss Sully as elocutionists, gave
dramatically the Court scene from Mer-
chant of Venice Her enunciation was
perfect She showed no mercy for
Shylock her conception making it appear
he got but his just deserts. Later she
gave a humorous sketch by Mrs. Burton
Harrison.
Major Pond would have taken back
eeat but the audience would not permit
Il so he made his usual witty, compli-
mentary speech. 1t was the first time. he
said, he had ever addressed an audience
of that kind. outside of his own home,
and as he was not the father of
thought, he guessed before he got
through they would all want their money
back. He then read a comic original
poem on civilian TELL sent him while
he was abroad by one OF his author
friends.
Tea was served In the picture gallery
from a table prettily decorated in red.
Miss Crowen and Mrs. Phelps poured.
Among those present were:-Mrs. Small.
Mrs. Miller of Brooklyn, Mrs. E. F. G.
Young. Mrs. George T. Smith. Mrs. Will
liam Grattan. Miss Natalie Smith, Mrs.
Samuel Negus, Mrs. Charles Negus. Mrs.
F. H. Hall. Mrs. j. Herbert Potts, Mrs.
Oscar Gubelman. Mrs Robert Lyle, Mrs.
U. w. NdSe MIS-. "A. j. NeWpuEy- MTS.
James Robottom, Miss A. d. Fuller. Miss
Hannah Eltringham. Mrs. Charles
Browne. Mrs. Hudspeth-Benson, Mrs.
Harvie Hall. Mrs. Cornelius Brett. Mrs.
John Headden third, Mrs. Talbot K.
Chambers, Mrs. Otto Grouse. Mrs. George
F. Perkins, Mrs. Edward Dunn, Miss
Kinds. Mrs. Charles Van Keuren, Miss
Sherwood, Mrs. James B. Pond, Mrs. ].
A Dear. Jr., Miss Reed. Mrs. George
Record, Mrs. Eveleth, Mrs. ]. NJ. c.
Thomas Mrs. Charles Dean, Mrs Frank
Stevens. Miss Stevens, Miss Grace Toffey.
Mrs. james Erwin, Mrs Henry Condicr.
Mrs Charles Sidman. Mrs Charles Sid
man, Jr.. Miss Hinds Miss Helen Kinds,
Mrs. 0. H. Perry, Miss Lillian Clifford,
Miss Mary Fisher, Miss AicComb, Mrs.
f. w. Rheinfelder of New York, Miss
Durkee Of Englewood
Distress afrsr eating, belching, and nausea
between meals are symptoms of dyspepsia,
which Hoods Sarsapariila always cures.