The Washington times., 1902-04-09
A Delightful Entertainment
Under Distinguished
Patronage.
A BRILLIANT ASSEMBl.AGE
Repeated Encores rendered the Local
Artist and Her Assistants for Well
Rendered Programme of Great Excel
lence

Success crowned the Evening of Song
and Story" given at the New willard last
night by Miss Jean Wilson, the we'll
known reader OF this city, assisted by
Miss Evelyn Duttou Fogg, contralto. and
MIR. ]. Humbird Duffey. baritone. The
ballroom on the top floor of the hotel
was filled to the doors by very appre-
'ciative audience. which called for re-
peated encores from Miss Wilson and her
fellow artists.
Miss Wilson's first two selections were
Hearts Ease and "A Yale Yarn The
latter. given by request. and reeiting the
uncomfortable enthusiasm of an under
graduate. who went to the annual Yale
Harvard boat race at New London, Conn.
in a "Charley's Aunt" makeup rather
than miss the contest when he found hts
clothes had been stolen from his hotel.
evoked peals OF laughter. The oollesian 5
outbrrst in the college yell when his crew
won aai his falling of the yacht into the
water soon after were depicted in very
entertaining manner.
Miss Fogg's Promising Debut
Miss Foggs one appearance was suffi-
c!ent to predict successful future a
singer. her rendering OF the aria Mon
Coeur Souvre Ia voix." from Saint
Saens' Samson and DeIilah,' proving
the possession of a sweetiy moduiated
voice. evidently capable of further
achievements than usually expected.
Mr.. Duffey's full. rounded tones. while
shown TO a degree in Gounod's "Dio Pos
sente' c'Faust') and Wagner's "Liebes-
lied C'Die Walkure"D, had their COM
plete fulfllment in his concluding num-
ber. Lehmann's All Moon of My Delight
from the Persian Garden" Prolonged
applause greeted his rendition of this Sc
lection and a curtain call was twice de-
manded.
An Excellent Mimic
Miss Wilson's part of the evening in
cluded also a New England sketch. THE
Seamstress,' in which mimicry formed
considerable part of the presentation. and
Mr. Dooley's famous conversation on The
Practice of Medicine" Her happiest Sc
lection. however. from the standpoint of
artistic rendering, was The Soul of the
Violin in which the pathos OF the pen
niless masters anticipated parting with
his old Cremona was pictured most real
istically. The applause of the audience
was spontaneous and general.
The Patronesses.
The evenings entertainment was given
under the most distinguished patronage
including six members of the Cabinet cir
Gle, an equal number of the matrons of
the Diplomatic Corps, and others of the
prominent women OF the Capital in Off
cial and resident circles. They were Lady
Pauncefote, Mrs. Hay, Mrs. Shaw, Mrs.
Hitchcock, Mrs. Long, Mrs. Knox, Mrs.
Payne, Madame de Azpiroz, Mrs Mich
olas, Anderson Mrs. Bard, Mrs. Bar
ney. Mrs. Bayne, Mrs. Biddle, Mrs.
T. A. Birney, Mrs. T. S. But
rows. Mrs. Howard Clark, Mrs. Cowles.
Mrs. Cortelyou, Mrs. Dalzell Mrs. Davis,
Mrs. C. X. Davis Mrs. De Koven. Mrs.
Dolph Mrs. Dryden Mrs. Dubois. Countess
Esterhazy Mrs. Fairbanks. Mrs. Charles
NJ. Ffoulke Mrs. Foraker, Mrs. ". ID.
Ffoulke Mrs. Gurley. Mrs. Hale, Mrs.
Hackett, Mrs. Hanna. Mrs. J. X. p. Hall.
Mrs. Howry, Mrs. j. Pitt Kellogg Mrs.
Lodge Mrs Logan, Mrs Mackay-Smith,
Mrs. Miles. Miss Millard Baroness Mon
cheuT Mrs. Mccall. Mrs H. B. F. Mac
farland. Mrs Moore. Mrs. Theodore
Noyes Mrs Olmsted Mrs Price Mrs. Eu-
gcnia Phillips. Mrs. Duncan G. Phillips,
Mrs. o. II. Platt. Mrs. T. NJ. Patterson.
Mrs. QuarIes, Mrs. Quay Mrs. Radcliffe,
Mrs Richardson. Mrs. Reed, Mrs Sibley,
Mrs. Shiras. Mrs. y. b. Scott, Mrs. Sigs-
bee. Mrs. g. B. Smart, Madame Takahira,
Mrs. Chatfeld-Taylor, Mrs. Teller. Mrs.
Thropp Mrs. H p. Ward, Mrs. B. H War
ner, Mrs. T. F. Walsh, Mrs Wetmore,
Mrs Westinghouse, Mrs J. f. Waggaman,
the German Ambassador, and the Rev DR..
Stafford