Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-18
ADJUSTMENTS.

The big Tabernacle concert in aid OF
the choir's California excursion came
on last night There were about 1900
people Ia attendance, the threatening
weather and perhaps an ignorance on
the part Of the public as to what the
program would be, combining to keep
down larger turnout. The receipts for
the Choir fund will be slightly under
$1,000, which In somewhat disappointing
To Prof, stephens, who had looked for
about $1,000. A very entertaining pro.
gram was given as noted below nv.
erything was yociferOusly applauded
and there was almost battle~royal be-
tween Prof Stephens aud number Of
encore tiends who insisted on hearing
several numbers again Much to the
qualification Of the audience Prof.
stephens won, The main interest of the
evening conferred In the drawing, Rep
recentatlVes of the press conductad O.
ana The announcement when was re-
eelVed with great applause, was that
Mr. Thomas Davis had won the piano.
lie Is the grandfather Of the little sing
en- Mule Williams, John Y. Smith Jr.
won the free trip to California The
program was as follows;
], Opening Chorus, America ...
Gee. Juvenile q Tabernacle Cholrs
2. Chorus THE Lost Chord Sulli-
van .s,., 90. ...,..JuVenile Choir
3. Solo, THE Holy city" Adams
,.,..o .....,Litue Mlllie Williams
4. Chorus Anvil Chorus, Verdi
""..., ,.,,,.,u,.,Juyenlle Choir
g. organ solo
a) Roberto" Meyerbeer
OBJ Song Of the Throstle Rooney.
.,.,...,. MISS Luella Fpuin
3. Contralto Solo, 'I.aFavurlta.'
Nerdi-,n Miss Judith Anderson
3 Baritone Solo, ...,...JOhn Robinson
10 Drawing for Plano and Free Trip,
H. star Spangled Banner ...a....
"t"t,.,,.,... Choir and Audience
one Of the most wonderful sights ever
beheld on the Salt Lake stage was that
seen there last night when the Aus
tralian Juvenile Opera company made
It's bow before a good sized audience.
The company Is made up of 30 or 10
children all speaking aud singing Eng
fish with an accent that suggests that
they might be fresh from the heart Of
London They are dressed and
trained and their whole production
Is put upon the stage with
as much elaboration, skill. and beauti-
ful taste as ever marked the pruduc-
ton Of opera by the highest class Of
travelling connie opera companies In
deed, the stage Instructor Of the young
sters must he a master at his art The
promptness and dispatch with which
every thing moved and the ease with
which the children played and the dis
tinctness OF their utterance all sug-
gested the highest professional stand
ards There was never moment
when the audience was called on to
exercise lorbearance on account OF the
age of the performers The applause
aud laughter We're kept ringing all
night
Where there are so many scIntilat-
ing little bodies IL Is hard to say which
one OF them Is entitled to be called a
star The chief Geisha girl, Miss Alice
Pollard, IL the best singer though the
audience Went into ecstacies over the
cute work Of the little Miss Woodson.
The company has an admirable boy
singer in the had who sang the taxing
song about the union Of the stars and
Stripes, and the Union Jack the boy
WNO NNfN tut AHiUtlNtN ~ ftAhfi IN
distinct. the chorus work, the dancing,
the costuniing and the action were sim
ply immense The little company
should draw u packed audience this af-
terno0n Co see "rhe Gaiety Girl" which
viii also be the closing bill tonight.
AZ the Grand last night there was a
good-slzed turnout 60 welcome the
patriotic revolutionary drama at
Valley Forge The play is presented
by a fairly good company headed by
Miss Gale pretty Girl who does some
artistic work, though her voice is not OF
the strongest The playabounds In thrill
Ing situations, which It may De- said
iu passing. We're probably an written
after Janice Meredith and Nathan
Hale had been seen, hut the audience
found everything 20 It's taste and be-
slowed many marks of favor upon tbs
play and PLAYERS The same bill runs
throughout the entire week
blanche Walsh opens az the Theater
tomorrow night with season OF four
nights and Saturday matinee.