The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-25
At st. Paul Theaters

Peoples church. The work or the
chorus was admirab1e-in many re-
spects the best, indeed, that has been
accomplished since the clubs organi-
cation. The orchestra revealed
closer kinship with the chorus than 1t
has ever revealed before, and all of the
soloists were satisfactory, and three
| of them We're brilliantly successful.
| There were but few vacant seats in
/ the church when the orchestra began
| the brief prelude to the opening chorus
| Of "Hora Novfssima,' and before the
| end of the choral most of these were
| taken by laet corners.
Had the club deliberately sought for
| the most complete contrast, it could
| have found no other two compositions
| that provided this so we'll as Horatio
! w. Parker's noble choral and Thomas
I Skylark." Interest naturally conferred
| in Mr.. Parker's choral. which was
I presented last night for the first time
| in this city.
| Its foundation is a Latin hymn,
! which voices sublime faith, and in
| building up the theme the American
| composer has been careful to keep this
| note of faith the dominant one. The
music is churchly in tone throughout
not churchIy in the sense that the COM
posers Of the seventeenth and eight
eenth centuries have made the world
understand the term, but in it's earlier
| and stricter sense. 1t is simple, sin
/ cere and at times lofty. The choral is
in no sense dramatic; the demand 1t
| makes on the chorus is of another
| Sort
| Volume, purity of tone and elasticity
| that admits of fine shading are all nee
| essary to express the cry Of pure ex-
ultant faith that never falters in the
! choral, and which must not falter in
| the chorus. The chorus sustained this
effect beautifully last night. Against
| the background of orchestral music,
| made more somber by the deeper tones
| of the organ, the golden voice of the
choir rang out, true and fine and rev.
erent as the old Latin hymn itself.
| Mr.. Fairclough, the organiSt made the
big instrument felt in wonderful way
| throughout the choral. In the chorus
beginning, Most Mighty. Most Holy"
the voice of the organ was particularly
! insistent. its deep throated melody
pufsing through the song and suggest
ing something of the deep mystery of
| life and death that the words express.
Miss Katherine Richards Gordon, So
prano, and Mrs. Ella Person irkham,
| contralto, were the SoloistS who won
special triumphs in this choral. Mrs
Kirkham has a beautiful voice, big and
| deep and sweet. The aria s"Gens duce
| aroused the audience to great out
| burst of applause Miss Gordon sang
the aria, 80 Bona Patria," with ex-
quisite appreciation of the beauty of the
music and the words. Her finely cultf-
waited soprano seemed to take on new
note of tenderness as she sang the
| Latin words of the aria which one is
| tempted to call celestial pastoral.
The audience was quick to recognize
| her artistic work and she received ap-
plause and many flowers. Mr.. Edward
| Strong was heard to better advantage
in the swan song of the Swan and the
| Skylark"er than in his aria. In the choral.
| His listeners paid him the tribute Of
1 absolute stiffness as he sang the. recita-
| tive and aria beginning Summer! I
| departs"b ahdG when the final words Of
1 the beautiful song were sung, 40 Life
and Love! Farewell" 1t paid him and
the chorus the additional tribute of a
seconds silence before the applause
rang out. Mr.. Strong not only posses
ses a beautiful tenor, one with body as
| well as sweetness, but he appreciates
| the significance of words. His singing
in THE Swan and the Skylark" last
| night was an artistic triumph.
| Mr.. William Rowland, the bass, was
rather disappointing. His voice is
throaty and his enunciation is not good.
| He has "a voice, of fine volume, but it is
lacking in expression. His opening
solo in "The Swan and the Skylark"
was not effective. In this latter COM
| position the orchestra did very fine
| work, especially in the prelude to the
chorus, Midst the Long Reeds" which
| was exal1isitely played. The chorus
| work was also most satisfactory in this
composition of Goring Thomas.
Miss Blanche Walsh, in "Resurrec-
ol< H., =
| Metropolitan with a matinee at 2
| o'clock and a performance tonight at g..
Beginning with a special matinee to-
| morrow Thanksgiving day. and con-
tinuing for the balance of the week,
| with matinee Saturday and an extra
| performance Sunday evening, 'Floro-
dora" will be the bill at the Metropoli-
| tan. The returns of the Minnesota
| Wisconsin football game will be an
| nounced between the acts.
Beginning next Monday, for three
| nights and Wednesday matinee, at
| the Metropolitan, Charles Frohman will
| present 'The Girl With the Green
Eyes" with Clara Bloodgood in the title
| role.
Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage Patch
will be the bill at the Metropolitan the
latter part of next week.
There will be a matinee today at
| 2:30 of the merry musical melange,
1.-THE Beauty Doctor" at the Grand,
| and a special matinee tomorrow at 8
| p. m. Between the acts the returns Of
the football game at Madison, between
| Minnesota and Wisconsin, will be an
| nounced.
"McFadden's Row of Flats" is the at
| traction booked at the Grand opera
house next week.
| The Partisan Widows are winning
| new admirers twice a day at the Star
The specialties are exceptionally clever
| and the costuming admirable.
| ALSEK DISTRICT
EQUALS KLONDIKE
This Claim Is Made in View of the
New Placer Discoveries.
Special to The Globe.
TACOMA, Wash, Now 24.-Sfmui
| taneously news comes Of the immense
| richness of three new Alaska placer
districts. On the Susitna river, 40