The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-08
WITH MUSICIANS AND
MUSICAL PEOPLE.

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Her programme was in thorough keep
ing with her ability as a singer, and
iastic audience.
An interesting number on the pro-
gramme at the last meeting of the
Music Club was the violin duo played
by Mr.. Arthur B. Levy and Mr.. H. NJ.
Prayer. with Miss EinStein at the pi-
ano. The Creditable performance evil
denced the beneficial results of the
work that these gentlemen have been
doing this season under Mr.. A. c.
Meyer at the weekly orchestra rehear-
sails, which have been in progress since
the early part of October. Aside from
conducting these rehearsals, Mr.. Meyer
has given a great deal of individual
coaching to the members of the or
Chestra, and the beneficial results have
fully evidenced themselves on more
than one occasion.
Kirke La Shelle's new production of
The Earl of Pawtucket," with Bes-
sic Tyree in the leading part, on Feb.
5. at the New York Madison Square
Theater. The play is a comedy by
Augustus Thomas, and is study of
ington, an English peer comes to
America incog. and gets into no end
of trouble through an incident of mis-
taken identity. He meets an Ameri-
can girl, divorce, and in the end
he not only comes out of all his trou
BILE all right, but wins the love of this
young woman.
A story is told anent a visit of Mar
shall P. Wilder to the home of Nine.
Patti in Paris. The great singer has
craze for parrots, and has about TWEEN
ty of the laxative birds in her house.
She is very proud of their ability and
never fails to show her visitors how
we'll they can talk. Wilder. who does
not understand French any better than
the average American, was brought in
to see the birds, and Patti immediate
ly began asking them questions in
French, which they repeated fluently.
Can you not understand every word
they say?" asked the enthusiastic Pat
ii. Indeed, madame answered the
humorist, soberly, Il understood them
quite as we'll as l did you"
This week will be another very ex-
tremely busy one at the New
York Casino, where on Tues
and Nixon & Zimmerman will give
souvenir in celebration of the Booth per-
Torrance of "A Chinese Honeymoon"
Tomorrow night New York Lodge, No.
l, Elks, will have more than 1000 men,
bers present, with their home folks, as
a sort of annual benefit treat. The
souvenirs for Friday night are said
to be by far the prettiest and most ex-
pensive which have ever been given
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eight-ounce cut glass perfume bottle,
completely covered with a rocco de-
sign of royal metal, embellished with
a dainty medallion of a beautiful Chi
nese girl. The rocco work is gold
plated and hand-burnished, and the
neck of the bottle is tied with bows of
turquoise and pink satin ribbon.
Next Friday afternoon between the
hours of 4:3O and O'Clock in the piano
warerooms of Ludden & Bates S. M.
H. there will be given a musical COM
plimentary to their friends and pa
irons. under the direction of Mr.. How
ard A. Winburn (piano) and Mr.. John
S. Banks (tenor). Quite an enjoyable
programme has been arranged and it
is assured that those who attend will
charge nee The following a the pro-
gramme:
(a) Rhapsodie Hongroise No. .
OiszD; (b) Melodie in F (Rubinstein),
pianola.
(a) Memory" Cal H. WILSON,; (b)
MY Mississippi Sue" (Sterling). Mr..
Banks.
(a) Amoreuse-V a1se Lente (Berger) ;
(b) Sunrise in xie"-characteristic
Sheppard Camp. Mr.. Winburn.
Gar Bohemian Girl Overture
Baife); CD Sing. Smile, slumber"
(serenade), (Gounod), Aeolan.
(a) "Violets" (Ellen Wright; (b)
mid the Pines of Old Forsyth"
(Winburn), Mr.. Banks.
(a) "Vashti"- Melodie (new), (Win-
burn); (b) st. Elmo" march and two
step (Winburn), Mr. Winburn.
(a) Song to Evening Star" Tam
hauser (Wagner); (b) "Eldorado,"
concert polka CBartlett). Pianola.
Mrs. M. Ed Wilson will sing at the
next monthly organ recital of Mr.
George Blakeley at St Johns Church.
These recitals are becoming very pop
ular, and are attracting a wider at
tendance each time.
Miss Eleanor Allen. contralto in the
First Baptist Church, who has been
spending the past two weeks in st. Au-
gustine, Fla, will return during the
coming week and resume her. duties.
During her absence Miss Rose Putzel
has been filling her position.
The many friends of Mrs, w. p
Bailey will be pleased to know that
she has recovered from her recent ILL
ness. Mrs. Bailey has resumed the
position of chairman of the Programme
Committee of the Music Club. assist
ed by Miss Birdie Einstein and Miss
Meta Fretwell.
Mr. A. L. Baker, who has been so
successful in the past in organizing,
training and putting on amateur oper-
attic performances here, is expected in
the city about the 18th of this month.
Mr.. Baker comes this year to present
the opera Beauty and the Beast"
The Friday and Saturday following
Easter Sunday are the dates fixed
for the performance, and rehearsals
will commence as soon as Mr.. Baker
arrives. The entertainment will be
given for the benefit of the Savannah
Chapter, Daughters of the American
Revolution of which Mrs Edwa rd