The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-29

SlIlS ii baritone SOLO IOr the OuertOry
at the First Baptist Church this morn
ing. For the offertory at the evening
service Miss Hall of Kentucky will
sing.
Of Miss Ethel NJ smyth's Der
Wald," recently sung at the Metro
politan sby the Grau Grand Opera Com
pany Harper's Weekly has the fol-
lowing to say: Let it be said at once
that Miss Snlyth has abundantly earn
ed the right to a judgment of her work
based upon standards of the most I'M
compromising impartiality Whatever
one is prepared to say of it's excellence
and its defects, Der Valid" cannot
justly be set aside as being merely
Woman's work, with all that that dispo-
sition is made to imply of qualification
and denial. Miss Smyth has written
with too high and serious an aim, with
too ripe and confident an artistry, to
be considered with anything but an
attentive respect. After a single hear
ing, one recalls passages of indubitable
force and beauty; an unflagging senti-
ment for dramatic appropriateness; a
constant endeavor to reflect, as elo-
quently as may be, the essential po-
etc substance of the play
Thursday evening. at Carnegie Hall,
in New York, Mr.. Julian Walker, for
merly of This city, sang the baritone
Part in the cantata "The Dream of
Gerontius," in the place of Mr.. David
Bispham. who had been billed to APP
pear. This was at the special invita-
ton rehearsal of the famous Oratoric
Society of New York.
The Swap party given by the ladies
of the First Presbyterian Church last
Thursday evening at the residence of
Mrs. c. S. Wood, No. 203 Charlton
street, west, was a decided success.
Some time before the hour for begin
ming arrived the parlors were filled
to their full capacity and many were
compelled to stand.
In addition to the swapping the fol-
lowing programme was rendered in a
very delightful manner: Vocal solo
"Nymphs on the Rhine" by Mrs. John
Hopkins; recitation, Lullaby" by lit
tie Miss Susie Hopkins; vocal solo
Love and Spring Time" by Mrs. John
Hopkins; reading, High Tide on the
Coast of Linchtown," by Mrs. w. G.
Thompson, Jr. Following this came
the operetta, THE Fortune Teller
rendered by the church choir, under the
direction of Mrs. Bishop. This num-
Der brought forth general applause.
An entertainment for the Sunday
/ school of ST. PauPs Lutheran Church
will be given by Miss. Thompson and
Miss Teasdale at the Studio" No. Is
Oglethorpe avenue, east, April l. The
proceeds will be given the Sunday
school as an Easter offering. The pro-
gramme will be as follows:
Ensemble, mandolins.
Italian Serenade" (Eaton), overture
20, Promise Me" Ode Koven), Miss
Riley.
Vocal solo, selected, Miss Chandler.
"Lieberleich" (Shelley), Mrs. w. c.
Baldwin.
Piano, Faust" (Gounod). Miss Glib
son.
20, Hush Thee. My Baby" (Sullivan)
quartette, Misses Riley and Chandler
and Messrs. Baldwin and Chandler.
Mandolin solo, Master Chris. Connors
stolen Wings" CWilleby), Mrs
Lghtsey
MY Love is Like the Roses
(Spence), Mr.. Chandler.
Creole Love Song" (Smith), Mrs. w
H. Teasdale.
Quartette, "Iorsahen' (Steele)
Three Bundle Bees" Misses Lightsey
and Chandler. and Messrs. Chandler
and Teasdale.
Ensemble. mandolins.
Secret Dance" CEaton).