Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-19
Chicago Organization of Young
Women Heard For First
Time Here
TWO IOWA GIRLS MEMBERS
Ensemble Work of the Club, Under
the Personal Direction Of Mrs. Burr,
Was Most acknowledgements
ment in tho soIoists-Miss Florence
Marion kerby, Charming Entertainer.

Marshalltown heard the Hess-Burr
Club last night and musical people were
lot disappointed. The club appeared
at the Odeon as the next to the last
number on the regular Y. NJ. G. A.
course. The entertainment was most
delightful and artistic turnout, barring
the lack of soloists which. owing to
conditions over which Mrs. Burr had no
control, she was unable to furnish to
her liking. A few miniature editions
of musicians, in the shape Of youngsters
who insisted in joining in where the
harmony of the ensemble was meant to
be most perfect, made up what was
lacking In other voices.
Nine. Johanna Hess Burr who is
recognized as one of the most pcomi-
nent instructors of the west, has an
aggregation of young women of which
she is proud. They are all her pupils,
and under her direction have attained
a degree of perfection seldom reached
in ensemble work. The interpreta-
ton, shading, expression and harmony
of classical program given by twelve
trained voices proved "a treat to all mu
sic lovers. The volume was hardly
sufficient for the house and the lack OF
climaxes in the numbers would tend to
make the program one that would not
prove generally popular.
Miss Florence Marion KERRY, one of
the contraltos with the club, gave the
audience several charming readings.
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was to have been taken by Mrs. Edyth
Evans Scully. contralto soloist who.
owing to disagreement with the Fine
Arts management over her salary. re-
fused to keep this weeks engagement
Miss Kerby is very clever little wom-
an and possesses real artistic and dra-
matte ability. She gave Brownings
Times Revenge" as an opening num-
Der, following with selection by Paul
Laurence Dunbar and others. Miss
Kerby has a charming stage presence
and her work was very much enjoyed.
Substituting for Mrs. Lille Stibolt-
Hansen and Mrs. Scully, the two solo
lists usually with the organization, Mrs.
Burr presented Miss Mary Hansel Miss
Hansel possesses perfect control Of her
voice. which shows the result of much
training, but it is not adapted to solo
work.
The Hess Burr Club has among it's
members two we'll known Iowa girls,
Miss Harriet Carton, of Des Moines,
and Miss Hazel Moore, of Council
Bluffs. Miss Carton is especially well
known in the state for her musical
work. having for seven years been en-
gagged as supervisor of music in the
East Dies Moines schools. She has
made great success out of her work
in Chicago, where she went to study
under Mrs. Burr. Miss Carton is to
manage a tour of Miss Kerby and Miss
Marjorie Benton Cooke in the near fu-
ture. Miss Cooke Is a reader well known
in Chicago, thru her drawing room and
club work. She is, besides a reader of
much dramatic instinct, a dramatist.
She writes for Miss Kerby number of
her sketches. and together, Miss
Carton thinks she will have a
strong combination. Miss Carton is
also to be identified with Mrs. Burr In
the Hess-Burr School of Music, which
is to be established at Rogers Park
this year. She will have charge Of the
chorus direction, the classes in public
school work, musical history and child
ren's classes. Miss Grace Fuller. an
other member of the club, is to be in
charge of the work in expression.
The club went to Des Moines this
morning, where it appears tonight.
The cancellation of the former dates in
Iowa was compelled because of the
confusing the Marshall
town date, which was for Feb. 81, and
placing it two days earlier. This threw
off the dates of an entire week and re-
suited in the complete cancellation of
others. so that the present week was
only of Mt. Carroll, Ill., Mar
shalltown and Des Moines.