The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-18
KANSAS NEWS.
Hutchinson Has a Good Crowd
at Her Jubilee.
Taxes the Capacity Of the Big
Hall to Utmost.
BOUQUETS ARE SCARCE
Only One Singer Given Flowers
By the Audience.
Large Number of Topeka People
on the Programme.

Hutchinson. Kas.. June 1S.-The fea-
ture OF Wednesday session Of the state
musical jubilee was the singing of Miss
Margaret Northrup. of Kansas City.
Her number was postponed from the
day before and was in the interstate
vocal contest She sang the mad scene
from Hamlet" She was more than
once. at the conclusion of a particularly
intricate passage, interrupted by ap-
plause. She was the only singer of the
jubilee TO receive flowers
The crowds that are attending the ju-
biee are constantly increasing and the
capacity Of the big han is taxed to its
utmost The first contest was for
violins. each contestant playing two
numbers.
The players were c. A. Rossignol, of
Ealina; Harry Steinberg. of Topeka'
Miss Georgia G. Oldham of Newton;
Carl A. Groeshner. of Topeka, and Miss
Nerdla n Wetterstrom, of Lindsbore.
The bass sOlOists who followed th-
ViOllnists numbered six. Roland p.
Murdoch, of Wichita. was the favOrite
with the audience in this class. He
sang magnificently. The other singers
were H. p. Showalter. Of Newton; J. 7.
Conkey, OF Stafford; Carl Miller, Of
Mcpherson; Fred /. Taylor. of Lyons.
and T.. ii. Rindquist, of Salina.
only one ladies' Quartette was pres
ent when the contest was announced,
DuL the others VIII sing at later Ses
Eions The quartette that appeared was
from Salina. and was composed Of
Misses Hazel Nimmons Opal Hoover
Lulu Watson and DuntOn.
The Apollo Male chorus of Wichita
opened the afternoon concert. There
were twenty-five voices in the chorus.
spiendldly trained and balanced. and
tnef DID the most n0tiCeably good
chorus work Of the entire jubilee thus
far The piano solo contest followed.
The entries were Miss Alys Ester
Farmer Of Wichita. -. @. Lewis of To-
peka, Miss Creta B- Remick of Burr
tom Miss Lorena Reynolds of Emp0ria;
Miss Lille FiOcher of Wichita: Miss
Anna McKirahan of Sterling Miss Ger
ne slough OF wichita. Miss Maud p.
Cooke Of Lawrence; Miss Bertha Par
ker of Hutchinson, Miss Ethel Edick
OF Newton Mrs. L. 7. Goodwin of To-
peka Miss Pearl f. Lambeth of Salina,
and Miss Edith Forinstan of Salina.
Miss Cook ot Lawrence was. in the
judgment Of the audience the most
finished performer. and she was enthus-
iasiically appiauded.
The evening concert was, i'm a musical
Way. the most important event of the
whole jubilee. The auditorium was
crowded and the soloists Mrs Misick
MT Hamiiu. Mrs Sheffield, Mr.. Barroff
and Mr. krOeger. received real OVa-
ton The work Of Mrs. Misick and Mr..
HamIu was especially appreciated.
Mrs Misick'se aria from THE Hugue-
nots was the biggest thing on the
whole programme and showed her mag
niheent range and execution at its very
best
The programme for today includes the
cQntralt0 solo contest, with six entries:
the vocal duet with three the tenor
solo. with six; the ladies' chorus with
two and the piano duet with nine en-
tries. In the morning Prof Kroeger
VIII give pipe organ recital. and in the
evening the Hutchinson Choral society
viii give the Creation with the ar
lists for the solos