The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-06
WEDNESDAY,.
CLUB MEETS :
d5Offlcers Of the Organize
4 ton We're Reelected.
,PREslD EN- rs ADDRESS |: Il
Receipts This Year Slightly Less Than
Expenditures on Account Of Hall
Hire and More Expensive
N Artists

"A spirit OF content with the past and
4 hope for the future pervaded tho ar1ual
meeting Of the "wednesday Club at Y. M.
4 q. "A. 1Iall last night. 1he feature Of the
evening was the address Of President H.
It r. Meloney, which was replete With sound
sense and good advice. Il. RAJ ~
Addresses OF cheering nature were
also made BY members Of the club \
The statement Of the treasurer, Mr.,
s Eugene Jones. showed that the expenses
this year exceeded tho receipts BY tasau.
\ This was due to. extra hall hire, an Item
with which tho club did not have to con-
Il tend last year, and more expensive ar
N lists. s FL ~ 5sS S5,.f
81 Mr. Horny r. aioloney was reelected
f president; Mr.. p. "a Hoen, vice-president
\ and Mr.. Eugene Jones, secretary and
treasurer The following board Of COVER
d nors was chosen, three members being
s ndded s4 s5 es i55 59 S5 4 "a
Mossrs George W. Y Stevens. Henry L..
4 Cabeu, g. w Travers, Henry g. eHutzler,
{ r. FL Mayo John Stewart Bryan, ID. G..
& Mayo, T.. q. Morris, r. r. Harrison, w.
4 o. Duke. Walter c. Mercer, selden Wake.
& Eugene Jones, Lilburn T. Myers and Fritz
" 6ltterdlng. 5 81 ;Sgi !; ssss3E
PRESIDENT ADDRESS.
The address OF President Meloney,
which was heard with close attention,
was AS follows: al3
The results OF the music festival Just
closed. muIs!cally speaking. were a ~; !,
and met wth thu pubic
sssanssIa
IN nit Sfal't than ever before ali q them
being Of a high grade with no particu-
star oysrshS Sa t ds
rspltstien ier purity Of tone and pre-:
e's'Hn = sf Is rus that tho pur
cater entirely % the popular I, taste az b1 b.
a tie RS9a'H ana 8
sRdakfd m
snd had intrinsic merit; 30, !, D., {. .
t4s ss:ss shan ana
1tu py t aboIa @
SAY said in ai praise , OF that branch Of the
adss Mho avs So
E sisted him should not become weary IN
Ia ~ 1'D'f f1NXNc1AL RESULTS
Financially. tho results were not All
El-that could have been Wished under the
& circumstances. The expense OF tho or;
oiials than we se eesope but
m n On benefit IN recognition Of the good
Il work Eof tho club during the past ten
years would have met with a more pop,
W tllar response. The concerts were well
attended and highly appreciated. by the
tayp raTT N
ized as we'll las usual but there was
net Epp,p9}prng Of me
d gives tic financial results in detail. S &
This being the tenth annual music !.
dooa 81 ast Inc ', event a IN its history
s s4ss s at H. past is present status.
u Upon lis Organization. ten years ago.
the club made the following announce
4 Il I'VE think there Is a field in this city
FOR. a strong central musical organiza.-
zion for tho cultivation OF musical taste
h Se % pe o
t e. wi ea = t feit.s: -
Sss fhsyy q IL '
objects sought. and its history and Work
has abundantIy shoWn the wisdom o OF It's
sicai directors within Its own ranks.
Had that not been 80 there w0n1d b nave
II Been short lived 1T has rendered many
OF the great choral works bringing to IL =
and a most efficient orchestra. and its
renditions have been given under ia :
yorablo conditions and in "a manner fully
'0ole ties r 3t this M s39 IFS MERITS
bs But; to do this its festival concerts
hays boon Projected In large part t,,R By
pendins largely arg upon the support Of ths
public at the box office. It has coca.
o esa Wyh %Ss loss SsA Vas promptly met y
the Individual members Of the club. to.
Eether With the tmas sur,
plus OF q few hundred dollars has re:
ulted: but It has only been mainta ined
Un ~ run by is ana aaf fSe oaPai}
ID public appreciation OF those merits.
together with the ALMOST daring venture
e whe Ss
" SUPPORTED is efforts, belt, sa!d, thai tha'
.osty syep9rs ar pssaa ise
which DO not. The attraot!yeneas Of 4, 9
city is always enhanced by It's n suanfnt1s:
f TIE active tH ii membership has yari cd but
little In number during the past niue
years, This has been somewhat adisap,
constantly added, some Of the old mem
thing. changes must oeosT, on but Liars It is
Accidental or Incidental conditions and
circumstances to affect their active mem NI
bershp, Either their convictions were
low to enable them to make the little
sacrifice required In order to achleYEe
the highest success. We recognize "a w y
ers In Richmond who are not and neYes
u have been among our members II y