The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-30
Attractions for Pipe Organ Ben.
eft Secured.
Will Be Seven Entertainments
for $2.5O.
MUST HAVE $4,000 CASH
Builders of Pipe Organ Want
That Amount.
Melba's Topeka Date Will Be
January %.


the pipe organ fund to be given at
the Auditorium this winter was COM
pleted this morning by Secretary
Frank Foster. and made public As a
special feature, seven events were
booked to be run as a course for
which $3.50 is to be charged. Alto
gether there will be nine programmes,
the two besides the course of seven
being MeIba, and the Rose-M Maiden by
the Topeka Choral society.
The attractions are as follows:
Cantata 1.-The Rose Maiden" by the
Topeka Choral society, December Is.
Melba, January %.
Course of seven attractions:
Organ dedication, February II.
Ysaye, violinist, February Is.
Dean Vincent, lecture, March 3.
Mrs. Baker, dramatic reader, March
Maconda, song recital, March %.
Congressman Littlefeld, lecture,
April 5.
Oratorio, Redemption, Topeka
Choral society, April 20.
1t will be seen from the above list
that the dedication of the pipe organ
is definitely settled. Secretary Foster
stated this morning that there is but
one thing still upon which the date is
contingent, namely, that $4,000 must
be subscribed by that time, because
the Kimball company have demanded
the payment of that amount at the
time that the organ is first put into
use. Up to date practically $4,000 has
once be made to secure the remain
ing $4,000. Those in charge of the
funds say that it can be done.
The organ will probably be installed
in the Auditorium by January 8, at
which time the State Poultry show
opens. The tuning and voicing will
then be done at convenient times. The
dedication of the organ takes place
just one week after the close of the
MidWinter fair. Secretary Brigham of
that show stated this morning that the
Auditorium would be entirely cleared
of booths and the debris following their
tearing down, by the night of February
Is. So practically nothing stands in
the way of the organ dedication two
days later.
Professor George Barlow Penny re-
turned on Tuesday from Chicago where
he consulted with the Kimban COM
pany, by whom the big Topeka instru-
ment is being made. Professor Penny
Is more than pleased. He stated that
the organ is far beyond his expectations
and that it will be a positive revelation
to this part of the west Those who
understand the situation say that To-
peka is getting a big bargain. s
For the course of seven attractions
which Mr.. Foster had prepared, if seen
and paid for individually, the cost
would amount to $3.50 That is figured
on a basis of 81 for the dedication; 81
for Ysaye; 25 cents for Dean Vincent;
% cents for Mrs. Baker; so cents for
Maconda; 25 cents for Congressman
Littlefield; and % cents for the Re-
demption. These prices will be charged
for separate tickets.
Extraordinary efforts will be made
to sell the season tickets. Secretary
Foster figures that the seven attrac-
lions, with advertising and hall rent
will cost 81. sol. He reckons S125 for the
organist to play at the dedication; 1851
for Ysaye; 500 for Vincent; 500 for
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Congressman Littlefield; $3.50 for ad-
vertising, and $175 for Auditorium rent.
1t will be seen therefore that 600
course tickets at $3.50 each, will
will come out in the clear on the ex-
penses of the seven attractions. An at
tempt will be made to run the sales of
the course tickets over the 1000 mark
If that is done a comfortable sum will
be netted. A committee from the Pipe
Organ association will take the sales in
charge and make an exhaustive and
thorough canvass of the city.
The attractions in themselves are
good. The dedication will without
question be a success. The new organ
will be the feature The best operator
obtainable will be employed for the
concert Ysaye is the greatest living
vtolinist and his concert will be a treat
TO every lover of good music. Dean
Vincent is a son of Bishop John H.
Vincent. who was formerly located in
Topeka He is at the present time
dean of the junior colleges at Chicago
university, and one of The coming edu-
cauonal men in the country. Recently
he was prominently mentioned as a
candidate for the position of president
of Columbia university. AS a humor-
list Dean Vincent is one of the best
He teaches sociology at Chicago uni
versity and is ranked with Prof
Small, who is at the head of that
branch of work at the big Rockefeller
institution in the lake city. Mrs
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try as a dramatic reader The song
recital by Maconda will be a pleasant
surprise to Topeka audiences. Con-
gresham Littleheld, of Maine, is
known from coast to coast as a plat
form entertainer of the first water.
The Topeka Choral society closes the
list with the oratorio, The Redemp-
ton" with the organ accompaniment
The latter will make the big singing
society's programmes an extraordinary
treat