The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-09-18
TREATED TO
HIGH CLASS MUSIC

invitation to Silver State hall Saturday
evening to attend a musicale, given in
honor of Senator and Mrs. George s.
Nixon. Mrs. Cora Hall and Miss Mae
Curnow of Reno were guests of Mr. and
Mrs Lee, having stopped over in VIM
nemucca for a few days. Mrs. Hall
and Miss Curnow are en- route to Italy
to complete their musical education, al
ready quite perfect. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Lee invited them to lend their talents
in giving the people of Winnemucca
high-c,ass musical entertainment. Sill
yer State hail had been tastefuliy dec
Grated for the occasion. Potted pants.
ma.denhair ferns and tropical pa ms
were everywhere. making the hall a
the people of Winnemucca never befoae
enjoyed such a classic program Of mu-
sic from the old masters as on Satur-
day evening. The program opened with
solo by Mrs. F. NJ. Lee. "Ah, Tis
Dream, by Hawley. and given in her
sweetest voice and best style. with Miss
delicate and Highly finished. The first
number was enthus astica.ly received
and Mrs. Lee responded to an encore.
The second number was by Miss Curnow
on the piano. and she executed one of
Listz's masterpieces with skill perhaps
never before listened to by Winnie
Old instrument just taIk and in a man
ner that If there were any present who
did not appreciate 1t 1t was because
music hath no charms to sooth a saw
&c brsast." Mrs. Hail then followed
with yerdrs arrangement Of Caro-
Nome" from Rigoielto. The sympathy
between Mrs. Halls charming voice and
Miss Curnows delicate touch Of the
piano was very marked and as soft as
caves falling from the trees and as
sweet as nature calls in the forests. The
patter OF rain on a roof will sometimes
.ul one to sweet repose, and Mrs. Hal,
.riAs, accompanied by Mss Curnow .
soft notes from the piano, will carry
one to the halls of heavens sweetest
sounds. The fourth number was
Home TO the Mountains. from rro-
vatore,' by the great master Verdi. and
given in a duet by Mrs. Hall in soprano
and Mrs. Lee In contralto. Their
voices Blended in such unison. were so
sweet and far-reaching, that carried
every one who had the pleasure of lis
tening, home to the mountains"
Miss Curnow then executed a difficult
classic by Listz that had one not known
The music all came from a piano.
brought out by a skilled performer,
they could have readily imag med 1t a
voice from the angles. The gem of the
evening was "On the Moonlit Stream.
by Geibel. rendered by Mrs. Hall and
Mrs Lee. Mrs Halls Japanese love
song, by Thomas was also a very pleas
ing number. The musical program end
ed with 'Recollections OF Home" by
Mills, and the trills and variations by
Miss Curnow. the Silver State will ven-
ture to say. took the charmed company
back to ''childhoods fireside." where
they dropped tear on the old hearth
stone.
The musical program having been
completed the guests were invited to
delicate refreshments. served In q room
decorated with sweet flowers and pot
ted plants. with settings in beaut.fu
shade of red. in keeping with the high
class music and the whole setting one
OF art and the highest refinement. Az
ter refreshments the company enjoyed
an hour in social intercourse sand
wiched in between the waits and two
STEP and at midnight went to their re-
spective homes after an evening spent
most charmingly.
Mrs. Lee for one OF the pleasantest
evenings ever spent and Senator and
Mrs. Nixon were truly honorcd.
I Mrs. Hall Is going to Italy to study
| Tor the operate stage and the Silver
State predicts that she will return a
prima donna that the people Of the
Ameican continent win pay $40 to hear