Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-28
LEWIS WINS PRIZES
PROMINENT orTuMWA SINGER
FIGURES PROMINENTLY IN
DIES MONIES ElsTEDDFoD

Member of the ottumwa WEIGH Quar-
tet and the ottumwa Choral Society
Wins Two Victories In Yesterdays
Session-Des Moines Chorus Wins.
The excellent vocal abilities of Ben
Lewis of this city. member of the
Ottumwa WEIGH quartet and the OF
tumwa Choral society, came into prom
inence yesterday afternoon at the sec
ond days session of the Eisteddfod at
Des Moines. Mr. Lewis won the prize
in the baritone solo competition and
participated in the winning duet
number with D. R. Thomas of Colfax.
DR.. M. L. Bartlett's mixed chorus of
over seventy-five voices won the first
prize in the choral competition last
night at the closing session. The
Highland Park chorus, under the lead
ership of Mrs. Maybelle Wagner
Shank, took second The Colfax
Choral union was the third chorus.
DR.. w. Rhys Herbert of Minneapolis,
the adjudicator, paid the Bartlett
chorus the unusual compliment of say
ing that it bests anything in Minneap-
oils or ST Paul and that a person may
have to go many hundreds of miles
to hear it's equal The prize for the
Bartlett chorus is $400, donated by the
Eisteddfod association The second
prize is $3.50.
Dr. Herbert. had a touch of genteel
gruffness about some of his criticisms,
but a diplomacy was added throughout
which made the losers feel none the
less fortunate in having been in the
competition.
Governor Cummins, who presided at
the session last night, made a short
address in which he paid high COM
pliment to the songs of the Eisteddfod
and concluded that while he did not
know a single thing about music or art
he was the best judge of music in the
world 81 know when music pleases
me-" said the governor and he held
that this made the st personal critic.
Rev. J.W. Somersville of Oskaloosa
made the invocation
Mrs. Maybelle Wagner-Shank sang
solo, marking the beginning OF the
evenings concert. The duet, MAY
ing" was won by Daisy Binkley and
Currie Chase. The prize female chorus
was led by Miss Daisy Binkley and
the first prize for male chorus was
won by the Minnesingers chorus of
Cedar Falls, led by G. A. Fullerton.
The prize for the soprano solo,
Donald" was divided between Miss
Margaret Jones and Miss Edna Tilton,
both of Des Moines.
The Afternoon.
The following prizes were awarded
in the afternoon:
Piano solo, "Song of the Bathers,
was won by Margaret Wood OF Des
Moines.
The alto solo. 80, Rest in the Lord"
won by Lola Lifton Johnson.
Duet, tenor and bass, Excelsior"
won BY Ben Lewis of Ottumwa and
D. r. Thomas of Colfax.
Baritone, "The Warriors Bride" "
won by Ben Lewis of Ottumwa.
Duet, alto and soprano, Harp OF the
Winds won by lone and Edna Will
let's of Des Moiues.
Tenor solo, I'm Native Worth" di-
vided between Warren Proctor of Ce-
dar Falls and Edward Earsham of Des
Moines
The anthem for choir was won by a
choir under the leadership of Mrs.
Maybelle Wagner-Shank.
The Morning..
The following prizes were won in
the morning session:
Recitation, children under IL, won
by Ellen Bender, of Carlisle.
"Englyn," wo-- by Edward Hughes
Of Oskaloosa.
Recitation. "Y Diluw," won by ]. j.
Cooley, Of Hooking.
Solo for children under IL, divided
between Baby Willis and Elizabeth
Davis, both of Des Moines.
Piano duet Holiday" won by An
ME Edwards and Jennie Fry, of Oska
loosa.
Recitation for children IL to 20, won
by jeanette Jen- ms, of Colfax.
Welsh solo for men over so, won
by Prof. w. B.. Powell Of Hiteman.
Piano solo, "Azalea," won by Jen
ME Fry, of Oskaloosa.
Children's chorus, "The Trumpet
shall Sound, won by chorus led by
Martha Williams, of De. Moines.
Jenkin D. Reese, the Eisteddfod
bard, rendered a selection on "Des
Moines" at the evening session. His
reading was we'll received and ap
plause greeted him as he stepped on
the stage and as he let it.
The Choral Contest.
In the chief choral competition GAS
the Heart Pants" centered the inter
est of the evening. Thia number was
reserved for the last Each chorus
was of sufficient membership to fill
the choir loft at Plymouth church to
its capacity and each body was greetd
with cheers. The singing vas greeted
with hearty applause.
DR.. Herbert, in making his adjudica
ton of the winner, kept in reserve his
opinion as to fist prize winner until
his very last words and thus held the
audience in suspense.
He regarded the sincerity with
which DR.. Bartlett's chorus sang as
one of the chiefest essentials of Its
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