The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-06-24

June were the musical recital and con
cert given by Mrs Frederick Green.
leaf and her pupils. assisted by Mrs.
r. Il. Guillot and MIR Matthews. The
recital by the primary and junior pu.
pills was held on the evening Of June
2lst. at the Broadway Methodist
church. aGd the large building was
crowded to its utmost capacity.
The children. who played at this
performance. were from to about II
years Of age aud It was certainly a
most wonderful thing To hear such
young children play with such rare
skill. such beauty of technique and
such exquisite rendition of each mum
ber Many remarks were heard. that
II would be impossible to believe such
small children, with tiny hands. could
produce such lovely sounds or play
with such grace and beauty, II It were
not seen with ones own eyes and
heard with ones own ears Mrs
Greenleaf the talented teacher. has
, shown that even very small children
with beautiful training. can render ex.
qulsitely the grand works of the mas.
tcrs OF old. the works that are gen.
orally given by grown pupils who
have studied for many years II was
/ indeed a musical treat to listen 10 this
wonderful performance Of children
and the enthusiastic audience show.
ed it's appreciation by repeated and
prolonged applause.
On the evening Of Friday. June 22nd
] the Methodist church was again
crowded to over-nowing with eager
people TO hear Mrs. Greenleafs con
cert. This was given by her advanced
class, assisted by Mrs Il. +. Guillot
and Mr. Matthews.
This was opened by a quartette
lrcm Verdi, II Trovatore and was mag.
nificently rendered with Mrs. Green.
leaf and Miss Ledbetter at one piano
and Mrs. Pennington and Miss Madden
at another. Then the pupils played
their beautiful numbers and showed
| splendid training the flexible fingers
and graceful movements of the hands
and wrists showed their training by
musical artist. The splendid program
was given with exquisite grace and
beauty Of technique. The beautiful
singing by Mrs. Guillot and some fine
songs by Mr. Matthews were two
cHarming events OF the evening ,h'y
cluh received hearty encores.
Mrs. Greenleafs playing was the
lovely gem OF the whole performance.
her brilliancy of touch. her delicacy of
feeling her exquisite rendition Of Mos
kowski's Waltz in r brought round
after round OF applause. 4 heavy
storm approaching. Mrs. Greenleaf
graciously arose from the piano. told
her audience not 10 remain II they
feared the storm, but she was so en-
Enthusiastically encored, she had to re.
turn TO the plano.
Mrs. Greenleaf was exquisitely
gowned in white and silver. She Is
an artist of rare ability, a musician OF
wonderful power and Ardmore is
proud to claim her as one Of her cele-
britys.
Her pupils show wonderful progress
and play with taste Of feeling, ex.
qulsite lingering and wonderful techni.
que.
Ardmore is to be congratulated that
she remains with us another year,
with additions to her already large
class. At the close OF the concert,
Mrs. Walcott presented Mrs. Green
leaf, from her class rare and costly
fan, 10 which Mrs. Greenleaf respond
ed in gracious and appreciatye words
The commencement exercises OF the
st, Agnes Academy were held Thurs
day night at the opera house under the
auspices OF the Sisters OF Mercy. The
exercises were prepared in the form
OF a drama entitled The Cost of a
Promise" and numerous specialties
were introduced. The cast OF the char.
acters was as follows:
Kathleen n....,.,,..Mis Clara Dierker
Mrs. Commers (her mother) ... Ella
Short.
Granny Gilligen. ..,...,,,.A Annie Dufy
Lodo. ,,....,. -. Elizabeth Byers
Zota ,..... .. .. Mary Anderson