, 1906-05-05
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The week was one of the ouietest
Laramie has ever experienced. but II
will long be remembered with pleasure.
nevertheless, on account OF the enter
tainment given Thursday evening by
the Polmatier Sisters, under the au-
spices of Damon lodge, knights
OF Pythias-an event which would
have commanded more than or
binary attention in the competition of
conflicting attractions and engage
ments of one of our gayest seasons.
Combine the everpowerful charm of
novelty with a program of marked
merit and the result is an entertain
ment calculated to please all cliques
and ages, and nothing but words of
praise have been heard from those who
attended the concert given by this not
ed orchestra company. The audience
was one of the largest which ever as
sembled in Maennerchor hall and it ia
scarcely possible that a more cosmo-
politan company ever met here on a
similar occasion. That the gifted girls
delighted one n all is more than re-
markable and it seemed to an interest
ed observer that their charming per-
~sonality was a powerful factor in the
admirable result. Adequate space III
these columns was given yesterday tc
the concert itself, and it is the inten.
ton in this department to talk them
over in the personal vein, discussing
matters in which all who heard them
are interested. That they are really,
truly sisters the marked resemblance
proved Immediately to all, the likeness
between Miss Ina K. (she of the
drums and Xlephone) and Miss e.
Phyllis (trombone and soprano sole,
ist) being especially marked. Excuses
may be in order for putting the vivaci-
GUS Miss Ina first, as she is the baby"
but as she is very evidently not least"
in the hearts and minds Of her sisters,
no doubt we may find forgiveness. She
is just Is and as sweet and winsome a
lassie as could be imagined. Miss Eva
Pauline efficient pianist) and Eva
Phyllis (trombone) are twins and the
eldest of the charming flock. Oddly
enough they are the most unlike of
the bevy in form and feature, Miss E.
Pauline, Miss Helene (cornet and
Miss Lu Seba %(directress aid violin)
being of the slender, brunette type,
while Eva Phyllis and Ina X. are, as
Milton aptly put it
Daughters fair,
"BuXom, blithe and debonaire,'
and genuine 'nut-brown maydes." The
costumes of the five girls were exactly
alike and were very effective, the decol-
let gowns and pink satin deliberately
garnitured with silver sequins being
equally becoming to both types of girl
ish lovliness. Although the nam Pol
matter is undoubtedly French, these
talented girls r of German descent,
which nationality accounts in some
measure for their remarkable and YER
satile musical ability. Two of them
were born in Massachusetts and three
in New York, their home being now in
Troy, of the latter state, where their
parents reside. Oddly enough it was
discovered during the evening that the
Polmatier family are intimately &C
quainted with relatives of Mrs P. c..
Rauner and Mr.. Travel, who reside in
Troy. Mr.. Polmatier has retired from
active life, and it really hardly seems
necessary for father to work at that
house, does it? There were five broth
ers, all musicians of note, but one is
now dead. Three of the brothers are
-, n rr;nI a-I H. F~,rl rIo + A.
youngest of the entire family, is now
attending college at Albany, N. Y. He
is a pianist of great promise. The old
est brother, whose name is Herbert,
will travel with the girls as manager
next season. They spoke of their
mother as having musical talent, but
she never gave any time or study to its
development. AS has been previously
remarked, n of the charms of the
party was ~naturalness, an absence Of
the a~rtificiality ordinarily so marked
in professionals being very noticeable.
They are just girls-nice, lively, love
ly lasses, who would make entertain
ing neighbors if they lived on
street. One of them remarked that
their mother was already counting the
days until they would be home for their
summer vacation and that it is her
custom to go from room to room each
night of their visit to satisfy her loving
heart that they are really there"
What a vivid and attractive picture
the words portray, but another and sor-
rowful vision springs unbidden to the
mind when the mother-bird wanders
restlessly from one desetred nest to
another, smoothing with yearning hand
the cold-white pillows, perchance
breathing a petition for the protection
and safety of her treasures exposed to
the dangers of constant travel, battling
possibly with perils of fire, storms and
earthquake horrors. At such moments
even the ~recollections of their achieve
ments must appear trivial to her, but it
is ever true that mother hearts are
strong as well as tender, and capable
of enduring much without a moan.
The sisters went from here to Chey-
enne and will travel for a time in Colo
RADIO. They will finish their season at
Kansas City about June list, INT will
go directly from there to Troy, N. Y,
for a summer at home. They have been
on the road this time since early last
August, going west through Canada,
and then down tbe poast snendinp