Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-16
tFro.a sunuay's Daily)

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 .om, social gathering. The events oi u,. week opened on Monday evening, vtb inc concert of Miss Chilson and Miss Burmistcr It proved to be n musical landmark, and it will be long erc Prescott has one as thoroughly and completely good.
 |, were idle To speak of Miss ChII- son g advancement, further than 10 say thu. she can now sing. Her cnunciation and vocnlizatiun arc equally good, and her voice has a youthful freshness and sparkle that did one good io hear. She has passed from the ballad class to that of light coloraturc soprano with the lyric qualities, and eventually one may expect to find her winning fam" in light opera. Her voice is possibly not as strong as some of the roles of grand opera require, but in the "Jcwcl Song" from Faust, she radia'ed n warm and classic art, and her liquid notes dropped like dew, crystal and re frcshing. Added 10 this gift she has dramatic talent that will well avail her on the stage. Her youth and mag nctic stage presence also favor for her splendid operntic career, should she choose it.
 f Ia .la tA n of the beauty of the performance of Miss Burmister. Immediately upon seating herself at the piano was rc. vealcd the wonderful delicacy of her | touch, her wonderful mastery of tech. niquc and the utter superiority of her ! attitude toward the performance as n | triumph of nerve skill. Interest com stantly increases as Miss Burmistci | plays. Her program opened with th, conventional solemnity of prelude by Rachmanniof. In sharp siyle.contrasi | followed her rendition of Schumann E Bcrceusc,' rollicking movement, in which her art scintillated through th, ! keys In the third number of ih, group, one of Moszkowski's Conccr, Etudes, she proved herself master oi delicate, intricate expression, as well a' cvincing n remarkable memory.
 But it was in the Chopin number, that closed her portion of the program that Miss Burmistcr arounsed her aud fence 10 the highest pitch of musica enthusiasm. She made the piano seen alive; il was like human thing, cx pressing all the shades of musical mel ancholy. She brought out new and m suspected beauties in inc Etudc (Op 23). The valsc was, of course, delicious sklmming. ripping, dancing. flying over the keys, yet preserving m, theme of sadness of the caprice. An il all, ihis genius of the piano uni,cs vir ilc. intellectual force with rare emo tional refinement, and it is no wondcI that her hearers were startled, surprise, and incxpressibIy delighted with the su pctb art which she displayed.
 Both Indies were repeatedly encore, after each number, and were the recip icnts of many floral offerings from ad miring friends.
 On Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. Cecil q Fcnnell was hostess nt n card party and entertained about thirty guest, most hospitably.
 Tuesday evening Mir. and Mrs. F. A kastncr celebrated their fifth wcddin, anniversary by bridge party. Few hos''sscs dispense such genuine hos pitality as Mrs. Kastncr. and all in, guests were enthusiastic over the yer, 'ehgh'fnl time they experienced
 In lien of prize, each guest receive, wooden souvenir, in honor of the oc casion. and all were very pretty on, nn'que. There were twenty packages and each guest drew one. Mrs Wnl 'utt, having high score, had first draw Among the guests were Major and Mrs Foster, Major and Mrs. Walcutt, MT and Mrs. Larimcr, Mir and Mrs q F Meany, Lieutenant and Mrs. Whoatlov NIT. and Mrs. C. A. Peter, Mr. and Mrs F. A. Jones. MT, and Mrs. Cnmpbcll MT. nnd Mrs. Ed Lit, Mir. and Mrs "co, West, and Mrs. Obcrbo k.
 Mrs. Morris Goldwaicr was bos,os, Wednesday afternoon at an informa bridge party, and Mrs. Watts had tb, high score for the afternoon. Mrs "oldwater's guests were Miss Gold water, Mrs. Walcutt, Mrs. Watts. Mrs Wright, Mrs. Norris, Mrs. Meany. ma Miss Frcdcricks.
 Wednesday afternoon, Miss Harriet,