The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-05-21

Music Festival Association. That city
is South Bend and its series of May
concerts took place last week under
most favorable conditions. Owing to
the fact that the Theodore Thomas
orchestra and the soioisrs who will
appear in the Richmond festival con
certs, May Is and e, also took part
in the South Bend festival, the press
comment on their success there viii
be of special interest locally. The
South Bend Tribune says.
The third annual May festival OF
the South Bend Choral Club was con-
Guided Thursday night in most fit
ting climax. Sullivan's Golden West
was presented by the choral club, the
Theodore Thomas orchestra and the
New York soIoists, Mrs. Corinne Rid
er-KeIsey. soprano; Miss Janet Spen-
Ger, contralto; Edward Johnson, ten
or, and Herbert Witherspoon, basso.
The Thomas orchestra scored big
triumph and was overwhelmed with
applause. The accompaniment fur
nfshed by this incompatible organiza-
ton, was of spotless merit through
out Miss Spencer's work was salts
fying in every particular She pos
sesses spontaneity,1 freedom, ease and
perfect nafuralnesS OF s1ntonation and
Interpretation, which are the essen
tails of artistic perfection Only the
greatest artists are able to arrive at
a perfectly conscious and sincere ex-
preston Of their personality as Miss
Spencer did last evening. The effect
of her work on the audience was en-
phatic.
MIR. Witherspoons is a verys1ine ex-
ampIe+of the modern bel canto and he
sang with supreme authority and with
great repose- breadth.
s@rhe good impression that Mr..
johnson created on the previous even
ing was much augmented by his work
last. night He possesses exactly the
right equipment and precisely the
fechnfo teauireds but neither voice
nor technical ability would suffice
without his extraordinary facility OF
tomb color.
sNrs. Kelsey also rose into great
heights in her work last evening, full
filing the promise given in her beau
tif,ii aria of Wednesday night
Social affairs in connection with the
South Bend festival were OF exceptlo-
nal interest, and the South Bend Tri-
bune says: Louis EIbel the pianist
with the Thomas orchestra, entertain
ed at dinner last evening at the IN
diana cub. complimentary TO Freder-
ick Vessels. manager and Frederick
a Stock director of the Thomas Or
chest Henry Gennett and Harry
Ger the prominent piano man.
u...sturers of Richmond, Ind. The
guests were received in the parlors of
in the ladies' cafe It was a red and
green affair, those colors predominant
ing in the very elaborate decorations.
The long table was covered with
deep red roses and ferns of brightest
green and in the center an immense
boquet of pink carnations rose males
ticly from a delicately wrought vase.
Mr.. EIbeI occupied a seat at the head
OF the table with Mr.. Stock at his
right and Mr.. Henry Gennett, at his
left. As the guests were seated a
shower of Richmond rose petals des-
cended from above and almost COM
pletely covered the table, to the great
delight and admiring EXPLANATIONS of
the guests. The place cards consist
ed of a folder. the first page of which
bore the name of a guest, above it be- |
ing a few measures from Mr.. Elbel's |
Barcarolie' taken from the manu-
script. In one corner was a small tip |
ped portrait of Juvenile orchestra |
conductor and back of this were dain- |
ty ribbons in red and green. The
musical idea also was carried out in /
the menu, there being served with |
the soup course, bit of toast cut In /
the form of treble cleft. With an
other course was a sandwich cut to |
note. One course consist
ed of asparagus and lettuce salad with |
a sandwich shaped like a treble cleft,
the asparagus laid on the plates to
the lines of staff and B
fiat cut from a beet. With this idea
was star, also cut nom a beet, sug
gestive of the Starr piano. manufac-
tured by the Messrs. Gennett. The ice
cream was served in the shape of a
violin.
Mrs C. H. Ross has for her guest,
her sister. Mrs. J. Z. Bombarger, of
and on Thursday after
noon will entertain company of Ia
dies who are members of the Alice
Cary Club, at her home on South
Thirteenth street.
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The West Side members of the Mary
F. Thomas W. C. t. L. will hold
parlor meeting next Thursday after
noon at the home of Mrs Carmen, 12o
Hunt street. Mrs. Charles Leeds will
have charge of the program.
Miss Ethel King viii entertain the
members of a card club Thursday eve
ming at her home on South Ninth
street Whist will be played at four
.ables I
At the meeting of the local chapter. Z
.. 4 r. Saturday afternoon Mrs
Viii Gaar will give a report of the
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