The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-15

A large audience attended the rendition
Of Mendelssohn's Elijah" by the Mont
clair Oratorio Society at the First Con-
gregationai Church, that town, last night,
and general satisfaction was expressed
with the performance. Mark Andrews
conducted the chorus Of over 100 and a
moderate-sized orchestra.
The paid sololsts were Miss Alice Mer-
rtt-C Cochran, soprano; Miss Magdalene
MacBride, contralto; Daniel Beddoe,
tenor. and DIR. Carl Duff, bass. In add
ton, some of the minor solo parts and
the quartets were sung by Mrs. Edgar
A. Manning, soprano: Miss e. Winifred
Jewell, contralto: William Heydt, tenor,
and Clifford Cairns, bass.
The work was given practically with
out cuts and was smoothly sung every
thing considered, although the soprano
section largely outnumbered the others.
The ~soloists were all competent. n Is
the society's second year. The program
gave the following personnel of the
chorus
Sopranos-Nrs T. C. Abbott, Mrs. Alhs,
Mrs. John r. Anderson. Mrs. Mark An
drews. Miss Marion Ayres, Mrs. w. u.
Bloodgood Mrs. Brusser, MIS-; Bucha nan.
Ehrhardt, Miss Feltey, Mrs. Fleming. Mrs.
Holt, Miss n. W. Hoyt, Miss 10. Hunting
ton. Miss f. Johnson. Mrs. James logic
Mrs. Manning. Miss B. Marshall; Miss i.
Never. Miss Mora. Miss Mum, Miss Men
OILS, Miss l.. Nichols, Miss Nostrand, Mrs.
Rounsavllle, Miss Alice r. Smith, Miss p.
Smith. Miss l, Speer; Mrs. SpringmeWXef ss
M. Taylor, Mrs. S. Thompson, Miss 70.
Thompson, Mrs. Torrens. Mrs. Underhlll,
Miss Von Eberhardt, Miss Grace Walker;
Mrs. Warden, Mrs. Whyte, MISS Ethei
Confraltos-Miss Cults. Mrs. Damon.
Miss Deiehman. Miss Fl. 3. pIller' ME- ME-;
Ebbels Miss Gee Mrsi Good Wnn H M1Ss
dock, Miss Heller. Miss Hemleb, Miss
Hills. Miss G. s.. Hoyt. Mrs. Hupfeld, MISS
Jewell, Mrs. Linck, Miss M: n. Logan
Miss Lunt, Miss Clara Mancini. Miss a.
Meyer. Mrs. r. Miller. Mrs. F.. J. Pond,
Mrs. Smith, Miss Thresher, Miss Van
Tenors-R; c. Atkin, Mr.. Burlelsh' MI M
Ericsson, w. G. Frost. James Greig, Will
lam Heydt, Mr.. Linden. A. Macgowan.,
Fred MaYes. JOIN F. Meyer. hrederleK
solomon. Joseph Torrens, r. Wright, N.
b. Ward, w. Schaffer, A. Simpson;
Basses-T. G. Abbott. IT,, John r. An
qbeFsogR n, r; q. 4 H5;dard IT, cairns al r a.. SseH ~ u.
Crane. jr., ]. f. Damerel, George V; Fear,
Horace j. Goodwin, Edward Il: Haven
Theodore S Holbrook; q. r; huSsilSdi'
oIney, John Polifeme, Disney Robinsen'
MIR. Smith. Frederick Sherman, A, A.
SpringIneyer, Y. p. Underhill.
Most of the following associate members
were in the audience: T. \. Adams, Mrs.
George S. Allen. Mrs. Lucia Pratt Ames,
c. w. Anderson. Miss Marion Ayres' ed
ward W. Barnard, Charles A. Barnes,
Charles D.. Barry, George Batten, Edwin
+. Bedell. Alfred P. Boehm. p. A. Brad
Icy. S. Seeley Brown, 70, G. Burgess, j,
Melvin Bush, Mrs. Irving Cairns, the.hey.
Frederick B. Carter, DR.. L. w. Case, ).
Alfred Chard. Francis l.. Chesterman, MISS
A. d. Cheves. M. G. coSgeshall. II, q;
Cordley. Mrs. S. S. C~ostikyan, |. Seymour
Crane, II. NJ. Crawley. Peter p: Dean, -
A. Deetjen, Ezra DeForest, william s.
Dickson. T. II. Dodd. Franklin w. DOT
man, Charles NJ. butcher, F. Ehrhardt,
William T. Evans. Frank \. Ferris George
d. Finlay. Alfred +. Forstall. DR.; II. W
Foster. Mrs. j. h. Fox, w. @. Frost, U.
G. Garabrant, David A.. Geraty, John
Grimm. l.. w. Guernsey. Franco Halpin.'
the Rev. Henry *. Hannah. John -
! Hawes. 3. II. NJ. Hewett, OTTO lflnch'
Franklin II. Hopper, l.. A. Hungertora
Charles T. Ives. Otto Jaeger. James n
Jaryie, Walter F.. Keenan,, William q
Ketchum. Walter Kidde, William j; Laou,
John r.. Livermore, James Logic, Wlinam
Logic, Frederick r. Loveioy, A. ~ Mack
| Mrs. Il. A. Manning, Elliott Mafsnar'
Fred Mayes, john f. Meyer. Irving P
Mills. o. NJ. Mitchell, r.. p Mott, y. ;.
Mulford. George Wildwood Murray tranN