The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-18

exalted and moving form of divine
worship.
"'In the evening we heard THE
! Dream of GerOntius, poem of Cardl-
nal Newman set to music by Sir Ed
ward Elgar On Thursday morning,
'Stabat Mater a symphonic cantata
by Sir Charles Stanford, was perform
| ed This was conducted by the com
! poser | can best describe it by quot
| ing one of the London musical critics:
: Religious feeling is the mark of the
work, and it is the greatest of its dis
/ tinctions, because it has no obligatory
| connection with art music which may
and does exist without it, even under
! the most sacred forms. l recognized
! the note of sincerity in the cantata
I ennobled by all the qualities essential
to a complete work of art designed for
the expression of the highest things.
! "This was followed by a novelty in
/ these festivals, a violin solo by Mlscha
/ Elman, accompanied by the string or
chestra. He played Beethoven's con-
oerto in d for violin, opus 81, splen-
didlv. The acoustic properties of the
! cathedral being perfect, his wonderful
+ tone was heard to full advantage. His
pianissimo passages in the rondo were
exquisite. A great many Honolulu
peopIe are familiar with Mischa FL
man s playing from hearing phono-
graphic reproductions of it. / wish
they could all have heard him play; 1T
was such an improvement on the
canned article. The liberality of the
clergy in permitting a violin solo to be
performed in the cathedral aroused
some wonder; but they gave as their
reason that. NO great musical compo-
/ sition which lifts us above the com
mon things of earth can be out of
place in church.
! ''The soloists in the various ora
! torios and cantatas included Madame
Clara Butt, contralto; Plunkett Greene,
! basso: Miss Agnes Nichols, soprano,
! and other well-knOwn artists from
! London. Mr. Charles w. Clark, an
/ American, sang Elijah.
! q" Aside from the services IN the ca
: thedral secular concert was given on
! Wednesday evening in the public hall.
/ Three new compositions were perform
| ed for the first time at this concert,
! the composers conducting; fantastic
prelude for orchestra, The PierrGt of
the Minute by Bantock; a song,
England, Ny England, by A. II.
Brewer. sung by Plunkett Greene; and
THE Wand of Youth. an orchestral
suite written by Sir Edward Elgar to
, accompany a childs' play. As Wor-
cester is his home town, he received a
great ovation when he stepped on the
platform. The program also included
two overtures, THE Little Minister,
by Mackenzie. and THE Butterfly IS
Ball, by Cowen; Don juan a sym
phonic poem by Richard Strauss; a
prelude by Debussy, and two songs
from Wagner's 'Lohengrin and Die
Walkiire,' sung by Walter Hill.
"The festival was a great success
and we felt that we were most for
tunate to arrive in England in time to
hear it. -
Harry Wicks, well and favorably
known in the Islands, and at present |
experimenting the putting in of the |
machinery at the immense plant of the :
Tabasco Land and Development Co., at
Oaxaquena, Mexico, has been IN Oak |
land for few months rest.
While there he purchased the hand |
some residence of H. T. Ardley, pro- I
fessOr of fine arts at the university. |
The house is delightfully."- situated in
the very best section of the city.
The grounds are quite extensive and |
beautifully laid out with choice shrubs |
and Towering plants. which must sure /
" remind Mrs. Wicks of her Island !
home. The rose garden to the left, |
leading down to the garage, is very
pretty.
The latter is well fitted up with all !
the modern improvements. with a we'll
appointed biIliard-room above, which !
has electric and telephone communica-
ton with the house.
Oakland people of means are enthu-
siastic automobiles and consider it
almost a necessity to have ones own
chauffeur nowadays.
On his return from Mexico Mr.. !
Wicks will in all probability purchase
machine of the most modern make,
and with the advent of Miss Wicks
into society. their friends may look for
ward to being entertained in their
beautiful home.
The gypsy eneampment held at the
MOana Hotel on Friday evening was
one of the gayest and prettiest affairs
ever given in Honolulu. The beautiful
Moana has never held such a huge
crowd of people. 1t was simply jam
from the time the fete started until
its close. Everything in the stalls
was disposed of before the even
ing closed. The beautifully decorated
booths and grounds made the place
seem like glimpse of fairyland The
fete was most fortunate in having
three such women to do and plan the
general scheme as Mrs. Augustus f.
Murphy, to whom is due the greatest
credit; Mrs. Elizabeth Church. the So
raanageress of the Moana and
Young hotels. who was responsible for
the gypsy fete, the idea being con
eeived by her; and Mrs. Abrams, to
whom much credit is due for the dec