The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-18
ORGAN COURSE.
Washburn GIee Club Closes the
Popular Entertainments.
Pleases a Large Audience at the
Auditorium.
MANY ENCORES GIVEN.
Miss Nellie Lincoln Assists Ably
by Her Readings.
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MANY ENCORES GIVEN.
w. f. Roehr Makes Hit With
Pipe Organ Selection.


organ entertainments was given at the
Auditorium last night when the Wash
burn Glee club. an organization from
Washburn college. gave a concert with
the assistance of Miss Nellie Lincoln of
this city.
The Washburn Glee club has been CIV
ing entertainments in almost every 9TH
er city in the state this year and has
played at Topeka but once since their
seasons programme opened in the ear
ly winter. The first engagement was
filled at the college chapel and the peo-
pie of the city were not able to witness
the performance-there the enter
tainment last night was new and novel
and the only one of it's kind on the en-
tire course offered by the pipe organ
association.
The concert was, excellent and pleas
led a large audience that comfortably
filled the big Auditorium. The audience
was not only large but appreciative and
there were only two or three numbers
on the programme that did not receive
one and two encOreS.
Since its organization a year or so
ago the Washburn College Glee club
has improved wonderfully. 1t has grown
from a Smattering of unintereSted col
lege men to a we'll drilled and expert
.enced bunch of singers and they have
learned to not only sing with all their
sound but they have crusted their mod
esty and have little fear of the ever
glaring footlights and sea of upturned
faces.
The programme at the Auditorium
was divided into two parts, the inter-
mission being filed by two pipe organ
selections by Mr.. w. F. Roehr.
Appear in Evening Dress.
The first division of the programme,
the glee club. came out in the duty
s.I--
by college glee clubs many year ago
and has been generally accepted ever
since Miss Nellie Lincoln figured ex-
tensively in this act and her selections
were encored time and again.
The first number last night was the
"Stein Song" by the whole glee club
with Miss Bess Renwick at the piano.
The tStein Song is one of the old col
lege favorites and is used by everything
from a bunch of freshmen to an organ
lied glee club. 1t still holds good with
the audiences, however, and was encor-
ed last night. The second number,
solo with lightning effects by the club,
sung by Mr. Ramsey entitled Good
bye was one of the best solos of the
evening. Ramsey: is new member of
the club but has an excellent baritone
voice which carried all over the big
Auditorium. He was followed by Miss
Lincoln who rendered Dreaming as
used by the girl just returning from
college, the prima donna and the
vaudeville ballet dancer. This made a
tremendous hit with the audience and
she was greeted on her return for an
encore with a storm of applause. Miss
Lincoln is undoubtedly the cleVereSt To-
cal actress in the city and her presence
always means crowd for the per-
Hformance.
Miss Lincoln Popular.
The Glee club came on the stage
again after Miss Lincoln had succeed
ed in satisfying the crowd with several
encores and they used a variation of
Annie Laurie" which was a happy
departure from the old and original
rendition of the piece. The song ef-
feet was used all right and the har-
mony was good but the college men
took the matter more lightly than US
ual and made it interesting as well as
sublime. 1t took two encores to even
matters with the crowd after this
song, the last one being a line up for
something sad and then with thud
the men made bow in unison and
departed from the stage. d This num-
Der was followed by Mr.. ]. d. Brown
who was recently made director of the
club. Brown is new man to face
Topeka audience, but his reputation as
director of the club has preceded
him. He has deep musical throb-
bing bass voice which was appreciated
by the listeners.
''vesper Stars by the club and a
reading by Miss Lincoln ended the first
part of the program. Miss Lincoln ap-
peared in several roles and In several
languages during this recitation. Her
audience demanded reappearance,
but she needed not.
Mr. Roehr's Hit.
During the intermission w. F.
Roehr played several selections on the
big pipe organ. One of these selec-
tions was undoubtedly the best ever
heard in the auditorium. 1t was MY
Old Kentucky Home" accompanied
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started out on the piece number OF
the college men were fixing up the
stage and the interest was wanting.
But gradually the effect of the sbeautI-
full strains fell upon the audience the
hum and buzz of voices dropped to a
whisper. Soon feather could have
been heard if it had been dropped
and when Mr.. Roehr added the chimes
to the chorus of the faithful old tune
the whole auditorium listened as in
trance. When he had finished there
was not sign of applause for several
seconds. The people. could not realize
applause which has been equaled in
the auditorium very few times greeted
the professor.
Musical Comedy Given.
The second part of the program was
in the form of a little playlet or 1t
could be called a musical comedy. Ihe
scene was the interior of a college
fraternity house The time was af-
ternoon in spite of the fact that all OF
the lights were lit and such songs as
Its Lonesome Tonight - and II Used
to Be Afraid to Come Home in the
Dark" were used Owing to an auto
mobile accident young LADY CMlss
LincolnO was thrown upon the tender
mercies of the frat boys who endeav-
ored to entertain her while the auto
was being repaired. The scene opens
with the usual frat "gossip" and some
of the stage thrusts that are used only
on the stage. In this scene the glee
club was dressed in light trousers and
dark coats all. being rooted by white
rah-rah lids and stock ties.