The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-13

equally appropriate 10 every other sea-
son of the year. While each of the lit
tie actresses acquitted herself most
credita oily, the more prominent roles as
carried out by Genevieve Giles and
Ethel Topham deserve special honor
able mention.
The beginning of the holy season of
Lent was observed by all the Catholic
pupils in the customary devOut attend
ance at the ceremony of the blessing
and receiving of the ashes, and assist
ing at the holy sacrifice Of the mass of
Ash Wednesday, Rev. Father Brennan,
chaplain of the academy, officiating at
the altar. The beautiful significance of
the ceremony proper to the day, as eX-
pressed in the words of the liturgy, was
the subject of most interesting instruc-
tons in the various classes of Catholic
doctrine and practice: while from the
same source the wonderful liturgy of
| the church is derived, not only the
spirit of the penitential season, but also
an intelligent appreciation of historical
examples from the pages of holy writ.
As evidence that good resolutions have
marked the epoch, a larger attendance
/ at the daily mass is already noticed,
and as a special practice for the time,
| the Catholic pupils will join the COM
| munity at the Stations of the Cross on
] 4 flOdy evenings.
The high-Water mark Of the eventfuI
week was reached in the recital given
| Thursday afternoon by Edward Abner
| Thompson Of Boston. According to his
/ own estimate Of all the many good
/ things liz his varied repertoire, the mel
/ Odrama of Hiawatha, which constituted
/ the chief feature of this program, is
/ the most artistic. Without hearing any
/ of the rest, anyone who listened to his
/ splendid Interpretation of the great
] American edda could easily believe
| that the reader had nothing to surpass
| it. While the musical accompaniment
makes a charming background of Won
/ drouslv appropriate harmOnies for the
/ recitation, and the inteTludes are graph
/ ic i'm their expression Of the theme, yet
/ Mr.. ThOmpSOn's reading in itself is 50
! full Of sOUl-melodies as expressed in
/ voice, in action, in tOne-cOlor and all
! the elements of the elOCutiOnary art,
! that il stands i'm no need whatever of
any eternal support. The accompanist,
! however, Miss Alice Weldon, subOrdi-
! mated her notes so perfectly to the read
| ing that the combined effect was most
| pleasing. The music is an ingenious
| composition of real Indian melodies, and
/ in his announcement of the program,
! Mr.. Thompson invited particular atten-
A brief irtermission for recreation at
! the close of the Hiawatha mum bers
served the useful purpose in many in
stances of allowing time to dry the
/ eyes and gently lower the emotional
| pitch from the point to which the dra-
matte climax Of the recitation had
! raised ii; thus preparing for a better
: reception of the prOmisCUOus supple
! ment which Mr.. Thompson very gra-
/ ciously accorded by special request.
| This part Of the recital demonstrated
| the versatility of the reader and
| showed that he was no less an artist in
/ lighter vein than he had proved him
self in more exalted spheres. His deep
bass voice found an opportunity for its
! large range and splendid qualities in
/ the "ArmOrer's Sons" from Robin
/ Hood" and i'm Simon, the CelIarer," an
old English ballad; while The Dear
Little Irish Girl" showed his mastery
| of the more delicate phases Of sentiment
and humOr in song as well as in spoken
/ literature.
A little group Of funny stories, to-
gether with a recitation of one of Dalys
Italian dialect poems filed up the
! hearers, while the exquisite grace with
which he recited Denis a. Mccarthy $
. "Oh, Sweet Is Tipperary in the
Spring" left his audience, who had in
deed expected a fine program, more
/ than satisfied, and with the hope strong
/ I'm their hearts that they may have the
pleasure of hearing Mr.. Thompson
| again.