Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-08-24
STANDING ROOM
At A PREMIUM
Genuine Capacity House"
at Concert at Elks Theater
Last Night
SINGERS ARE GIVEN OVATION
First Regiment Band Also Scor-
ed A Splendid
Program

| For the first time in the history of
! the EIEs' theater in Santa Fe, those
! in charge of the box office had TO
close the window, turn out the lights
and declare that even standing room
was unobtainable, so great was the
0utpouring of Santa Feans to the con-
cert given last night for the benefit
OF st. Vincent's new sanitarium
The program was certainly worth
| e small price of admission and ev-
en- the best known habitues of moving
picture exhibitions, declared that,
apart from the musical numbers of
the program, the picture show" was
equal to any that had ever been Civ
en- in this city.
The young ladies who had worked
so hard to get up the concert are GER
tainly to be congratulated and the
trio of fair singers who voiced in
sweet notes their appreciation of
good cause, are to be praised for their
ready response to the invitation to
assist. The First Regiment Band al
so shared honors and Manager Stan
ION of the Elks' theater merits ap-
piause for securing such interesting
pictures and turning over his house
to the delight makers.
The term delight makers sounds
appropriate, considering the pleasure
all Santa Fe derived from last nights
concert
The First Regiment Band, in neat,
new uniforms, started the music fest
with an appropriate selection, which
was so we'll received that an encore
had 70 be given and Director Ramirez
in . graceful bow, acknowledged the
rlaudits of the vast throng of music
loves.
Then came a moving picture that
was funny and after short interval
of darkness, the bright lights an
nounced the first vocal solo. 1t was
by Miss Cheshire who sang ''Sing Me
| to Sleep" Miss Cheshire has a voice
that is sweet and we'll controlled. The
ease with which she sang was agree
able to the eye as was her voice to
| the ear, and she was again called be-
fore the footlights. Miss Brown lent
sympathetic support as piano accom-
paniste.
There were more pictures, eXcru-
ciatingly funny, and then Miss Hill
dred Hanson of Chicago, sang a cycle
of sweet songs we'll adapted to the
sweet mezzo-soprano voice which she
possesses. The applause was pro-
longed after each selection, and Miss
Hanson sang fourth song which
struck a popular chord. Miss Mary
McFie accompanied Miss Hanson on
the piano and showed brilliant eXecu-
ton.
After another "entree" of pictures.
the music feast continued, Miss Mary
McFie appearing in the role of vocal
ist. Miss McFie sang one song after
the other, and it was at once clear
that she was in even better voice than
at the outdoor concert given at the
Elks' recently. 1t was an artistic and
personal triumph for her and she was
compelled to respond to two encores.
giving which she accompanied herself
on the piano, produced a veritable
storm of applause.
AS a final selection she sang THE
Rosary, and she sang it in a truly
devotional manner.
Miss Marion Bishop was Miss Nc
Fie's piano accompaniste and well
discharged the duty that was given
her, at all times keeping the instru-
Iment subservient. Miss Bishop illus
trated the careful training she has
received at the famous Boston Con-
servatory of which she was a pupil
in vocal and instrumental music for
the past year
During an intermission former May
or Jose D. Sena thanked the public
for the large attendance at the bene-
fir onnoort