The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-27

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will be stronger tilan ever before,
mon Is said TO have taken place, After
| visiting these scenes the singers went
| in automobiles TO the Hill Cumorah. where
J the plates from which the Book OF Nor
! mon are said TO have been uncarthed and
delivered to the founder of tho Mormon
| church.
| 4 concert was given at Syracuse, fol-
| lowing which q letter was left TO Maude
Adams. greeting sister artist and
! Utahn and lamcntins the fact that the
! chorus members would not be IN the city
formauce. II Is veil known how Miss
Adams showed her appreciation Of The
seu;irscut In New York later The ap--
peararcc in Scranton. Pa, was marked
| by Welsh revival and great reception
Prof. Evan stephens. director OF the
chorus. was entertained. the concert was
| highly successful and evoked onthusi
aem and praise. Iiaden Evan. who di-
! fair in Chicago in 1928, when the Nor
mon choir Won second prize. conSratu-
lated the chorus members and paid high
tribute 10 their work.
At Big Banquet.
During the evening Of November the
| r.. Stillwell. president Of tho American
Land & Irrigation exposition, TO mark
the opening next day. The affair was
given in the big dining room of the Wal J.
| dorf- Astoria. Between 800 and 500
guests most OF whom were multi mil
| lionaires, stood upon their chairs ana
rendered an ovation 10 tho singers. ioi-
lowing the programme.
When the opening concert was given
at Madison Square Garden next day, the
| chorus WAS greeted by one OF the iarsest
audiences ever assembled there upon any
previous similar occasion. Victor Her
| bert. the eminent musician and compos-
or. personally congratulated tue singers
aud Horace s. Ensign. on their rendi-
| I,... Of
one of his own compositions.
Sacred concerts were given in the ZIP
podrome November and II. On NO
vcmber II Professor Mcclellan and his
assistant Edward Kimball. ofhciated at
| a special organ recital at Astor place,
The same day the entire Utah party OF
2S2 people were the guests oil MauoSC
Adams AT a matinee performance OF
| "Chanticlcr' in tho Montauk theater'
Brooklyn 4 reception took place on the
stage following the play. .,
| Au impressive event was the occasion
on November i OF the presentation Of the
! silver service OF l2I pieces TO the battle
! ship Utah" il was great day Tor
| Utah. Estimates give the number OF
| I'tahns, OF present or past residence
as 1000. in attendance. The presenta-
| lion speech was made by Governor Will
: liam Spry. while Miss Hazel Tout, known
In the theatrical world as Hazel Dawn OF
| Pink Lazy" fame. orficiated In the
service christening and flag raising. The
| chorus rendered "'Thc Battleship Utah. "
which was enthusiastically received.
Ovation at Farewell
\ farewell banquet TO the chorus mem
| bcrs was given by Mr.. Stillwell III the
II. and the singers were rendered an oya-
| lion at The closing concert AT the Hippo
'dromc November y, The Maude Adams
company were guests at this concert.
! On November IL the chorus sang for
/ President and Mrs TAFT in the east room
OF the White House before zoo Invited
| guests OF rational prominence. The chief
| executive shook hands with each. singer.
extending hc4rtiest congratulations. Prof.
! Mcclellan VAS given an ovation AFTER his
performance on the famous concert piano
there.
the "trip took place there. One Of the
! eincers whose name Mil not he dIvulged.
had taken cup or punch and a plate Of
ice cream. and was walking 10 further
point I'm the room, when his feet suddenly
slipped from under him Man and all
/ came down with crash. \ woman In a
farth4r corner exclaimed. Who is that
nl-mannered. clumsy man? 1t is per-
| fectly shocking Just then she oiscoN-
cred IL was her own husband
Dixie Brings Encore.
The biggest and- most appreciatiye au-
dicnce WAS found al Richmond. Va AS
III. chorus OF male singers sang Dixie. .
ono Of the most popular numbers OF the
tour the warm southemcrs broke into
fJriouS aprlauro aud enthusiasm. de-
mamdins an encore. This was rendered
as foilows:
Oh. way out west in the Rocky noun
tsius.
Where the streams are crystal fountains.
Look away look away. look away, Utah
land
And everyone who sinSs this 6itty
Boosts for dear old salt Lake City,
Look away, etc.
! wish we're in Utah. hurrah! hurrah,
In Utah land I'll take my stand.
I'll live and die in Utah
Away, away, away out west IN Utah.
The enthusiasm and loyalty with which
the song was sung completely captivated
the bis audience. and the chorus was
given a great ove ton. feature OF the
tour WAS that the audiences did not leave
at once after each concert, as Is cua-
tomary. hat remained To hear such pat
riotic numbers as America ana The
Siar-Sps sngisd Banner"
In speaking OF the trip last night
Professor Evan stephens said In part.
I From the standpoint Of pleasure and
I music, the trip was ma agnlfcent. Tie
management WAS splcudid-hnd down ir
their hearts every member OF the choru.
| and those who accompanied them helt
? q warm spot for George y. Pyper and
also u. s. Spencer. Esstcrnors were
: hearty IN their welcome party OF royal.
l lists could not have been better re
: ceived.
Leader Praises Chorus.
] People were hard TO get out. but wher
q once before US. cnthused likc mad. Th,
chorus sang about COO numbers ~ al