The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-27
LADIES' NIGHT
IS Bic SUCCESS
Commercial Club Monthly Din
ner Is a Most Elaborate
Affair.
MUSICAL PROGRAMME
is PLEASING FEATURE
Leading Musicians of the City
Participate in the Pro
gramme.


has that place been the scene OF as large
and merry a crowd as assembled Friday
night for the monthly club dinner. Des-
gnated as ladies' night, wives and
friends of members helped make the
evening one OF constant enjoyment.
Pressed for room to accommodate nearly
500 guests. the nagemcDt OF the cluo
utilized every available space for tables.
where service could be rendered prompt
", In the dining room OF the cluD the
feature insisted upon by the management
was perfection in service.
Although scattered in different rooms
and on separate floors. the diners had
no cause to complain of tardy service.
The dinner of seven courses was served
In fauljeSs style. Before Q o'clock the
last course had been served and the mu-
scal programme announced. The bal
cony surrounding the main dining room
was crowded with guests 10 listen to u
musical programme of unusual strength.
including numbers by some OF salt Lake $
most accomplished musicians.
To the delight OF everybody present,
music while dinner was being served was
given by Romania Hyde's string orchcs-
TIA. This quartette of clever young mu-
sicians received rccsognition in repeated
encores and IN special requests for Sc
lections Always willing TO play for the
pleasure of her audience. Miss Hyde. di-
rector OF the orchestra. gladly complied
with IS many requests for special selec-
tions possible, among them the Sen
which has won fame for the Hyde orches-
ira,
Music Is Enjoyed.
For more than hour the guests were
listeners to a musical festival. Each
and every number was rendered in as
careful manner as If before an audience
of thousands OF critical listeners. The
persons on the programme responded to
the request OF the committee in charge
Of the dinner. leaving in some cases
n.h 10 isfn
quest came, Evidence of the way In
which their efforts were received was
shown in the encores accorded each
number. The musical treat opened with
piano selection by Prof. J. ]. Nc
Clellan. AS II seated at the keys OF
his beloved pipe organ, his selection was
given with as great care. Out of the
baby grand piano al his touch came the
strains Of ''Polonaise Militaire," by
Chopin. With this classic piece. with
Prof. Mcclellan at the instrument it is
carried away. To an encore he gave the
waltz in ID fiat by Chopin. Prof. Nc
Clellans presence was felt In other parts
Of the programme as accompanlst to the
Sololsts.
Second ON the programme came Melvin
Peterson in a baritone solo. Prologue
From Pagllacci." by PuccinI, Professor
Mcclellan presided at the piano. In rem
dering this difficult selection Mr.. Peter
son touched a sympathetic chord with
his audience which brought out unre-
a I.
Peterson sang from his repertoire a Sc
lection in lighter vein.
Demonstrating her power to bring from
the strings OF her harp the sweetest mu-
sic. Mrs. w. G. Tuttle, accompanied by
G. ID, Schettler on the cello. rendered
''Berceuse." by Goddard. and "siciliana."
by Mascangni. Both selections called for
ability in performing on this difficult in
the insistent applause to return to her
instrument and give a third selection,
Mrs. Farrell Sings.
Miss Alice Farrell. contralto soloist.
held her listeners enraptured by the win
ming way in which she sang Good by
peared as accompanist and Miss Romania
Hyde in the violin obigato. To the guests
the sweet voice OF Miss Farrell meant an
encore. Possessing a contralto voice of
rare power and ability. both selections by
Miss Farrell were in keeping with the
entirely pleasing arrangement of the pro-
gramme.
Willard weihe Salt Lakes first violin
list. stepped 10 the platform amid hearty
applause with his faithful violin tucked
under ms chin the guests left off the
settled back to listen 10 the instrument
tell its tale of wonderful melody under
the trained hand OF Mr. Weihe Pro-
fessor Mcclellan presided at the plano
vorites with Salt Lakers held sway Not
until Mr. Welhc had rendered four selec-
tons did the crowd permit him TO lay
his instrument aside. AS a last encore
the bow on the strings called out the
plaintive strains of ''Traumeri" by Sclu-
mann \ favorite with the musician. II
his audience.
Play in the Dark
While in the mids, of the next to the
last encore the lights in the main din
Ing room nickered and then wen, out
leaving the room in almost total dark
ness. Not for an instant did the notes
from the violin or the piano waver and
only as the last strains Of the selection
were played did the lights again come on.
For full minute or more the audience
was treated 10 the most effective part
of the whole evenings programme
Mrs. Ccrinne Harris Hammer. as she
her rendition of Cara None" from Rig
tainty with which her voice takes the
notes OF this difficult soprano selection
admirer of her ability. For all that might
be taken from the fautless rendition OF
two difficult selections. Mrs. Hammer
opera house. so charmingly did she sing
1t was left TO ~. j. Brines. tenor so
loist, 10 add touch Of vaudeville to the
table manner one classic piece he re
sponded with three irish dities that left
his audience convulsed with laughter. AS
an imitator Mr.. Brines stands without A
With his voice at its best his first Sc
lection was one OF the most pleasing
efforts Of the, evening. Always popular
with Salt Lake audiences. Mr. Briness
part in the programme Friday night was
to the liking OF everybody present
Mrs Harold Siegel. with Professor Nc
Clellan as accompanist. sang In her de-
l!ghtful way two difficult selections Pos
sessing a full coniralto voice. Mrs. Sic
gel on any musical programme means
that the programme has been strength
ened and that the audience will have in
store only entertainment of the highest
order, Mrs. Siegel appeared last on the
programme and was greeted with the
same insistent demand for encore.
Without a dissenting voice the dinner
was declared TO be the most successful, |
social event in many weeks. The com !
mittee in charge. with u. ]. Murphy as
chairman. received many compliments on |
the manner in which the dinner and |
programme were arranged and carried |
out.
Those Present
Among the members who attended the
dinner with their wives and friends In |
parties were:
j. w. Gates. c. F. Goodwin. A A.
Tlirj Csnr., A II Murphy |