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pleasing melodies that touch the
heart and fire the imagination.
Besides giving the greater portion
of Flotow's Martha An opera fui
of the daintiest morsels of rich and
'singable melodies-the Chicago com
pany essayed a presentation of the
now, hackneyed Persian Garden
(the musical creation of a c.eveI
woman).
Romeo and Juliet" had a hear.
ing through the painstaking efforts
of LeOnora Allen and J. B. Miller
Both did excellent. work and were
loudly applauded
The Prison Scene" music, too
was well done, Mr. Miller, with his
beautiful, clear, resonant voice being
particularly good The greatest ac-
ceptance came, however, from the
exceedingly clever manner in which
Martha throughout was presented
in the acting and singing Plum
kett' and Lionel" We're real rustic
characters who through the spinning
wheel and other devices taught the
two interested ladies" that it was
no small thing to entangle themselves
with simple country life, after their
many exploits in the polished court
of good Queen Anne.
The closing quartet, Good
Night" was admirably sung and it is
but truth to say, in passing, that,
preceding the opera itself Mr.. Mil
Ter, in his rendition of Sing Me the
Songs of Araby," and Mr.. Middleton
talthough suffering from a cold) in
the "old standby" Rocked in the
Cradle of the Deep" proved them
selves consummate artists. THE De-
scent of Man" was never made more
manifest than when the singer safely
landed on double d, in the conclud-
ing verse. The singing of these two
ballads and the rendition by Freder-
icka Downing of annie Laurie" and
LeonOra Allen of The Last Rose of
Summer" showed plainly enough that
the common things of the common
peoplep can always be safely reck-
oned on in the making of most pro-
grams Ashlanders and the throng
of ChautauqUa visitors will always
remember the visit of the Chicago
Operatic Company with unfeigned
satisfaction.
The Schumann Quintet.
These five performers consist of
c. A. Lambert, leader; F. U. Haines,
piano; N. Iedler, cello; d. Simpson,
obligato violin; Elsie r. Haines, or
gan, and their presence in Ashland
during two days performances was,
both from social and musical stand
points, marked success. The
Glorious Fourth" gave them right
hearty welcome and they retaliated
by contributing music of so varied
intrinsic and captivating character as
to inspire the hope expressed by the
words, will ye ne'er come back
again."
Professor Lampert is musical
tactician of the first water and has
never allowed himself to believe thai
the believing of the bull the
screeching of the owl, or pyrotech
mic display of any sort can ever be
made to stand for music.
The programs presented were uni
formly so full of good things as tC
make it well nigh impossible to dc
complete justice to the musica
Viands the professor set before hi
guests, but his plan of verbal anC
pictorial illustrations which precedes
the performance of the music itsel
is admirably calculated to prepar,
the minds of his listeners for a due
appreciation of the good things pro
Viled. Whether dealing with Mozart
Beethoven, Greig. Rubenstein, Schu
bert, or other of the great composers
Professor Lampert has always {
great deal to depict in the way o.
history, personality and musical asso
citation that stand for so much il
dealing with the creations of master
minds. Good music without beins
severely classical is the object to be
attained, and in the playing of Men,
,delssohn's Wedding March, Schu
mann's Traumeri, Schuberts Seren
-ade, movements from sonatas or sym.
phOnies, examples are faithfully anC
artistically presented of all that i!
best in music. In the rendition OF
such fine old melodies as My Ole
Kentucky Home" Way Down Upor
the Suwanee River" Dixie" and the
like, Professor Lampert is not un
mindful of the beautiful effects capa,
BILE of pleasing the musical mind and
labors diligently to make good il
every number presented to his audi
ence. Professor Lampert's work il
so contageously happy that he ough
10 be sent around the world as /
musical missionary ito soothe tn,
savage breast"
~ Zedeled, the celloist, is a fine
artist and was loudly applauded fol
his solo work during the progress o.
the concerts.
At the close of the final concer
Professor Lampert and his loyal co
adjutors were presented with flora
offerings, and at the invitation o
President Billings the large audience
rising, declared its desire to welcome
back the Schuman Quintet at it'
Ashland Chautauqua (and in its new
home) in 1918.
Mention should be made of the fac
that, at the concerts on the Fourth
the band at Central Point and ou
own local organization appeared up
on the assembly platform and, un
mistakably, did themselves proud.
HENRY G. GILMORE. \
DR.. William Spurgeon of Englan,
occupied the platform Friday ant
Saturday afternoons, speaking Fri
day on the subject OF Popular Fol