Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-24
SUNDAY SCHOOL
PLAYERS PLEASED
CONCERT At FIRST m. e. CHURCH
BY FARMHOUSE MUSICIANS
WAS A SUCCESS.
C. WOODFORD PLAYED
Special Numbers on Program Were
Brilliant, Clean Cut and Superb
Themes Were Fluent and
Graceful.

The largest Sunday school orchestra
in the world, the Farmhouse orchestra
Of Oskaloosa, with forty pieces, solo
| lists and quartet, gave one of the most
pleasing entertainments of the fall at
the First Methodist Episcopal church
last night The program from the
opening number was acknowledged by
the large audience with hearty ap.
plause.
There Is no more beautiful sight In
the world than dainty robed grace.
full woman violinist, and the Barn
house orchestra is composed Of a
number of young women. who play
beautifully on the king OF lnstru.
ments.
Carl Woodford the violin soloist
with the orchestra, played the DIM
cult selection from Weniawski with
all the clear cut brilliant technic OF
master. The theme on this piece
| is fluent and graceful. He responded
graciously to the applause which fol
lowed. ~
c.. l.. Farmhouse, the conductor, has
made his orchestra the language OF
his Impressions. He has perfect con-
troll Of every musician. The composer
makes the play; the conductor pro-
duces it, and each man and woman IN
the orchestra must be an actor In 1t.
This is true Of the Farmhouse orches.
ira rail-
The violins carried the graceful,
soothing themes throughout. The
flute tones were rich, musical and
sympathetic. A flute is necessary In
an orchestra to embellish piece Of
somewhat emotional nature. The
clarinets reinforced the flutes. The
horns gave richness and breadth to
the theme. They rose and fell with
the general color of the string Sec
ton The piano represented the
nucleus OF the orchestra and kept
rhythm and general color IN strict
allegiance. The bass and heavy parts
were sonorous and free, with good
sense of color and proportion.
Miss Leora Price, the soloist, gave
a group of songs in pleasing man.
ner. Her voice is soprano Of great
range and beauty. I
The Smelser string quartet, in their
Interpretation of Cavalleria Rustica.
ma and Humoreske, brought to the
hearts Of every one such musical &c.
stasy. that they felt music to be the
evening breeze of this life or the
morning air of the other. The per-
sonnet Of the Farmhouse orchestra to-
gether with the complete program
follows: T..
Violins-Carl Woodford. Wilhelm
Read, Miss Helen Miller, Miss Vivian
Mccall, Dull Miller, Carroll Barnett,
Miss Matilda Tyson, Miss Irene Barn.
house, Miss lola Kramme, Robert
Black, Arthur Black, Henry Steddon,
William Davis. George Porter, John
Fleener. ,E w.
Violas-Harold Woodford, Miss EN-
ma Cruikshank. ..,.
Cellos-Miss Flo Jones. William
Black, Miss Hazel Benton, Howard
Hopes. -
Double Basses-Arthur Walling,
Laurence Bowen. "
Flutes-Edwin Doods. Miss Mar
guerite Cowan, Miss Ramona Sulli-
van. r-
Clarinets-Harold Hull, Frank Tur-
ner, Milo Sheldon, Russell Howard,
Ralph Fitzpatrick.
Obe-Homer White.
Bassoon-Karl Mcdonald.
Cornets-Winnie Jackley, Miss
Sibyl Kramme, Virgil Benton, Emlyn
Parry. @. .. .-..
Horns-Clifford Parry, Charles
Hayes. r.
Trombones-Ross Broyles, Ralph
Robinson. FL
Drums-Ralph Chapman.
Piano-Miss Jennie Fry.
PART l.
March Suit (a)-"The Messenger"
C. L. Farmhouse: (b) National EN-
blem,'' E. E. Bagley.
Overture-"1sle Of Beauty" Geo. D.
BARNARD. |
Grard sacred potpourri-"Joy to the
World" c. L. Farmhouse, B. d. Wor-
rell. .a.a.. |,
Violin solo - Obertass. Weniawski, !
Carl Woodford 1855.
(a) 20 Belle Nuit''-Barcole, J. OF.
fenbach.
10 Flower Song,' G. LANCE
Violin quartet-Prayer and Rondo !
from Der Freischutz, Won Weber
Messrs. Woodford, Read, Barnett and !
Black s ".-#%
PART II.
Overture-"The Calf of Bagdad,"
A. Boieldieu. 1>., Aa'
Vocal solo-(a) Loves Spring.
time" Lugan: (b) Lift Thine Eyes,"
Lugan, Miss Leora Price
(a) Spanish Serenade-La Paloma,
Chevalier de Yradier; Nb) Hungarian
Dance-No. V. j. Brahms.
Cornet solo, Young America"
Jules Levy. c. l.. Farmhouse.
Smelser string quartet-(a) Inter
mezzo, Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni
(bl Humoreske. Dvorak Messrs.
Smelser. Read. Woodford and Hopes.
"The Stars and Stripes Forever"
John Philip Sousa
BEGTHOL FUNERAL
AT ELDON MONDAY
Eldon, Oct. 22.-Ed Beghtol died at
his home Saturday after long illness
of typhoid fever. The funeral was held