The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-27
Winchester
Musician
Succeeds

WINCHESTER, Ind, Sept. 27.-Aus-
tralian papers highly praised Prof.
Williams, a Winchester boy, who is
now touring that country in vaude-
vile with his wife, whose stage name
ls Katherine Rankin. Prof. Williams
Is well known in Winchester, having
spent bis boyhood days here and he
is widely known as a musician. He
left Winchester several years ago and
joined the celebrated Sodsa band at
New York city. While playing with
this hand he toured the world several
times, thus gaining wide reputation
for his excellent solo cornet playing.
During the last few years, while
conducting the Boston Cadet band, the
musicians health failed him and he
went West locating in the mountains
of Colorado where he remained for
several months. Regaining his health
he returned to the East, and, after
having played in many noted and popu-
lar summer resorts entered vaudeville,
where he is now making good" Mr..
and Mrs. Williams arrived in Sydney,
Australia, Tuesday, August 10, and
opened their act at the Tivoli theatre
on the afternoon of August %. The
morning papers highly praised the
talent of the double" and the Sun had
the following to say:
Opening with fanfare on the long
Egyptian trumpets, Williams and Ran
kin later revealed themselves as cor
net players of the first rank. Both are
good soloists and as duetists their part
playing is really charming. Mr.. Will
liams has a tone which may well be
coveted by the majority of players OF
the popular instrument. Always enun-
ciating his themes with fine express
sion, he phrases them with nice arts
try, and he gets the last ounce out of
his instrument in the way of color and
shading His touch, too, is wonder
fully delicate when occasion requires
it. In this way, when he played he
enhnciated the theme with a lovely
pianissimo, worked up the climax with
a long and brilliant crescendo and
finally returned to his half voice with
a well-managed diminuendo, the while
preserving a perfectly even tone and
true intonation. The artists conclud-
ed their act with some fine calls on
the bugle-horn, including the Last
Post as used in the United States
army"
The Evening News, published In
Sydney ON August %, printed photo
graph of Mr.. Williams and had the
following to say: "Mr. Ernest VIII
1iams, who, with Miss Katherine Ran
kin, combined in a new musical act
at the Tivoli theatre this afternoon,
has had many years experience as a
bandsman In every corner of the
world has been through a war in
C.,l~a L., al, %
be one of the finest cornetists. He
is also a composer of no mean order,
has written a number of cornet solos
and marches, and also several songs,
and has been with John Phillip Sousa
as solo man.
HE speaks with enthusiasm of his
association with the biggest band in
the world, when at Boston, in 1907, he
was honored by being given the po-
sition of solo cornetist in a band of
$50 performers at Mechanics hall
which was enough in itself to strong
ly impress the audience and it is gen.
orally admitted among musicians that
this concert was the greatest that the
world has ever seen"
The Daily Telegraph of Monday,
August rs. highly nraised the talent
+ Mr.. and Mrs. Williams by placing
tueIu dt tut Hedu VI the llSl ana run
ming the following story:
"The program at the Tivoli this
week has been notably strengthened
by the inclusion of four imported art.
lists and on Saturday night packed
house evidenced complete approval of
the fare provided. The main
attraction, however, was a really fine
display of cornet playing by Mr.. Will |
liamS and Miss Katherine Rankin
Both are meritorious opponents of
their charming art and in solo work, !
and in concert they proved themselves
artists of resource and ability =
Prof. Williams is we'll known in
Muncie and other Indiana cities and
his many friends are more than pleas |
ed to hear of the great success he is
now making. While in Muncie, sew
eral years ago, he played with the city
band and he has many acquaintance
III the Magic City. He, win remain in
Australia twenty weeks. after which
he will return to the United States