Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-03

7ourtf faculty recital of fhe Bel
 5.Iese School of Music of Nash
 -rnessee, is of interest to the
 of Westerly, inasmueh as Mrs.
 Ierite Palmiter Forrest, of West
 who has charge of the vocal
 artment of the college, was SO
 tIlo soloist. In connection with the 6cItal the Nashville Banner gives Mrs Forrest this complimentary mentiens
 ..An interesting feature of the pro- gramIne was the singing by Mrs. For rest of two numbers composed by sssnox G. Aide Randeggess director of the Belmont School Of Music. and add cd to the interest was the fact that the composer played the acoompaniment- Mrs Forrest who has a voice of eN- ouisite tone and sweetness captiVated the audience. and thesstrangers present must have surrendered to the beauty of her voice and to her charming per- eoualty. In her opening number the Bell Song. from the opera Lakme, she surprised her hearers with 8 high F, 8 clear and effective stacatto. In the Liza Lehman Bird Songs the clarity and sweetness of her voice were es- pecial1y apparent. and each one was given with 8 peculiar charm of her own Very beautiful also, and sung with evident understanding of the by Eagnor Randegger. If You Were l and l Were You Sweetheart and Punto Interrogative- The recital closed with a duet by Mrs Forrest and F. ting climax for a most pleasing pro gramme-"
 The Nashville Tenneseean in it's re- Bert of the recital says: Mrs For rest was in excellent voice and her elear soprano voice never rang with paore sweetness than they did in her selections at the recital"
 Mrs Forrest is the daughter Of the William L. Clark Thread mill in Westerly Mrs Forrest received the rudin1ents of her musical education in this country and after singing with the many for study and from there she went to Florence, Italy, and studied with George H. SuI1i. now one of the most prominent vocal teachers in New York city Mrs Forrest sang the part of Marguerite in Faust and her repertoire while singing in opera in cluded fifteen operas
 Those who were in the Campus bar when the storm of Friday night was at Is worst, customers hangers-on, bar tenders and all, made sudden rush in to teh street without any preparedness for protection from the heavy rainfall The cause of it all was a loud crash size bar room, which is located in what remains of the Walton building in the burned district of Pawcatuck- Save a part of the first floor, which MT. Wal ton plans to have made available as a bar roog1. taas building was totally des- rcyed. only portions of the brick walls being left standing
 4 couple of days after the fire part Of the rear wall fell in- Friday night a large section of the side wall, semi circular in shape, fell with a loud crash that was heard all oyer the towns and which sounded like the roar Of ha1f-a- dozen tWeaxse-fnch guns to those who were in the Campus bar. Hence the rush into the street No damage re- suited
 Eugene Sullivan a member of P. g. 6arber Hose company had narrow escape frcnn death by asphyXation in the bath room at the hose house, Sat 11rday afteuroon- The room is supplied with an altoInaic gas heater, which did not operate correctly. as the gas escaped in large quantity and was not detected by MT Sullivan The room was tightly closed and he was unconscious when discovered Some Of his fellow members realizing that he had been in the bath room for an un- usually long period made an inEestiga- tion and found MT Sullivan lying on the floor Dr. May was huTriedfy sum 1noned and succeeded in restoring Mr. Sullivan to consciousness The doctor stahsed if MT Sullivan had remained in the gas-fIled bath room few min 71tes longer, medical service would have been of no avail