The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-21
SMARPS AMI FLATS

Miss Mcdonald, music teacher at
WiLliston, presented a goodly class Of
young folks in a recital, which was
given a week ago in the James Me-
mortal library, the program for which
was an ambitious one.
The pupils of Virgil School Of Music
at Bottineau will be presented in a
recital Monday, March 20.
Grafton has an amateur musical
club which is doing some very eff
f1oient work. Recently a folk song
program was presented with a doz-
en- ladies participating. The hostesses
were, Mrs. Carpenter. Miss Dunn and
Miss Myers.
The Woman's Study club OF Wimble-
don met recently at the home of Mrs.
H. M. Stroud n music was the fea-
ture of the meeting. Miss Ramstad
sopeenT piano 1 numbers, Miss So
Handles life followed by the rendition
Of his Largo, by Miss White and a
Victrola record, The Hallelujah Choir
us, by Handel.
AS announced in the London press,
the Leeds (England) musical festival
committee, at its final meeting recent
ly, reported the total receipts at the
1910 LeBStfdls >nSI0. laSt OCtODerp TO De
f!,7os tIsss.54ol compared with $3.50
($3S,750) in 1910. After. crediting the
interest on the reserve fund, there re-
suited a deficit Of f27S :($1,390}. The
expenditures for the last festival were
Editorially, The Argus, Leader, Sioux
Falls s. D., March Il, made the fol-
lowing mention Of Professor Boehmer
suit Of his recent recitals in the city
named: THE spirit Of grand opera,
stirred to new life through the. agency
of the interpretative recitalS given last
week by Ernest A. Boehmer, seemed to
club at it's session of last. Tuesday,
when a splendid; program, full Of FIRE
and inspiration on German opera and
composers was given. Every number,
careful and scholarly preparation, and
was received with the genuine appre-
citation and understanding that had I'M
doubtedly been quickened by the touch
OF the master OF few days previous"
Miss Emma Kuhfeld OF Moorhead has
been reelected supervisor of music in
the public schools Of Red Wing, Mimi,
filled for several years.
New England has recently heard sew
erals, Of Charles Wakefield Cadman's
lIS i L1CdI d luIuSu dI 0N6 "d6
sung by Ethel Bentley at a musicale in
Boston and was we'll liked. Maiden,
Mass, also enjoyed Rudolph Bossardt's
Interpretation OF Call Me No More.
Otto Lessmann, the Berlin music cri-
tic, recently celebrated his SEVENTEEN
birthday, when he. received the cheva-
lier's cross Of the order of the White
Falcon from the grand duke of Sake
Weimar.
Edna Gunnar Peterson and Cornelius
van Vliet will be heard in joint recital
at Great Falls, Mont, April 6; In Hell
ena, April Z. and in Fergus Falls,
ment Of Gertrude v. O'Hanlon.
contralto, appeared last week as ~soloist
chestra, Emil Oberhoffer, conductor, al
the concert given in Pittsburgh. The
critic on the Pittsburgh Dispatch 'voic-
ed his opinion as follows: Miss In
voice is full-toned, deep, richly rang
ing, yet transparent and flexible be-
yond most such voices. There Is in her
voice a perfect n smooth
ness. n 1t is capable Of many lustrous
colors. ...
They say that one evenings dance is
equivalent to walking ten miles. That
was the old style. Now it's equivalent
to climbing about n hundred trees.
"well. Mabel. did you like the
opera? -. p
Pretty fair-all but the what-do-
you-call-'em-er-you know-the plac-
es where. they don't exactly sing and
don't exactly talk I think they call
them wretchedtatives."
The choir of the First Congregation
al church Is preparing a program for
d musical vesper service.
Glen billiard Gum, say influence, ad-
v~ertisement, talent and personality. are
success. g. . .....
Vaudeville announcements from San
francisco say that David Bispham% and
Fritzi. ScheR are. to be heard there
shortly in the ''two a day. theatrea.
Surely vaudeville Is not declining when
it can attract such distinguished re-
cFuits from the field OF grand opera.
Otto Meyer. .violinist, and Madame
TenBroeck, pianist, OF Minneapolis,
cago. gave a concert at the state nor
NAL school OF MayviIle, N. D., last Sat-
urday evening.
Prof. A. +. Stephens presented the
Fargo College Glee club In q short but
well arranged program during chapel
exercises at Fargo college yesterday.
The members Of the; club are, Mildred
Hildreth, Fanny .Clapp, Frances Tillot-