The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14

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The Nineteenth Century club had
guest day meeting today at the nome
Of Mrs. D. J. Hathaway. in Western
avenue. The program for the afternoon
was furnished by Mrs. Hathaway, VINO
told of her trip through India. where
she spent some time on a tour OF the
world last year. The address was Illus
trated by pictures which Mrs. HATH
away brought home with her.
II Each member of the club took one
guest to the meeting.
The Ideal Bridge club will meet Tues
day at the Virginia with Mrs. c. W.
| Wetherton.
The Topeka Chapter of the D. A. r.
had meeting Saturday with Mrs Nor
ton Albaugh Mrs. H. l.. Peppmeyer
, read a paper on Peace Epochs mrs.
Earl Brown sang "a Birthday. py
Cowan. ITO YOU" by Obey Speaks. and
His Buttons Are Marked U. s.. by
Carrie Jacobs Bond. Miss Katheryn
| Albaugh gave a reading Thomas
Lie,'' and for an encore she reao
Hearts Delight" by Gilchrist. Mrs.
Brown sang Hearts Delight as solo,
for an encore Mrs. Albaugh closed the
program with a piano solo. "Venitian
Boat Song" The hostesses assisting
Mrs. Albaugh were: Mrs. Peppmeyer,
Mrs. Robert Stone. Mrs. George Fielder
ling, Mrs. w. A. Ross. Miss May Hodge.
and Miss Gertrude Boughton.
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In this season when musical affairs
are receiving more than the usual at
| tention of Topeka people, the work OF
local musicians is receiving its full
share of recognition. These events In
| clude free concerts at the auditorium,
guest day musicales by the music clubs,
. the work of the Musical Art society,
and concerts by individual musicians.
| An event of importance in musical
circles was a violin recital given Sat
urGay night by Miss Gladys Cav, at
Central Congregational church Guests
at the concert were members or the
different music clubs, and other friends
of Miss Cav.
The program was one that offers
hints that other music makers might
follow to advantage. 1t had the merit
of reasonable brevity. There were only
four numbers, and none of them were
a second too long Musicians too often
want to parade all their attachments
at one concert, and the result is q
surfeited public with undigested har-
monies in its system. The variety and
arrangement of numbers were also exc
ceptionally clever.
The program opened with a Sonata
in F Major, by Handel. The choice OF
a Handel number was particularly fit
ting, since that composers renowned
oratorio The Messiah" is to be sung
before Topeka people this week. The
work, belonging to the old school OF
musical art, is composition that APP
peals to an elevated sense of beauty
! in tone. There is in it no striving for
sensational effects, and it was played
with sense Of appreciation of its SIM
pie beauty.
The group following contained short
numbers by masters of an early time.
the late seventeenth and eighteenth
century period. The second and third
groups comprised compositions from
different natfonalities, including Ger
man, French. Dutch, Swedish. Italian,
Slavic and Finnish. A composition by
Mattheson was played entirely on the
G string, exploiting the richness of tone
that can be extracted from that one
string. The number was given with or
gan accompaniment played by Miss
Katherine Wood, and was repeated in
response to an encore. In contrast to
this number was a sprightly minuet
by Gluck.
ski, Meditation. was reminiscent of the
hopelessness and the touch of meian-
choly that usually cOlOrs the music of
Russian writer's. "ValSe TriSte," by
Sielus, a Finnish master, was a start
ling exposition of descriptive music.
uc Is lTOIH lIl6 luclQ0uLal music
to a drama entitled Death An ex-
PLANTATION of the scene was given on the
program.
The best of the program was saved
to the last. and the impressive climax
was in the rendering of Bach's Ave
Maria,' of GOunod's arrangement. Play
ing with the violin was the cello, harp
and organ; Miss Phoebe Gaylord. eel
list, Mrs. F. A. Derby, harpist, and Miss
Katherine Wood, organist. The music
itself is superb. and it's rendering was
characterized by taste and understand
ing and flawless ensemble
Miss Cav has studied both in this
country and in Europe. In Edinburg
she was the pupil of Henri Verbrug-
CHEN, a Belgian who has more recently
been conducting an orchestra in Lon
don. She was also student In Paris,
and in Chicago she studied with Her
bert Butler and Hugo Kortshalk, both
Of whom are widely known in this
country strong point of her tech
nique is her bowling which is notably
good. She Is able to produce a tone
that is clear. and that has depth and
fullness, and she endows her music
with definite meaning. She has the in
terpretative power that enables her to
convey to her hearers the message Of
the music that she forms in her own
mind. Miss Wood, who accompanied
on the piano, is musician Of ability
and pleasing and sympathetic ac-
companist.
Miss Cav was showered with bou-