Evening journal., 1914-03-20

Under the direction of Profossof
George f. King, the annual concert
of the Junior Geibel chorus OF Ep-
worth NJ e. Church. was given In the
church last evening, and attended by
an enthusiastic audience. which
packed the auditorium. Popular as
have been the concerts. the one given
last evening far surpassed those Of
previous years, and when the con-
cluding number was given the unani-
nous opinion was that the concert
was the very best of tho series.
Preceding the singing Of the we'll
known composition, "The Lost Chord. 4"
by Sullivan, which was the special
vocal feature of the evening. Profess
sor King announced that be had been
told frequently that il was practically
impossible for children to sing The
Lost Chord" With this opinion. Pro-
fessor King said he disagreed be-
cause he had proved that the chill
dren could sing II and he would prove
the truth Of his assertion.
Then. turning. Prof King raised
his baton, and the beautiful compo-
sitiOn was sung most eXpressively,
the childrens voices blending so har-
moniously IN the difficult music as to
convince all critics that Professor
King was right
When the children had finished
singing there was silence for a mo-
ment, then a burst of prolonged ap-
plause came which left no room for
doubt I'm the professors mind as to
what the audience thought of Il.
The church, which has a seating
capacity of 1000 was packed to the
doors and several hundred had to be
turned away. So that they and others
might have an opportunity TO hear
the concert. Professor King an
nounced that il would be repeated on
next Tuesday evening.
The assisting artists OF the even
ing were Miss Irene Fulton. reader;
Miss Julia Beauchamp. soprano; and
Master Rhees Bradford, boy soprano.
Others assisting we're: Mrs Vesta
Spry and Miss Elizabeth Moore; Miss
Edith Caldwell. uianist; Miss Emma
Saxton, organist; and John Ferrier,
TO whose effort was due the success
in the electrical effects shown in sew
eral OF the numbers.
The opening number was MY
! Dream of the u. S. A." (Rothl, which
was given with telling effect by the
! full chorus
Then followed a beautiful number
"A Dream of Home" which was a ouin
tet for Violins, and was written especial
ly for the concert by Charles T. Ed.
wards. One Of the five violinists wa.
/ Charles Il. Edwards, Jr.. who though
very youthful, showed himself a natural
musician in handling his instrument.
a MEDLEY OF Old Time War Songs.
with a whistling accompaniment in the
song. Tramp, Tramp. Tramp, the Boy.
Are Marching" was given by the junior
chorus and was stirringly patriotic. Tw,
very effective numbers sung by the
chorus with electrical effects were "Th'
Glow Worm" and There's a Big Cn
Baby in the Moon"
IN the hrst song. Miss Julia Beau
champ sang the solo. and the choru
was sing by the children. While TN
words of 'hc chorus. "Shinc Little GLOW
Worm. Ghmmcr. Glimmer.' ETC. wer
sung. the church was darkcncd and tn
children flashed tiny electric lights whc
gave the appearance of many glo,
worms fitting round. In the secOn
chorus Miss Beauchamp held the tun
while the children sang the words. Whe
the chorus OF the latter song was sung
a curtain was drawn disclosing a moo
with a fearful face within its circle. On
eve was hidden by a hand which wipe
the tears away. the other eve winked a
the tears fcll from IT, Both these mum
bcrs were enthusiastically applauded.
Another effective number bv the choi
rs was "Hush. Here Comes the DrcaI
Man" When the chorus was sung, Ill
dream man appeared with a lighte
candle and two sleepy tots toddlin
alongside.
The soprano solos, Good bye. Littl
Girl OF My Dreams" and III the Ros
Could Tell the Story" sung by Maste
Rheos Bradford. delighted the audienc
and won for him hearty applause.
Mis-. Irene Fulton. with her inimitabl
child impersonations. made a hit, AM
she was obliged 20 respond 10 several en-
cores. Her rendition of ''rhc Goddess O
Liberty wherein were eivcn the i'm
pressions of the goddess by French, Ger
man. Italian. Chinese. Cornish and othe
nationalitics. was splendid. and brough
the audience TO tears-from laughter.
The ROYAL Bumper Degree" tclin,
how q small boy aud his chum initiated
bis pa into play lodge with "rea
goat that blatted, which was even NOR,
humorous. left the audience weak.
Two selections. "Doctor Tinkle Tin
Kerr and ~'lhc Rohbcr" were recited b,
Miss Fulton 10 musical accompaniment
and were delightful. particularly the lat
ter. which yiyiily described the fear o
child who thinks he has discovered
. 'wobber."
one Of the most apprcciative number
! was the song and chorus a Garland o.
tcscs which va. given hy number o.
girls and a lealcf a. diil. each a
4 holding a long garland of roses rhl
d drill stcrs we're beautiful anl the mus
as sung bN the chorus. sweet and pretty
Miss Mildred Thomas was the SOLOS
Hand leader. and those who took part il