The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-02-19

the effect that Germany has drawn
out all Of It's reserve are not true.
IL Is also stated that an old friend
of the Lewen's. Sigfried Ruhm OF
Neuteich. who was recently wounded
in battle with Russians. has been
awarded the Iron Cross for bravery.
From Tuesdays Daily.
An Artistic Triumph.
An enthusiastic and music loving
audience greeted Miss Mildred Potter
as she made her appearance ut the
Mankato Theatre last evening.
The young artist Is handsome
woman with a charming personality
that makes for success
Her program was u varied one,
comprising classics from the old
school to gems from the modern.
That she captivated her listeners,
applause and encores eloquently
testified. after each appearance
Her powerful contralto is OF SYM
pathetic. luscious quality. cello like
In its legato through out her wide
range. a wonderful organ that sim
ply floats. out melody, controlled al
ways with intelligent mastery, allow
ing no caprice or abandon to over
step true vocal art.
Her genuinely refined musician
ship. temperamental warmth and
exquisite adjustment of tone to mood
exigencies, enable her to present her
texts poeticaly and lyrically with
charming absence of any effort.
Miss Potter's opening numbers,
Meyerbeer's My Heart at Thy
Sweet Voice" and Lend Me Thine
Aid" from Samson and Delilah" were
wonderfully rendered, with such
beauty of tone and depth of feeling.
such characteristic consciousness and
abandon and with exquisite mezzo
voce effects. "a"
In response to tumultuous applause
the singer responded with Braham' S
"Elfruau."
In the group of German numbers
from Schubert. Beethoven. Brahms.
Tschaikowski and Strauss she was
superb No choicer bits of musical
literature can be found than these
lieder. which were rendered with
perfect diction.
Miss Potter's Interpretation left
nothing to be desired. her glorious
voice sensitively, answering in its
coloring TO every. play OF emotion.
"Wer nur die Sehnsucht Kermit" was
grandly sung with tones that were
vibrant with pathos of love. despair
and loneliness. differing widely from
the ecstatic brilliant .'Serenade" so
charmingly given. with intensive mu.
steal spirit and emphasizing her con-
trasting gifts.
The third, number was a beguiling
group sung in English with fine en-
inclination and perfect mastery Of
technique.
"Autumnal Gale" was given drama
tically with spirited style. while
Where Corals Lie" and Southland"
were delivered with Beautiful voice
quality and pure sustained tones. 81
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cinctly artistic. this was followed by
Coleridge-Taylor's tragic depletion Of
Life and Death"
I'm the closing group Miss Potter
was happy in her choice of songs as
i'm the preceding numbers. they
were from the pens of Claff. John.
son, Fischer, and a lovely old
song "Long-Long Ago"
All displaying to splendid advan-
tage the magnificent depth Of middle
voice, the glorious brilliance of her
high scale. marvellous clearness of
enunciation and loneliness of her
voice.
No notice of this recitel would be
complete without some reference
to the share in it by Miss Jessie
Rice who immeasureably supported
Miss Potter by her admirable &C.
compartments through out the DIFF
ficult program, the numbers exhi-
bited keenest appreciation of the re-
lation between the soloist and &C.
companist an element which many
recitalists overlook
Too much praise cannot be given
Miss Rice for her untiring efforts
in making possible for Mankato to
hear really great artists. Such an
influence is an uplift to any COM
munity.
Pretty Valentine Party.
The Valentine party given by the
Mankato Expert School of Business
at the school last evening proved
a very successful and enjoyable af.
fair, about forty-five guests being