Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-19
8gp eRssenAbS9 Se@At28i8A
HEARTY APPLAUSE
GIVEN LUCY MARSH
Famous Singer Graciously Re-
spends to Encore After Encore
at Benefit Concert

With a voice of silvery quality, per-
Ifectly even scale and an impeccable in
| tonation, with an agility and perfection
in coloratura singing, obtained only by
such famous singers of this genera
tion as Sembrich and Hempel, Lucy
! Marsh with her gracious manner and
personality proved herself to be the
really great artist, the like of whose
| singing has not been heard here since
the day of Nordica. No less aston
| ishing was her versatility. for her
French. German and English songs,
sung with admirable teXtual enuncia-
ton, and displaying an emotionally
suggestive, highly discriminating inter-
[ pretative capacity showed her to be
the no less great and inspiring Lied
err singer. Although of American
training, Nine. Marsh had the good
taste not to perpetrate the banality of
singing that beloved war horse of the
prima donna-the "Fors e lui,' from
| TraViata, which opened the recital,
| nor yet her French and German songs
| in English to the utter rout of diction
and correct accent. If we must have
l"American" let it be as appended lib
lretto to the program.
, Very interesting was Nine. Marsh's
Treatment of the Vidal "Ariette," with
it's fascinating quintuple rythm, as
we'll as the breadth and sentiment dis
lplayed in the Strauss Dedication and
the two Grieg songs, dream and tho
sunshine song. Exquisite was the in
Iterpretation of Leoni's Birth of Morn
and the Sylvelin of Sinding and the
splendid sweep of Woodman's "A
| Birthday with which the recital clos
ed. Most generous too were the en-
cores-no less than four, all we'll
! known favorites of her Victor records
w rnGn0n6a6 the
enthusiastic and Enthusiastically appre-
ciative, if disgracefully, small audience.
More than word, too, must be
said for Newell Albright's mastery AMI
discriminating accomplishments. \
proof that he Enthusiastically has that
rare sense, possessed by so few con-
| lcert pianists, of creating just the right
musical atmosphere for a singer, was
lher own enthusiastic comment-that
highest compliment singer can pay
that she was so much at her ease as
to be able to completely forget there
was such a thing as an accompani-
ment.
DIR. and Mrs. John Jordan MofIitt Of
HER North Second street, are home
after a pleasure trip to New York
city.
Mrs. I. c. Manages has returned
homo after visiting Mr. and Mrs. c.
w. Gardner of Gettysburg.
II. =. Flowers, of Lebanon, was in
this city yesterday transacting busi-
mess.
! Miss Emily Hannah, of Carlisle, is
planning a visit to the Steelton and
Hershey schools.
Mrs William Slayer, of Hunting
don, has returned after a visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Krepps, 231S
North Sixth street.
Mrs. Howard Manifold, of York,
and Mrs. J. Hepburn Tinker Of Pitts
burgh have been called to the city by
the death of their sister, Mrs. William
j. Lescure. 500 North Second street.
Miss Alice Sheads of Gettysburg
has returned home after spending sew
eral months in this city.
i. Mr.. and Mrs. Lerue Willis have gone
to Germantown after brief stay with
:. Harrisburg relatives
,. Mrs. Lewis E. Johnson, of Steelton,
; is spending the week in New York
and Philadelphia.
Mrs Frank Hanald of Reading is
visiting Mrs. Frederick Sieber of
Green street.
Mrs. John l.. Mccormick, of SIS
| North Second street gave each MEM
Der of the Wednesday Bridge club a
beautiful growing plant. at the meet
, ing this week at her home.
/ Mr.. and Mrs, Henry Emmons of
Dover, Mass. are the guests of Mrs.
James +. Bullitt, 1920 Chestnut street.
Charles Roddy was given a birthday
surprise on Wednesday night at his
home, 1910 Regina street.
Mrs. w. c. Bauman of Lock Haven
; has returned after a visit with her
. daughter, Mrs. II. E. Shearer, 1&O
Locust street
, Mrs. c. P.Gibbons, 502 Curtin street.
has returned from a visit with friends
in Gettsburg.
Bishop and Mrs. James Henry Dar-
lington, 321 North Front street. are
registered at the RIttenhouse, Phila-
Idelphia.
Mrs. ]. Parke Rutherford 1888
Whitehall street, has returned from
Brooklyn, n. Y, where she visited her
sister, Mrs. Joseph A. Eckenrode.