Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-25
RECITAL is GIVEN
|. BY YOUNG READER
Miss Esther Horner De-
lights Hearers-Young
Singer Also Heard.

Last evening at the Columbian club
house a friendly and interested au-
dience met Miss Esther Horner in her
complimentary recital of two dramatic
readings. There were many in the
audience who had known Miss Hor-
ner from her childhood and who were
DESTROYS of noting her success in her
chosen field and of witnessing her
progress under the tutelage of the ad-
vantages of the city of Chicago.
The attitude and spirit which Miss
Horner displayed toward her work
was manifestly satisfaction and
pride to all. The entertainment was
lifted entirely from the field of
speaking pieces" and carried into the
serious one of dramatic interpretation
The paramount thought was the subtle
spirit which the author wished to
convey in his drama and to this end
impersonation was employed. Acting
was the agent, not the leader.
1t was displayed beyond doubt that
Miss Horner has this gift. She let her
own soul free that it might convey
the message of the author to the
hearers, and through her own spiritual
insight opened their eyes to see also.
Thus the heights of the imagination
which produced the works of art were
given flame making the program one
of uplft and mental recreation.
Miss Horner is a western girl and
her art is typical of the west. 1t en-
bodies the rhapsody of the sunrise,
I the freshness of the mountain air, and
the inspiration of a new country. But
also there was apparent the pressing
demand which is necessary to the
highest art in the west at the present
time and which has as yet been disre-
garded by the western producers. This
is the lack of mastery of detail, the
/ patient drudgery which makes smooth
the contribution, the knickling down
to the technique.
Genius abounds in the west and the
inspiration for it is ever present, yet
the west is not producing creating art
in degree proportionate to this prom
Use. The west must be willing to be
patient in perfecting the inspiration
and the audiences must demand that
perfection before the west will be
recognized in old established centers as
creating art
The selections read by Miss Horner
we're The Parkway Princess" by
Hermann Suderman, which was ex-
quisitely handled, and The Land OF
Hearts Desire" by william Butler
Yeats In this last selection the
closing portion where the alluremeni
of the dreamland is calling the young
bride and her INDIGESTION was the
height of dramatic art
At the opening OF the program the
song by Everett Ruick. Fear Yt
; Not O Israel by Buck. and with Mis-:
Bibbins at the piano was a rare pleas
ure. Master Everett's voice was an.
other claim of the west to genius, anc
of such a character that in the voice
itself there could seem to be no peer
In an older community where music
had taken a predominant shape anC
finish and smoothness of execution
were so common as to have become
subconscious in their expression, sucl
, a quality of tone would receive
world recognition. 1t is the same stor.
of the mastery of the technique, tn
willingness to spend hours in perfect
ing" tone or a phrase which is keep
ing the western talent just below tn
point demanded by masters.