Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-09-15
Last Sunday Night Concert

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the Casino auditorium. The concert
opened with a large audience present,
every one seemingly in the best of
spirits. The first three numbers by the
orchestra were splendidly given, the
Fingal's Cave overture by Mendelssohn
being especially received and two en-
cores gracefully given.
These served as a fine introduction
for the soloist of the evening, our own
Kathryn Mckinley. We have comet to
look for good things from her and we
were not disappointed. A splendid
rendition of the Mad Scene from Lucia
brought a storm of applause and a
beautiful bunch o. roses, after which
we were treated to zone Fipe Day"
from Madame Butterfly, n of the
present day favorites. This was
beautifully given, the piano accompani-
ment being most alphabetically play
ed by Miss Lillian A. Mayer.
Two more orchestral numbers beauti-
fully played, brought us up to the
second appearance of Miss mckinley,
wherein she excelled even herself, the
Jewel song from Gounod's Faust; then
an encor fave Maria" by Gounod,
with an exquisite violin obligato by
Mr.. Paul Meyer, a perfectly smooth
balance Of voice and plano and as a
second encore Birthday by Freder-
lex H. Cowen.
And then the festivities of the even
ing began. Everybody was In an ex-
pectant mood when ]. Fithian Tatem
rose, walked to the conductors desk
and In a fine impromptu spoke Of the
season OF music from the standpoint Of
the Casino Pier company, the Board of
Trade, the Commissioners, and the
people of Wildwood and its many
summe visitors. He told of the NJ
age, 1t had taken to go ahead with the
building of the auditorium, how dis
couragements we're met and surmount-
ed and how the auditorium with Its
excellent acoustics and the music we
have had this year rendered by an
orchestra, while small in numbers COM
pared with some others, has given q
splendid account of itself. He took as
his text, If it may be so called, "BoosT'
and we'll we may boost with heart and
soul the season of 1915, which is giving
Wildwood a reputation such as 1t has
never enjoyed before. Never has
South Jersey had such music. AT the
close of his we'll chosen remarks, Mr..
Iatem on behalf of come of the orches-
ira leaders, admirers presented him
with a purse of gold.
In a few remarks Mr.. Pfeiffer re-
sponded in his delightfully."- broken way
and gave praise to all who had helped
make the close of the season a magnifi-
cent success, which the beginning did
not augur. He especially expressed
his delight at the work of the chorus
and EiG1t here I NAV 49, tAas- Wild
wood'T permanent residents owe
1t to themselves if another year we
have the chorus which seems probable,
TO help boost for the success of the work
OF the chorus in which they can them
selves take a part, only brings success
to themselves in their greater love for
music and commercially, by bringing
a better class of people to Wildwood,
aids their business. Certain it is a
glance at the quality OF the audiences
who have assembled of late in the audi
forum and the motley assemblages
that used to promenade through the
arcade during the band concerts, will
convince the Dost skeptic that we have
now gained q class of visitors TO the
island who VIII greatly aid its CONNER
cial prosperity.
This week will see the close of the
concerts for this season. From now on
ii behooves all music lovers who visit
Wildwood, all the permanent residents
of Wild wood and there are many, who
are fond of music and ell who have the
betterment of conditions on the island,
to boost for another season with such
an orchestra with such a leader, who
gives his enthusiasm in unbounded
measure A return to conditions that
previously existed in music affairs on
the island will be a long step back
wards which Wild wood cannot afford
to take. We need music; we need bet
ter music than ever before, to keep pace
with other seashore resorts. We have
had a high class Of soloists this year,
we must do better another year. Moth