El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-03
.CONCERT-OPERA
At CHAUTAUQUA
LARGE Attendance For Sec
ond Night of FL Paso's
Entertainment.

the international Opera company, mark
ing its second and last appearance at
the El Paso chautauqua, was heard by
large and thoroughly sympathetic au-
dience The weather was more favor
able than on the opening night OF the
cbautauoua and the attendance was
considerably larger. indicating that Ell
T9aso has taken kindly to this new edu-
cational and amusement feature that
will hereafter likely be of yearly re-
The nrogram Of Tuesday night was
sufficientIV varied to prove generally
pleasing. and the artists fairly sang
their wav into the hearts Of amusement
hungry FL Paso.
The first section was a we'll balanced
concert. and the second section was
operatic being the entire second act Of
Martha"
Mrs Burt McKinnie. soprano, won her
audience from the start Possessing a
very sweet though not powerful voice
and a pleasing stage presence, she ap-
peared to good advantage in every song.
40 Hear the Gentle Lark" by Bishop
was her solo number. Her rendition
called for an encore. She was most
pleasing also in the swing song from
'sVeroniaue." one of Messengers tuneful
duets in which her husband, possessor
of a fine baritone voice, also appeared
Mr. McKinnie's solo number was THE
Brigand," by Spence. He won instant
favor and was twice encored.
Well Rendered Numbers.
J. Allen Grub, with clear rich tenor
voice sang Sound an Alarm" from
"Judas Maccabeas," by Handel, and
sang as an encore when I was Boy
at school," a humorous song that won
him enthusiastic applause. Miss Heiden-
reich. possessing a rich contralto voice.
appeared in a group OF Japanese songs
bv Woodford- Finden. made more ef-
fective by the fact that she was IN
japanese costume.
DonizettTs sextet from Lucia" was
nuite effectively rendered by the full
ouartet and was followed as an encore
nv a selection from the Tales Of Hotf-
man" The concert program closed with
a splendid rendition of Chopin. 5 Mill
tary Polanaise," and encores played by
Miss Margaret Day at the piano. Miss
Dav possesses excellent technique ana
her playing is characterized by close
attention to proper Interpretation
Rendition OF "Martha."
The company closed the evening
entertainment by presenting the second
srt Of martha" in costume. The sec
ond act Of this popular opera portrays
the adventures OF Lady Harriet and her
maid in the home Of Lionel and Plunket
two country boys. Lady Harriet, tired
Of lie at Lne court anu " IN AAIA AAAN-4~'t
sought adventure in the disguise Of a
servant The pair are employed by
Lionel and Plunket and taken to their
domicile in the country, where they as
cover that their newly employed sery-
ants know nothing of household
lrudServ. Their beauty and charming
manners win the hearts OF the young
men and there is much loye-maklng
The act ends with the arrival Of the
midnight hour and the good nights
effectively set to music.
Russian ViOlinisf.
An artificial finger and a set Of black
bangs furnished the technique and the
temperamental stuff for Alex NJ. ski
binsky's wonderful violin playing at
the afternoon concert of the Skibinsky-
WEIGH Concert company on program
Of the chautauqua-
The Russian violinist lost the index
finger Of his left baud when stick OF
dynamite, which had been sold to him
for a Roman candle, exploded while he
was participating in a patriotic celebra-
ton in Rome Ga. where he was pro-
fessor of violin. TO overcome this ham
dicap he invented an artificial finger
Of leather which he straps to his left
wrist and which permits him to press
the strings or his violin and produce
the tones which make his playing
famous. His black, curly bangs fall
low over his forehead and give him
most Russianesque appearance.
500 Concerts.
The Russian viOlnist is now making
his fourth tour OF the United States
and has been in the country for six
years, two Of which he was forced to
abandon his instrument because Of the
explosion which mutilated his left hand
and tore away his index finger at the
first joint. During the four years he
has played 500 concerts. He is also a
composer OF violin music. He was born
in Moscow, Russia, and studied at Kief,
Russia, and other schools in Europe.
Girl Golfers.
In the SlSibinsky- WEIGH company are
Misses Mary Welch and Miss Alice
Wright Baker. Miss WEIGH is the con-
tralto with the concert trio and Miss
Baker, the pianist. They formerly
travelled as the Welch-Baker company
in chautauqua work Miss WEIGH is a
graduate of the Cosmopolitan School of
Music Of Chicago, and Miss Baker is a
graduate OF the Busch Temple conser-
vatory, also of Chicago. Both are en-
thusiastic golf players and were disap-
pointed when they reached here We'd
nesday morning to learn that the Coun-
try club had burned and they sOuld not
play over the CRASHES course at the
club.