Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-09-26
THE ARTISTIC
1916 CONCERTS
Last Series Begins Wednesday,, DC
tober II, When Brilliant Event
Will be Enjoyed.

The last series of w. H. Cooks Ar
fist concerts begins Wednesday, Oct
l11th, when-will be presented the
brilliant young Venetian harpist
Alberto Salvi; Helen Brown Read
pupil of Jean de ResZke and soprano
of the State Grand Opera of Chem
nitz, SaXony. Edith Harris, pupil OF
Moszkowski, accompanist and plan
iste.
The second concert, Friday, Nov.
18th, introduces to Webster City,
the eminent Pittsburg baritone.
Francis Allan Wheeler; Winston
Wilkinson, one of the most brilliant
young American-trained violinist's
now before the public and Miss Lois
Brown, accompanist. Miss Brown
toured Germany for two seasons,
with the prominent symphony or
chestra, as soloist.
The third event Wednesday, Dec.
18th, in the 1916 course will consist
of recital by the young Italian pi-
anist, Pasquale Tallarico, who will
require no assistance in charming
his audience. Tallarico has appear
ed as soloist with the Philadelphia
Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra, the st. Louis
symphony Orchestra, the Los Ange-
les Symphony Orchestra, ETC., and
will prove fitting climax to the
1916 series of professional musicals,
which may safely be anticipated
with delight by our music loving
public, Notwithstanding the exceed
ingly low (war) priests cents
each. 1t may seem remarkable that
the season should close, finally, Fri
day, Dec. goth, with program by
native Webster City talent; < yet it
has been arranged for Holiday
Week. to present in concert two of
our local musicians, Miss Annetta
Stark, contralto, and Miss Rosalind
Cook, pianiste, who will be at home
for the holidays, from Detroit and
Chicago. They will be assisted by
Mrs. R. S. Phillips, gifted and &C
complished reader of Webster City.
Single tickets for this concert so
cents: which makes the aggregate
cost of the four concerts ,2.75, at sin,
gle prices. Certainly very moderate
considering the quality of the talent.
Subscribers notifying w. II. Cook
promptly of their desire to subscribe
can secure season tickets for the four
concerts, at $1.50, payable about Oct
1st. Descriptive literature will be
mailed to inquirers. Prompt action
will assure you season of good mu-
sic at astonishingly low cost. The
Misses Stark and Cook will arrive
fresh from studying with distin-
guished masters. To those who have
not had the pleasure of listening to
her, the readings of Mrs. Phillips
will prove delightful surprise.
Few subscriptions have been re-
ceived as yet from out of town.
whence the management hopes to re-
ceive many applications for the low
priced season tickets-so low, in
fact, that should. circumstances
oblige ticket holders to miss couple
of concerts, they would still be get
ting their entertainment economical
ly. The management calls atten-
|tion of everybody to the considera-
ton that the performances of these
|1916 course artists would not neces-
sarily be better and finer had some
syndicate invested thousands in adj
vertising them. Their engagement
lis one of the few advantages
wrought by the desperate war
abroad. They of European origin
|are, to use an inartistic phrase, "out
|of job" over there and, hence, en-
gagements favorable to our local
management and, through the liber-
atty of the local management, fav-
(orable to ticket buyers in and about
Webster City. For the convenience
of non-residents, subscriptions may
be filed with w. H. Cook by post or
telephone. Number 100, or at
Teed's, where a blank list will be
placed. G.