Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-20
POWELL. CONCERT.

POWELL CONCERT. al
1t seemed like old times last Mon
day night at the Powell concert.
Many a blue moon has waxed ana
waned since a crowd, that could be
called a crowd without stretching the
Imagination, has gathered in Albu-
auerque for a musical event, in fact,
not since the palmy days of the de-
funct Elks' opera house when Melba
took the hearts of the town by storm
one night. Everybody was there; all
the old guard-old in the sense OF
providing town background, not in
years, Of course-all the new guard
and everybody else that grows be-
tween. There was another resemblace
TO the Media concert in the way the
house warmed up TO the artist and
the artist warmed up to the house.
When she found that the crowd just
wouldn't go home, Melba tore off her
gloves. seated herself at the piano,
and played her own accompaniment
! for tender little goodnight song:
and our prophetic soul tells us that If
IL were physically possible for a>vio-
linist to play the fiddle and the piano
at the same time, Madame Powell
would have done II Monday night as
a tribute to the enthusiasm of the aud
| ience--though by the way, one would
go a long. long way to find a better
accompanies than Arthur Leosser
As for the music. 1t would take q
critic with a goodszed vocabulary of
musical terms to do adequate justice
/ TO 1t. Everybody came away and
satisfied hearts warmed by the big
emotional numbers, and ears ticklcd
with the tantallzing strains of molly
on the shore"
And now 1t is the fashion in the
/ Fortnightly Music club to wear smiles
! than won't come off, for the Fort
nightly has succeeded in doing what
has but rarely before been done In
Albuquerque, raising the full guaran-
| tee for a lecture or concert course.
| With faith In the drawing power of
/ highest-cass attractions, Mrs. Brad
| ford and her assistants have worked
/ like beavers to make the course a
| financial success. The money is
theirs: it's In the treasury. But, it
must be confessed that the club MEM
bers themselves are still gasping at
the wonder of it.
Nothing succeeds like success, they
say. The Powell concert has gone
down in town history as one of the
really big musical events in the COM
munity; and now, with the Charles
w. Harrison concert on the way
comes the good news OF an added
attraction, gratis, free for nothing.
Mr.. Otto l.. Fischer, a splendid plan
let, Is quite Unexpectedly able to join
Mr.. Harrison here and will assist the
tenor at his concert at the high school
auditorium next Wednesday night. It
surely looks as though the sportive
little god OF good luck. who so often
follows in the wake of success were
smiling with favor on the Fortnightly
Music club.
PYTHIANS CELEBRATE.
Last Monday night the knights of
Pythias celebrated the fifty-seeond
anniversary of the order in the Castle
hall OF Mineral lodge. The rank of
page was exemplified and while the
lodge was still In secret session the
Grand Chancellor of New Mexico adj
dressed the members on the condi-
ton and needs OF the order In this
state.
w w Bowers, past grand chan
cellor of Kansas, spoke on the duty
OF a Pythian knight. The address of
the evening was delivered by George
S. klock, a member of the local lodge.
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