The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-15
MISS CHRISTINE MILLER HERE.
Notable Artist who Sang at Rhode a
Few Years Ago Gave Concert in
Kemper Hall Last Night.

MISS 4CAf1SCln6 M1ll6T, SalQ TO De one
of the finest, if not the finest, contralto
in the world, sang to an invited audi
ence in Kemper Hall gymnasium last
night, accompanied by Miss Lentz of
the musical department. Of the hall,
who shared with Miss Miller the hon
ors of the occasion.
Miss Miller's voice is sweetly
thrilling vehicle of expression which
has the power to sway an audience in
consonance with the emotion Of the
singer. Miss Miller has also strongly
marked dramatic quality. Her face
has great mobility and not only is the
facial expression in accord with what
she sings but her very posture, the way
she holds her head and every motion
Of her body contribute their share in
conveying the feeling or thought which
the words of her song express.
Sings Burns Sad Song.
Seldom has the sorrowingly sweet
Scotch melody, cation Water" the
words of which were written by Robert
Burns to his dead Mary, been as beauti-
fully sung as when Miss Miller in sadly
yearningy plaintive tone enunciated the
words
{" Flow gently, sweet Alton, amang thy
green braes;
Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in
thy praise;
My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring
stream,
Flow gently, sweet Alton, disturb not
her dream"
Equally impressive was her rendition
of the "Cathleen Nj Hoolihano song
with it's wierd, wailing lamentation
over the loss of the children who are
wandering from her to seek their for
tunes in the new world.
Tragdy Expressed in Voice.
She introduced a composer new to
many in her audience, H. T. Burleigh,
by singing his "Ohl Gray Wolff"
which is a tellingly tragic appeal to
Gray Wolf" who has taken all else
he has to 90 and not demand his heart.
Both the composition and the words are
intensely dramatic and Miss Miller
proved herself possessed of histrionic
powers as well as Of remarkable voice
when she sang it. Her explanation pre-
ceding the singing, to the effect that
Gray Wolf" impersonated insanity,
and her tale of the colored man who
wrote the music and the words, gave it
added interest.
Her range of voice is unusual for
although contralto, her higher notes,
clear and bell-like in their precision.
and beautiful always, encroached upon
the domain of the soprano. Her lower
notes were velvety soft, rich and
delightful.
Was Tireless in Singing.
Her program last night was a long
and arduous one but she sang her last
note as pleasingly and with the same
ease and pure quality of tone as she
did her first, giving no evidence Of
WEAKNESS. Her Astounding vigour and
strength were made apparent in the
dirty of the blacksmith s sweetheart
which she sang with the untrammeled
freedom of the country lass she repre-
sented and volume and exuberance of
tone which suggested the rural spirit
quite as well as did her rollicking man
ner, the swing of her arms, and the
hardly perceptible and yet expressive
movement of the body to the spirited
accompaniment played by Miss Lentz.
Miss Lentz Called Forth.
1t was in the storm of applause
which followed this rendition that Miss
Miller graciously took Miss Lentz by
the hand and led her from the piano
to receive her share in the salvos which
conveyed the appreciation of the audi
ence. This was one of two times that
in responding to an encore, Miss Miller
insisted upon Miss Lentz sharing the
expressions of appreciation which the
artistic accompanying had done much
to excite.