Evening journal., 1918-01-12
N IS BRADFORD IS
HEARD IN RECTAL
Apprecistive Audience at
Contralto Soloist'S Pro-
feSSiOnal Debut
CONTRALTO VOICE OF
EXCELLENT QUALITY

Miss Jerdone Bradford. who made
her professional debut in a song re-
cital in the Playhouse Yesterday after
noon, charmed her audience with her
! artistry. Miss Bradford has con
/ traltO voice of great clarity and sweet
ness, which she uses with the ease
/ given by the perfected technic. She has
q strong feeling for the dramatic
| quality Of her songs, and sings with
O delicate sensillyeness to the light and
| shade OF her music.
Those who had the pleasure OF hear
| ing the young singer, had concluded
/ that she was at her best I'm the dainty,
playful, iuneful type Of song, until they
heard her Interpretation of Bryceson
rreharnes The Aftermath" and "A
Song Of France" These grim aud
terrible portrayals of the grief Of the
war-stric6en. We're given with power
full imaginative effect by Miss Brad
ford
These two compositions are not so
much songs as vivid cries Of intoler-
able pain. which bring the reality Of
the war 10 the heart more tensely than
any lectures. They are the work Of
man who spent eighteen months in a
German war-prison. Bryceson Treharne
was born in Wales IN 1879. He received
his musical education at the ROYAL
College of Music, studying later i'm
Paris and Berlin The outbreak Of the
war found Mr.. Treharne i'm Munich
where he was arrested and sent TO the
detention camp at Ruhleben, where he
was held prisoner for eighteen
months. During this time he wrote
many songs. Failing health secured
his release, and returning TO London.
he came to America in 1916 In three
other songs by this new celebrity,
Miss Bradford showed appreciation OF
their unique and imaginative qualities.
The FIRST part OF the program, sung
In French and Italian, was a cluster
Of sparkling. many-colored jewels.
"Mandolne' and "Boniour Suzon."
brought out especially well the. sweet
ness Of the singers voice and her de-
lightful piquancy Of phrasing in this
lifting, frolicking style Of melody.
The program was admirably chosen,
and Of variety which gave Miss Brad
ford an opportunity 10 show her mark
ed adaptability TO all sorts of musical
moods. The favorite, "Cuddle Doom"
was sung with exquisite tenderness.
1 The program closed with the jolly
/ Rolling Down 20 Rio"
! Miss Elsie Bunker was an accom-
PIANIST Of the sort desired by every
sololst. Her playing was gem OF its
own, but well subordinated and follow
ing every mood Of the voice.
The audience was distinguished one.
Nearly everybody prominent i'm society
could be seen in the orchestra circle.
Miss Bradford received floral tributes
OF great beauty, as well as the heariiest
verbal congratulations from her audi
tors.
Tho program included. Care Selve.
Eaendel; Sc tn IN ami, Pergolesi; Aria
from "Orfeo,' Gluck; Les Roses d'Ispa-
han, Faure; Beau Soir. Debussy; Man
doline, Debussy; Psyche Paladilhe; :
Boniour, Suzon Delibes Jai pleure en-
reVe, Hue; Remember Me When 1 Am
Gone Away, BrycesOn Treharne; Recon
ciliation, Bryceson Treharne; Mad Pat
sy Bryceson Treharne; The Aftermath,
Bryceson Treharne; A Song Of France,
BrycesOn Trehane; I Know a Hill,
Benjamin Nhelpley; Cuddle Doom, Sid
ney Homer; AID Daddy Darkness, sid
ney Homer; The Cricket, Edward Man
ming; Deep River, lOld Negro Melody
"i taicNA ht ia 10 DAAAtiHHr IVllliH
Down 10 Rio, Edward German
The patronesses were: Mrs. John
Bancroft Mrs. Samuel Bancroft Jr.,
Mrs William ~ Barnard. Mrs. Thomas
+ Bayard, Mrs A. IT, Berlin, Mrs John
b. Bird, Miss Emily p. Bissell. Mrs. II.
B. Bradford, Miss Alice Bradford, Miss
Gertrude Brinekle. Mrs Edward Bring
hurst, Jr, Miss Mary Brnghurst. Mrs.
r.. Leslie Carpenter Mrs Frank Car
penier, Mrs w O.. Coke, Mrs Charles
~ Curtis Mrs a. l. dupont Mrs a.
Felix DUPONT, Mrs. Archibald NJ. l.. du-
pOnl. Mrs Coleman dupont Mrs Ernest
dupont, Mrs Eugene T. dupont, Mrs
II A. dupont, Mrs. Ironee dupont, Miss
Anna r. Finn Mrs. Frank S. Garrett,
Miss IT. s. Garrett, Mrs Ferdinand l..
Gilpin, Mrs. Ferdinand Gilpin, Jr.. Mrs
Charles 3. Holiday; Mrs. Norman s
Huxley, Mrs Charles r. Miller. Mrs
Josiah Marvel, Mrs. H. x. Miller Mrs.
J r.. Moore, Mrs. Otho Rowland Mrs.
julien ortiz. Mrs. Charles Patterson.
Mrs Howard Pyle, Mrs. John Kearney
Rodgers, Mrs. Charles c. Rumford, Mrs.
Charles Rupert, Mrs. D J. Reinhardt,
Mrs. r. p Scott, Mrs. William Sellers.
Mrs. William T. Sellers. Mrs J. Ernest
smith. Mrs r. G. Tallman, Mrs Henry
3. Thompson, Mrs. L. Scott Townsend,
Mrs. Leonard r. Wales, Mrs. Christie
phcr l.. Ward and Mrs. e. r. Warner.