Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-30
RESUME OF THE WEEKS
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

! are: Mrs. Nora Palmer and William
Anderson of Meridian; Mrs. Loura
| hurry of Meyers Cove: Mrs. Bessie
Pfost and Mrs. Lizzie Long of Boise
and Mrs. Julia Lewls and Frank An
derson of Caldwell. There are 16
| grandchildren and great grand
| children. j. f. Anderson and Mrs.
Martha Villeneuve, brother and sister
of the host were also present.
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"The Sweet O. the Year"
"The Sweet O. the Year" a unique
| recital program given by the pupils of
| the Fish School of Expression, at the
| Columbian club hall on Tuesday night
established a desirable precedent by
beginning exactly on time. Those COM
ing in after s:15 missed some lovely
numbers. The spirit of the spring was
evinced by the dainty coloring Of the
dresses, and the charm of blossoms, as
well as by the poems and stories on
the program. All the material of the
readings was well known familiar mat
ter; but presented in the light of per-
sonal thought, became alive and new
and sparkling.
Mr.. Bartletts number, Each and
ALL" (Emerson) was given with simple
sincerity of pure oratorical thinking,
absolutely free from mannerism or pre-
tensioness-a charmingly direct piece
of work. The LYRICAL "Tipperary" was
delightful in it's emotional enthusiasm.
In the symposium, his delivery of two
extremes of thinking The World Is
Too Much With U.s." (Wadsworth) and
the First Bluebird' CRiley) was done
with perfect freedom and sympathy
Miss Gregory's sweet voice and
charming manner always win an au
dience for her work but her rendition
of "A Child Went Forth" CWhitman)
showed a wealth of thought and an
exquisite earnestness that won her
hearers completely. The Dunbar
lyric, "Wadin' in de Creek" which she
gave in the symposium was a clever
bit of characterization which was ex
Cellently done.
Miss Treloar's graceful dignity and
poise and her mellow voice and dis
tinct utterance lent a decided charm to
her sympathetic reading of "A Song
For a Beautiful World" (Childress)
and gave her Interpretation of 1.-THE
Poet" emerson jim the symposium
a depth of personal conviction that was
very attractive.
The beautiful dreamy cadence OF the
Dream Song" (Waterman) given by
Miss Koppel was so realistic as to be
almost hypnotic; and in the South
Wind and the Sun" (Riley) which she
read in the symposium, the same
magnetic quality came out in the
graceful cadences of body and voice,
the sparkle and play of the facial ex
preston.
Mrs. Cooley amused the audience
very greatly with the Spring House
cleaning (Dwyer) a humorous story
which she told with a happy combina
ton of quaint whimsicalness and
graceful dignity. In the symposium, her
Interpretation OF my Heart Leaps
Up" (Wadsworth) had a personal
angle that was very convincing.
Mrs. Mills charmingly quaint and
happy reading of when ne Green
GIFTS Back" Riley) was remark
ably we'll done. Her portrayal of the
character back of the words was I'M
usually clean and consistent.
Miss Andrews reading of June"
GowelD was unusual because it was
definite instead of the usual vague
recital of beautiful words that mean
nothing. The reader evidently saw
something behind them and read that
something into the words in a way that
made them PERSONAL very distinc-
tive piece of work. This was the case
also with Home Thoughts" Drown
ing) which she gave in the symposium.
Miss Andrew makes of her words,
servants, not masters.
MAY and December (AmbienD
read by Mrs Green was a difficult but
delightfully."- done piece of character
work, and her audience caught the
spirit of the thing from the spon-
taneous laughter of the reader. Mrs.
Green's work in the symposium was
also lovely in the dainty ballad of
March"
Mrs. Schreiber's reading of that
marvelously musical bit "'Tis Spring
Again." (McCarthy) was a charming
piece of work. Her smooth, mellow
tones, musical infection and sincere
utterance added much attractiveness
to lovely selection.
The symposium was new thought
on the idea of presentation, showing
from its chatty arrangement and de-
livery, at once the sincere attitude Of
the readers in their interpretations,
and the perfect freedom from pretense
and pompousness that so many read
ers drape around their ntterances of
beautiful literature. There was
general complaint about the briefness
OF this part of the program.
Miss Claire Gillian, voice pupil OF
Miss Woodruff of the Boise Conserva-
tory, gave the audience two beautiful
solos in a most charming manner, the
purity of her tones and the exquisite
ease with which she managed the diff
ficult range showing her voice to
wonderful advantage.
7 here was a fine audience present,
and it proved itself appreciative as
Bose audiences always are. But no
encores were given on this occasion.
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For Bride Elect.