The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-30
JAPAN SEEMINGLY ENJOYABLE
IN HER DETERMINATION To
STAND SOLID ON HER DEMANDS
Festival Program
Full Of Surprises
Miss Ponselle's Singing Pro
duces Overwhelming Sensa.
tion-Season a Big Finan
cial Success.

Sailing through a veritable ocean
Of harmony. the wednesday clup ~
rived last night at the close OF us
annual music festival after an evening
filed with happy surprises ana ah'iel-
pated satisfaction.
One OF the most pleasant reaiIa-
tions from the standpoint OF the GU"
members. was that the hnancla re-
turns from the season were suflci"H,
not only TO nay all the expenses "u.
to cover n Number OF accumulated
hills. leaving the organization IN
highly satisfactory financial position.
planned wit, skill. offering artists
Of quite dependable high quality, iast
nights program carried masterpieces
gror, ten of the worlds greatest COM
nosers. two Of The Verdi numbers nav
ing been eliminated to make room TOT
others by Leoncavalli and Ponc'elll'
This gave range OF COMPOSITIONS
most remarkable. even for spring
festival.
An overwhelmingly sensation FOL
lowed the first appearance OF NlSs
Rose ponselie in the bird song
from Pa yliacci This extraordinary
young woman CARRYING hersSf NY
utmost ease ana grace. mad" STIR
ing picture in 2 simple white gown
a Greenwich Village effect. a. red os-
,rich FAN affnrding the only touch OF
color in her C ,stume. She bowed ana
smiled with engaging friendlineas as
she anproached her place beside the
conductors stand while the audience
gave her an cv1tion-she had alreaaF
won all hearts Then she sans---such
singing as one henrs only few times
Mt best IN A l'eetime, Absolute mis-
t~esS Of ever. note and shade or tome
she sang with n verNe Hnd ahana"h
that fairly swcF>t her audtenee away
vat with all the precision and finish
a. an artist Of long experience. The
audience was enraptured and go eS-
dressed Itself Miss ponSc,ie took re
| neated bows carried off arm loads OF
roses anil xtill the audience insisted
| on hearing he again So she sang
Massenet's "f'ieg1e." scoring a second
| triumph.
| From that tirna on she owned the
Mace Later she sang perriellfs
Suicide" from G:aconda. While s1e
YVES taking fcws and aerumulat'nG
more roses, the conductor became en- :
| gagged in conversation bark -sfa-e ana
arpeared not to understand that an
| encore was de,narded. So Miss Pom
seue seated herself at the riano and
| played and sang ''Swanee River" and
| Comm Tho the Rvo. with sen
| rational effect. Her closing number,
| TN bel die vedromo from Pur-
| einis Madame butterfly" vas an adj
dia tional triumph. Reginninr without
| single preliminary note from the
! orchestra she swept into and through
| the stirring wonderfully pathetic,
! wonderfully sweet air in a way that
more than sussained the high opinion
| her hearers hrs formed of her sing
| ing: and as an encore she gave Tosti $
ttS3vodbve.sa Time and again the and l.
ence demanded TO hear her Just onc"
more but she had 10 refuse and.
| blowing kisses. smiling happily. sh"
disappeared. leaving the audienc"
| something 70 remember always with
una,loye,i Measure
But all this was ONLY a part ~ whHt
the "Wednesday club folks declare 10
have been quite the most successful
concert ever given hv that organiza-
| tion Indeed. II Miss Ponsefle had not
been in town at all. the occasion would
have been notable In the music annals
! of Richmond. For Mr.. Forrest Lamont.
tenor OF sterling ability and great
vivacity, was on the program in three
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