Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-11-15
EVENING OF RARE ENTERTAINM
ISP0PuLAR FEATURE NIGHT BILL
Calist Conant, Roselth Breed, Nan Synott, and
Crawford Adams, Four Unique Artists in
Program of Exceptional Excellence

How can they put so much into
enc evenings program was the
thought in the minds of each one OF
the audience of more than 100 peo-
pie who greeted the four artists al
City hall Friday evening. No words
printed in cold type can do justice to
the exquisite violin playing of Craw-
ford Adams and the wonderfully
sympathetic accompaniments of Miss
Nan Synott; the vivid, whimsical
and wholly humanistic impersona-
tions of Miss Roselth Breed: or the
fresh, breezy distinctive character
song sketches of Miss Caliste Con-
ant. Each contributor to the eve
ning's program is enough to satisfy
the most eXacting spectator and to
entertain the most uncultured listen
er. Together the quartet made 4
combina ton that has not been SUR
passed in the history of the Angus
ia Entertainment Course.
Miss Synott. who is a delightful
blonde young lady, opened the pro-
gram with finished and skiliful
rendition of the difficult Salut a
Pesth. She followed with the Hun
garian Rag as an encore. Her fin
gers of velvet are controlled by mus
cles of steel that respond instantly to
every delicate mood of the player.
She is a real artist.
Miss Breed gave an exhibition of
how to get married by phone, a
handy thing to konw if one is sud-
denly called to Siberia. The friends
and relatives got over the shock one
by one and enjoyed the performance
as much as the bride and groom
not to mention the audience who
watched Miss Breed. Her encore was
entitled '"On the Train" being the
near-adventures of a lady who was
travelling on a ticket which she took
good care to put where she could
find it in case of need.
Mr.. Adams appeared and was
greeted as an old friend. He played
an arrangement of the Sextet from
Lucia which is his own, and showed
his versatility with the bow in this
favorite of years. His response to
the storm of applause was an oper-
attic melody which he also arranged
From that he turned to a popular
melody without the change so often
noticed when one who lives in grand
opera tries the popular things. He
is equally at home with both. The
soft, sweet voice Of the violin rdee
to life and vibrated in reminiscent
tenderness to the tones of an old
song that recalled thoughts of holly
hooks. bees in the sunshine and the
/ lazy breeze of a summer day.
Miss Conant was the sensation OF
the evening. She is new conner tc
Maine and she said she hopes to com.
again. Augusta hopes so, too. with the
emphasis on the too. Her work is re-
freshipgly different. She takes her au-
oience into her confidence and ADM IS
that she wanted TO be great in zach
Of three ways, but when she fouh1
! hits Of talent together and made thenl
one. The result IS not disappointing in
the least. Her spoken songs run the
whole eamut OF dialect and emotion
from negro melodies to childish eXulta.
tions over the mumps. from plaintivt
lullabies to shouts Of "Skinnay, Oh,
Skinnay came on over.' There is moth
ing she cannot 90 with the piano, her
Voice. her hands. and her smile. Sh
radiates Joy Sand fun. Her mission is
to make peorle happy, she says. and
she lives up to her mission. No doubt
about that. Her songs have SO much
Of the everyday human stuff in them
that they appeal to everybody who is
the least bit human. Just recall the
titles: Harmony, Yoo Hoo, Skinnay,
Why? Grandma's Patchwork Quilt,
I've Got the Mumps. Is Yo' Chinese
Love Song. When Grandma Was a
Girl Soap. and Sing. Kate. Sing (es-
pecially the latter).
Miss Breed made a decided hit by
her manner of chewing gum. a thing
which everybody will admit is difficult
to do properly on the stage. She pu:
it over in just the manner approved by
the Amalgamated Gum-chewers' Union.
Her exhibition of mother taking he
young hopeful home by trolley won the
heartfelt sympathy of all mothers and
! all others who have travelled at such
times.
Mr.. Adams brought the program to 4
close with more of his excellent rendi-
tions Of Ave Maria by Schubert and a
souvenir of popular fame. The finale
was the Stars and Stripes Forever. b.
Sorsa.