Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-12-15

others. 1t was wonderful exhibition
| of trills that went higher and higher.
but always with sweetness and sure
ness. The Brownies" was her en-
core and she smilingly sang this brief
one of staccato tones with irresisti-
! BILE selfish gesticulations.
+ Una voce POGO ia, Barber of Sc
willie, by Rossini, displayed even
more wonderful ability of this young
singer. Notes as clear, as fauftless
and as genuine as stone of the finest
water were hers. Always delight
| to the ear is her voice and surprising
/ ~ so is it in high tone. This operate
selection gave excellent opportunity
| to display her bigger voice
! The program which Miss Yorke
presented could not have failed TO
please the most cosmopolitan audi
ence. because the numbers were varied
and songs of all kinds which trained
| voice might offer, were there. by
the Waters of Minnetonka' was one
of her encores and it was a pretty
Indian song of chanting appeal 1t
had violin obligato. With true In
dian style, one note was brought to
meet the next with clever slurring,
her voice again surprisingly different.
Meditation That's" by Massenet,
and Spanish Dance by Rehfeld were
two of Miss HaskelI's offerings. H.
lusive and bringing to mind the black
lace Wantilla, flirting fans and click
ing heels and castanets was the
Spanish Dance and Miss Haskell
played with the naturalness of famil-
iarity.
Another foreign air was Who'll
Buy Ny Lavender" which Miss Yorke
sang as the first of another group of
songs. her voice still fresh and sweet
as the first of the evening and SO on
through the program. That Night"
by Vanderpool, is one of the songs
which Miss Yorke has put on records
and her rendition of it on Tuesday
evening showed it to be a ballad of
haunting sweetness. The third of
that group of songs, Butterflies" by
Seller, was-as Miss Yorke sang it, just
what the name implies. She made it
light and airy and graceful and beau
tiful. Her ability as an actress came
to the front again in this song and
she acted out the story.
| Perhaps one of the most enjoyable
parts of the program was that which
was not on the program, when she
sat at the-piano, playing her own &C
compartment. to two short, snatchy
songs, THE Lilac Tree" and a Nea-
| politan love song. These were en-
cores and were enthusiastically re-
ceived.
! A Neapolitan song in dialect, Re
greet" was one of the last songs of
the evening. Miss Yorke explained in
well chosen words that to her the song
! meant that of an old man whose
youth had passed. = One could easily
follow the foreign words by the feel
ing and depth which she placed in
her song. 1t was the regrets and tears
which were heard in her voice that
made her song so real. The fact that
she didn't forget to smile at the COM
pletion was pleasing. Then she sang
another song in the Neapoiitan dia-
lect which she called Little Sailor -
She explained that the sailor hauled
in the fish upon the shore AID that
| his sweetheart stood by him. He
would pull in the fish with one brea tn
and make love in the next. Miss
Yorke's change of expression to suit
the song were most amusing
"Voci di Primavera," by Strauss.
was her final offering and she was en-
cored after that so that she returned
and sang another of the songs in the
tongue of sunny Italy.
| 1t is her own ability that is Miss
forke's foundation for her success.
That she will succeed seems assured.
Otherwise how could she charm and
captivate the hearts of critical home
folks?