Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-08-20
A Review of the Activities
OF the Civic Club

the Casino Auditorium, under the
auspices of the Wildwood Civic CLUB.
Those who remember the excellence
and beauty of the Festival Concerts OF
the season Of 1919 will be eager TO
attend those OF this season.
The work of the Mild wood CIVIC
Club is well known to the residents OF
Wild wood, but as many of u summer
visitors may not be familiar with its
activities, it may be we'll to note that
the club is a woman's club, chartered
in 1912 to work for Wildwood. For
three seasons the club maintained q
public rest room on the boardwalk that
proved so successful that it now has
been taken v by the city. During
the war the club house was used rs a
hostess house for the boys in summer,
and money was raised and given toward
the maintenance of the community
hostess house in the winter. By the
clubs donating their library of about
a thousand books to be combined with
the High School library a free Public
Library was established. Through the
efforts of the club a policewoman was
secured for the season Of 1919.
Money is being raised for a scholar
ship for a Wildwood girl in the State
College for Women.
The club has been an ardent supporter
OF the municipal music since its incep-
ton, both by hard work and co~ntribu-
lions of considerable sums of money.
Any money made in these concerts will
go toward the support of the municipal
music, and through the activities OF
Wildwood Civic Club toward the
benefit of the municipality.
On August 26th the club will present
1.-THE Bohemian Girl" David Griffin,
of SansAntonio, Texas, the noted bari
tone, will sing the part Of the Count.
Mr.. Griffin is gifted with an even,
powerful voice, of extended range and
of a tone Quality that is delightful.
He Is a graduate of the University of
Pennsylvania, aud before the war
achieved success in oratorio and on the
concert stage. appearing several times
as soloist with the Philadelphia Or
chestra. While in the service he vas
stationed at Kelly Field, Texas, where
he organized a famous soldier glee club,
which toured for two Liberty Loan
campaigns, under the auspices of the
Eleventh Federal Reserve Bank, Of
Dallas. Mr.. Griffin made a memorable
success when he appeared before the
celebrated Paris Symphony Orchestra,
sent by the French government to the
United States, and vas publicly COM
plimented by the famous conductor OF
that premier French musical body, M.
Andre Messenger. Since the war Mr..
Griffin has made solo appearances with
the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra
and other we'll known musical organi.
cations in the West, and it is by the
happy coincidence of a visit to hi-
home town, Philadelphia, that the
club is able to present him in the
bohemian Girl" at this time.
The role of Airline will be sung by
Emily Stokes Hagar, a great favorite
with Philadelphia and Wildwood audi
ences. Mrs. Hagar's voice is a beauti-
fully clear and rich soprano, perfectly
true, and as she sings with dramatic
ability her Interpretation Of the role OF
Airline will be eagerly looked forward
to. She recently sang with brilliant
success the leading soprano part in a
"Tale of Old Japan" with the New
Britain Comm Choral Society. She
also filled an important engagement
with one Of the great singing societies
Of New York recently. Her work in
Philadelphia in Eoratorio and concert
and as a soloist at Willow Grove is too
well known ito need further comment
here.
Marie Stone Langston, who will sing
the part Of the Queen, always sings
with feeling and artistic charm. Hell
voice is a powerful contralto, with
warmth sand color and OF mellow
timbre. Her fine information and clear
e%nunciation are especially pleasing.
She has filled important engagements
in NewtYo with the Oratorio Society
and in Philadelphia and many other
cities. Like Mrs. Hagar, Miss Lang
ston is a greata~ favorite with Wild wood
audiences.
Bernard Poland, the well known
tenor, wholsings the paIt of Thaddeus,
has been delighting large audiences al
Willow Grove, where he has sung the
chief tenor parts in "Stabat Mater u
"Il T~rovatore," and other classical
works with the Wassili-Leps Sym.
phony Orchestra. His voice is power.
full, of fine quality, a pure tenor, one
of the rarest of voices, and the club is