El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-23
An Evening Of
Pure Delight

Gay A4EA-. gwen pE LAle 4-eAl-dll Ii ]
dies association for the benefit Of
the Holy Family school The concert ]
was arranged on short notice and I
had little advance publicity on that
account Consequence was that only /
1000 or so almost entirely Spanish
speaking people Of FL Paso and Jua- |
rez) attended, but q the people gem
orally could have known what an un-
usual offering was in store there
would have been 5000. IL IS 70 be
hoped that the entire concert with
out a single change OF program or
personnel may be repeated in the near
future. El PasO needs this sort OF
thing, needs Ii badly. and lack Of
support in this instance indicates
nothing except absence OF adequate
advance publicity
The Herald has always had a good
deal to say about the need here Of
really good entertainments at prices
that would attract large audiences. /
We have Liberty hall with its large
seating capacity. The demand eN-
lists Tor good entertain neIIs1 Lne
experience OF the WOman's CLUB pop
ular concert recently shows that the
people will come II they know. The
Friday night concert provided seating
for $500 persons at only % cents per
seat; the reserved seats at 81 or 10
cents would have accommodated 1000
more. Few Of the lower priced seats
were taken
The concert would have been well
worth the price at two or three times
the charges set The music was I'M
Qualifiedly good. yet all had q popu-
lar flavor; this meets another OF me
Herald's principles in public enter
tainment, that It IS not necessary 10
degrade IN order to amuse- There
was not a single musical number on
the program which would not have
been appropriate in a program OF the
81
chestras: there was no other numner
which would not have been creditable
on any stage anywhere; yet there
was not a single number which dlq
not have a definite popular appear
and win deserved applause
The program was Ideally arranged
and balanced. for the widest popular
appeal Ii had delightful variety and
sustained interest throughout There
was not @ dull moment during the
two hours Encores had to be re-
stricted on account OF the length Of
the program, but the people earnestly
desired more.
The Herald regards this concert
as having been an ideal demonstra-
ton OF what an ideal popular enter
tainment ought 10 be- Those inter-
ested in advancing the cause Of good
popular entertainment in Fl Paso
viii do well 20 80 and see and hear
for themselves il by any fortunate
f
peateu. There Is much 70 learn ana
here IS e good school for US all
For one thing, the program brought
out a number Of FL Pasoans OF dis
tinguished talent who have seldom
been heard IN public here. The Her
ald has often insisted that FL Paso
has plenty Of good material for en-
tertaiuing herself III 10 can only be
brought out and made available The
Spanish-American people on this oc-
~ "a Ham d"
Importance In helping TO establish
this fact.
The program was so Uniformly and
unqualfiedly good in all its parts,
quite beyond criticism and calling
only for cordial praise and satisfied
select any special numbers for par
ticular notice
There was a good small orches-
ira which played with spirit and un-
derstandinE. The Hungarian Lust
spiel' OF heler-Bela was given as
various accompaniment. especially
for the dances.
Enrique Rasoplo. the Chilean vio-
liulsti was the principal artist, ap-
pea1ring in seven principal numbers
and several encores-
A delightful feature Of the concert
was the playing Of the grand pedal
harp. by Miss Sabina Bolauos Cacho-
Mrs Helen Cooper Williams was the
vocal soloist-
Mrs. Emilia Olivera de Palaclos
gave several plano numbers
Miss Carolina Velarde gave a mon
olog-
Mrs Warren D. Small and Miss
Nellie Nay Bowen were the accom-
panlsts for violin and voice
Miss Matilde Falomir. Miss Rosario
Madero and Pedro Z. Rubin were the
principal dancers
One Of ar Rasonlo's numbers q
Berlioz concerto, was one Of Maud
PoWells favorite concert pieces. I'll
. a broad 1Qrceful. melodIous thing.
with much opportunity for display Of
violin technic Of difficult accom-
pllsnmenL in this number and Ia
Siudigs -Old Melody" fin which the
muted tones OF the violin had al
most the tlmbre OF human voices. the
work OF lIrs- Small as accompanist
was especially rem -rkable. her work
at all times being restrained and sym
palmetto yet ready on the instant for
the dramatic and passionate inter
I luues- A more understanding and
satisfactory accompanist would be
hard 70 find. FL Paso must hear
more Of her playing.
Saint-Saens's The DeluEe' was
magnificent and impressive, calling
FOR organ accompaniment as wen as
piano. 10 was warmly applaudeC.
Mr. RasoplC IS a violinist OF dis
I tinguished ability and exceedingly
wide range. In no wise deficient IN
] the great classic numbers calling for
all the power OF the virtuoso. he Isl
always delightful Gu the lesser pieces
! IN which he makes his violin do cum
ming tricks that make one smile IN
| his last encore, q Mexican fantasia
7 interpretative OF early morning in
the military camp, he made his IN
strument talk and sing In uni-
versal language.
OF delightful personality, with sim
I pie. earnest intelligence and a voice
pure and warm and sympathetic.
] Mrs. Helen Cooper Williams never
fails to give pleasure. Her aria from
Madame Butterfly recalled many
Z pleasant memories, while her two
l Spanish songs with the little touch Of
! passion and emotion were particular
I y. appreciated By the audience Miss
Bowen as her accompanlst showed
her usual fine technic and under
standing. An evening OF folk songs
OF different nations by these two
would be a delight
Miss Velarde's monoloE was most
charming piece Of restrained and ex-
pressive acting and finished elocu-
ton She was SO simple and unaf-
fected that art was lost IN reality.
and 90 accomplish that is a triumph
Of art FL Pasoaus would ike TO
hear and see her again in parts like
this may The Herald be pardoned a
suggestion that she speak the lines
just a little more slowly, so that
Americans with none too quick COM
prehensiOn Of the Spanish may en-
Joy u the more
The time IS coming in FL Paso