Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-12-30
FINE PROGRAM
BY CONCERT co.
Quintet of English Artists Fur
nish Rare Treat To Local
Music Lovers
Written for the News Budget by
William Il. Powers

William IL. Powers
The enterprising manager of the
| Unique theater, George Miner, was in
| deed fortunate to secure company
| OF such refined and pleasing artists
as the Illingworth people However
with Christmas but two days off and a
basketball game at the gymnasium, the
attendance at this concert was not
what it should have been and il is
only to be regretted that so many MI.
sic-lOvers were for one reason or the
other unable to hear these artists.
In an entirely new and unique way
Miss Illingworth, assisted by Mr.
Goode, the pianist, introduced the
members of the company. Immediate.
~ after the Introduction IL program
was offered which delighted the most
fastidious music critics. Lack of space
does not permit us TO go into the de-
tails OF the program However, both
the ensemble numbers, as well as the
renditionS of the sOloiSts were beauti-
fnl and artistic.
Miss IllingWOrth Il meZZo soprano
possesses a rich, sympathetic voice
her pleasing personality and her mod
estv won her the admiration of the
audience from the very start. Two
| dainty English songs, Down VauX
hall Way and Coming Up From
Somerset" were rendered beautifully
and were we'll received
Miss Nellie Norway delighted the
audience with her silver bells and tho
rendition Of Sullivan's lost Chord
rs well as her obligato work proved
her to bc an artist of ability and fine
conception.
Vi0linist Is Original
AS an exponent of the violin, Miss
Molly Seymour offered Raff's immOr
! tai Cavatina Cop. So No. 81 followed
by her own Scotch Fantasia, clever
and original piece of work. Miss Sey.
mour has full rich tone, a pleasing
personality and her obligat0 work is
! beautiful. She also rendered two
an exceptionally clever comedy reader
Little Mary Fawcett'' as well as
| Apples on the Lilac Tree" took the
audience by storm.
| There are comedians and-others
John f. hester belongs to the former
| class. Wit and humOr, a fine mimic
and an abundance Of clever satire, dis
| tinguish him from the multitude of thf
cheap comedians of our days; as a.
| impersonator of Dickens characters hC
also proved to be a. fine actor
| Through misunderstanding it hap
pened that the King piano used was
not in tune with Miss Norway's bells
| This made it necessary for Mr.. GO0dC
: to transpose all of the numbers il
which bells were used, feature which
only the highest type Of a musician cal
| successfully accomplish nevertheless:
Mr. Goode carried out this most diff
cult task without 1inching and the
audience was entirely unaware Of this
| Goode, who as accompanies could
hardly be eXcelled, also appeared as
! SolOist in Kreisler's Capri {
Viennoise," difficult arrangement OF
the famous violin solo.
Way To Musical Education
Summing up. we regret that con
certs and recitals of this kind are not
drawing sufficiently large audiences
| it would be more than desirable to in.
| duce children to hear good music, tC
teach them the vast difference between
| the supreme and the ridiculous, to
| plant in their hearts love for al
| that is worth while in life and to make
| them abhOr all that is common and
! low. Concerts of this kind are the
cheapest and also the easiest way to
musical education, love and appre-
citation of music-the only sure way
| to happiness of mind and soul
| We hope that Miss IllingWorth and
her splendid company will again come
! to Ladysmith and present us with an
| other evening Of genuine enjoyment.