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Show I HELEN KELLER HEARD BK AHY AT THE ALHflMBRA Ogden wag visiter! yesterday by Helen Keller, considered to be the most remarkable woman in the world, and last night an audience at the VI hambra theatre, numbcrin ir.ori- than a thousand people, heard her famous lecture, "Happiness" The occasion was one that will be remembered or a long time by all present a.s in it the wonderful blind woman presu bed a gospel of optimism thai should u: a lasting effect Almost equally Ini pressive was the story of her life, as told by her famous teacher, Mrs Johi Macy, the lesson proving thai tlence, perseverance and love will overcome all obstacles. Miss Keller and uer teacher aih-peared aih-peared under the auspices of the We-her We-her academy, and. in connection with their lerturpp Manager Skinner of the Alhambra had arranged a tine musical program which was pleasingly pleasing-ly carried out. The program opened with the play ing of the "Three Twins" Overture by the Alhambra orchestra, under the direction of Fisher Thompson The number was well handled and well received. Organist Charles Peart, whose work continues to improve, followed fol-lowed with "Berceuse No. 2" (Kinder), playing with Fine effect. During the evening, Mr. Peart also played a medley med-ley of Southern melodies and "The Manger," pastorale and adoration, by Guilmant, each number being heartily enjoyed. Of equal importance to the i rgar numbers were several solos giv-n giv-n b lir-lla Tinvnps-Hills, the well known Salt Lake soprano She wafl in excellent voice and sang the ariia. ilastp to Me," from "Ernanl" (Verdi); and "Vlase D'Arte," Puccini, with telling effect. The latter was so well received that Mrs. Hills responded respond-ed with "Loch Lomond." as an encore, i Her accompaniments were played with entire satisfaction b Marguerite Duvall. A new solo instrumentalist. In the person of Uyrum Lairimers, was introduced in-troduced to Ogden music lovers hist' nighl and made a big hit Mr Lam mers is a local product and his trom hone playing has been a feature of local orchestral work for several .ears past His solo contribution was The Rosary.' by Nevin, and he nan-, diod it so well that the applause! which followed was prolonged until, he repeated a part of it as an en core. The piano accompaniment to the number was capably played by Mrs. LaRue Hammers. Following the trombone solo, Mra Macy, the teacher of Helen Keller, was introduced by Professor David J. AYilson of the Weber academy in a neat speech, and was greeted with hearty applause. With n attempt at self praise for the twenty-eight years of patipnt Instruction through which she has even taught her dumb pupil to speak and which has mad- bei a character almost as Interesting a.-Miss a.-Miss Keller herself, Mrs. Macy told the story Hi the life of her protege The tense interest in the recital was broken at times by laughter, caused by Incidents in the life of the blind pupil which had their humorous Bid) Miss Keller, she said, was not born without her faculties, but lost her si.ht, hearing and speech through illness ill-ness when she was 10 months of age. Her work of bringing the life of the little Kit from the darkness Into the light began when Helen was 6 years of age She was an unusually obstinate obsti-nate and wilful child, who did noc know the meaning of 'no' unless she said it herself" But a perfectly healthy child, the speaker continued, will express itself and Helen, bein; unable to epn herself through ordinary mediums had already developed a power to express herself by signs This power was gradually developed furthi r, bj pa tient teaching and the clever method of discipline that only a teacher of the blind possess, until one da an awakening came to the blind girl and she was able to tell one object Irom another. From this time on she was completely changed from an ob-btlnate ob-btlnate child to one of a most lovable lov-able disposition and an almost Insatiable In-satiable desire to gain a knowledge of the things about her This desire has since won her a batehelor s degree de-gree from Radcllffe college, and, through the continued efforts of Mrs. Macy she has learned to speak go that she can be understood In her talk Mrs. .Macy explained many of the ways in which Miss Kel ler was taught to think, read and obtain ob-tain knowledge of things about her, a.s well as how she was taught to express ex-press her thoughts audlbl After concluding her storv, Mrr Macy left the platform and reappeared reap-peared with Miss Keller, who was welcomed wel-comed with applause. She seemed to (eel the spirit of the greeting ?nd bowed her acknowledgments Mrs. Macy announced that she would give hep lecture on "Happiness" and ex plained that her words would not be free from a mechanical sound and delivery, as her instructions had nec essarily been along that lino. The lecture therefore, proved an agre- able surprise, as while the explanation explana-tion of her manner of delivery, by Mrs. Macy, proved true the greater part of her talk was understood. Many splendid thoughts were ex pressed in the lecture and among other things, the blind woman said that "HapplnesR does not mean to have everything you want, because many people have unnumbered possessions pos-sessions and still are not happy." "Instead, "In-stead, love and service give true hap piness and the world will be saved by the love that Is in it." At the conclusion of the lecture, Mrs. Macy and Miss Keller demon-I demon-I strated the manner In which the lat- ter was taught to understand spoken j words by feling the lips and to speak the words herself by first feeling the ; movement of the throat muscles of the person speaking and to then make thi- movements herself She also answered a number of questions asked by people in tho audience "Have you any religion'" she was asked The answer was, "Yes, I believe be-lieve in God and God is love." She also said that she was a Socialist. So-cialist. "Because Socialism is the only way that the world can get itself out of the muddle It is In, and I be came one by working and living." . The greatest success In life, she eald was "service and brotherhood " Miss Keller. In addition to Mrs. Macy, Is accompanied on her trip by two close friends and the party took I n brief walk about Ogden yesterday. She was much interested lii the do- scription of the mountains and different dif-ferent places in the city and wav qually interested last night when the beauties of the Alhambra thea tre were explained to her. In a conversation after the pro gram last night, she said that sh- had just come to Uta from San Francisco, Fran-cisco, where she greatly enjoyed a isil to tho e - it inn |