Show BliND SINGER GHEER Ul Edward Thompson Who Gives Re Recitals Recitals Recitals This Week Talks Freely of His Accomplishments Promise of an unusually pleasant enter entertainment entertainment entertainment is contained in the announce announcement announcement announcement ment of the concert recital to be given in Barratt Hall Friday evening by b Edward EdwardA A Thompson dramatic reader and bass singer Mr Thompson is a graduate of the famous Boston School of Expression and has been associated for many years with th the sort of work he is now doing This is his first visit to the city and his two recitals a semiprivate one at St Marys academy tonight and the pub public public lic he one at Barratt Hall Friday night will be the only ones given ghen here at this time The program contains such selections as the bass solo from the Magic Flute O 0 Isis and Osiris the song from the opera Robin Hood dramatic recitations St Bell Beil and Act 1 Scene 2 from Richelieu besides a group of short sh rt stories and which indicate something of the varied genius of Mr Thompson Mr Thompson was seen by b a representative representative of The at the Wilson hotel last night and talked freely of his art and his experience in enter entertaining entertaining taming the public It is my desire h he said to present a program which shall appeal to my mv audience not too far above their heads nor yet of the purely purel en entertaining entertaining entertaining character One would scarcely know that Mr 11 Thompson is blind while talking with him for he appears animated and follows the speaker sp aker as if he could see the chang changing changIng ing expressions of their features There is a cheerfulness buoyancy and mirth mirthfulness in his recitals that is irresistible and which prove some of the strongest attractions of the entertainments Mr Ir Thompson has just completed a atour atour tour four of the northwest and came here Mon Monday Monda Monday day da from Portland Ore He will leave for forthe forthe forthe the east the last of the week or the first of 01 next In his recitals here he will be as assisted assisted slated by h Spencer Clawson jr as a ac accompanist accompanist accompanist |