| Show Concert Given Builder or of c Org n nd S i d p if c 4 I t A fl b bI I b 0 a aj j V Va a J 45 44 t tw w S ja jari I IIi ri I Ii The testimonial concert to Joseph lT 1 Ridges the of the Tabernacle organ ogan r JI a financial fin cJ l and artistic suc success cess cesa Yet Tet everything was against it The inclement weather kept hundreds away both beth theatres were carrying crr ing heary heaT counter attractions ns several ward warl entertainments and be besides were wel b sides these much of or the loose change chane of t the public had rolled Into the Theatre box office for Mrs Mr Carter during the day d The ThE result was an audience ef of only about abut iio 1 people at the te Tabernacle while J committee had expected at least let thrice that number nUt But the dis Pla of f due clue du T both oth to the he hee general e l excellence e of or the te and ad the tle t spirit of o the occasion ocion more Jote then compensated for foj the ly b light attendance nce And Andas as there were I in the neighborhood of or 1400 tickets paid pahl for and not represented at the concert i if f 4 will wU still sti be b possible to endow the aged builder of the te instrument In with wih a I handsome sum I The committee had made an unwritten un unwritten writ i iten ten rule that no encores should be b per permitted permitted I lat last la t night but the demands of the audience shattered the agreement agreement I Every Ever number practically had to be I repeated The choir was wa applauded to the echo Professor McClellan McClelan had to render Andantino twice Mrs Claribel Ridges Pike was a com corn compelled pelted to sing two solos Professor Rad R reception rec was as almost an ova ovation ovation ovation tion He played playe Bach and Bastiste for fo nearly a half hour before his hear hearers her herer ers era er were satisfied saUs e Horace Ensign Ensig and the choir were recalled for their Gyp Gi G sy Sweetheart and little Amelia ela Wi Wil Williams hams liams the prodigy scored her second triumph Pro Professor Prof fessor f sr Daynes ayne captivated the tle gathering and Miss Clark and Mr 11 Ashworth in their heir solos were warmly received rec ived The enthusiasm was wa wonderful for an au audience audience audience of the size When Father lather Ridges Ridge was wa brought forward forwar by Professor Stephens the ap applause applause began before he could be intro introduced Introduce introduced duce An introduction was wa entirely unnecessary as a Professor Stephens learned leared and and none was made It I was another ovation such as he received in inthe inthe inthe the same building on the t e first day of the century The short talk tak delivered by the vet yet veteran yeter veteran eran er was w eloquent but was wa heard with wih difficulty in some parts parth part of the build buildIng building Ing He referred to the days and nights of toil tol out of grew the instrument Instrument ment and and he related interestingly how each pipe pip was voiced by an old organ which stood in a corner of the foundation tics tion ton of the Tabernacle Running Run ing rapidly over some of the principal events bear bearing bea ing lag on its it construction in a vein he hf compared the instrument to a hu human human man being The old man at the con elusion of his talk played Old Hun Hundred dred dro on the organ to the delight of ot the audience All Al classes cla were represented in the gathering last night from the pioneer grown gOyn weak with wih age ag to the kindergarten ten pupil pupi who could not sit still sti through the performance Many Many people from out of town points pini attended One delegation delegation tion ton of fourteen came from Riverton in ina ina a b The choir of this little tte town sold tickets Treasurer said Mid last night that abut about hut lOO 11 would be b realized from the Mr testimonial Ridges all al of ot which J wi will go to |
