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Show TWO WONDERFUL HOYS. Young Blatclifnrd KavaiiauKh " Harry Dimond Seen Bt the Walker House. Two wonderful boys arrived in the city last evening and are now stopping at the Walker house. They are Watch-ford Watch-ford KaVanaugh and Harry Dimond. A Tim ks reporter called on the two boys yesterday evening. They are both remarkably re-markably bright., handsome youths, modest and intelligent. Master Kavanaugh sang two songs that will never be forgotten by the hall dozen persons gathered in the AY alker houso parlor to hear him. They were , "Angels Ever Bright aud Fair" and "Swauee River." The young singer has a phenomenal voice. His range is from high C to low G. His modest and unconscious manners add- an irresist-ibleness irresist-ibleness to highly cultivated style of delivery. There is a wonderful pathos in his rendering of "Angels Ever Bright and Fair." Melodious and spiriluelle, it may be regarded as occupying the same place in the world of nmsie that the "Angelus" does in the realms of art. How a boy of thirteen years, who has never experienced any of the sorrows sor-rows of life, can sing with such feeling is beyond comprehension. When Master Kavanaugh sang "Swuneo River" it seemed to his hearers hear-ers as though they had never beforo Tin ovepll- i,;cli.. llll. VDI trying M..,.. - . . tion was so full of sweetness and artistic delicacy. To hear his voice, without seeing the singer, would, persuade ono that it was the voice of a woman. 11c sings all the familiar old ballads in a manner that leaves the most vivid impression im-pression upon his hearers. Young Kavanaugh is a tall, handsome bov with black, wavy hair, aud bright black eyes. He his modest and unostentatious unos-tentatious and talks quite like the ordinary ordi-nary lad of his years. He spoke very modestlv of the praise lavished upon him by j'atti, on her last visit to Chicago Chi-cago and seemed much more interested in hearing about the bathing out at (jlarliehl Beach. Mr. Henry B. lioouey, the orgauistof Grace church of Chicago, deserves the credit for discovering this wonder. When young Kavanaugh joined the choir of that church his voice seemed rather unpromising, but Mr. Kooney soon delected the true ring in its tones and careful training did the rest. Master Harry Dimond is, in his way, almost as great a genius as young Kavanaugh, but his genius is not so rare. He has a wonderful mastery of the violin and mandolin, and when one takes into consideration (he fact that he has liad but a few months training, his execution is marvelous, He is about a year older than Kavanaugh. and probably prob-ably a head taller. He is slender and graceful, and has a face of rare intelligence. intelli-gence. Yesterday' afternoon, in the parlor of tho Walter house, he played a violin solo, the ninth concert of De Beriot, that exhibited a wonderful tec-uique. tec-uique. A mandolin solo that followed was uot less finely rendered. Both boys will make their first appearance ap-pearance before a Salt Lake audience at the Grand opera houso tonight, assisted by Mr. Henry B. Roouey, musical musi-cal director aud accompanist. They will be here three nights only tonight, tomorrow night aud Friday night. They are now on their way east from a very successful series of concerts on the Baeilic coast. After a visit to Manitou next week they , will go back to Chicago, Chi-cago, i ' |