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Show DENVER CHORUS AFTER HRST PR3ZE 1 f IN THE GREAT EISTEDDFOD CONTEST That the Denver competition choru. which was entered in the great Eisteddfod, Eistedd-fod, to be held here the first three davs of October, intends to capture the first prir.o fit tho affair, if possible, evident evi-dent from tho euergv which they have be on putting into their work and the interest they are taking in the event. J. II. K." Martin, manager of the chorus, arrived in Salt Luke City Saturday Sat-urday night from Denver to malto arrangements ar-rangements for carrying out the details of 'a concert which will be -given by his chorus on Wednesday, September' :0. preceding the opening of I ho Eisteddfod. Eistedd-fod. The chorus will reach this city J Monday night, and rehearsals will bo I started" at once in order thnt I he timo which intervenes between the date of their leaving Denver and the opening of the contest ihay not be lost, j The concert will be unusually fine, as (hero will not only be numbers by the j chorus, but by mnnv of the boloists of . the. Eisteddfod, David Evans, the Welsh bnritouo. who is expected to arrive ar-rive here on Tuesday, September 2P, will take part in the concort and there will bo numbers by tho ladies' quartette, quar-tette, tho male uartotte and some 0 the. Donver soloists. Mr. Martin is enthusiastic over the Eisteddfod and expresses the inlentiOu of the Denver chorus to win tho pri.u if' such a thing is possible. lie pays an . v. . I unusunllv high compliment to Daniel f$ J' ! Protheroe. the musical adjudicator, and sir calls attenliou to tho fact that he has J j jf hoen adjudicator at previous affairs of 3 'jj j this kind and at other contests, aud : i t that his decisions have been uniformly J (V I just. Mr. Martin ?nv.s it was. the choice iji ( A of Mr. protherou as adjudicator that i i determined the coming here of the I, chorus. It is the intention of the Den-- . .( P ver people to secure the holding of tho 1 j i next Eisteddfod in that city. I j i lit The Denver chorus numbers lio I 1 i F ' voices, and. uuder tho leadership of ft' ; Henry Ilouseley. is working hard to put y. into shape the numbers to bo compote.il ' Itf for in the Eisteddfod. Mr. Ilouseley 51,, 3 conducted the chorus from Denver I J5 1 which won the first prize at the St. ''jfS" Louis exposition in 1004. aud tho pros- l i 'I cut op;anizalion is said to bo the oqut'il 'M' Vt ' of that one in every way. Arthur Thomas, president of the Cam- .! ; ii, brian association, which has chargo of Kj the Eisteddfod, left for Los Angelas h H Saturdti3' night to arouse interest thero - SI in tho coming affair, and is expected N to bring a large delegation of people to j H , this cityou the first of October. ?h J : Another e.vcnt of interest in conuec- Jf , tion with tile affair will bo tho chorus .st ft f of young ladies, conducted by William i, '; A, Wotzol, director of music in tho pub- 'J i lie schools, which will perform during J i v; all four of the sessions. 'L Hi |