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Show if EXCELLENT MUSICAL I 10 UTERUY AFFAIR I Enjoyed by Bona ami Daughters. Hi - of Wales at Regular j 1! Monthly Meeting. IH The Sons and Daughters of Wales, at ' tliolr inonihly meeting, enjoyed an cx-j cx-j I'OltonL musical ami literary ontortnhi-WJj' ontortnhi-WJj' ment in Federation liall Tuesday evening, MM wiili William II. Follnud presiding as Mr chairman. K The programme was opened by the ml. singing of the Welsh national anthem by Evan Arthur, blaster Sammy Williams 1 ( gave an especially line piano solo, which ill was much appreciated. Evan Arthur ami MM Will D. Phillip;) then sang a selection Mil II from Blood win. after which the address HI of the evening was delivered by Ellas Wit Conwav Ashlon. ! Mr. Ashtou tool; Abraham Lincoln as ill the .subject of his discourse, and reviewed ilK tlio life and character of that greatest Hi I of American statesmen. I5y way of in- 9 traduction, ho spoke of ditferenl methods I of tracing a .nan's genealogy and dell de-ll I ilared thai, "while the only record we j 1,1 have of Lincoln's ancestry Is the statc-II statc-II I meat that ho was born of obscure par-JHl par-JHl )! r-uuigo, judging from the potency of Llu-Hjn Llu-Hjn coin's life, from the. brilliancy of his m l mind, from his rich humanitarian spirit, l! J from tho eloquence of his speech and B J from the sterling manhood which he ex-IV ex-IV J hibilod In all utagos of his lire, wo must wi ? pronounce, hint n Welshman." Mr, Ash-jtflH Ash-jtflH ton concluded his masterful summary of IfljlR Lincoln's lifowork by quoting tho Gttys-m Gttys-m U' hurg address. Jmn Miss Esther Davis sang- a pleasing so-HJIM so-HJIM prano solo and blaster August .loners won tho onthufdastic applause of the Bllfi audience by his violin solo, "Men of llar-ni! llar-ni! leuh." "America" -was sunt, by tho audi-fv audi-fv ! w once In closing'. UtjlL) After the programme a pleasant hour Hl'iif was spent, In which the attention was dl-MQ dl-MQ vldcd between 'the social chat, of the Kf H punch bowl and the group which gath-n gath-n .red 'round the piano to sing Welsh jf ij songs and hymns. |