Show Of CHICAGO CI DID NOT I GET CT THEIR MONEY MONY MONYS BY MRS E E. MORRISON GROUT I Those Thol who ho were present at Itt the tho last lat concert of the music festival of ot last I night at tho the tabernacle were wro astounded to j after waiting fort forty minutes minute after ater the tho scheduled time for the tie program to beI be be- I I gin Rin to have ha f the bt business manager of ot I tho the affair afir Fred red Graham come before the audi audience nce and ansi ta ay simply anti and quietly quiet I. I ly Dear people applause it Isnow Isnow Is Isnow I now forty minutes minute after the time of beginning and t the hI Chicago O musicians refuse to to bl begin ant in the program unless they are arr paid or guaranteed their contract I 1 price The people of Salt SnIt Lake Lako baveI have bave I not patronised us lS as tUI bould have hae i done dona and we have ha been unable to raise o oI I this money It I now DO rests with wih you ou whether ou von are willing to keep your seats anti listen to a a concert given ien by our local musicians or demand your back mone money Tb These words word were were hardly said id when Jho he great tabernacle rang rani with deafening deaf deaf- ening applause and the audience remained remained re reo re- re main d seated seat From Prom the tho gallery alry Benjamin Goddard requested to know the amount needed Mr ur Graham started to answer but his hia speech was drowned with with Not No rol No Not i Let it be bf Let Iet it i be from tho the mass massof mas 1 of people in the auditorium I A fine impromptu concert was then I given giyen at that late lata hour It I was wa did ld and was an artistic artist in triumph not notI on only I this but it i proved tho the beautiful spirit of human kindness which hl-h hl underlies under under- I lies every circumstance in life if it we humbly and simply knock at the door of the thI hearts of Inen men in honest stress Every Ever number of the following pro program ram WIS was well I worth hearing n and the greater great great- reat er r portion porton of the tho musicians from abroad quietly seated themselves to hear the tho thon n unity 8 PI Pilgrims Chorus from u. u r Professor s J. J J. J McClellan le Organist t Ave Avo Maria Marla soJu Marchetti Ladles Ladies Iad s' s Chorus and Choral Society So So- det J. J J. J McClellan tor ton I If I With Wih John All An Tour Your learl hearts From Tenor the Eljah Elijah a Were Ve I J a Bird I b When Cupid Comes c e Chinese Love Lve Sn Song Edna Evans Last Judgment Ena Eans Tabernacle Choir first and third thorns chorus Professor Stephens conductor con con- ductor Gallia Gounod Last chorus Ladles Ladles' Chorus Chont and Choral Society Miss alias Alice Alce Belden Beden soloist The Lost Chord Chor Sullivan Professor Charles Kent Last Lat Judgment r First Frt and anti last lat part of last chorus Professor Protessor Stephens conductor I I have bave heard the time local tal talent nt in many ninny selections in the past pat year e and have base acknowledged a superior class of talent talent tal tal- tal ent tnt in the tho city lIlt but the work in each umber Dumber last night was wan wal better than ever before or it i may be br that the spirit of th the audience had put 1 my heart in in tune One Ono of th the beautiful features of the tb evening was th the turning on of the 1 lights at the top of the organ as if in in benediction benediction bene bent diction just as al Miss Edna Evans and her hr accompanist Miss Irene Kelly after after af af- af ter giving three vocal numbers number came camo camp back in response to an encore and Welcome with the tho great star underneath underneath under under- neath blazed until tho the audience audience- of fed filed out of the tabernacle ana Manager cr Fred 0 X Graham had ha at time given hen up brinin bringing the Chica Chicago o I Symphony orchestra here After this the officers of the tabernacle choir I signed the guarantee which brought the organization here The Tho names si signed n c I to the document are aro those thoo of tho the reC secre- secre tan tarv and treasurer of the choir George C. C Smith and Horace Horae Ensign The Tho tuB full ful contract for orchestra soloists and pianist pianist pia pia- was Tb The pianist Myrtle Elyn who has a European and eastern reputation evidently w well earned was to receive 1000 of this Every effort was made yesterday to raise raille the full fun contract price and it is understood that the three pianos belong belong- in ing to the local organization were offered offered of of- as S pledges s for a loan at the tho dif different di- di di- di ferent et city banks for this thil t purpose yesterday yesterday yes yes- and were refused reuse Every very officer I of the tho choir is mora morally b bound und to this contract Then hen h the committee prom prom- I med to emb embargo time the contract in full ful uli to the musicians if they were given iven time This too was refused Myrtle MyrtIA Evyln after aler seeing the senti senti- meat ment of the audience last night said Raid she sho would give io a number hut but she was not allowed to do so by br her mana manager cr Franz ranz Wagner tho the great rent cellist of tho time Chicago Symphony orchestra tra stepped up to Prof Proto T. T J. J McClelland anti and aOI requested that Professor sor McClellan atthe at atthe atthe the or organ a and ho with wib the cello ecHo play the Schumann This too was vas as nipped in the bud I give these instances instance to to- show how thoroughly both musicians and audience audi audio ence once r regretted the outcome of the fest festi- festi eat cat There was a beautiful unanimity I of sentiment shown I Had the tho J mana manager er of the orchestra been w willing nl to accept the tue ofer offer of tho the three thrle friends of Fred Graham who were willing to guarantee the tho amount with their own personal checks the concert would have been g given cn These three men are prominent citizens one a local banker one ono a produce man and anti the other a mining a-mining man Yesterdays Yesterday's matinee c concert at the tabernacle was was of very ver bi high h class Ev f Every Ev- Ev cass cry ery number was given by bJ the Chica Chicago o contin contingent ent of musicians The number was tho the overture to Midsummer mer Xi Nights Night's ht s 's Dream by Mendelssohn played superbly b by the tho orchestra This was fol followed wEd by the difficult Concerto Concerto Con t Con Con- certo in E Flat for piano oiano and orchestra orches orches- tra by br Liszt Lint with wih Myrtle Evyln ln at atthe atthe atthe the piano This pianist has perfect technique and a splendid surety of touch which magnetizes Her execution is of exceeding brilliance rather than deli deli- deI cacy Her performance in this number num num- ber displayed lon Ion long training with wih orchestral or or- accompaniment for only in inthis this thie way Could she have hav arrived at such mastery that she held even the director director di di- I rector of ot the or organization aniz Uon spellbound Miss Elvyn has not only the great gifts ift I of a master musician but she Ibe is a beautiful beautiful beau beau- bau woman still youthful youthful She responded re reo to an encore ecore with a long concert con con- conI I I cert number altogether from memory quite quie faultlessly The next net three numbers number were played b bv by the orchestra These Thel were a I Barcarolle Barcarole by Oten Offenbach ach b Prelude Pre lude lade by bJ and 0 c e Witches Withe Dance by McDowell All MI Al I were played exquisitely This Thin was foli folt fol- fol I I i t lowed lowd bv by b Concerto for Violin and OrI Or Or- i I I chestra b bv by Dle ro The Te violinist was Mr Woodward of Chicago o. o He lie played with fine shading and an his bis tone I I was ws attenuated sweet and clear cler and I technique splendid He lie responded to an I encore ore evidently given iVD to show Ibo bis his bowing bowing bow bow- I in ing and technique and held his audience like a hypnotist Frank the baritone bariton soloist t. t I gave ga an the prologue of Leoncavallo's s Ja with the orchestra in fine fue I voice oice Hi His Hil solo 1010 work was a great reat improvement im im- im j provement over that of the night pre pro The quality quality- cOlty of ot hie voice voice J is il I splendid and his hi It style le and training notto notto not notto to be questioned |