Show SWAYED BY WIZARD LEADER CHILDREN School Song Festival Is Wonderful I I Demonstration of f Musical Ability t SING WAY TO HEARTS OF AUDIENCE By GORDON CORDON H H. Bright faced children of them with voices like birds of ot the forest cro crowded j de Into the Beats fJ als of the choir foft oft ott of ot the tabernacle last night and looked out upon a 8 tea sea of ot fac rac faces l. l There were men and women omen and d children In the taben acle p crowd crowding In the great a building I no empty empt scat seat A rO roar 11 of ot treble voices In cOliver conversation conversation ascended from crowded tiers of seats eats In Inthe Inthe Inthe the choir loft There was as laughter la and nd Joy toy In tho the voices voice There was waa the ua usual at search arch for tho right seat t. t A little girl with flying curls ran In an to her place a a. moment moment moment mo mo- ment late and settled Into her Beat ecat with witha a 8 sigh of ot r relief Then a slender little man In an Immaculate Im- Im Im Immaculate maculate while white suit walked upon the leaders leader's leaders leader's stand Ther There was waa a. a burst buret or applause pp This mans man's thin face tAce was waa a picture of ot earn earnestness Hit His white whIto hair hal brushed back from his hIli forehead give gave him tho appearance of ot unusual distinction o ot of leadership HIs Hlo white while suit ault blended with the white of ot the lr frocks of the tho little girls girl which was relieved here and there by I. a dash ash of bright color from their hair hall ribbons rib bone bons and their sashes MAhel The hum of ot conver con con- ver atio an and laughter continued The Tho he a lender slender little white haired man hel hela held helda a tin tiny rattan wand In his hand nd for h ho wt was a a. Jn magician n. n and the wand nand was wall that tha with which ho controlled the fairies before before be be- fore tore him Four sharp taps tap aps of ot the theand and wand on th the tho stand eland before him and the buzz burz o or of conversation and laughter subsided an as quickly Quick as an el electric light can b be snapped into darkness A group of ot other children carrying musical Instruments took toole their places and the little man with white hair stepped from el eight bt Tho Grant school orchestra under the direction of or Mrs Elizabeth Stocking played as al an Introductory number num num- foer hel the Roberts Apple Blossoms Bios Blos- som eom It was M received with Uh every ex ex- ex of oC approval Bongs Songs Touch the Soul Boul Then tho the white haired little man In Inthe inthe the tho white t suit took his place again H He raised his hands and with them rose roee the little boys hos and girls There was wai AI a A- I moment o of the most Intense silence Tho The Thota ta tabernacle organ began to rumble sweetly Then tho hands began to move and th the children n began to sing Men an and women forgot th their Jr ca cares forgot the petty PUY troubles an and great grief grieb a and listened with their souls ROuls The Tho slender hands waved and marle time Urn Tho The children san sang like angels angele are said to sing on tho the other shore and there thero were t tears In the eyes of men roan who hadbO had bO boasted sted that they could not be moved moved Old Kentucky Kentuck Home l carried t th memories back to other da days and when when It was Wilt when hen the children nn sang x the Good Goor Night finale with ineffable ineffable sweetness there was a as-an as of wonder s that children could do so eo well There vas was a 8 roar or of applause for there were tere tho the fathers tather and md mothers of ot those children In fn the audience Their hearts w fOre re filled tilled first tint with pride ll for tor their i and admiration for tor William A A. A n next with nho wetzell supervisor of ot music In tho wor public work na had J schools by whose magic the wrought Then followed other folk soni songs Old Folks Folk at Home W was lI sung lung as perhaps ps i It In Salt Lake before never wn was sung sune un Home Sweet l Nome Home ome had a a. n now meanIng meaning mean- mean children for tor it by those Ing f as a awl aws sung sunK whom horn home Is the shrine and the center their affections The Direst t Spot spec of of or Earth as AI those little bD her boys aR and girls to toh anteroom sang ang It made it seem cem an h heaven Sing With Tenderness The tenderness and feeling they threw Into Flow Gently Sweet Afton ACton was WAR cs deeply affecting and Annie Lau Laurie Lauric brought back to memory the old courtship courtship court- court 8 ship days das The school orchestra conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted by br I Evan an Houtz pla played ed Bergers Berger's a responding with Mth an encore number Frat Fr t by John F F. Barth Earth was A group groupy of ot five the beautiful Dreamily sung by y the tho se childrens children's chorus sweetly with wonderful cadence and re remarkable remarkable re- re ble e cx slon the children sang ang Ikens Aiken s Indian Lullaby Orth Orth's s Fairies Lullaby DreamlAnd Dreamland Dream Dreamland land and Gaynor's Sleepy Poppies Their flinging cannot be described described itI It I must be appreciated So clear was their enunciation Bt so perfect their heir phrasing that It seemed like a ma marvelous Instrument b master hand ment played by a The most ambitious o orchestra ch chever num number r reer over ever 8 attempted I In n this cl city ty by a school orchestra was wall that b by the Whittier cr school orchestra under direction of ot Johanna Schick The children played Sold Soldiers lers' lers Chorus from rein Faust 1 a b by t I Gounod with T a masterly accompaniment b by Prof Prot John J McClellan I Touch Depths of I reeling The most mORt rpm remarkable hie performance of If th the children was ae re re reserved r Cd by bv prof Prot- Prot m Wetzell quite natu naturally ra 11 until the l f Memories of or dd had been awakened a the songs of ot home and of or 1 thoughts of ot peace and nd ten tenderness been Inspired b by the lullabies But depths 1 of ot the souls oula of ot th the tho t to be bo touched Salt Sail Lake City Stayner civic a awas oft was sung lung by th the little talk folk with a s thir that their love for tor t the platt ee their birth Utah We e Love Loves Thee Thet eM Stephens was given gl In a mantl minni that tha t proved the their r loyalty loyally to their 3 the live state and nd then the audience W swept t from fron Its feet teet el by the spirited t Itra Etral wit of Dixie There was wac no North corth 3 South South only only America America ln In the audien and there were cheers when the v dren concluded JJ There was 13 a moments moment's pause paUle lessor fessor W had a awaited the 1 ps halve leal leaf moment and then he gave ga Pro Eor For McClellan llan the signal Oh no say fay can you se sec the tha intI rV organ boomed and the audience re rca from their seats and stood The organ tones ceased ed for tor a It and Professor s hands hand telL ML Ai As I they fell there soared Ored upward s f to the heavens the wonderful el at childrens children's voices In the greaten toni that at has ever e J tho the hearts of or lu itu iru g Americans Star Spangled d Banner the crowning triumph of the schools school use ts f that of or bong toong and when Professor sor Wt U dl turned suddenly to the audience at atU tb tips conclusion of or the second stanza a great silk flag nag to conduct the them aare a ri sc of ot patriotic harmony such as had never nr before been heard In the theVe Ve West t t craft ah out upon tho the air as men an and stomas sobbed fobbed mover moved to their depths by a t corn com of the deepest t feelings feelings s that hat eat b bo be aroused trO In the hp heart of or man mani ln lovo love of ot children and lovo love of ot nai e land Lind On behalf of or the Ladles Ladles' Literary Clu Mrs Ir W W. F F. Adams pr president of the th rt el pre presented during the tho evening 15 10 1 and 11 J 0 Fo o. o respectively ely to Mitt Cuddihy of tf St St. Str Mary Marys r Academy Re Heln Dai DavIs Is Westminster college an and and Glad Glade Fisher of Rowland Ro Mali Hall for their e com com- m- m essays on The Tho History and Scenic Attractions of Salt Liki City Q |