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Show ST. PATRICK'S ENTERTAINMENT AT THE SALT LAKE THEAER. The music at the theatre on the 17th was all beautifully rendered. Master Roy Williams, Ft. Mary's young violinist, vio-linist, received his usual ovation and Played with the .finish that always characterizes his work. Mrs. J. Hal Moore, soprano at St. Mary's, charmed all not only by her voice but her appearance. ap-pearance. Miss Fisher, who is lately ! home from New York. sar "tcatvi- I leen Mavourneen" in a way that will long be remembered. She has a beautiful beau-tiful voice, and sings with great depth of 'expression. Her services! were greatly great-ly appreciated, and particularly so, as she had been very ill for the entire week previous, but would not disappoint disap-point the management after consenting consent-ing to sing. Miss Elsie Barrows is a dainty little lady with a beautiful mezzo mez-zo soprano voice. She sang "Dermot Asthore." the answer to "Kathleen J Mavourneen." Miss Barrows is a particular par-ticular favorite of a Salt Lake audience audi-ence ever since the last opera in which she was a soloist was given. Miss Margery Webber sang the "Last Rose of Summer" with a particularly pleasing effect. The sweetness and purity of her voice went direct to the hearts and feelings of the great audience, audi-ence, and she was recalled three times. She has recently returned from Europe, Eu-rope, where she studied under Gerster. lien rendition of her song was most artistic Heber Goddard received a most flattering' flat-tering' welcome on his appearance. His beautiful baritone voice wa? first heard to advantage in "Come Back to Erin." and when persistently encored he gave "Believe Me." George Pyer, Salt Lake's popular tenor, brought loving recollections of "old Ireland" to many a heart when he sung "Shandon Bells." He also received re-ceived an encore, and sang the "Dear Little Shamrock." Mrs. Keenan. the harpist, won her way into tbe hearts of her audience the moment she touched the first chord of the melodious instrument of Erin. She showed herself to be an artist of conr spicuous ekill, and her performance on. the harp was keenly appreciated by her listeners, as was shown bv the storm of applause that greeted her rendition of "Has Sorrow Thy Young Days Shaded?" It may be also noted that Mrs. Keenan's stage presence was t particularly attractive. She was gowned in white silk, bedecked with the national green of Ireland. The music was given under the direction di-rection of Miss Nora Gleason, who was the accompanist of the evening. She was highly congratulated for the excellent ex-cellent "musical programme given. It was a very gracious act on the part of the ladies and gentlemen to thus kindly employ their talent for the benefit of God's homeless children. The audience was- one of the largest ever gathered at. a St. Patrick's day celebration cele-bration in Salt Lake City, including all the wealth, culture and refinement of the community. This was especially especial-ly gratifying in view of the noble purpose pur-pose for which the entertainment was given, showing in the beautiful language lan-guage of Judge Powers that the Catholic Cath-olic church ever jealously gua her poor and homeles?. Chairman eph Goeghegan should lie congratulated on the financial success of the affair, which was in a large measure due to bis excellent management. |