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Show I MUSIC AT THE I TABERNACLE I Concert Saturday .Eve-I .Eve-I ning was Fine I But too Long. Fair I Audience Present. I The benclit for the Sunday schools I of Gaelic Stake, given at the Tabci-I Tabci-I naclc Satuiday evening drew a good-I good-I slcd audience. Jj. Tho concert was eiy enjojablc P"4 that Is, It was when one could hear the different numbers and until it be-I be-I canio tiresome in Its length. Individ-I Individ-I al numbers on the program were su-I su-I pcrb, but in many instances weic I spoiled by the abominable noise of a I hundred paientless children in the I gallery. I The opening chorus "Classmates I Song" by a hundred or more Sunday I School boi sand girls In facteacli of I the three choiuscs by these little sing-I sing-I crs were exceptionally well done. I They sang with the freedom and aban-I aban-I don of )outli, and the freshness and I sweetness of the childish trebles was unsurpassed dining the eening by the moic tutored vocalists. In the second chorus "Peace be still" the time and rjhthjm was remaikable consldcilng the number of slngeis and Ihch .oiith. Tho alto was partlculaily pronounced pronounc-ed In this selection and enjojed accordingly. ac-cordingly. The "Cause of Tiuth" was full of life and beauty and though the audience was worn out, the rendition Jj foiccd itself upon the attention of all in such a way as to win most hearty 1 applause. Chorus work lequires a great deal of patience and peiscvcrancc and Messis. Mitton and liatt arc to bo congratulated on the ically splendid success which crowned their efforts in this instance, and the children arc to . complimented on their pleasing rcndl-SAtlons. rcndl-SAtlons. a The double Quartette "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" given by Mrs. A. 13. Hale, Misses Noia Kliason, E. Jac-obsen Jac-obsen and Minnie Petersen, and Messrs. W. M. Hansen, Robert Smith, Robert Anderson add Clias. McNeil, was not as pleasing as It should have been, considciing the oices. Hannony and the blending of voices, so mucli to be deshed Inquaitcttc was lacking; individual in-dividual pans wcie too prominent for the best cllect. The pioduction was not bad, but could have been bettei. Tho Mandolin and Guitar Club, Messrs. Jos. Taibet.Dav Id Tarbet and B. ClulT, etc., met with hearty applause in the lendltlon of'Scienadc Walt." and responded with another selection. Miss Lillian Other's piano solo "Cliant de Naltes" was one of the professional uumbeis, and the applause was deafening. Miss Oliei Is a tavor-itc tavor-itc with Logan audiences and alw.is lccelves the lecojnltlon hcV exceptional exception-al ability merits. In response, she rendered a pleasing ariatlon of "Home Sweet Home". "Camp Llfe",a piano duet by Misses Anna Mejer and Julia Ix'ibley was 1 most acceptable, and the joung ladles Ml vcro compelled to lespond. Miss iEw x Meyer is a student of Mis. Croall, and Ji Miss Nibley one of Miss OHci's pupils JUl Both have excellent talent and Wjm much is to be expected In the future. I VvoU Robinson's oeal solo "Pop- "" B pics" was well done, as a matter of B course, but this is one of the numbers B that -.mis spoiled by tho shuftllng, B scullllng and whispering of tho child- B ren in tho galleries. He lcspoudcd to B ;ll encore and sang a biiglit little B opciatlc selection that ptovoked mirth as well as applause. Ruth Evclii Mocnehgavo a reading, read-ing, "Pauline Palovna,'v' and as a response re-sponse told a story'of a llslilng tilp. Miss Mocnch's lendltions are usually pleasing and nonc-thc-less so in this Instance. "Violin Concerto" by Prof. C. M. Hai rls was almost too classical for the acrage llstenei, and except In the perfect rendition of the selection there was little to please theloer of melody. Prof. Harris's reputation as a violinist Is so well grounded that the audience accepted the"Conceito," called loudly for a lesponse, and was given a brighter, and more licly production. pro-duction. Pi of. Hairis's violin and the famous Estcy piano, on which all accompaniments ac-companiments were made, seemed to hawnonlc perfectly. The duet "Sun of my Soul" by Misses Miss-es Maiy Klocpfer and Gcrtuide Moi-lcr, Moi-lcr, of Providence, was amateurish but cry sweet and pleasing to the audience. In singing with a concert organ, out of pitch and tunc, the joung ladles were at a seilous disadvantage disad-vantage and dcscncthc gieatei ciedlt for their cffoit. "My Native Land" by M. J. Ballaid needs few woidsof pialsc one knows that an thing that gentleman attempts at-tempts will alwas be done satlsfac-toiv. satlsfac-toiv. Clitics might tind fault with this, that or the other note, the breathing, the quality of tone, the color, brilliancy, etc., but Mr. Ballaid always pleases and It is a delight to hear him. The aim of music Is to give pleasuie, so why should any audience au-dience that is pleased with a pcifoim-er, pcifoim-er, give cicdence to any expert criticism. critic-ism. Mr. Hal hud renditions arc bc- ond any but an expert's criticism. A malequaitettc fiom Hde Park, Messis. P. T. Ballam, Aithur Petei-scn, Petei-scn, Geo. Seamons and E. li. Lind-qulst Lind-qulst sang "When Winds llieatlie Soft", and aside from a high note the tenor couldn't leacli every time, the pioduction was good. The audience thoroughly appreciated the visitors fiom the town on the north, and le-called le-called them. They sang"Good Night" a selection tliit contained excellent melody and was done veiy acceptably. The leading by Jennie Eliason was done in the excellent way that Oting lady does all thlngsand was piobably the mast pleasing number on the program, pro-gram, at least to the children, who wcie veiy piofuse In their demonstia-tionsof demonstia-tionsof uelight. Miss Eliason told of the Ruggles's family trials, and theie was much to piovoke laughter. The audience applauded voclfeiously, and thu leadei responded with the happy selection about the little boy who said "Oh shoot ma, I don't want to go to school." There was a brave attempt to get her back again, but she merely bowed. There Is llttleciiticism to be brought as a whole. With the rcsponses.there weienot lesstliantwcnty-tlvenumbeis on the program, and It was two houis in length. This Is entirely too much foi a twenty-live cents. The manner of applause was hardly becoming. The children in the galleries whistled, jelled and stamped the Moor! This was disgusting and should not be to!-ciated to!-ciated at the tabernacle or anywhere. Tlieie Is one thing that may be spoken of at this time and here the real necessity of a pipe oigan In the tabernacle. The Instrument there now giates liaishly upon aiione with a sense of the titness of things and is wholly Inadequate for the use to which It is put. In thechoius singing, sing-ing, which Is a gieat featuic at the tabeinacle.a little.two-by-four.whee pioposltlon that Is alwajs out of tune, Isadctilmcnt lathci than a hclp.and will spoil what might othciwisebo a peifect pioduction. Theie is little 01 no Incentive to good woik on the pait of diiectoi or choir. The sle of the Tabernacle and the stiength of the choir wan ants a llist-class pipe oigan and Cache Stake should see to It that such an iiutiument is put into that building before next confeience time. |