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Show ENTERTAINED BY FOURTH WARD One of the moBt pleaslnc entertain monts of the summer season was that given last night In the Fourth ward meeting house, under the auspices of the ward choir. The feature of the program, though every number was well chosen and excellently rendered was the reading, of an act from Justin Huntly McCar-1 thy's drama, "If 1 Were king." by Moroni Olsen. The excerpts from the drama, made 1 famous by the great actor, Richard Mansfield from the explanatory in troductlon to the act which he bad chosen to read, to its closing lines, j was interpreted by Mr, Olsen in a manner that stamped him as a reader of the highest rank Possessed of a ; " ...- voice, wen coiuroneu in an 1 Its modulations, perfect enunciation, a j fine understanding of the value of! gesture and facial expression in the exposition of his art, Mr. Olsen'B read-' Ing gave keen delight to all present and, In answer to repeated encore I calls he further pleased the large j audience by reading 'in an Atelier," by Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Matthew Gait, the well known and I deservedly popular entertainer, cans-ed, cans-ed, unreserved mirth with two humor- j ous selections, the first a recitation, "Uncle Josh at the Photographers." and the second a song, "When I Took My Nance to Church." He also gain ed new friends by responding to en core eslls for each number. George Douglass, whose fine tenor voice and excellent interpretations al-wavs al-wavs please, was received with sin cere appreciation in two numbers, "My Dream of You, " and 'Tis Then T Miss You Most of All." and an encore, I Lenore." Miss Margaret Sander gave an excellent ex-cellent rendition of the beautiful song I "Because I Love You, Dear," and repeated re-peated the last verse as an encore. Two pleasing quartette numbers. I "Como Where the lilies Bloom" and Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming." Dream-ing." were contributed bv Mrs Ruth Call Mrs Arthur Wilson. Frank Pur-1 rington and William Purdie. and were well received An unusual feature which wasthor-l oughly appreciated was the whistling solo. The Old Familiar Tune" and encore, Hiawatha, ' which were rendered ren-dered by D Carter Cornia to his own 1 accompaniment on a guitar In the absence of his orchestra. Axel Nylander. the local flutist, gave fine toned renditions of "My Old Kentucky Home" and "The Last Rose: of Summer ' the second number be Ing given as an encore. Last but not least in excellence or appreciation were the three chor-uses, chor-uses, ' Let the Mountains Shout for Joy " 'True to the Faith" and "Home of Our Youth," sung by the ward choir under the direction of A. O Griffin. The Fourth ward mav well be proud of the choir both for its good singing sing-ing and for the arrangement and car-) rving out of last night's fine program oo |