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Show MARrjAflET ROMAINE ENTHUSIASTICALLY I RECEIVED BT LARGE AUDIENCE AT OGDEN TABERNACLE LAST EVENING At S o'clock last evening tb Opden 1 tabernacle was crowded to capacity with un audience of music lovers nnticlpntinc in . . nun, of exceptional entertainment, I and they wore in nowiso disappointed for the progiam as given by Margaret Ro-malne Ro-malne and asslltipgl .artists, was all that It promised to be from the first selection by tho Metropolitan artist "Aria-Jewel Sons " from Faust to tho final en-Core en-Core number Queen o( Men." The tabernacle was brilliantly lighted last evening and the choir and rostrum whs effectively decorated with ferns and palms. Promptly tt S o'clock Mrs. William Wil-liam Douglas of the Cltv Federation of Clubs presented tho artist of the evo-nim evo-nim and. by request, Professor lialinn-tync lialinn-tync told the interested audience before him of the start of Margaret Homain In the musical world and of her successful success-ful entrance Into grand opera Following the introductory talk. Margaret Mar-garet Romain' came before the audience audi-ence and was greeted with enthusiastic applause. The artist, an attractive young woman with u personality equally as charming as her voice, was indeed a pi -lure last evening us she stood before an expectant audience, immediately follow Ing the sincere greeting. Charles Sher-hard Sher-hard as accompanist. Struck tho Introductory Intro-ductory of the Aria -Jewel Song" from Faust, and Ogden's own operu star of quite wide renown sang In n wonderfully sweet voice and held her hearers tenj-. 1 the completion of the number the Misses Lillian Thatcher and Mar) I'a'm-lew I'a'm-lew two of this city's best known ana talented violinists, presented the artist of the evening with an exquisite ivory and bronze l.ar.k'H filled ith yellpW chrysanthemums, a special order by ibo City federation of Women's Clubs from San Francisco. Cpon the card, hand-painted hand-painted an l decorated by ESber F Piers, was Lhe following appropriate bit 01 verse composed by Mrs Ivj Houts Wooiley of tho Drama iub- To Margaret Romaino. from the Ogden City Federation of Women's Clubs: Flowers we bring you, A llro'iant choice Ah! but where Is pcrtume As sweet all jour voice The loses fade At t lie end of the day. liut your sotig will live In our hearts for aye. The donors and the artist were again gri eli d with burst of applause and then lollowc-d an encore number by Margaret Rbmalnc, When the Thrush Is in My (Jardcn, Sec Y ho Comes. " Miss Helen Hunter, Ogden cellist and one w ho j Miov. s i . mar K.i Cm, wiiciu, cumc ueiuie mo audience and played with exceptional ability Fappe's 'Gavotte." The number j was nicely free ted und Miss Hunter gavo I a, pleasing encore. "Burst of Melody" was the title of .h; I next song number by tho Metropolitan 'artist, and Seller rlghtlj named this for I it was Indeed a burst of the sweetest mm lodj beard by an Ogden audience for I man) months. In ''Morning' one ot Handon Ronalds delightfully pleasing ' compositions, Miss liomainc held hci listeners enraptured. Her next number was Waller s "Her Dream." and In this the gifted vocalist was especially appealing ap-pealing She responded to an earnest I call for an encore by ringing a chaimlng little song if No One Marries Me." I Following this number Miss Mary Pish r, who is considered one of the promising oung artists of the state today and 1 w no received some considerable rccog-! rccog-! nitlon while In the east the past sea-1 sea-1 wn, played "Reverie," b Vicuxtemp. and , she so delighted, the congregation befor-: ! her that they applaud.-. 1 aternl) for an ! encore, Miss Fisher responding with an equally pleasing selection Again Miss Romalne appeared in one of Ren. Rabey'S always uppealing compositions com-positions The selection was " Tcs Yeux," and Miss Romaine sang it as tho com-I com-I poser Intended that it should bo sung. Her interpretation of "Tes Yeux" was ex 'i'iional and the audience insisted on I bearing it again. Miss Romalne gener l ously repeated the number and follow'-. t . u-mv. "Wnter of M innetonka" by L.ieu- rance. j Quando Men Vo," by 1 Bohcm?. 1 was intended as the final selection by Miss Romaine, but she so thorough'y captured her audience in this that sho was time and again urged for an encore number. The artist responded In a harming manner and sang a deliclously pleasing southern melody, ' 'You s Ma Little Black Baby." Even this did not satisfy the music lovers, and Ogden's jn opera star sang a second encore, Queen of Men,'' when the audience refused re-fused to cease iheir applauding Margaret Romalne. known in private life as Mrs. O Emmett Browning. Is visiting vis-iting in Ogden at present at the home of her husband's parents. Bishop and Mrs G E. Browning on South Washington avenue, and the artist expects to leave BOOjh on concert tour of a number of eastern eities before beginning the open season at the Metropolitan, where she I will sing in seven new operas and will appear in leading parts In Pagliac.-i" she "ill probably sing opposite F.nrlco , Caruso She will also nppear j hi a number of the old operas and her ( appearance la being looked forward 10 with the keenest of interest by all Now Yorkers and .by cer.one interested In tho best in the musical world of toda. Ogdenltes will long remember tho con-errt con-errt of last evening and not a little pride Is felt In that the possessor of so won- J derfull a soprano voice is an Ogden girl who received her very earliest tralnmj: j in this city and who has risen to the heights in music. The ticket committee reported 614' disposals so that the concert was a 1 finanrlal success as well as nffoiding an evening of the finest music to a keen'y . eppreclatslVS audience The young ladl bfl who acted as ushers last evening weio Mrs. Vera Prey Beason. Miss Carrie Browning, Miss Ixul;e Pierce Mrs 1 es-Hi es-Hi . 1 1 o . Mrs Melba R. Jones and Miss I Dorothy Wright. They are member j ..f the Seniors Musical Society of this city The deoration of the platform at the teberiacll Called forth admiration find was indeed artistic and entirely fitting for so lovely an event. To Mrs. David Fccles. who was assisted by Mrs. J. ' Orson Douglas and Miss BUSS Huth. Is due the credit for the pleasing cffcc- j Following are the name of the commit com-mit i.e members from the City Federation r, Women's Clubs, who had tie affair in charge: Mrs. Chris Hygare. general chairman; chair-man; with pul-chalrmcn aa follows: Ar rangement committee, Mrs. Phihp Warren Knlscly, chairman. Mra roseph fjhes and Mrs. J. Orson Douglas: tickets. Mra. John CtlUey, chairman, assisted by Sem-pre Sem-pre Musleal society. The program in Its entlret) follows: Aria awsI Song Fausi Margaret Romalne. Cello Solo Gavotte . Pappt MiSS Helen Hunter, fa) Bui-st of Melody Soil -i (b) ?dornlng Handon Ronald (c) Her Dream F. Wall r farg;irot Romaine lolln Solo Reverie ... Vleuxtemp Tea. Yeux Rene Rah -y Waters of Minnetonks Lleurnncc QuaniilO Me'n Yo x P.ohenv Margaret Romaine. Mrs. Charles Shephard. accompanist. |