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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1907,7
STARS OF MUSICAL FIRMAMENT WILL APPEAR
IN GREAT MAY-JUNE FESTIVAL NEXT WEEK
Wednesday Marks
Opening of Concert
Series at Ponce.
The program of the May-June Music
Festival Is announced Saturday.
Twelve artist's, Including three from
the Metropolitan opera house In New
York, an orchestra of fifty, selected
from Cincinnati, Chicago and Pitts
burg; a chorus of 200, with a children's
chorus of 400, are the features of the
four performances which begin Wed
nesday evening next and end with a
matinee Saturday. The festival will be
given at on expense of nearly $12,000.
Such an outlay Is made possible by
popular prices and the vast seating
capacity of the St. Nicholas Audito
rium, where the festival will be given.
Madame Schumann-Heink, who will
sing at the opening performance, and
Campanarl, who will follow her
Thursday evening, are too well known
locally to need further comment Miss
Bessie Abott, who will sing Friday
evening, and who Is also of the Metro
politan, has never appeared In Atlanta
before, but she Is os well known ns the
other two in New York. Among the
other nine artists will be Claude Cun
ningham, a baritone almost as popular
here os Campanarl, to say nothing of
Maconda, Kendall-Werthner and In
strumental soloists. Including Madame
Marguerite Wunderlc, the solo harpist,
who will play solo parts at the matinee.
Following is the program:
Wednesday Night.
Soloists—Mme. Schumann-Heink,
contralto; Mme, Dell Keiplall-Werth-
ner, soprano; Mr. Claude Cunningham,
baritone.
Three orchestra pieces from the mu
sic to "Sigurd Jorsalfer" (op. 6$), Grieg
—(a) “Vorsplel (In the King’s hall);
(b) “Intermexxo" (Borghilds Dream),
(c> “Huldlgungsmarach."
Scenes from "Olaf Trygraason,
Grieg—For solos, chorus and orchestra.
The'audfene'o will be reassembled by
sound of the trumpet.
“Elsa'sDream” (Lohengrin), Wagner
—Mme. Dell Kendall-Werthner.
Songs, (a) “In Quests Tornba, Bee-
thoven; (b) “Zuelgnung," Wchard
Strauss; (c) "Dor Oede Garten, Hll
dach; (b) "Puxiy-Wuxxy.” A. Whiting
‘TaVvSftom^WvfitSlaMo-
*art; (b> “Dto Allinacht” (Th. Almigh
ty) Schubert—Mme. Schumann-Heink.
"Land Sighting” (Landkennung).
Grieg—For men's chorus and orches
tra, with baritone solo by Mr. Cunnlng-
ham ' Thursday Night
Soloists—Mme. Charlotto Moconda,
soprano; Miss Amanda Murdock Maull,
contralto; Mr. Thomas Evans Greene,
tenor; Signor Gulseppe Campanarl,
baritone; Miss Nellie Nix, soprano;
Mr. E. A. Werner, baritone; Mr. George
A. McDaniel, baritone; Mr. John U.
Mullin, basso-cantantc.
Prelude, “Lohengrin,
^•The'aod and the Maid.” Von FiellU
—Cantata for solo voices, chorus and
orchestra; dedicated to Signor Campa-
“■•aioria^ 11 ?*." Busxt-Peccia—Signor
Campanarl.
The'audience will be reassembled by
sound of the trumpet
on?£t?u^iy sssrascs. “
“The Queen of Sheba,” Gounod (a)
“Marche et Cortege.” orchestra. (b>
final septette (with chorus).
Friday Night
Soloists—MU Bessie Abott, soprano;
Mmo. DeU Kendall Werthner. soprano;
Mias Grace Lee Brown, soprano; Mr.
George Hamlin, tenor; Mr. Hugo Oik,
violin. ' . . „„
Hymn of Praise (Lobgesang), Men
delssohn—Solos, Chorus and Orchee-
"xhc Mad Scene from “Lucia,” Donl-
tettl—Miss Bessie Abott
Intermission—The audience will be
reassembled by sound of the trumpet.
Part II.
Concerto for violin (Op. *4), Men
delssohn. Andante. “Allegretto non
troppo,” “Allegro molto vivace. —Mr.
H (f) “Birthday.” Cowan; <b) “Night”
Ronald; (e) Year's..t the Spring."
Beach—Mr. George Harnlln. „
(a) “Ariette.” Vidal; (b) "Berceuse.
Tschalkowskl; (c) “Chanson Julllct
Godard—Miss Bessie Abott
Oallla—Motet for soprano solo (Mme.
Kendall? Werthner), Oounod—Chorus
and Orchestra.
Saturday Afternoon.
Soloists—Mmo. Doll Kcndall-Werth- Ledger.
Wagner—Or.
A GROUP OF SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS SINGERS FOR FE8TIVAL.
THESE ARE BUT A FEW OF THE 8INGERS WHO WILL APPEAR. THEY ARE: 1. BES8IE ABOTT:
2 MME CHARLOTTE MACONDA: 3. THOMAS EVANS GREENE) 4, MME. SCHUMANN-HEINK) 6, JULIUS
STURM) 6, SIGNOR GIUSEPPE CAMPANABI.
ner, soprano; Miss Amanda Murdock
Campanarl, contralto; Signor Gulseppe
CamnanarL baritone; Mmo. Margaretna
Wunderlc, harp; Mr. Julius Sturm,
'cello.
Program.
Overture. “Ricnxl,” Wagner—Orches-
tn (a) "A Norse Lullaby,” atlchrist; (b)
"American Hymn.” Keller-ChUdren's
C h <a) U> ''Restlng Place (Aufentbalt),
Schubert; (b) "In Autumn,“ Fr?ms; (c)
"Nocturnal Wandering." Kaun—Miss
Amanda Murdock Maull.
Fantasia American, Carl Wunderle
Mme. Margaretha Wunderle
The Toreador Song ( Carmen )
Blxet—Signor Gulseppe Campanarl.
Intermission—The audljmce wlllbe
reassembled by sound of the trumpet.
(a) "Bugle Song,” Gilchrist; (b) Die
Wacbt am Rhein," Wilhelm—Children s
C AriiTand Rondo (“Cinderella"). Roe-
slnl-Mme Dell Kendall-Werthner.
/ a \ Nocturne Op. No. Chopin,
(b) Spanluh Dance, No. 5, Popper Mr.
JU Larg<?M n fnctotum ("Barber of Se
ville"), Rossini-Signor Campsnart.
Slavonic Dance, No. I, in (, Major,
D patro^s > of h muslc may be 1 at
the announcement that advance sale
-in.t. seats at Haynes' 'Jewelry
mahl.1T Whitehall street has been
Surnrtsfngly large. e nd ‘hat inquiries
surpWMW gratifying frequency
to III Empire building, the festival s
headquarters.
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turner, of Maryland, Is .Is favor
5 ularlos for at
reception he told set
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«n th* owrdftl «mrt. Oreat Bcoc
fiilfrc*** exclaimed ffc* prltoner, Id
I; no wed chicken ■tealing was a
fens* I wouldn't bare stole. — Philadelphia
SHIFTLESS-WOMAN AS AN AGGRAVATION
What Is the most aggravating thing In
married llfoT
I, It Itsiness?
A wssry-looklng brother, with his shirt
held together by a safety pin, and with a
souvenir milk stain left In the mlddlo of bis
hack by s colicky baby, arises In the ripe
rtence meeting, and sires It ts Ids unaltera
ble ronvlcllon, founded on experience, that
the first best hot In the domestic misery
field Is shtftlessneas In s wife.
•Take It from me, brethren, as s sore
tip." says he, "that you'll find marriage a
failure every time If you pick out one of
these languorous. Indolent mnldrna-for s
wife. It doesn't make a bit of difference
how pretty she Is, or how Intellsctnal she
Is, or how nohle, or how good sod loving,
and affectionate she Is. If a woman hasn't
got the get-np nnd git shoot her to glre
yon three eons re meals s day, and a tidy
place to lead yoor paper In. domestic Mine
with bar Is a false alarm. No, sir. » wom
an may lie s Venns, an Annuls, a 8L Hllxa-
beth and Juliet sit rolled Into one, hut nn.
less she's got s mixture of Mary Ann In
her character, too, don't von let her beguile
yon Into trotting up to the slur with her,
“See me? Look, for I'm sn awful warn
ing. I met np with a little girl that seemed
to me about the whole works. She was as
pretty as e peach, and ihe ronht apfel to
heat the bond about boot nr. end mnule,
nnd art. and could rattle off the slg best
selling hooks (Ike they were her middle
name. She had running little way. too.
Kind of soft and klttrnv and good natnred.
nnd oho liked to cuddle down In n hammork,
or tit and rock and gurgle nnd Ulk. 'Course
I nottred-st least I remembered afterward
noticing—that her hair always looked sort
of rnmpy, and thst she didn't look ss trig
and trim shoot her dress as other girls, hot
ahe was sorb s good looker that It sort of
added s pletnreaone tonch. Instead of giv
ing me t steer that the wta one of the fe
males that are horn too tired to hook them-
selves up good In the bertt.
“Now, I was getting a tidy little salary
with a hlg raise In alght. and 1 figured It
ont that with a nice, Industrious. thrifty,
naglng little wife to run a nice little
ne end keep np her end while I kept no
se. there wasn't any reason whr I should
not he On* of Oor Prominent and finbetin-
il Cttlssas. and with my picture In the
ipar. In s few yearn, and In the meantime
' happy and mike her happy. Bn I naked
_ rTwIlt tbon be mine, and She wilted, and
ws got married—and I woke np from my
dram of connubial bliss the first time I nn
good and hard nralnat her housekeeping.
“I'm a domestic man. and sn affectionate
man. s home loving man, an orderly man. I
like s prettily dreoacd woman, s dainty and
,.,«,l
nrtlatlc bonae, and a good dinner, and I am
willing to do my part by putting up the
price for all thrie luxuries. I do put up
the price, hut what do I get?
“A wife thst has got the Incurable curl
paper and wrapper habit, and that I bars
long since given np klselng good-bye of n
morning bccanae 1 do not care to nibble on
cold cream. 1 also refrain from embracing
her at dinner because I ban no particular
Inidlnatlon toward pnltlng my arms nround
s bnndla of tolled negligee that looks llkt It
wss overdue at tha laundry.
“We've got furniture, but there Isn't n
table In the bouse where yon couldn't writs
your name In tho dost, nor t floor that Is
safe to walk serosa wltbont tripping orsg
o-lltter of toys that the children have left
In their way. Nobody ever pnte tbo hooks
and msgasince when they belong, and tho
K etnl aspect of oor domicils Is thst of tha
ric of a Kansas cyclone.
"As for tho meals, the less sold the ttet
ter. Incompetent servants do tbrlr deadly
worst, and the day I won married dyspep
sia marked me foe Its own. Who's tho Idiot
thst Hid love was Immortal? I'll bat a hat
ho waan't married to a woman who wss too
laty to see about her housekeeping. I tell
yon that yon can choke lore to death nn n
touch beefsteak, and give It Ihe Jaundice on
aslsrattas biscuit, and drown It In wssk mb
fee beyond tbs hope of reonrreetlon. I defy
any hungry man to sit down to n table
groaning under expensive rood that'a want
ed In the cooking and feet hla heart throb
with any feeling toward hie wife except n
fervent desire to rot np nnd best her for
not attending to her business.
“And the ehlldraa. my poor, little, dirty,
neglected children, that are left to eervanta.
and to run In th# atreate while their mother
lice en a sofa and reads thorn and rrfiertg
on the higher Ufa wben abe's too trifling
to do her doty In tble ace. Tbit's what
hnrte most I do what I can for 'em. but n
man's e poor left handed brute with chil
dren. They need s mother who has got
hustle lo her to keep thorn healthy
nnd wall clothed, and right In mind anil
Tvs never got along any.
too Isay to provide him the comforts oi
life. Altar he's tried to do her work and
Ills, tried to clean nn tho bonae, wn-h tho
children, order the dinner nnd wrcatle with
tbs cook, be hasn't got much strength left
lo do anything else. And no heart. That's
the rean-in I ray that there Is no other ont
thing thst pats s blight on matrimony like