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HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 1913.
Society
Beauty
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Blended In Atlanta
Two of the Society leaders of Atlanta who are noted for their vocal attainments.
Photo by Stephenson.
Mrs. Ransom Wright.
Prominent Women With Good
Voices Have Narrowly Missed
the Grand Opera Stage.
TT7ITH all fhoogtrt* turning to
ward Grand Opera It la Inter
esting to recall that many of the
beanttfui women who will occupy box
eeats are themselves gifted singer*.
Beauty and muslo, how well they go
together! In the language of the an
cient Musaeue quoted 1n "The Poll-
tlca of Aristotle;” "Song Is to mor
tal* of all things the sweetest.” When
the gift of songs coupled with the
gift of beauty woman Is a true daugh
ter of the gods.
Mrs. Albert Thornton, a bride of
tbe past eeason, who before her
marriage woe Miss Edna McCand-
less. Is on# of the celebrated beau
ties In Georgia and also an accom
plished musician and a brilliant sing
er. She hne a very highly cultivated
soprano voles, decidedly coloratura In
character. Her manner of singing Is
temperamental and sympathetic to a
degree, and her remarkable beauty
and her really unusual nr.wlcal gifts
combine to make her a distinguished
figure In society. Mrs. Thornton’s
voice Is revealed at Its bestir, art as
from "Pag1tar<;l," "La Boheme," "I,a
Toece,” and also In the songs of
MSahaalle from "Carmen,” and she
■Inga tho best of Kevin’s and Mc
Dowell's music delightfully. Mre.
Thornton studied under Mrs Wayne
Wilson cf Atlanta and leter under
Signor Bertrand In Paris
Once Considered Opera.
Perhaps the most accomplished
singer In Atlanta society 1s Mrs. Ran
som Wright. She has on exquisite
dramatic soprano voice and sings
with great style and finish. Mrs.
Wright at one time seriously con
sidered grand opera as her profes
sion—a temptation which must come
to all men and women who possess
really fine voices for a great gift
longs for expression In a larger
sphere and a serlons study of music
Is one of the most absorbing pas
sions 1n the world.
Mrs. Wright studied under Francis
Fisher Powers and under Stalschmidt
In New Tork and later under Jean
deReaske In Paris, where she went for
a year's serious work after her ma
rlage. While In New Tork Mrs.
Wright was admitted to the Metro
politan School of singing which Is
conducted under the auspices of the
Metropolitan Grand Opera, and could
have appeared In the Premiere of the
great opera "Parsifal,” an opportunity
which if embraced might have
launched her by the force of Its own
momentum and her own gifts Into
a musical career. Later deDpzsk-
wished to bring her out In Grand
Opera and she has had numerous
opportunities to go Into lighter op
eratic work.
Mrs. Wright hag been heard In At
lanta In Tosea’s celebrated “Vlsol
d'erte. vlssl d’amore,” In Marguerite's
“Jewel Song,” and In Gtlda’s “Caro
nome" from Rtgoletto, and In many
other beautirul operatic numbers. On
tbe occasion of the memorable Cafe
given by Mrs. Frank Ellis
years ago In honor of the
club, of which Mrs. Wright Is
, she sang a group
century Bergeretts In
wrote that Liszt was the greatest
musician of all time. He certainly
was the most many-sided; the great
est of all pianists, and one of the
greatest composers of piano pieces,
orchestral works, songs and choral
compositions. Many of all these are
still mualc of the future. Least known
are his organ works, yet Saint-Saens
goes so far as to call his fantasia on
the choral from "Le Prophete," the
most extraordinary composition in
the literature of that Instrument: “It
lasts 40 minutes and the Interest does
not flag for a moment. As Mozart
In his Fantaisle and Sonata In C
minor anticipated the modern piano,
Liszt writing this Fantaisife more
than a half century ago seems to have
foreseen the Instrument we now pos
sess with Its thousand resources."
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When Verdi died he left a large lum
for building a home for superannu
ated, Indigent musicians. Once a
year the inmates give a concert in
memory of their benefactor. This
year special pains were taken because
It marks the Verdi centenary. There
was a chorus of 22 former soloists,
and arias from Verdi’s operas were
sung, one of them by a baritone of 68,
another by a soprano of 81. The crit
ics were not invited.
“The presentation of the old Pitts
burg home of Stephen Collins Foster
is a cheerful evidence of the appre
ciation of this first characteristic
American musical genius,” says Musi
cal America. “For a period of 30
years or so Foster was so far ahead
of all competitors, as the most popular
American composer, that the others
were scarcely in sight. While we
know little enough about a great
many of his melodies to-day, such
songs as ‘The Old Folks at Home,’
'My Old Kentucky Home,’ 'Old Uncle
Ned’ and ‘Massa’s in the Cold, Cold
Ground’ have sunk deeper and more
permanently into the American heart
than any other songs ever writen !n
America.
“For a better understanding of Fos
ter it is well to remember that his
melodies had nothing whatsoever to
do with negro melodies, the com
poser's models being the great melo
dists of the Old World—Mozart, Bee
thoven, Handel. The fact that his
songs formed the piefce de resistance
of negro minstrelsy, and therefore, In
general, drew their poetic subject-
matter from negro life, is responsible
for the legend, so hard to kill, that
his melodies were derived from negro
songs.”
Pfcoto by Stephenson.
Mrs. Emily Carter Divine.
FYench, which were received with
great enthusiam.
The Toast Of a Critio.
"Madame,” said a celebrated musi
cal critic lifting his champagne glass
to her, “your voice le like this wine—
with a tear in it.”
Mrs. Wright perfere Wagnerian
music.
“Above nil things.” she said, "1
should like to sing the role of Isolde”
—a preference which shows great
musical appreciation for in the lan
guage of a great musical director—
“She who can sing Isolde acceptably
has the world at her feet.”
“Besides Isolde,” says Mrs. Wright,
“I have, I must confess a groat taste
for the role of Santuzza. This music
appeals very strongly to me and the
dramatic Intensity of the role always
thrills me; but then the world is so
rich in great music ii is hard to
choose what is best and most beau
tiful.”
Perhaps the most beloved singer in
Atlanta, professional or amateur, is
Mm W. C. Jarnigan, the beautiful wife
of the well-known physician. Mis.
Jarnigan sings for charity as well
ns for society; for the poor as well
n«* for the rich and her lovely sympa
thetic tender voice has carried sol
ace to many bereaved hearts. Some
years ago when the Ponce DeLeon
Baptist Church, having just been built
was less prosperous financially than
it is at present. Mrs. Jarnigan donated
her services to the choir. She has
a well cultivated mezzo-soprano, and
though she has studied many of the
famous operas, her preference is de
cidedly for oratorio, for which the
particular character and color of her
voice is well suited! Mrs. Jarnigan
.studied under Mrs. Hugh Angler, and
later under other well known teach
ers.
“I think,” said Mrs. Jarnigan,
“when I am singing just to please
myself I love best the music of ‘Ma
dame Butterfly,' *Un Bel l)i’ is a
great favorite of mine. I also love
Josselyn’s ‘Berceuse’ and ‘Mon
coeur. souvre, a ton Voix’ by SMnt
Saens; but most of all I love the
great oratorios, those wonderful
triumphs of musical inspiration and
religious feeling.”
Mrs. John Grant, one cf the most
beautiful and fashionable women of
Atlanta, Is an exquisite sirffeer. She
has a lyric soprano which she handles
delightfully, though she is heard *o
sing only at home among her inti
mate fri« nds. Mrs. Jack Cohen has
studied singing in Paris, under the
best masters. MTs. Julian Fteld
studied under Mrs. Hugh Angier for
a number of years and before her
marriage sang in the choir of the
Second Baptist Church.
Mrs. William H. Kiser and Mrs.
Phlnizy Calhoun are both delightfully
musical and have charming poprano
voices. These two beautiful sisters
are the daughters of William Lawson
Peel, the President of the Grand
Opera Association, and who, perhaps
more than any other man, is respon
sible for the continued success of
grand opera in Atlanta
Mrs. Emily Carter Divine is not
| only a celebrated beauty but also a
delightful singer and as such has a
host of friends and admirers not only
in Atlanta but also in Birmingham
and Chattanooga. Mrs. Divine has
: a mezzo-soprano voice of most ap-
| pealing timbre and she sings with
, great taste, having studied under Mrs.
T. J. Simmons, formerly of Shorter
College but now of Brenau, who is
considered one of the most eminent
teachers in the South.
Mrs. Cooney Is Gifted.
Mrs. Robert L. Cooney has a de-
| lightful voice, of exceptional quality
and sweetness, and she is greatly
j gifted in the art of interpretation.
Mrs. Frank Inman has a true ‘‘Fal
con Voice,” what the French would
j call “deux caracteur,” for it is both
| lyric and dramatic, and she sings
I either class* of music equally well,
j Mrs. Inman studied under Foley in
I Cincinnati and later under Belaro
in New York. Mrs. Frank Smith i.^
another delightful singer, and like
Mrs. Inman, studied undei* Foley.
Among the younger matrons who
sing is Mrs. Alexander W. Smith, who
was Miss Laura Payne. She is a
charming artist w’lth a colorature so
prano, just such a voice as one would
expect from such an entrancing per
sonality.
Mrs. Clarence Haverty, who was
formerly Miss Elizabeth Rawson, is
another beauty who sings.
Mrs. Owens Charms.
Mrs. William Owens has a charm
ing soprano voice. She sings bril
liantly that well waltz song from “Ro
meo and Juliet,” which is considered
the perfect test of a voice, and also
that lovely barcarole, from the “Tales
of Hoffman,” which will soon be de
lighting the grand opera goers.
Among the girls in society who sing
may be mentioned Miss. Margaret
Wright and Miss Helen Jones. Miss
Esther Smith also, who promises to
develop into a really notable singer,
which would not be surprising in
view of the fact that both of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex W. Smith,
are highly cultivated singers, and
their past achievements along this
line belong to the musical history of
Atlanta.
The World of Music
Atlantans will undoubtedly be given a
chance again to see the superb act of
Anna Pavlowa, greatest of living pre
miere danseuses. She is to return to
this country next Fall for a six months’
tour, which will include two hundred
and sixty-five performances, and it is
certain that Atlanta will be included in
her itinerary. But her partner is not
to be Mikail Mordkin. who danced with
Pavlowa during her previous two en
gagements in America. M. NovlkofT,
reputed to be the equal, if not the su
perior, of any living masculine dancer,
is to fulfill that duty. Whether he is
all that is claimed for him remains to
be determined, but knowing Pavmwa s
insistence upon the artistic excellence
of her chief associate, it is likely that
Novikoff will give a satisfactory account
of himself.
Cable dispatches from ‘Brussels give us
the information that the people of that
bustling city now greet their friends in
drawing room, cafe, office and street
car with a breezy “Hello!” and shake
hands in vigorous pump-handle style.
This is the result of the recent produc
tion of Puccini s -opera, “The Girl of the
Golden West,” here called “La Fille du
Far West.”
“It is a splendid story,” all agree,
“for a moving picture show’, but they
should cut out Puccini’s music.”
The opera nightly filled the Theater de
la Monnale because the story and the
stage setting w’ere so different from any
thing hitherto seen here, but it is said
that, warned by friends, a great many
went with cotton in their ears.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra
ends its 32d season in Boston on Sat
urday evening, May 3, and will be
gin the 33d season in Boston on Fri
day afternoon, October 10. In this
season just drawing to a close it has
given 109 concerts, with two addi
tional concerts in aid of its pen
sion fund. The season has been alto
gether the most prosperous the or
ganization has ever had. The return
of Dr. Muck has restored it to all its
old-time brilliancy. The illness of
Dr. Muck, which incapacitated him
for several weeks, brought into prom
inence its new assistant conductor,
Otto Urack, whose work met with
most gratifying success. In the sea
son of 1913-14. the Boston Symphony
Orchestra will give 110 concerts.
More and more the w’orld is realiz
ing that Wagner was right when he
At a recent performance of “Don
Pasquale” in New York. Lucrezia
Bori, was the recipient of a graceful
tribute. At the end of the second act
a number of snow white doves were
sent her. With beautiful effect, Miss
Bori placed them on her shoulder.
This beautiful idea is a Spanish cus
tom. In Spain “birds” are sent to
singers, instead of flowers.
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Last Wednesday evening in the stu
dio of Mrs. Townsend, a read
ing of the opera, "La Traviata,” \^as
given. The% characters of the opera
were taken by several of Atlanta's
most promising singers, Mrs. Town
send appearing as “Violetta,” Mrs.
James Whitten, as “Flora;” Mrs. Ed
ward Werner, as “Germont;” and Mr.
Hunter, as “Gaetone.” Mrs. V. V.
MoBryde read the story of the play,
and before each number a short il
lustration of the parts was givfn.
The duets, solo, ensemble,
quartette work were ably
and violin part was played
expression by Miss Hunt. /The
“ahforsalin,” a celebrated aria, was
most artisticly sung by Mrs. Town
send, who was formally a pupil of
Jean DeRezske. Mrs. Whitten, as
“Flora,” sung the “Ferdita” in ex
cellent voice.
The program has been announced
for the concert to be given at St. Mark
Methodist Church Tuesday night. The
program will be given by Mr. William
Wade Hinshaw, baritone, of the Met
ropolitan Opera Company; Miss Eda
E. Bartholomew, organist, and Mr.
Richard Hageman, accompanist, as
sistant conductor of the Metropolitan
Opera Company. It is as follows:
Organ, Fantasie and Fugu, G minor,
J. S. Bach.
Baritone, Schmied Schmerz, Van
Eyken; Maenner sucher. stets zunas-
chen, Mozart; Lind dutlg haelt me
Malennacht, Brueeler; frel Wander
er, Hermann.
Organ, Variations on an American
Air, Flagler.
Baritone, Largo al factotum (II Bar-
blere), Rossini.
Organ, Benediction Nuptial# (Wed
ding Mass), Dubois; Scherzo, Jadas
sohn; Noel Eccosals (by request),
Gullmant; Gavotte (Nelgnon), Thom-
Baritone, "The Loat Chord," SulH-
can; "Legend of the Chimes" (Robin
Hood), DeKoven.
Organ, Toccata, from Gothic Suite,
Boellmann.
A SALE OF
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Owing to the bad weather of last Monday, we are going to
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An immense shipment of im
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One thousand hemp shapes,
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majority of them being the small
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you the benefit.
To-morrow
they sell for
$J.69
Hundreds know the reputation of our Trimmed Hat Department.
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Here are a few of our leading specials:
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New shipment of medium and large
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