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Guam point to a once large popula- Madame Onegin Sublime in Concert B ey €l Gt o of Swedish Churches and Societies ‘ ram, _For her, as well as for the contraflo, the day.was a triumph, and she shared in the good wishes and ap- plause showered on the stage from ry angle, The Wennerberg male chorus, which was organized two months ago Ly Itev. Dr, Abel Ahlquist of the First | Lutheran_church, contributed several | numbers,” Without question, the chorus s on the way to becoming one o ne teamng vocal organizations in Mew England, Its accomplishments surprised even its warmest admirers, | itev, Dr. Ahlquist directed the work of the chorus which was composed of John A. Erickson, Erie Frederickson, Fdward Hedwall, Philip Blomquist, Hilding Djorklund, G, Carling and| Julius Anderson, first tenors; Albert Holmgren, Reuben Halsten, John A, Carlson, Arthur Peterson, Royal Lar- son, A, 1. Svensk, John Holmberg and Albert Swanson, second tenors;| John P. Peterson, Oscar .lowphnon.{ Arthur Olson, Arthur Crusberg, Wal-| k and George Root, first bass; | son, Algot Peterson, John Rudoiph Svensk, Arthur Fekberg, Nobert Berg- Nolander, second Contralto From Metropoli- tan Opera Company Car- ries House by Storm— Wennerberg Chorus Is Splendid. + No artist who has ever sung to a New Britain audienc fulsome and sincere Madame Sigrid Onegin, the Metropolitan Opera whose program featured a given yesterday afternoon at theater for the benefit of the dren’s Home ! At the conclusion of pumber a tumult of applause ever the house, bringing her again and again, At no time audience, which occupied nearly the seats in New Dritain's lar theater, appear ready to let her de- part. If it was only for a bow, she was forced to return, Madame Onegin won favor with the ! audience the moment she stepped out from the wings. he has a charm- ing and friendly personality, and the warmth of her smile endeared her to the hearts of the people to whom she was about to sing. Every note of her concert was a triumph. 1In tragedy or in lighter| mood, she was superb, Madame One- gin proved her versatility by chang- irg from heavy works to fairy songs for the children., She was tragic when the occasion called for it; at other times she was light-hearted and ay and as blithesome as a bird $wooping through the air in mid- summer. In both lower and upper registers, she was supreme mistress of her voice. Madame Onegin performed a par- won more than ever applause contralto, of company, concert Fox's Chil- her every burst back did the all ter John A. Erieson, Linde Nils lund and Simeon 8, { The concert was given under the| auspices of the united Swedish| churches and societics. The commit- | tees in charge consisted of the fol-| lowing: General L 0. 0. Danielson; tobert Berglund, Committee—Andree lodge, I, A. E. Bengtson, Aaron Norden lodge, 1. 0. G. T., Rudolph Snygg:| Hundred Men society, Svea, Algot Johnsen, Charles Rodin; Hundred Men society, Gota, Charles H. Ander- | son, Sven Pearson; Kronan society, Edward Anderson, John Nelson; Swedish Temperance Federation, Gus- tav Modin, Albin Carlson; Linne lodge, N. E. 0. P.,, Otto Bengtson, Frank O. ! Carlson; First Lutheran church, John| A. Erickson; Luther league, Emil Lar- | son, Helga Berlin; Sewing society of | Lutheran church, Mrs. John Ander-| ticularly gracions and friendly act in |SOM Mrs. Oscar Johnson, Mrs. Alfred her last group of songs when she sang | Carlson: Elim Baptist church, Theo- about fairies to the little people of |90r¢ Larson; Svea Social club, H. E. the Children’s Home who were seated | Christensen, Herman Johnson; IFyl- on the stage with Rev. Dr. John I, |8ia lodge, 8. I° of A. Carl A. Carl-| Klingberg, superintendent of the [Son, Alfred H. Anderson; Tegner | home. This thoughtfulness on lher |lodge, V. O., John A. Johnson, Carl M. | part touched the andience and if there | Johnson; Valkyrian lodge, V. O, was ever any doubt of her popularity |Amanda Carlson, Mrs. Alida Carlson; | it would have been dispelled by this|Viking A. C., J. Landgren, Frank| ©one courtesy. {Ohlson; Vega society, John Lundquist, At the piano, a isting Ma- Mrs. Charles Lindgren; Vega Second | dame Onegin, was )| Madeline Mar- | Degree, Fritz Svensk, Birger Hult;| shall, who also accompanied the star|Arpi Sextet, John P. Peterson; White | when she captured the hearts of a|Ribbon, Mrs. Theodore Larson, Mrs. | Jarge audience in Chicago on Friday |P. Anderson; Wennerberg Male| night. Miss Marshall added the one |chorus, John A. Erickson, Dr. Abel necessary touch to the delightful pro- | Ahlquist. | Executive Committee — Carl A. | Carlson, chairman; John A. Johnson, i.sncrctary: H. E. Christensen, treasur-| er. | Reception Committee — Carl Carlson, John A. Andrews, H. E.! Christensen, John A. Erickson, Dr. Abel Ahlquist, Amanda Carlson, Mrs. | Charles Gullberg, John A. Johnson, Theodore Larson, Gustav Modin, Emil Bengtson. Committee on Souvenir Program— | . 1. Christensen, John A. Andrews, | John A. Erickson, Carl A. Carlson. | Committee on Publicity—Dr, Abel| - after tingTooMucqu, { Ahlquist, J. E. Hultgren, Mrs. H. E. they i : sure ‘Lhnswnsrn. Frank Ohlson. | Committee to Sell Boxes and al‘fi | Lodges—John A. Andrews, John A. E. Christensen, Iritz| ickson, H. vensk, Committee on Carlson, Helga Berlin, | erson. Committee on Refreshments—Mrs, {John Anderson, Mrs. Oscar Johnson, Mrs. Alfred Carlson. Assisted by members of The Sewing society of the First TLutheran chureh. | Ushers—Amanda Carlson, Helga Berlin, Lillian Stenberg, Lillian John- | son, Gertrude Lundquist, Thelma Carl- | son, Signe Peterson, Laura Berlin,| Alice Berlin, Sadie Ericson, Josie Eric- son, Susie Gustafson, Ellen Johnson, Alice Anderson, Mildred Berglund, Mildred Erickson, Hildur Lindgren, Ebba Anderson, Esther Gullberg, | Jennie Lundell, Corinne Ericson. Ushers — Amanda | Mrs. P. And-| | | | K RADIO HOTEL Minneapolis Fstablishment to Have ASPIRIN . Say “Bayer” and Insist! 1 Minneapolis, April 7.—fn keeping | with the rapid progress of the radio | movement, it will soon be possible to | “listen in" from rooms of a large hotel here, which has contracted for| the connecting of each of several hun- dred rooms with radio plugs. The |guest will not have to invest in a re- | ceiving set, as headphones may be rented for a small fee from the clerk's office. | According to the plan of enginecers | who have worked on the scheme for |several weeks, a massive aerial and three power receiving stations will be | equipped in one of the top floors of the hotel. EBach room will have a| | radio plug cornected to one of the « Unless you see the name “Bayer" three receiving sets. Feasibility of #fon package or on tablets you are not ‘ the plan was proved recently when Ygetting the genuine Bayer product more than 100 rooms listened in on yprescribed by physicians over twenty- "m,p concert. The guest who wishes radio enter- “two years and proved safe by mil- . lions for | tainment may call the office and a Colds Headache set of phones will be sent to him. Toothache Lumbago [l"nrfl connected in the plug, the set Earache Rheumatism | cannot be removed until released by a | Neuralgia Pain, Pain | hotel employe, thus insuring against | Accept “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin”|theft by any unscrupulous guest. A | only. Fach unbroken package con- small fee is added to the hotel bill \tains proper directions. Handy boxes| for the use of the receiving phones, Lof twelve tablets cost few cents. “Druggists also sell bottles of 24 and | 300, Aspirin is the trade mark of |must use the best ingredients. That r Manufacture of A\lmmm:,r*tica('l-[rm‘a. you always use Baker's Certi- ester of Salicylicacid. fied Flavoring Extracts.—advt. Wireless Plugs in Each Room For | Convenience of its Guests, Are you a candy expert? If so you | LOOK . LISTEN ~ STOI KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FAIR At JESTER’S HALL ARCH ST. APRIL 6TH TO 16TH, 1923 Dancing and Entertainment Every Evening FRANKLIN FOUR TONIGHT NEW BRITAIN NATLY HERAtD. MONDAY; APRIL 9, 1923, HAWAIIAN MUSEUM SEEKS . ORIGIN OF ANCIENT RACE I'wo Big Stones Have DBeen Placed In Institute to Aid in Dis- coverles, Honolulu, T, H, April ¥, — Two huge stones, weighing approximately 2,00 pounds each, that marked the burial place of one of the ancient chieftains of the island of Guam, have been brought to Horolulu and placed in the Bishop Museum ‘here in the |hope that they may be utilized in the museum's efforts to ascertain the ori- gin of the Polynesian race, The stones are sald by sclentista at the museum to be larger than any similar blocks that were used in the building of the pyramidssof Egypt. They are of coral formation, one tall and thin and the other round and flat. When found the tall stone was upright in the ground, with the other resting upon it, “The large hurfal grounds found on collections at the museum, said in discussing the stones, "“As yet we have not been able to find any tradi! tions about the race that inhabited the islands,. The only things we have to go by are the skeletons, the stone tools and the tombstones, which may give us some indicationy as to tihw vacial characteristics of the people,” The stones were brought from the burial grounds only with great diffi- culty, as they had to be hauled 12 miles to port before theyco uld be londed onto a vessel, They were drawn In carts by buffalos. - Besides the stones, 18 boxes of bones, skele- tons, skulls and stone tools were brought to the museum, Cuticura Soap Will Help You Clear Your Skin e T T ANTI-FASCISTI GOMBINE NOW BEING PERFECTED New York Italian Chamber of Labor Prepares to Combat Organiza- tion fn United States, New York, April 9.—An alllance to combat the recently announced or- ganization of the fascisti ot this coun- try will be perfected at a meeting to- morrow night, it was announced to- day by officials of the Ttallan cham- ber of labor. Several labor union leaders were declared to be interested in the new body to be known as the anti-fascistl alllance. The alllance’s announced aims are | to be the “extinction of all fascist or- ganizations on the continent of North America, creation of popular senti- ment opposed to the fascist regime in Italy, and rellef of radical and la- bor organizations in Italy which have been destroyed or harmed by the fascistl.” District headquarters are to be maintained in various cities, It also was announced that THE the new organization would sharply sorus tinize all Itallan immigrants to ferret out fasclst agitators. i ——— BRIGHT ON MERIDEN CARD Harvey Bright, Brookiyn's fighting doctor, will'do the battling at the au- ditorium on Monday, April 16, in the 12.round feature contest of the next National A, C. card, according to an announcement made last night by Proomter George Dwyer of Bridge- Promoter George Dwyer of Bridge- will bat in place of Tommy Noble, the English champlon, who was ruled off the diamond on account of rain — Tomniy being ‘“all wet" as a result of a beating handed to him by Jimmy Cooney in Holyoke last Friday night. 4 CARP SIGNS UP Paris, April 9.—Georges Carpentier and Marcel Nilles have signed articles for a bout on May 10 in the Buffalo Stadium. 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