New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 8, 1929, Page 2

Choral Society and Soloists Triumph in Rendition of Cantata ‘King Olaf’| The spring festival of the New Britain Choral society took place in | the Strand theater vesterday after- non before an audience of 1,500. The 150 voices and an orches- tc:‘.or:r‘ 10; with Edward F. Laubin ~onducting, and Olive Kline, soprano. Judson House, tenor, and Theodore Webb, baritone, as guest soloists. gave a thrilling reading of tI cantata “King Olar” by Carl Busch. The soloists each gave ind vidual numbers with at the piano. '1‘19 af! with an effective pre Hadyn choral classic, wre Telling.” The festival ¢ conce association \oral society has beer Cnlike the two previot ation series, thrown open to so that all the might entation of the The Heavens s third Civie season. certs of the associa ever, the event wa: the general | ‘s music lvers the enjoyment. Artists Congratulate Chorus The Choral society enhanced how- vol 1 of raucousn compar forte pass: hat forced accusto ed as they are to co i ed vocal hodi words of admi unite in shower: tion. follow orus » course when t the terrors of ch combat cras s picture swed by the ed high” a neither did Carl Busch. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 8§, 1929. | battle-clash chorus which followed. Of the high qualities of Mr. House's voice mnothing can be said that is {not already known. Both he and Miss Kline are busy singers, filling mmny erigagements; both were heard over a NBC radio chain from New York last night. Yesterday was a busy day in their artistic lives. | Conductor Lubain had the situa- tion well in hand. He had trained he chorus to such niceties of inter- pretation that all that remained yes- ay was to dovetail the work of |the guest artists and the orchestra into the whole. This was done at a preliminary rehearsal and when the big two hours came the cantata went through without a hitch and with glory for all—including the conductor whose efforts and atten- tion to detail made it possible. The orchestra likewise is entitled to praise. The instrumentalists were |the pick of Connecticut’s players and {it was self-evident that they were in every detail equal to the task, which Climax Strongly Impressive The final chorus. ronger than Steel,* was the climatic turning of | swords into plowshares, and chorus, | orchestra, soloists and conductor were imbued with an intensity of feeling that reflected itself bounti- fully in the music. Upon the words, ronger than steel is the sword the Spirit; Swifter than arrows light of the truth is; Greater than anger is love, and subdueth,’ the parts, including those of the soloists, wove a complicated pattern | of contrapuntal harmony, yet the| f themes. noble in character and soul-stirring, were never cannot help taking pos- session of one to realize that an American citizen was sufficiently in- spired to pen st poetic tonal at poem of of the lost. Pride The orchestra music was in manu- |script, of a type not the quintesse {of legibility in the first place and ‘mrm.gh frequent uss made even more difficult to decipher. It is the custom work for the players to use ils on the parts, to given by the var < done 1t have heen given wit ith i and effect. Mr. Webb's First Appearance e soloists had many op- 1t rola in the cant roductior soloists. f the the 1 God am the v pleas- . t tex- with the dra- of expression pretation. By na- gave th audie: caliber of the noted ari Massenet, Wisp of tender mth to p! in reality a fit- ert of this character CHRYSLER *65" PRICES was one of considerable dimensions. | entails much gruelling work. A mul- titude of details must be looked after. Much responsibility in this connection bore down on the shoul- ders of Harris F. Hodge, president of the Choral society, and the officers and ofticials of whatever designa- | tion. The work was divided among them and efficiently carrled out. —G. H. Officers of the New Britain Choral society are: President, Harris Hodge; first vico president, Bliss W. Clark; second vice president, Olaf Anderson; treasurer, John H. Jack- lson; assistant treasurer, Mrs. John H. Jackson; secretary, Mrs. William | E. Fay; assistant secretary, Mrs Richard Young: librarian, C. B. Pratt; business manager, 8. M. Hunt; lauditor, XL D, Litchfield. The executive committee consists lof Arthur G. Kimball, chairman; John A. Lindsay, Miss Jean Coct rane, John F. Burns, Miss Laura v Anderson, Miss Hattie irews, Mrs. Catherine Bacon, Miss Alva Ben, bin, Mrs. O, C. gerly, M Elphee, Mrs. Willlam E. Fay, ouise Firnhaber, Mrs, Hollis Fos- ¢ Miss Ethel Frederickson, Miss Mildred Berglund, Miss Mary Burns. M R. H. Chapman, Miss Janc Mrs. Muriel 8. Gooby, Mrs, 8. Hamilton, Miss Marion Hoar, Miss Fannie Holmes, Miss Minnie Johnson, Miss vertrude K Miss Lydia Kuehn, Mrs. F. D, Clark. Miss Dorothy Latham, Miss Eliza- beth Lohman, Miss Eunice Lohman, Miss Mona Lohman, Mrs. E, M. Mar- I, Miss M. L. McGrath, Miss Rose Itze Mi; Winifred i attison, Mrs. E. C. Charles Piersick, Mrs. Plath, Mrs, C. B, Pratt, Mrs. Ramm, Miss Evelyn Reffelt, H. C. Reffelt, Miss Ruth Rich- Mi; G. Mrs, Mrs. Matthias Rival, Mre. Helen | (oo street, Miss | | with the ling, Miss Louise Schoech, Marguerite Sengle, Miss Edla Sims, Mrs, Charles Stevans, Mrs. Georg Tryon, Mrs, Helen Up:on, Mrs. Olive Ward, Mrs. Raymond Williams. M Pearl Anderson, Miss 4 Bengtson, Miss Jean Cochrauc, | LAXATIVE FOR BABY THAT “STAYS DOWN” Ba tiny system rehels against :stor oil ar d strong purgatives; but Partridge, | ston, Mrs. Gertrude Cor- | . Hacel | | |George H. Mitchell, | ine that just sults him. | it doss! tha worlk dulckiyiand 0| tly that Baby doesn't feel it her's Castoria is soothing cros tful babies and children to slecp 1 making the feverish, constipat upset ones well and happy, in ons of homes today purely vegetable, dorsed by the medical Avoid imitations. The Fletcher signature Castoria, profession. Chas. H. $1040 1068 1068 Business Coupe - Rosdster (with remble sesf) 2-Deer Sedea $1078 1148 1148 Touring Car 4-Door Sedea Coupe (with ramble sesf) Castorla is ! harmiess and en- | marks genuine | {son, Miss Jennette Hoar, | {sion and the Miss Susan R. Coby, Mrs. M. Davies, Mrs. Porter A, Dean, Mrs. T. W. Emerson, Miss Laura Farrell, Miss Madeline Gerrish, Miss Doris Brad- ley, Miss Amy Guilford, Miss Illa Hoffman, Miss Helen B. Johnsoa, Miss Frances Nortoms, Mrs. Robert Nuss, Mrs. Mary Oliver, Miss Lillian Oslund, Miss Eva Raber, Miss Anna Rakowsky, Miss Ellen Ramsdell, Miss Honor Randell, Miss Emily Ritter, Miss Hope M. 8chmidt, Mrs. Charles Sharpe, Miss Olive Shaw, Mrs. Ada E. Sims, Mrs. Harry E. Smith, Mrs. Helen Smith, Miss Lydia Steege, Miss Mildred Swanson, Miss Signe Swansen, M Josephine Tom- masoni, Miss G. Vanderslice, Julia Willson, Mrs, Herbert Woods, Mrs. R. G. Young. Tenors—Leon Arel, Fred L. Engle, Earle Bishop, Dr. A. 8. Grant, G. Hahn, R. Hallsten, Robert Hodge, Clarence Hultgren, Leon E. Jackson, Willareth Juengst, Stanley Karpin- ski, Dr. mes F. Keavney, E. J. C. Klopp. David F. Larson, Harry Lar- son, R. J. Larson, Rudolph Lund, s Oliver Nicholls, Ernest Ploth, Harry Shahanian, Wolf, H. F. ford. Bass—Olat Anderson, Bliss W. lark, Arthur G. Crusberg, Howard Draper, Oscar .enson, Alexandor Brzzowy, J. Burns, Norman Hart, Euclid Hartung, B. P. Hockmuth Emil Vogel, Webber, W. W. William Woo1l- {Norman Holmgren, John Stanley Karnasiewicz, Stanley Lachowic: Herbert D. Litchfield, Frank O'Brien, Andrew S. Parsons, C. B. Parsons, |Charles B. Pratt. A. Schoeck, Georgze ID. Ward, Howard Stearns, Oscar Steinke, Charles W. Stevens, John | Stevenson, Ernest I, Upham, Joseph L. Ward. Klein, Lind Kiesse\;eT(er May Draw City Hall Vault Plan| Edward A architect whose Klessewetter, an home is at §2 Vine will probably be associated department of public works designer and supervisor of the construction of an addition vault in the office of Town Clerk Alfred L. Thompson Mr. Kiessewetter has been in con ference with the city hall commis department of public works. It is planned to build the ad- dition to the rear of the presen vault, squaring off the building at its northeasterly corner. The struc- ture will cost about $15,000. Mers. | . |from the penitentiary receiving sta- to the! SLAYERS ESGAPE ON EVE OF TRIAL Four Convicts Break From Lou- isiana State Penitentiary Baton Rouge, La., April 8§ (#—A scheduled murder trial was turned |into a man hunt today by the es- cape of four convicts from the | Louisiana state penitentiary. The prisoners made their get-away tion early yesterday by overpower- ing guards and fleeing in a prison automobile. Later in the day one of them was captured after a gun battle on the main street of Magnolia, Miss.,, and early today the other three were re- ported surrounded by a posse near Magnolia, Two of the convicts, Steven J. Beck, bank robber, and Jim Heard, |burglar, were scheduled to go on trial at St. Francisville ‘oday for | murdering a trusty in an attempt to escape the prison last September. The other two were Adam Woab- ster, serving a sentence for breaking | and entering, who was captured, and | Fred Wilson, purse snatcher. Al |were sentenced from w Orleans. Break Open Gun Case While the other conviets were sit- |ting down for breakfast the quartat made their break for {mm!om Cov ering an office boy and a trusty with | a revolver, they broke into a gnn |case and obtained a rifle, one or {more shotzuns and ammunition. | Obtaining a key to the gate from the trusty's pocket the men made their way outside the prison |grounds where they overpowered a |lookout guard, relieved him of his | {gun, leaped into a prison automo- bile and fled. | |THRE Philadelphia, Mrlll 8 (P—Three Women Pickets Held In Strike At Boston Boston, April 8 (UP)—Police ar- rested 20 pickets, mostly women, here today, an hour after a small strike of ‘garment workers had be- gun. The pickets were among a group of 40 participating in a nolsy dem- onstration outside a shop on Knee- land street. They offered no resist- ance when police wooped down and herded them into patrol wagous. All those arrested were charged with sauntering and loitering. According to the authorities, thosc |held were members of the so-called |“left wing” of the garment work- jers’ union. The walkout resultcd {from a controversy over wages. Jacob Sicklick Back From Visit to South “ob Sicklick, president of the United Milk Co., returped last eve- uning from an extended trip through (he southern states, where he visited several cities during the past few weeks, particularly Mobile, Ala. Mr. Sicklick made the trip by automo- bile and experienced quite a bit of adventure in attempting to get from place to place in the flood areas. While in Mobile, the visitor was entertained by the Chamber of Com- rce and other civic organizations sicklick said that Mobile is about the size of New Britain, but that the activities there are on a larger scale than here. The Cham- ber of Commerce alone numbers up- {wards of 2,000 mmbers and in the past few years $0 new industries were opened in the ¢ Mr. S lick was instrumental in organizing and re-organizing several large milk persous drowned in the Dclaware | |river last night atter clinging to| their capsized rowhoat “or nearly an | {hour. The victims were George | Cook, 54, his son Franc and | Thomas Yoast, 24. Four other per- | sous in the boat were picked up by | canoes. 'READ HERALD CL. FAD ADS | Lictr R | sician is Dr. companies, in which he has & flnan- cial interest while there. WELL BABY CONFERENCES The schedule for the well baby conferences conducted by the Visit« ing Nurse association for the week will be as follow Tuesday—47 Ellis street—North« end school. Wednesday—52 Center street. Thursday—Washington school. Friday—East street school. Conferences are not held on rainy cays. All weighing conferences are held from 2:30 to 3:30 p. m. 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