Tl 1 OP, 8 2 hy ¢ j Toe 15 Be Rg of The Plutiket Groene concert was a from eo fivancial a4 well a» an artistic sta) int, and for ts financial results the Ladies' Musi- Clab. will feel indebted to Mr, cso energetically * list, and so Vo ertised the musical artists, ov knew that Plunket Groen as coming and every body straived WB point to attend that concert. The : ¢ there was » splendid p¢ ut the Grand Opera Howse lay night, and that asdiente pinted in a single num- programme. § ! dolph von Scarpa opencil the Liszt's Hungarian Rbap- , No. '13, and his magnificent was much admired, even by waiting impatiently that is born of human " comes straighter "to any strain the hand ke."" All the gecompan- played by Mr. Von Segr- ' he had a chance to dis $ MH for his sympathy of F his delicacy of expression well an his brilliant execution, gnd ; contributing to the beau- | was forcibly illustrat: "Greene, who, upon ve- in acknowledgement of ap- fought Rudolph von Bearpa and hand in hand they hanks. of Mrs. Dorothy Harvey, She evoked a ) soon as she A beautiful ith a magnificent stage and 8 sweetly attractive was admired before she 7 of song, and when she . od hee Seat numb, "Elsa's Ld Kagner) her clear, pow- prano, was found to be well il) altho there were notés there that jarred because of in hardness in hor voice. But later numbers this was not ¥e. In The Danza, by Chad- ale was superb, alto in the old oh, * Ni Jamais Ni Toujours." D | Fos wre to listen to such pure proncuneia; nl. . in the second number he appeared Lo he waking up a Bit He continued. to finger his programme, gid he made the mow wry faces, but he brought out a depth and 5 power in his voice that we had not suspeeted in the first number; and when he sang Mendelssohn's "Au Flageln--Des Ge sanges," hix German was as pure as his Frencly, but" in addition to his purity, of diction we noticed more of the raf musical shading and, how perfectly be had his voice under con trol, giving , a delicacy of tome to word and note that stamped him master of his art. bert's "Abschied" was one of the most delightful of his foreign numbers, one other of which he sang, a serenade of Brahms, But it was in the little -English song, "The Sands o'Dee" that he first reached the hearts of his audience, and from that time on he completely carried them away. Such taste, such sympathy, he showed in this dong. Every shade of Kingsley's picturesque descriptive pow- or was brought out by this artist-- musician, and when he had finished we understood why "The Sands o'- Dee" was given "by request." °° Fairly Lough" was yet another é%- ample of his power of dramatic inter- pretation, and after all, aa his name suggests, Plunket Greene is most at home in his Irish songs, of which he has the greates variety, gay in one and mournful in 'the next. The stirrinj one of Stanford's, "Clare's Dragoons' was omitted--perhaps because the au- dience was so taken with "Little Mary Cassidy" that it demanded an encore, and' Mr. Greene sang it over "again. Talk about subtle shading. you bad it in the way be lingered over those three words, 'Little Mary Cas- sidy."" He made each letter help him, he toyed with one, he carressed an- other, he prolonged a third, he made love to them all, until you could fair- ly soe this "Little Mary Cassidy' whose very name suggested such ten- der thoughts. Quite another style was "Eva 0: Toole," and an altogether different irl you pictured her from gentle and mure 'Little Mary Cassidy." fairly i . of all in ** The Parting," a ia et little love song by Rogers, and 'Ant You and 1," a nursery ballad, eh of which she put herself so . an as so she her audience a sympathy that was wanting in ber heavier wongs. . As an encore & "The Bongs My Mother V7 and won all hearts hy too, sr Mrs, Harvey was a pro- "favorite, dnd more numbers por er would have been appreciated bit - wis ony there was Plunket - Greene. But you saw him and heard him, [ol g1ave, no idea ot hia he is Ke. on to the sta ned leaned back against the ae Ar fingering his programme, -and y looking over the assembled Weg. Then he Von arpa. ar there was an instant of looked back Abin and Be ¢ were struck, and then "Bois Fpais," still fingering " md standing with theown back « a nt- So this ha looked at ~. closed. was Plunket red 1 Well, at Jonst he had - , € acoent, it was a pleas: AE "Trottin' to the Fair" brought down the house, and Mr. Greene to sing it all over again which he did with untiring spirit. And this was same man who sang the first number ! He did not have his eyes shut here; he 'was looking straight into 'Molly's 'grey eye that "didn't answer; *Na,: "ghd ' we did "not notice whether ho fingered his programme or not; we hardly saw Plunket Greene standing by the pi- ano; for our wholé stiention was cen- trod upon this gay wi Irishman. "Trottin' to the fair, We and Moll Maloney." The so was pet to the air, "Will You a Flutter 7' Such a queer old unsatisfying air, with no definite ending, just a sudden stop. But the singer lool od when be cmiled at the thought of Moll's answer, that there appeared to be something satisfactory even if 'the final notes suggested more to follow. In "Quick We Have but a Second,' he his perfect enunciation. He sang it so id that the eve had all "it 'econld do to follow the printed words, and yet avely syllable was clear and distinct. ouidn't I like to continue a runming coulment on his "Kilkenny Cats," "The Old so satish- of DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, ol Knew Ke would do it if he got tne chance," was ber comment, and so said every ove else, but he seems to have made the chance and all the greater honor is his for this. "What's in 8 name?" But he is living up to the valor that surrounds the second name that wus given to him at bap tism. NAVY, ™ "Th "Cantle Maiden," Kikg and others op his pro- I gave my word to the managing editor that T' would ty my Peet to cat this account short, as the paper is crowded to-day, end he wants me to try snd get all my let ter into one column of ce. So | must stop, much as I wish to write more about the Plunket Greene eon- cert, Invitations have Leen sent out for v the commencement exercises of the I heard people in the audience re- swhool for nurses at the hospital, to gretting that there were no Seoteh [he held in Convocation hall, Queen's song on the programme on Thursday | University on. Monday night. Any one night. Now those people will have a 'who has been overlooked in the smd. splendid chance to ar some fine ing out of the cards is asked to apply Scotch music at the Opera House next | ut the hospital for an invitation, as Friday night, when "The Caledoni- the authorities are anxious to have ans," four celebrated Scottish artists, | ali friends of the institution present at will five "A might st hame' for the the graduating exercises it of the ¥, W. C. A Kemmasiis | Mrs. Charlies Moss, of Toronto, bas fund. Miss Eli Walker, She oPrans. come to spend a fortnight at Mrs. is 'young ¢ ing, and has SUng | Britton's and Mrs, Macphail is ex. her Scottish before the Queen. { pected next week. ALDINE baritone, Mr. Alfred Sturrech. ------------ is noted for his powerful manner of LOOTING AND MURDER. singing the stirring martial melodies, Mr. Cathcart Wallace is the violinist and pianist, and Major Angus Fras- er is champion dancer and piper. Such a quartette ought to draw a large audience of lovers of Scottish music, and aid our Y.W.CA. gvmnasium fund for which Miss Dutton works co hard - . » . The Natives on the Warpath in | Congo. Paris, April. 12~TFhe Journal nounces that grave news has been recoived from the French Congo, On March 4th a large body of natives came down the banks of the Sangha river. They looted all the factories, massacring all the officials. European and native, at ihe Kaleinps, M, : Caseneuve, director of the Sangha river company, wes killed, and the factory, containing goods worth £6, 000, was pillaged. factory, be- longing to M, Fortin, divector of the French African company was looted the following day. M. -Fortin only an- » - . . Mes. R. M. Moore was "At Home" 'at the tea hour on Monday in honor of Mps. Edward Moore, of Winnipeg. Miss Rogers and Miss Kate Moore poured tea and coffee, and Miss Dal- ton, Miss Carrie Waldron apd Mis Jessie Moore, served ices, while = re {reshments were handed around by ins Gertrude Low, Miss Sutherland, Miss Drumsmond, Miss Richmond. escapbd death through the fact that On Saturday night 'Carruthers he had gone to help M, Caseneuve, gave a Pisg-Pong party for boys when {and did not meet the natives. Much the prize was won by = Master Arthur | ineasiness ix felt as 'to the fate of the Mills, of "Bishop's Court." depots of eight colonial companies up ' $e country above Sangha. The. news was received from Brazeaville, French Congo, by the minister for the colo nes, The annual ten and concert of the Food and Fuel club will be given at St. Andrew's Hall on Tuesday evening at half-past seven. "- oo» To Show How They Stand. * Paris, April 12. Commenting on the coming meeting of the French and Russian squadrons at Tangier, the Figaro says Russia wishes' to show that should any\one seek to raise the Morrocan question, it would he found that the two countries are ip accord, France hail proved this hy her acts of. disinterestedbess and re spect for the status quo. Miss Mabel Thompson, of St. John, N.B.; who came up to Ottawa for Miss Blair's wedding, arrived in Kingston with Captain = and Mrs. Eaton last Friday and has bden their guest this week. , Dr. and Mrs, R. V. Rogers are cox- pected home from Bermuda to night. b Mids Kathleen 0'Hara loft for Chat- "ham on Thursday. Mrs. O'Hara is the guest of Mrs. Alexander Kirkpatrick. i Miss Mabel Gildersleeve has returned from New York. | The ten cent tea given by the Vie toria Circle of The King's Daughters at Mrs. Moore's, was worthy of a larger attendanco. The guests were received by Mrs, Yates and Mrs. Price. Miss Nichol = collected the admission foes, and the tea table was in charge Mrs. Stewart Robertson, Mis. Higgins and Mrs. Forster assisted by the girls of the Circle. Mra Hughes aud Hu. ye Hooper were in © of the work and cand ---------------------- ah Share Y | "Bivby's." Oak Hall. "Bibby's." « 5 8 For nobby hats, stylish gloves ana swell spring suits. The H. D. Bibby Co. Hawes Hats. See them to-night; George Mills & Co., Wellington St., are sole agents. What May Follow. Berlin, April 12.~-After several days' session of the tariff commission, of the reichstag, the agrarian amend- ments, inefeasing the proposed duties on cattle and making them the lowest that can be adopted, the same' as those on grain, were adopt ed, despite the warning of jen, Van-Podblelski, minister of agri- culture, that, sich section would pre vent the negotiations of new commer- cial treaties. 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On Friday last occarred the marri- age of Clarence Loundraville, Cape Vincent, to Miss Anna Davis, Wolfe | Island. | John Phillips. has filed 8 claim } against Cape Vincent for 81.000 for injuries to an ankle caused by falling upon the sidewalk last winter, About 205 hands at present em: ployed in the carsbops at Perth, are busy on the higgest order of cattle cars since the present master-builder, H. Weston, took charge here. ; In Bessemer City, N.C., on Tuesday occurred the marriage of Mie Jessie Robbins, daughter of C. G. Robbins, formerly of Cape Vincent, to Ernest Laviayette Fromeberger, of Dallas, On Monday the spring aseiges will be held in Perth, under judge MeMa- hon. The most notable case will be that ve John A. Mclaren estate, when it will probably be legally setti- od as to whether or not the late Mr. McLaren left a will, A former Deseronto resident died in Fesserton, on Monday, in ithe person of William A. Carter, son of the' late Arthur. Carter. 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