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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1902.
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GREAT EISTEDDFOD
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Concert at the Armory Last Night at Which
Notable Artists Appeared Today the
Prize Contest Will Take Place,
Scranton Is today the scene of whut,
It Is assured, will be the greatest
eisteddfod ever held In America. In
the number of contestant?, and audi
tors nnd the prominence of the olll
cers It will surpass every preceding
event of Its kind In this country and
closely uppioach the great national
elsteddfodatl of Wales, the home of this
ancient festival,
The number of Hlugeis who will par
ticipate Is estimated ut -00O, Including
five huge choirs uggiegutlng 900 voices.
Seating arrangements have been made
for 8,000 and the demand for tickets
gives ptomlse that every seat will be
taken at all the session". The Hist
event of the eisteddfod, the concert
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given, last night, was an ernpst of the
Interest which the event has aroused.
One of the biggest crowds that ever
assembled in the aimory was in atten
dance. The eistoddfod paitlcipants from out-of-town
began arriving yesterday
morning and continued coming all day
long. The first to reach here was Jen
kin Powell Jones, of Painesville, Ohio,
director of music in the Cleveland pub
lic schools who is one of the adjudica
tors in the musical competitions. He is
Mopping at the Jermyn.
At C.30 p. in., Dan Piotheroe, of Mil
waukee, Wis., formerly of this city,
came unexpectedly and was heartily
greeted by surprised and pleased
eisteddfod committeemen. Two of Mr.
Protheroe's compositions are to be sung
in the competitions, "The Britons," for
male choruses, and "Sunset" for quar
tettes. During his stay, Mr. Protheroe
will bo the guest of Prof. George
Howell, one of the adjudicators in the
literary contests.
NOTABLES ARRIVE.
The G.50 Lackawanna, train from New
York brought Walter and Mrs. Dam
ro.seh, J. W. Parson Price, the other two
musical adjudicators; Owelym Miles,
II. Evan Williams and Miss Belle New
port, the soloists, at last night's con
cert, and a number of others who came
as onlookers. Among these latter -were
the Mis. Damrosch, Mrs. Price, Mrs.
Miles, Mrs. Evans and Mrs. Wilkes,
sister of Mrs. Price and herself a noted
vocalist. Mr. and Mrs. Williams are
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sam T. Jones.
Miss Newport is being entertained at
the homo of ex-Sheriff Charles Robin
son. The other New Yorkers are at the
Jermyn.
This is the first time that Mr. Dam
rosch ever attended an eisteddfod. His
noted father, however, was a familiar
figure In the old time eisteddfods nnd
known personally to many of the older
Welshmen of this region who were ac
tive in eisteddfods a quarter of a cen
tury ngo. The elder Damrosch was an
adjudicator in the big eisteddfod held
in Wilkes-Barro twenty-Jive years ago
this spring.
Three hundred eisteddfod enthusiasts
came with the Utlca Welsh Philhar
monic society. They arrived at G
o'clock on a special train over the
Lackawanna road. In the party was
O. II. Humphrey, of Utlca, n foremost
litterateur among Welsh-Americans,
who, with President Judge H. M. Ed
wards and Prof. George Howell will ad
judicate the literary contests. T. J.
Daniels, conductor of the Philharmon
ics, is a prominent figure in the Ameri
can eisteddfods, having led many suc
cessful choirs in the biggest of these
events. The Orlons of Utlca, who will
compete for the malo chorus prize, and
the Cecllians of Utlca who aie entered
in the ladles chorus contest also came
on this train.
Tom Beynon, formerly of this city,
now tenor soloist in one of New York's
leading churches, wns also among yes
terday's arrivals.
WILL- COME TODAY,
This morning a special train over the
Lackawanna will bring 250 singers from
tho Northampton region. In the party
will be the Northampton Choral union,
vt Bangor, G, Johns, conductor, which
will compete for the $1,000 prize offered
!or mixed choruses, ana the Bangor
male and female choiuses.
The Newcastle and Pittsburg people
will arrive this morning us will also
those from Wilkes-Barre and other ad
jacent places.
The Arlons, of Brooklyn, who won
the Kaiser Wllhelm trophy in the Xu
tlonal Saengerfest, will arrive at I Hi. in
p. m, today. They number one bundled
and twenty-live voices, Tho At Ions lire
not to enter the contests but will bu
heard nt tonight's session in the
Kaiser's trophy song, ' '
Tho list of entries In the principal
competitions is as follows;
Mixed Chorus (Pilzcs $1,000 and J-'')
1'tlca Philharmonic, noddy. T. J. Daniels,
touductor; Scranton Choral union, Lewis
Davis, conductor; Wllkei-Bnrro Choiul
union, John Lloyd Evuns, conductor;
Northampton Choial union, of Iiangor, U,
John, conductor,
Male Choi ax (1'tizes $!0) and J!0)) Xoitli
End Glee club, of Sormiton; Ailon society,
Pf Utlca; Oxtord Uleo boclety, of Benin
ton; the Gweuts, of Kingston; Dr. Mason
Uleo cluu, or wilKes-llurro: Newcastle
Male chorus, of Nowcastle; Iiangor Malo
chorus of Iiangor.
Herman Malo Chorus (Silver Trophy
valued at 1,000J Tnnaer- MucimcKiior. of
Scianton; Llederkrantz society, of Scrnn
ton; Llt'dctkrnnlK society of lloncsdalc:
Huengerrundo.tof Scrnnton; Ocimuii fling
ing society, of Wilkes-Hnrre.
Ladles' Chorus U'llzes 300 and $100)
IVcllluns, ot t'llca; Ladles' Choral union,
of Senintoli; Oellluus of Wllkes-llarie!
Noiinulds, of Hainmr.
OTHER COMPETITION'S.
In the other musical competitions the
number of cntiks are as follows:
Quartette, 111; duet, soprano and con
tralto, IL'j duet, tenor and bass, 14;
soprano solo, L'2; contralto solo, 11;
tenor solo, 11; bass solo, 11; Juvenile
choius, (.
In the quintettes, duets and solos no
more than three of each set of contest
ants will be permitted to sing in the
eisteddfod. The three to appear before
the audience will be selected by pie
llmlnaiy contests, which will begin at
U.30 a. in. Thtse piellmlnarles will be
conducted by J. W. Patson Price and
Jenkln Powell Jones In the rooms of
Companies L ami P ut the ctieme
northeily and southerly ends of the
coiridor on the main lloor of the ar
mory, in case the piellmlnary com
petitions! cannot be completed by lO.SO
a. m,, the quartette preliminary and
other imliulshed work will be lesumed
at 1.20 p. m. No one will be allowed In
the rooms dining these competitions
except the competitor and the examiner.
In the literary competitions the en
tries are, comparatively, as numerous
as In the musical contests. Fifteen es
says, of .1,000 wordseaeh, and ten novels
of 10.000 words each, are among the
contributions. All told there are 14G lit
erary competitoi.s. The Denver eistedd
fod, held in 1S97, which was the largest
up to the present, had only S!.
This morning's session will open at
10 o'clock. Hon. L. A. Watres will
preside. The competitions scheduled
for the first session are: Tenor and
bass duet, contralto solo, juvenile cho
rus, German Class C male chorus. Ad
judications will be announced in the
competitions for tho Scinnton Times'
prizes for the best two essays on "Com
pulsory Aibitration"; the Scrantun
Truth prizes for best three essays on
the theme "The Song of Labor," nnd
the J.I prize for the best "Englyn." The
eisteddfod will be opened by tho audi
ence singing "Hen Wlad fy Nhadau."
Congressman William Connell will be
the president of the afternoon session,
which will begin promptly nt o'clock.
The afternoon competitions will be:
Soprano and contralto duet, for the
Judge Vosburg prize; bass solo, for
the D. II. Reynolds prize; quartette,
for the Mrs. Joseph O'Brien prize; the
Class B German male chorus, and the
open male chorus.
Adjudications will be announced, in
tlie afternoon, in the competitions for
the W. R. Lewis prize for the best
Welsh novel, and the John R. Jones
prize for the best Welsh descriptive
poem. The Arion society, of Brooklyn,
N. Y will sing "Pruhllngsregen" at
the afternoon session.
The evening session will begin at 7.30
o'clock sharp. Ex-Sheriff Charles Rob
inson will pieslde. The evening com
petitions will be as follows: Ladles'
choius for $400 prizes; soprano solo,
for the Dr. John O'Malley prize; tenor
solo, for the Dr. J. J. Roberts prize,
and the chief choral competition, for
prizes of $1,000 and $230.
Announcement will be made at the
evening session of the adjudication in
The Scranton Tribune prize poem con
test "In Mcmoiiam McKinly." There
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will also be a rendition of the Kaiser
Wllhelm prize song, "Das Deutsche
Lied," by the Arlons of Brooklyn, and
a hong by II. Evan Williams.
President Judge II. M, Edwards and
T. P. Williams will be the conductors
nt all three sessions. Mrs, D. B.
Thomas will net us bfllelnl accompan
ist. LAST NIGHT'S CONCERT.
A llttiug pi elude to the great eistedd
fod was last night's concert, The art
ists, tho crowd, and tho magnificent
decorations left over from the Knights
Templar ball combined to make it an
event In keeping with tho big event of
wuicn it was the forerunner.
That there weie vacant seats Is no re
flection on the popularity of the muslc
luns. The armory's ordinary seating
arrangements nro for 4,000. Last night
there were 8,000 seats In place. It was
not expected all tin so would be tilled nt
the concert, Some of the most renowned
musicians of the woiia have been heie
and their audiences NtTe deroimno'
duted with the usual seats. The -1,000
usual seati would not have contained
last night's audience. Fully u thousand
of tho extut seats were occupied. Tills
ufteinoou and tonight It Is nlimwt cer
ium that eveiy ctutlr will be taken,
At the former musical events In the
armory, the platform was elected t
tho easteily end of the hull. The els
teddfod committee, after exhaustive
tests, decided to place It ut tho noith
erly side of tho hull, midway betweep
tlio two ends. Tim committee claims
this arrangement gives better acoustics,
und It would seem from last night's
practical test that the committee was
wise in Its declblon. Tlio ecuis were
placed to face the platform, between a
series of radlutlng aisles.
As the audience was assembling, last
night, Bauer's baud of fmty pieces
played a belies of concert numbers, and
later In the evening the overtuie from
"Znmpu," which was enthusiastically
encored.
THE FORMAL OPENINC1.
Judge II. M. Edward, as chairman
of the eisteddfod committee, formally
opened the eisteddfod In a few appro
priate words. He also took occasion to
thank the Knights Templar and the
citizens of Scranton for leaving In place
for the eisteddfod the decorations nut
up for the conclave, Just ended. He suld
he had attended eisteddfods hero and
in AVales for thirty years, but never
saw one that had such a beautiful set
ting as this. Ho also extended tho
thanks of tho eisteddfod committee und
ull tlie Welsh people of Scranton and
vicinity to the citizens in general for
their most liberal suppoit of the eis
teddfod. Ilo concluded by intrpduelng
the ohali man of tho evening, Kecoider
Willlum L. Connell, who, Judge Ed
wards said, was "ut the head of the
fourth hiigcst city hi the state In size
and dignity, and the first In Import
uncuA Recorder Connell was warmly ap
plauded as he aiosK to ucknowkdfjo tho
Introduction, lie said, In part:
I thank jmi for tlio honor your cum
mlttee i,is Voifoiied upon mo by ri quest
ing rati to welcome, on Imhulf of the peo
ple of Sci anion, tho inou and womuu i-o
distinguished in tint woild of music, who
luu'o honored us "kith their mesenuti and
their talents on tho occasion of tliM grmt
imtloual tisicildl'ud.
t liuv" nhi'ody (mil Hut plcuxuro this
week of extending to tl'o magnanimous
order of KulfciitH Templar ot Puuusyl
vuiilu woids of gieetlug and wiileome, In
viewing that niagnlllcenl body of iimp
iu they matched tluough our utieuU, wo
weie, uiiconsclouiily icniliuleil of deeds ot
chivalry and acts heroic in their defense
of thu (iulstlau religion tuid their piotcc
lion of widows and oi plains In the early
history of their older, and, cuilou.sly, wo
ait! uImi reminded that the kulghlly call
lug in thu ago of chivalry was associated
pot only with huiolc nets und deeds of
uiniM, but with tho gentler pasllmo ot
minstrelsy und song. An linpuitaut fen
lino of the Sir Knight's curriculum was
tho auiulsltlon of a degteo of proficiency
In musical composition.
Fiom ads of chivalry and deeds mug
naulmous we turn with happy counte
nances to greet you and to extend to
you our welcome.
AX INDUSTRIAL MUSIC.
In our fair valley we have oveiy hill
side dotted with innnufucluies pulsating
with an Industrial music, which is tho
b.'tnut stimulant to our mutcilul life thut
tho grand oratorios of Hundel are to our
other or Bjiltituul nature. Music is us old
as the i a co and has been the inspiration
ot tho wan lor or the balm bf the dhu
hi all ages. The potent Inftuciicn of tlio
.Maisellles hyinii overturned a government
in France, and the stlniim strains of a
wur-llme song in our own land furnished
rathur Abraham threw hundred thousand
nioio lieeintn to nlfcct the salvation of
tint union of states and the liberation of
1,000,000 of slaves.
Tho blith of nitislti Is contemporaneous
with that of tho nice, and bufuio the In
vention of tlio i eed or llagolotte the chll
di on of tho human family ponied I'm Hi
their songs of prulso to the author of
their hehig through thut Uoii.givon and
sweetest of all musical Instruments, the
human voice. Their music was tho ovei
llow of soul, touched and played upon by
the Doners and ileitis, the sunlight und
shadows, the lofty mountains and run
ning Mi-Cams and mlirored lakis of an
uiidlntiiilicd and unmuriod urn Id.
".Music was a thing of tlio soul, a iota'
lipped shell that miiimiued of the eter
nal sea, u straiigti blid singing tho songs
of another shine," It poius out Its balm
when the heart Is giluved; by It the eon.
mieilug ni mles me led ami by It our lined
ones nro laid to rest. It makes men better
and In making men hotter Vho woild
seems inlrer, tor wo agrt.o with HarvK's,
'niiislo Is not only u body healer, It i.s it
mind U'tfiilatni'; inuslo disciplines and
e mill ols emotion.
You cuu urouso Willi a. slroko, but to
guide, to moderate and toj'ontiol, for thin
ou reiiulre the subtle machinery of an
art, and the direct miichlneiy for stilling
Up und legulntlllg emotion Is tho wondci
fill hl)iilui'y mechanism cieated by tho
uit of music, fur
"Only a few nioio uutcs
Only u liner tone.
And lo, thu world bows down
IJoforo the singers throne."
And tonight wo welcome you, asking
you only to remember, that if porchuuee
Iioni our busy life you should feel thut
the work done by you In our midst tend
ing towaids the advancement of music,
was not appreciated, vou sbull dismiss
the thought. Wo are not In sympatic
with tho'-e that muslo cannot chaim, and
Indeed this class yon will ilnd in the great
minority in the city ot Scranton, which
prides itself upon Its musical talent and
tho largo pioportion ot our people who
possess musical ability and a thoiough
love und intelligent uppipchitloti of the
ait.
Our earnest desire Is thut your sojourn
lieio shall bo very pleasant, and that U.e
lecollectlons you may carry away with
you from this eisteddfod shall bo of tho
mont happy character. On behalf ot tlio
city 1 take gieat pleasure hi extruding to
you a coidlal welcome to ci union,
THE AUDIENCE SA.NC1.
At the Invitation of Judge Edwards,
Jenkln Powell Jones, of Painesville, O,,
one of the adjudlcatois of music, led
the audience in singing ".My Country
"lis of Thee," The grand national an
them was sung, as It only could be
sung by u chorus of five thnurand, of
which number more than half weie
Welsh,
A multitude of Reeve Jones' friends
were disappointed that owing to the
length ot the programme and tlie late
ness, of the hour ho withdiew his group
of piano numbfcis, playing only the
march fiom Tanuhuuser, Mr, Reeves'
wonderful technique Is so well known
and his piano work has always attract
ed so much attention that timing tlio
months when he was Incapacitated by
uu accident he has been greatly misled
In musical circles,
Professor J. Allied Pennington was
the accompanist of the evening und ie.
tlv'cted much credit op Peranum with
his Intelligent and synipalhetlo work.
H. Evans Williams Is peihaps the
gieatest favorite of all tho sololsls who
huvo visited .Scranton. He senilis to
Ijavo completely iecoye,red tioiu the
throat affection which annojed him
when hero In Febiuary and sang with
all his old time power ami compelling
magnetism. It is wmtli u gieat deal
to hear Evan Wllllums sing "Lend Me
Your Aid." It Is doubtless true that
few other concert singers reach the
mnjestlo height touched by him in tills
great solo. Theie is something in the
personality of tlie man which seems
lo belong to the lofty pitch of such a
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It only needed the spontanetius und
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hear "All Tluo' the Night." As he
closed the final lines,
"Willi thy lust dim Journey taken
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thut Inimitable touch of pathos which
ho puts Into the heurt-bieaklug llttlo
song sw'ept the audience In a swift
tide of emotion that left a deep silence
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