Miss Lily Hoffner Wood has been appointed teacher of elocution in the Misses Merington's School, New York.

Miss Clara Clark, dramatic reader and teacher, has removed from Pennsylvania to Buffalo, where she will continue her work.

Mr. L. L. Crosthwaite has accepted the position of teacher of music and elocution in Grand Forks College for the coming year.

Mr. Karleton Hackett gave a lecture-recital at the School of Music of Northwestern University, Oct. 9, subject: "Songs of Old England."

Miss Sarah E. Laughton has charge of the elocution and physical culture work in Augusta Female Seminary this year. She has a large class.

Mrs. May Donnally Kelso read a paper on "The Development of Music" at the Woodlawn Woman's Club, Oct. 7, giving experiments in acoustics.

Miss Agnes Crawford has resumed her teaching at Columbia and Van Norman Institutes, after a vacation spent at Hamilton and Burlington Beach, Canada.

Miss Helen Alt-Muller, who was severely injured in her knee while bicycling last summer, has recovered and resumed her regular classes at Packer Institute.

Her

Miss Annie J. Bronson gave a ballad-lecture recital at the Plainfield Y. M. C. A., Nov. 2. subject was: "The English Language in Song." She was assisted by two pupils.

The advanced dramatic pupils of the Chicago Musical College gave an entertainment in Apollo Hall, Oct. 19, under the direction of Mrs. Laura J. Tisdale, who has charge of the department.

Miss Lois May Alden, a graduate of the Metropolitan College of Music, has opened a New York studio this winter, where she will teach voice, violin and piano. She will also teach at Passaic.

Mr. J. William Suffern has returned to New York for the winter. During the summer he visited London, O., and Somerset, Pa., giving a course of four weeks' music instruction at each place.

Miss Mabel Haydn has returned to Texas and resumed her vocal classes, which were discontinued suddenly on account of the death of her sister. She reports excellent prospects for the

Mrs. Harriet Augusta Prunk will continue to have charge of the elocution department of the Metropolitan School of Music, Indiana. An excellent portrait of her appears in the catalogue of the school, recently issued.

The literary part of the graduating exercises of the Western Female High School, Baltimore, was directed by the elocution teacher, Miss Sara S. Rice. Three young women made speeches in a manner creditable to their training.

Mrs. Leonora Oberndorfer was the reader at a birthday party given at the Park City Methodist Church, Sept. 26. The evening was a success, both artistically and pecuniarily. Every person present paid one cent for each year of his age.

Miss Eliza Warren gave Shakespearian readings at a concert at the Cleveland First Methodist Church, Oct. 29. She is preparing a lecture on "Othello," to add to her lectures on "Hamlet," "Macbeth" and "The Merchant of Venice."

Mr. Henry S. Anderson, for 15 years associated with his brother, Dr. W. G. Anderson, both in Brooklyn and at Yale, has resigned his position and accepted a call to the University School of Cleveland, where he will have full charge of the work.

Mr. Arthur E. Phillips, who, with Miss Abbie A. Birdsall, started the Century School of Elocution, Chicago, has accepted the charge of the elocution and oratory in the Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary. He will also continue his work with Miss Birdsall.

Miss May Leighton Browning has arranged a series of lecture-readings entitled "A Study of Women," to be given in New York, Fishkill, Newburgh and Lakewood. Miss Browning gave recitals during the summer at Narragansett Pier, Yonkers, Netherwood and Westfield.

WERNER'S MAGAZINE regrets to announce the death of Mr. William T. Davis, the husband of Mrs. Estelle H. Davis, at his home in Washington, Oct. 14. Mrs. Davis was one of the students at the summer session of the N. Y. School of Expression. She has our sincere sympathy.

Mrs. Harriet Colburn Saunderson, the wife of Mr. George W. Saunderson, of the University of Wisconsin, has been appointed university extension lecturer on physical education in that institution, and is giving a course of extension lectures on that subject in Milwaukee this fall.

Miss Kathryn Leavitt Bissell will give a special course of 12 lessons in physical training and voiceculture in connection with the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Department of Pedagogy, beginning Oct. 21. The work includes exercises with light apparatus, also æsthetic work.

Miss Kathryn Staley is a young Western teacher and reciter who, coming to New York six months ago, has already met with success in her work. She is a graduate of De Pauw University, and has studied elocution in both Boston and New York She is also a professional newspaper woman.

Mr. Ad. M. Foerster has composed a "Dedication March" for full orchestra, for the inauguration concert at Carnegie Hall, Pittsburgh. Mr. Walter Damrosch, after examining the score, was so well pleased with it that he is desirous of giving it with the N. Y. Symphony Orchestra. The work will take about ten minutes to perform.

Mrs. S. Etta Young gave an entertainment at Oshkosh, Oct. 3, under the patronage of some of its leading people. After a short talk on physical training and its benefits, she gave a number of exercises, followed by recitations. At the close of the program, a reception was held. Mrs. Young will organize classes in her specialties.

A portrait and sketch of Prof. R. L. Cumnock appeared in one of the Sept. issues of the Chicago Fost. His decision to devote himself to elocution was the result of the influence of Prof. Hibbard, teacher of elocution in, and Dr. Joseph Cummings, president of, Wesleyan University. The wisdom of their advice has long ago been proven.

The Fortnightly Shakespeare Club, the largest and oldest club of the kind in New York if not in the country, began its 22d year, Oct. 5. The meeting was well attended. "Henry V." was taken up and will form the study-play of the club for several weeks. At the close of the meeting refreshments were served by the hostess, Mrs. Wallerstein. Mrs. Anna Randall-Diehl is the president.

The Shaftesbury College of Expression, Baltimore, enters upon its sixth year with an enroll

ment of seventy-five students, among which are represented California, Texas, North Carolina, Rhode Island, New York, while an application for prospectus has been received from England. The outlook is very auspicious. Miss Alice May Youse is the principal, assisted by Dr. W. J. Todd, Mr. David H. Reeder and Prof. Henry H. Keech. "More than all else it is an actor's utterance that fixes his position as an artist," says Mr. Alfred Ayres on the title-page of "Acting and Actors, Elocution and Elocutionists." These words form the keynote to the whole book, for in leafing it over, page after page is devoted to the correcting of the false readings of more or less wellknown actors. In this respect, even if in no other, Mr. Ayres's little book is unique and valuable to the thinking elocutionist.

Miss Jessie Alexander gave her annual recital in Toronto at Massey Music Hall, Oct. 4, before a large audience. On this occasion she presented an adaptation of "Trilby," arranged by herself. The salient points of the story were carefully preserved and a rounded picture of each character was given. In presenting the adaptation, Miss Alexander distinguished between the different parts, in voice, accent and manner. She will make this one of the leading pieces of her repertoire this reason.

Mr. James S. Burdett's engagements for October were: Oct. 8, New York; 10, Beverly, Mass., Y. M. C. A.; 11, Kamp Komfort Klub, Springfield, Mass.; 14, New York, R. R. Branch Y. M. Č. A. 18, Beechwood Hotel, Summit, N. J.; 22, Episcopal Church, South Norwalk, Conn. ; 23, St. Augustin Hall, Hoboken, N. J. ; 24, 2d Presbyterian Church, Paterson, N. J.; 26, Eastman's Business College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. (28th engagement); 27, Order of Elks, Paterson, N. J. ; 29, Sing Sing, N. Y.; 31, New York.

Miss Helena V. Weber, a graduate of the Indiana School of Oratory, is taking a special course at the Cincinnati School of Expression, Miss Jennie Mannheimer, principal. She has a class in elocution at the Social Settlement, of which Miss Mannheimer is director. The school opened for the winter in its new quarters, with a satisfactory enrolment of pupils. Mrs. Alice Williams Brotherton, the poet, will give a series of talks on "Life and Literature at the school soon, the object being to raise the literary standard of elocution.

Miss Pauline Sherwood Townsend has been invited to give a recital in the series of 12, planned as one of the attractions in the Woman's Building at the Atlanta Exposition, illustrating the progress made in voice-culture, music and elocution. Miss Townsend has charge of the elocution work in Belhaven College. She teaches for six hours six days of the week, having a pupileach half hour. At a faculty recital, Oct. 4, she gave: "The Red Fan," with music, scenes from "Enoch Arden" studies with curtain drapery and from famous statues.

Mrs. W. Carleton Adams is spending several weeks in Washington State, where she finds a very encouraging outlook for higher elocution. She will go to California in the winter, with her Carleton Adams Concert Co., composed of 5 ladies of her family. On Sept. 16 and 26, the company gave concerts at Spokane. Some of the numbers were: "The Minuet," "Nydia, the Blind Girl of Pompeii," "Light from Over the Range," "Aunt Sophronia at the Opera," "Queen Katharine's Trial;" pantomime of "Jesus, Lover of My Soul;' Soprano, Arditi's "L'Incantatrice," Adams's "Holy City," Chadwick's "Allah," Rossini's "Bel Raggio."

Mrs. Mercedes Leigh, reader, with Mrs. Letitia Crowl, whistler, made a tour of Canada during the summer, giving entertainments. On Sept. 26 and 27 they appeared at Masonic Hall, Montreal, under the auspices of the masonic fraternity, with Lady Cassault heading the list of patronesses. Mrs. Leigh gave the following selections: "Why Doesn't He Come?" Stage Struck," monologues written specially for her, "When Sparrows Build,” "Queen Mab," "Maud," "A Modern Romance, "Mother and Poet," "What My Lover Said," and several dialect pieces. Mrs. Leigh has returned to New York and will teach as usual.

At the October meeting of the N. Y. T. O. at the rooms of the N. Y. School of Expression, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year : Recording secretary and treasurer, Miss Stella King; corresponding secretary, Miss Kathryn Leavitt Bissell; managing committee, George R.

Phillips, M. Helena Zachos, Charles F. Underhill; examining committee, Franklin H. Sargent, Mme. E. A. Alberti, Alfred Young, F. Townsend Southwick, Mrs. Eleanor Georgen. There is over $100 in the treasury. The Rev. Francis T. Russell was elected a member. The November meeting was held at the residence of Miss Kathryn L. Bissel.

Mrs. Ella Skinner Bates entertained a large number of the patients of the Essex Co. Hospital for the Insane, New Jersey, Oct. 24, with readings and recitations. Her program included: "King Henry's Wooing," "Humpty Dumpty," "Persimmons and the Baby," "Rory O'More," "Mickey Fee," "Tom's Little Star," "How Tom Sawyer Whitewashed the Fence," "The Smack at School," "The Enchanted Shirt," "The Frenchman's Dilemma," "My First School." The dialect pieces were specially well given, though her versatility in all lines of reciting is marked. The patients were highly pleased and applauded each number.

Students at the Ohio Wesleyan School of Oratory enjoyed a treat in having five lectures by Prof. George Lansing Raymond, in October. The topics taken up by Prof. Raymond were: "Art in Literature," "Mind and Nature as Represented in Art," "Elocution and Its Relation to the Other Arts," "Art as the Expression of Mind." "Art as Form." He illustrated some of the points by recitations. These lectures will be followed soon by a series of five by Prof. T. C. Trueblood, on "Oratory and the Great Orators." Miss Minnie M. Jones gave an evening of readings before the students, Oct. 28. The school is in a flourishing condition this year. Prof. Robert I. Fulton is the dean.

The gymnastic work in the Cleveland public schools starts in this year with unusual promise. The results of last year's training is apparent in the self-control and good carriage of the children. It is the intention of Miss R. Anna Morris, who has charge of the work, to use more Swedish gymnastics this year, without, however, neglecting the Delsarte principles, which she finds very refining in connection with the more severe exercises. At the forthcoming meeting of the Ohio Physical Education Association in Cleveland, Nov. 29 and 30, part of the program will be devoted to an exhibition of the school-work in American school-gymnastics, Swedish work and German drills, directed by Miss Morris.

The New York Ladies' Trio, composed of Miss Carrie Hirschman, pianist, Miss Dora Valesca Becker, violinist, and Mme Flavie Van den Hende, 'cellist, gave their introductory concert at Steinway Hall, New York, Oct. 22, assisted by Mr. Albert G. Thies, tenor. The program was: Trio, "Trio, op. 1," Scharwenka; 'cello, Andante and Finale from "Concerto," Goltermann; piano, "Scherzo, op. 31," Chopin; "Trio, op. 52,' Rubinstein; tenor, Hindoo Song," Bemberg; "Still wie die Nacht," Bohm; violin, "Allegro Moderato," Wieniawski; trio, "Trio, op. 50," "de Beriot. Each of the ladies is an artist, and the combination is one of the strongest and best now before the public. It should meet with much success.

The program for the Ladies' Literary Club Shakespeare Study Group for the year ending June, 1896, is a unique and useful little book. There are numerous blank leaves for the members' use in taking notes. At the head of the leaves are the various questions to be considered at the meeting. "Timon of Athens" and "Coriolanus" are the plays to be studied; also Shakespeare's heroines. One meeting will be devoted to Goethe's life and one to Iphigenia in Tauris;" there will also be a miscellaneous day, when Riley, Field, Wilcox, Garland and Rose Hartwick Thorpe will be studied. Mrs. Loraine Immen is the chairman of the group, and the excellent program planned is arranged entirely by her. In October she gave a recital before the members of the group.

The annual Inter-Collegiate Oratorical Contest of the State of Illinois was held at Carlinville, Oct. 4. Five colleges were represented: Monmouth, by F. E. Elliott, "Mob and the Law;" Illinois, by R. F. Asplund, "Municipal Patriotism;" Knox, by G. L. Naught, "The Institution and the Age;" Blackburn, by G. D. Willson, "The Heir to True Fame;" Wesleyan, by A. S. Wood, "The Arbitrament of War.' The first prize was awarded to Mr. Elliott, the second to Mr. Asplund. Mr. Elliott's oration was well written, but he won his victory on his delivery. He was perfectly at ease, yet spoke with a degree of force and earnestness that carried conviction. Monmouth College also ranked first

in the contest of 1894. The department of elocution and oratory is under the direction of Miss Clementine Calvin.

The first concert of the season of 1895-6 of the Manuscript Society of New York was held at Chickering Hall, Oct. 24. With the exception of two vocal numbers, the program was entirely orchestral, rendered by an orchestra of 55 pieces, under the direction of Adolph Neuendorff. Decidedly the two best compositions were the opening one, "The Crusaders," by Max Mühlert, and the closing one, "Ballet Suite, No. 2," by Henry K. Hadley. The first told the story of the march of the crusaders toward Jerusalem, a battle, victory, and finally their emotions when the Holy Sepulchre is at last reached. The various themes were very well worked out, without being exhausted. Mr. Hadley's suite was a charming and dainty piece of writing, by far the freshest and most spontaneous work of the evening. The second one of its three parts brought to mind the "Gavotte," from "Mignon," not only in treatment but also in actual theme. E. C. Phelps's "Columbus" and S. G. Pratt's" Symphonie Suite" would have been much more acceptable, if their themes had not been drawn out to positive attenuation. In both cases the themes were overdeveloped, resulting in weakness. Margaret Ruthven Lang contributed an elaborate contralto number with orchestral accompaniment, "Sappho's Prayer to Aphrodite," and Helen Hood was represented by "To a Butterfly" and "A Cottager to Her Infant," two songs out of the usual style, for soprano. A large audience was present.

ANNOUNCEMENTS.

The N. Y. Musical Society announces two concerts: Nov. 30, when Saint-Saëns's "The Deluge' and Chadwick's cantata "The Lily Nymph" will be given; Feb. 15, when the novelty will be Massenet's "Eve."

The four afternoon rehearsals and the four evening concerts of the N. Y. Oratorio Society are: Nov. 22, 23; Dec. 27, 28; March 13, 14; April 24, 25.

The Brooklyn Seidl Society announces the first one of a series of six concerts at the Academy of Music, Nov 11. Paderewski will play.

The N. Y. Musical Art Society will give two concerts at Carnegie Hall, Dec. 12 and March 19, At the first concert Palestrina's "Stabat Mater will be sung.

The six

The remaining concerts of the N. Y. Manuscript Society will be given in Chickering Hall, on the evenings of Dec. 5, Feb. 13 and April 16. private meetings will be held in the Mendelssohn Glee Club Hall, on the evenings of Nov. 21, Dec. 18, Jan. 16, Feb. 20, March 18, April 30. Each of the meetings will be a reception to some noted musician or composer.

Mr. S. H. Clark will give a series of four recitals at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, in the regular course, on March 7, 14, 21, 28. He will read King Lear,' "Richelieu,' "Sohrab and Rustum," and selections from Tennyson. He will also give a course of lectures on elocution and oratory at the University of the City of New York.

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