As is the usual customto their
discredit be it saidthe audience was
slow in gathering, but the handsome
toilettes of the ladies that were shown
may be somewhat responsible, as it
takes time for them to be properly ar
ranged. It was a very fashionable au
dience, and it was as critical as it was
fashionable, though thoroughly en rap
port with the artists as the warm ap
plause denoted.
The program consisted of but six
numbers, but each was a gem.
The first was a selection by the Cos
mopolitan Quartette, Mesdames R. C.
Minor and S. E. Hall, Messrs. C. D.
Jackson and C. H. Miller.
Mr. White then gave Concerto op
1st movement by Mendelssohn.
Mme. Harriet Loomis-Oliver fol
lowed with a soprano solo, (a) "If I
Were a Rose"Gean Bohanon, (b)
"Just Because"Harry Burleigh.
Mme. Helen A. Yancey was next
with a piano soloSelected.
Mr. White then rendered: (a)
MeditationMassenet, (b) Gavotte
Gossec, (c) Casryonettad'Ambrosio,
(d) ScherzoVan Goens.
Mme. Addie Crawford-Minor ren
dered a selected soprano solo.
Mr. White gave as a finale, Fantasie
CapriceVieuxtemps.
Miss Myrtle Mae Williams, St.
Paul's leading pianist, was the accom
panist for Mr. White.
Mr. F. McGhee, who had the man
agement of the recital, made a speech,
telling of the hopes and aims of Na
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People in the interest
of which the recital was given.
.Misses Ruth McGhee, Flossie Utley,
Hattie Pettis, Ida Mae Johnson, Eunice
Glass, Nora Godette, Ida Loomis and
Adina Adams acted as ushers.
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