EDNA THOMAS.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18362, 21 April 1925, Page 13

EDNA THOMAS.

CHORAL HALL, TO-NIGHT,

"Last night I went to bc3r Edna Thomas," wrote Hector Bolitio, who is a journalist well hown in this country. "She ma.de me wish that I had never been a dramatic critic, so that I could have kept a!! the phrases that I have squandered, on little po-rplc who do net matter. There are adjectives I have given to the little fry that pass into the half-remembered; and still, since words have their limitations, one can use only tbo»? same phra3e3 to describe a tremendous r.rlisi. . • . liana Thomas told

a, tew dr.ys ago that she .is gcinj to Australia arcl Xew Zealand. ... X have met Edna Thomas, and I envy nil Australia when you are to hear her sin? her delicate, simple aongs with a grace that stirs the clearest, finest part of your soul, i havo said that she sings plantations scngs. She sirgs them—how can I describe it? If I mid artistic&iiy, it wctld mtsi nothing: for such words hare 10-t their meaning. If I said that sbe thrilled r.:c s.> much •thii we walked out of the theatre rather than eee another turn and spoil the bcauty ahc gave us, would thp.t give you in any mcasurs an impression of what 1 felt?—-the delicacy and the grace, the cool simplicity of her singing, and the richness of a voice. London was the long, tiresome, dusty road, and she was like the cool valley with sparkling, splashing water, and greenness. It is to be a spinner of words, because you find a time when there is something so new your heart you want to say that v.ords are no use. I have tried to write a little appreciation of Thomas, and I find 1 can't write what is in my hoirt. 1 only know this: Australia is new i-.rcl bi? and muscular but it lias a tenderness n.nd appreciation for beauty, and I know that Edna Thomas is goir.!; to slir finest feelings of m~ Antipodean heme. ' l'dna- will feive her first costume recital at 'the Cbrral Hall to-night, at 8 "'clock, under the direction cf K. i. Carrol . Sho will be assisted by Lucile Laurence, han>tst and Constor.ce Piper, pianist. The Choral Hall baa been especially carpeted and decorated. while gas firos have been installed lor the comfort of patrons.