CHAUTAUQUA

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 65, 10 December 1919, Page 5

CHAUTAUQUA

9 FENWICK NEW ALL CONCERT PARTY Good taste and a high plane of culture marked tho "musical offerings of the Penwiek Newall Concert Parly, which appeared under tho Chautauqua. banner at tho Concert Chamber yesterday nllernoon. Tlio parly is a triu—ill'. Penwick Newall (tenor), Miss Dorothy Baker (violinist), and Mrs. Newall (pianist), but really number*) do not count when there exists the finality, and on Hint point the Dublin may rest assured. -Mr. Newall is a pure lyric tenor, with a singularly sweet tone, and good '.'ommaiid over a big range. He sings with refinement and grace, and abjures everything oi a theatrical savour. All those who know how difficult Puccini is to master will be interested to know that ill'. Ncwnll sang Kudoll's narrative from "La Bohenie' with much sweetness and lonal truth. JJu uses the luezza voce artistically, but, when needed, hn§ the power to tlirili as well ns charm. It was indeed a treat to hoar his easy flow and good diction (be sa.i>g in itaiianj in the Puccini number. lie also sang with equal charm "Tho Star" (tiogers), "Yesterday and Today" ('Spross), "Little Jioat" (Harriett Ware), and "Mavis" (with violin oljbligalo). ■ Miss Mabel Maker is an attractive personality besides being a skilful and sonli'ul violinist. Her bowing is free and unconstrained, and her phrasing good. JI; was ill Uio "Adagio" of Franz Hies that her tone in the passages for the G string commanded especial attention, and throughout this plensinj number showed every sign of sound training and an intelligence to mako tho most of it. She also played as an encore Schubert's "The lice," a little movement in jierpelito. Mrs. Newall accompanied artistically.

"THE WOULD'S GHI2ATEBT NEED." ' At the conclusion o£ tho concert Mr. M/Lellau A., itccd spoke i'ii "The World's Greatest -Need," and none who had not heard or heard of tlie lecture would be at all likely to guess wluit tho lecturer's conclusion on the point was. Some would say it was a i'reater commercialism, but whilst it was unquestionably beneficial for tho countries of tho world to know each other better in a commercial seme, that was not the world's greatest need. Moro railroads? Well, railroads were a great and wonderful civilising agency, but it was not inoro railroads. The multi-millionaires would perhaps say more money. Little could no done without money under the system we live under. Here tho lecturer diverged to explain tho difference between tlio two classes of wealthy people in America—tho men who had accumulated vast fortunes quite honestly, giving a square deal all round, and giving liberally to good objects whenever appealed to, but there was another class, always under suspicion, who heaped up their millions, and did not. give the peoplo a rotiaro deal. Others might say that (ho

ivofld's greatest neeu was more ehurokes, but ho had long ago concluded that, na i'ar as his own country -was concerned, there were too many churches. 'file trouble was that in most places there ■ware too many churches and too little religisn. (Applause.) it was time Mic thurehes came' closer, together. The patriot would say tn'at inoro patriotism was the world's greatest need, but, patriot as ho considered himself, he would deny that. _ Ho had no time for the man who did not love his country. They had millions in the S'ates, and it uns that factor which might have brought about a revolution there during the war liad not those in authority waited patiently for the hour to strike, when they could enter the war on the side of light without a bloody revolution at home, A'ew Zealand wajiled population, but ho advised tlio Government to see that they got. the right class. If wo had thoso who did not'lore their country and were prepared to make oaeriticcs for it, ship them away—but not to America. Jvo, what he considered tho world's greatest need was a return to old-fashioned ideas oi' honour and honesty, and a greater lovo for humanity, and tho lecturer ingeniously went over his different "heads," and showed how the world and mankind would bq benefited if ail were actuated and inspired by a 'high tense of honour and honesty in their dealings, commercially, financially, patriotically, politically. etc.

"JUST YOIV Dr. Carolino Giesel, who made her debut before a Wellington audience at the Concert Chamber last evening, cumes with a clear and definite message eoncerniiiL' the whole duty of man to-day. Commencing with the statement that tlie Great War has robbed the world ■oi y.UOtI.OtIO ol the cream of its younger manhood. she, in a forceful, free, galloping litvle. imuresses on tho middle-aged man the added respunsibjlty that is his. Some 11.000,000 men in tho Knglish-speaking world between the ages of 22 and 43 uied annually from preventible causes. They stepped deliberately into their gravw when theie was no need 10, simply because tliev neglected their bodies,, neglecteu Ihe commonest law on how aiui what to eat and drink, and so brought about chronic disease which .sent them lo untimely graves. She advi.-ea every man to allow himself to be thoroughly overhauled annually by his doctor, lest he be Inst to the world that wants him, for the men of to-day were the safeguard and defence, of the civilisation of the world. Tliev not only liad to do their own work, hut tluit. of thoso who had fallen in the war. Dr. Giesel pointed out that a great many of the ailments that afflict men arose from dyspepsia, the result or wromr eating. Tliev luui already classified 28 kinds of dyspepsia in her country. and there were mure to follow, is'ot only did the average man not knew how and y/liat to eat for the best preservation of his body, but he did not know what to drill!;. She advocated the drinking or at least two and ii half quarts of water per day, as a preventative of apoplexy. Very earnestly and eloquently did the leeliiress speal; of the pains and penalties which followed the "wild oats" period of young men. and quoted the awful fact that !iO,MO children were born blind each vear in the laiglislHspeaking countries through the sins of their fathers. The civilisation of to-day deppndeo' on its men. Surely if that civilisation was north dying for it was north iiviutr for.

Dr. Giesel was introduced by the Mayoress (Mrs .1. I'. 1/ulte), who at tho conelusion exure.-sed the wish that (lie lecture had been iciven in the big litill, with ten for every one who were present that evening. The audience endorsed Mrs. Luke's dictum with enthusiasm.

THE I'KNWTCJv CONCERT PARTY.' The j'enwick concert parly gave an all 100 brief concert before the lecture. Mr. Fenwiclc Newall, iu ringing voice, was heard lo adv«iils»e in "Tlie Trumpeter" (Dix), "The Spi:it; l-'lower" (Tiptan), "When My SiiijK Coiue Sailing Home" (Doretl), and "Why?" a bracket of widelv-iliversilieo ballads, which were sung delightfully. Mr Xewall's chef d'oeuvre. however, was the aria "Celeste Aida," from Verdi's "Aidn," one of the irroatest love songs ever written, lo which the singer gave admirable txprrssion. Mr. Newall also sang "Mother Machrec." a bright setting of Kipling's "Ttcce.ssinnnl" by Tie.ginald c.e Koven, and a wretlv Indian song. "U.v the Waters of Miniieliiiiua" (which was ci>iV-?ll:shod with a violin obbligatoi. Mis;- Dorothy Baker played Sara/.ale's oiflicult "Spanish liomance" wi'rli marked funr.olhness and leehuical resource, and was awarded an encore. Mrs. Newall played Ihe accompaniments:.

TO-DAY'S I'IIOORAMMK. '['ho Xowall I'arlv is In appear again this afternoon in a new programme, and l)r. (iicsel will speak on a subject _of snecial interest lo ladies. This evening the innior ('!i:tu!auquans will give a novel eulorl.'iiniiioiil, railed ".Innior Town." in which Ihey will exhibit, their knowledge in civics Irani Mrs. Richards. The N'rwall I'lirly and Or. tiiesel will a.l-o cuiiiribule lo the pleasure of whal p.'innisofi In be an inlerestimr evenimr