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VOL. I., NO. 21;
PINEHURST, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1898.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
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A GRAND MUSICAL FEAST.
Testimonial Concert an Artistic
and Financial Success.
Holly Inn Orchestra Scores Another Hit and
Miss Upham Wins Fresh Laurels.
Finest Entertainment in the History of Pine
hurst, is the Universal Verdict. r
All was harmony within, and without.
If there was any substantial basis to
"The Music of the Spheres," certainly
nature contributed her part Tuesday
evening towards making this entertain
ment a success. The moon fairly beamed
with good nature; the stars smiled
their prettiest, and the air was so balmy
that the concert might have been held
out of doors. The following program is
oll'ered as proof that the entertainment
was of no mean order.
imjookam.
l'AKT I.
1. Overture "The Hayniond," Thomas
Orchestra.
2. Cornet Solo "Remembrance of Liberati,"Casey
Mr. Fred .1. I'oole.
:. Hearting "Scene from 'T!ie Last Wont',"
Mi.ss Kugenie I. I'phani.
i. IMano Solo ''Hungarian Rhapsody Xo.2,"Liszt
Mr. Frank Kdward lindsey.
.". Soprano Solo "Fly Sweet Bird," fro in
Isle of Champagne,
Miss I'phani.
11. Mandolin Solo- 'H jn.l,i1 M'i'W' ' T",.t
I It "Loin du Hal, Cillet
Mr. K. Royal Kills.
PAUT 11.
I. (irand American Fantasia "Tone Pictures of
the North and South," introducing in order:
"Yankee Doodle," "Keller's American
Hymn," "Maryland, my Maryland," "Old
Zip Coon," "lioiinv hloise," "Tenting To
night," "Dixie," "Carry ine hack to Old
Virginny," "High Level Hornpipe," "Mas
sa's in the Cold, Cold Ground, ""Old Dan
Tucker," "Arkansas Traveler," "Star .Span
gled Banner,"
Orchestra.
Clarinet Solo "Faciletta," H. L. Brownell
Mr. L. Stanley Redding.
.!. Reading "The Minuet with Dance,"
Miss I'phani.
1. Violin Solo "Mazurka de Concert," Musin
Mr. Kllis.
.-. .Song "in May," ( Stern
Miss I'phani.
The testimonial was in large measure a
mutual a ttiiir. The entertainment com
mittee took advantage of the occasion to
"how their appreciation. of the ready and
cheerful response of the orchestra to
every request for assistance at our Pine
hurst evening recreations. Our guests
i'vailed.themselves of this opportunity to
assure the young gentlemen that they
took a personal interest in them.. A
friendly rather than a critical spirit pos
sessed the audience. Hut a critic would
have formed only words of praise for the
ehoice program and the excellence with
which it was rendered. Under ordinary
circumstances special commendation
might seem invidious. Hut the members
of the orchestra and Miss Upham were
so deeply interested in each other's per
formance that each seemed to be more
anxious for the success of the others
than for self.
Only once before lias any member of.
the orchestra appeared as a soloist, lint
Tuesday' evening each one proved him
self an artist. They promise hereafter to
give us more of individual efforts along
the line of solos. , Messrs. I'oole, J'ed
ding and Ellis modestly declined to res
pond to enthusiastic encores, though we
caught Mr. Ellis on his mandolin solos.
Hut Mr. Lindsey gave us a hint of the
extent of his ability and repertoire in the
"Hungarian 1'hapsody No. 2,'' and in the
encore selection. "I low "could lie re
member it ally" was the query of more
resorts in the South we should make an
engagement with Miss Upham and the
Holly Inn orchestra forthwith.
Miss Upham was at her best. Her
singing was excellent and "The Minuet
with Dance" was incomparable. The
audience clamored for a repetition, but
we were compelled to content ourselves
with a dialect piece that put everyone in
the best of humor. We are not informed
as to the tangible part; of the testimonial
in the shape of net receipts. Hut we can
assure the members of the orchestra that
no mere pecuniary evidence begins to at
test the esteem and friendship in which
they are held by the guests of IMnehurst.
An Atlraeaive Winter Itsi'(.
IMnehurst is a unique town in the
Southland apparently a Yankee village
dropped down in the woods. It is located
si -in
b--art , c 0J il I il 1
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T1IK IilNlN'C) ROOM AT HOLLY INN.
than one auditor as entirely memoriter
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he finished the marvelous composition m
Liszt. The orchestra pieces showed a
r.mop A medlev is alwavs enioy-
il "ri '
able, and " Tone Pictures of North and
South" was. 'especially so. How nii'eiy
each piece dovetailed into the others!
Such a musical mosaic might easily be
come a botched patch-work. Hut this
induction by its .merit deserves exten
sive publication.
Miss Uphanfs versatility invites huuk
criticism. Her work Tuesday evening
demands anil deserves hearty praise.
iw !c .i o-Piiius! It is an art to conceal
art. We'have known too many instances
. i li,:..
where great natural musical aim m-
trionic ability has been seriously un
paired by unnat ural training and develop
ment. Not so Miss I pnaui. nue u.
he is the character she depicts.
.t liome in comedy and tragedy,
Jjlj4.llJ ------ - .
....Mum nnd humor, we could listen with
delight to a whole evening's -entertainment
given by ber. Her vocal powers
are no less charming than her dramatic.
The small bov's compliment, inelegant
hut most forcible, is: "She's a whole
team in herself." If we were given the
contract to cater for the entertainment
of the guests at the leading winter
in Moore county, North Carolina, in the
well known sand belt and among the
health giving, long-leaf pines. It is
seventy miles southwest of Kaleigh, and
is elevated 050 feet above sea level. How
it came to be is an interesting story.
One of Huston's well-known business
men, Mr. .James V. Tufts, by personal
contact with clergymen, teachers, and
more especially with charity and philan
thropy workers, saw in their lives a com
plete inversion of the law of the survival
of the fittest. Among these are many
cultured persons, capable of the best
work, breaking down prematurely. Men
of wealth in a similar condition could
easily find the time and the dace for
complete rest and recuperation. Not so
these faithful public servants, whose in
come may scarcely equal their living ex
penses. So Mr. Tufts selected a tract of
5,000 acres of forest land in Moore coun
ty, North Carolina, and caused a village
of 100 acres to be laid out under the di
rection of the celebrated landscape archi
tects, Olmsted, Olmsted & Elliot.
In addition to nature's bounties in the
shape of balmy and bracing air and a
genial climate, science has made avail
able an abundant supply of pure water,
and has provided a perfect system of
sewerage and electric lights. Then, too,
people of ample means find abundant
provision made for them. The million
aire can revel In luxuries at the Holly
Inn, while everything necessary for one's
comfort and health is put within reach of
those in moderate circumstances. Hoard
at reasonable rates Is obtainable, while
every form of housekeeping Is provided
for. The social life Is delightful. le
ligious services are held every Sunday
morning, followed by a iilble school. A
mid-week prayer meeting is also sus
tained. Outside, yet close by IMnehurst, the
negro with all his characteristics is
found. A half hour's ride will bring one
to the homes of poor whites, whose
opinion is emphasized by, "I reckin,"and
whose superlative Is "right smart."
They still bake in open fireplaces, and
spin and weave and make up homespun.
Hut they arc descendents of the Scotch
immigrants who came from Old Scotia
after the defeat of Culloden, in 174(1.
What can one get at IMnehurst? liest
from overwork ; if afflicted with throat
or lung diseases, a cure (except where
consumption is confirmed); escape not
only front a New England winter, but
from the trying months of March and
April. Everybody is cheerful and this is
a wonderful aid to nature and medicine.
Here, then, at a minimum cost one can
get a maximum of benefit. It is not a
sanitarium where death is expected, but
a hygeian resort where life-giving ten
dencies prevail. 11. II. T. in The Con-iji'djationaUst.
What Caused His Downfall.
"You know how absent-minded (ircg
ory is?" said the vivacious lady.
"Yes," said the placid lady.
"Well, he went and got one of those
bells for his wheel that rings a long,
continuous ring, you know."
"I know," said the placid lady.
"And he went to ring it when he
turned a corner."
"Of course."
"And it rang, and then he yelled
'Hello!'1 and tried to put the handle bar
up to his ear, and when he got home he
was mud from head to foot and the mad
dest man I ever saw, and he didn't tell
me how it happened till the next morn
ing." Cincinnati Knuitirer.
"Yes, dear, I met your father, and
told him that I wanted to talk with him
as one man with another."
"And"
"Well, that was the kind of talk I got.
With all the temper he has, I am sure he
would never have used such language in
talking to a woman." Indiaiuttnlis Journal.
When a boy is on his way to his first
party his heart beats so loud as lie goes
up the front steps that at first he doesn t
think it will be at all necessary for him to
rinyr the bell. SmacrriUc Journal.