isa-normaladvance-1909-00174

Description:	174THE NORMAL ADVANCEartist whose promises have been fulfilled.Mischa Elman comes under the list of immature prodigies. Arthur Hartman, while young,is more of a master and ranks very high.One very enjoyable event was that of theMessiah, Handels great Oratorio. It was asplendid production with a fine quartette andstrong chorus. The work most especially interesting to me was that of the soprano, Cor-rine Rider-Kelsey, whom Terre Haute hasheard in the Artists Course. She is a pupil ofthe Toedts, my teachers, and has the distinction of having been engaged for four successive years by Damrosch for the Messiah,something never known before in the thirty-six years of the Oratorio Society. Mrs. Kelsey also has the distinction of being the highestsalaried church singer New York has ever had.She sings in the First Church of Christ, Scientist, at a salary of $5,000 a year for one soloonly at each of two services on Sunday, having leave of absence whenever her concert workmakes it necessary.The renowned Paderewski I heard withmuch delight indeed. His playing was exquisite and wonderful. His musicianship isthorough, and he plays without the least affectation or sensationalism. Three numbers wereadded to his program, the audience refusingto leave. Every seat in Carnegie Hall wastaken, the cheapest being $1.50, and hundredsstood throughout the entire program.I could add much regarding many finedramas and places of interest that I have seen,but as my letter is already long I must soonmake my last period, hoping that you maysometimes have the opportunity to hear andsee that which I have heard and seen, with thesame spirit of enjoyment that has been mineduring the entire season.B. Pearl Ellis,March 7, 1909. New York.Jimmys SisALICE B. KELSEY, 10Jimmys hair was fiery red and his love forPeggy was equally flaming. He had basked inthe sunshine of her smiles ever since the greatApril game in which the Stars had beatenthe Northers in base-ball. Every eveningsince, when there were no practices, Jimmyhad walked home from school with Peggy andpoor little Sis,—poor little, red-headed Siswith whom he had always before gone to school,—had to go trudging home alone, carrying bothdinner buckets. Neither Jimmy nor any ofthe other boys in school thought Sis was ofmuch account, for she had straight, red hairand wore it in two very tight pig-tails. But Sisloved Jimmy with all her heart, and, bashfuland retiring as she was, no one ever knew howshe envied the fluffy, golden-haired Peggy.Jimmy regarded Sis as a servant, willing to doanything he would ask, but he looked uponhis little friend, Peggy, as a creature to beadored and served by him.Practices for the decisive May game betweenthe Stars and Northers were in progress.For several weeks Jimmy had had very fewevenings to go home with Peggy. As the greatday approached, there came rumors that TomRhodes was the best player in the Northers.This news made Jimmy work harder, for before the April game Peggy had worn Tomspin. He realized also that his Stars depended upon him, for the other boys, elatedover former successes, were now sure of winning. It was hard work for Jimmy to getthem enthusiastic, and not until a few days before the contest did Jimmy succeed in rousing all the Stars for a spirited practice.When the decisive day came, the commonswas crowded with pupils of Ward Three. The
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