. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . spended from the roof and fastened byits lower corners to the top of the stage. The entertainment had been scheduled tostart at , and was ready to begin on time,but on accoimt of its being an unusually earlyhour, the audience did not comfortably fillthe auditorium until Incidentally, ourofficials set us a mighty good example in thisrespect, Mr. Willard an(f others of his staffand their guests, being in their seats before eightoclock. The club particularly appreciates theinterest shown in the concert by the patron-esses:Mrs. DanielWillard. Mrs


. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . spended from the roof and fastened byits lower corners to the top of the stage. The entertainment had been scheduled tostart at , and was ready to begin on time,but on accoimt of its being an unusually earlyhour, the audience did not comfortably fillthe auditorium until Incidentally, ourofficials set us a mighty good example in thisrespect, Mr. Willard an(f others of his staffand their guests, being in their seats before eightoclock. The club particularly appreciates theinterest shown in the concert by the patron-esses:Mrs. DanielWillard. ALShriver,Mrs. Arthur W. Thompson, Mrs. Charles ^\.Galloway. Mrs. Francis Lee Stuart, Mrs. FrankH. Clark and Mrs J. T. Leary. The programs,which had been gotten up to imitate the stand-ard blue time-table folders used by the Com-pany, contained a very full exposition of the BALTIMORE & OHIO GLEE CLUB SPECIALTRIP TO SOHGUND scenicvilleSymphonyHarmonyGlee Club Station SOLOUND RETURNIN6>v SAME ROUTEAND CHANGINfi CARS DanceLAND. program, with the words of the songs andbrief explanatory notes concerning their char-acter and composers. Promptly at the house was semi-dark-ened and while the people were still coming in,about thirty of the beautiful scenes which areso common along our right-of-way, were shownby stereopticon. This took but a few minutes,when the curtain was quickly dropped andraised again, disclosing the thirty-six membersof the Baltimore and Ohio Orchestra withC. Sherman Knight at their head. Perhapsthe playing of the orchestra was the big sur-prise of the evening, for it was known by manyof those in attendance that fewer than a dozenrehearsals had been held. Certainly the qualityof the music and the skill with which it wasplayed, were gratifying indeed. The Poetand Peasant Overture, the o})ening musicalniunber on the program, was given with spiritand elicited hearty applause. No encorescould be allowed, however, on account of thelength of the program. W


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