There was a_ gratifying attendance at the Union Church Hail on the 18th instant, when the members of the Union Church Literary and Social Guild were entertained to a Brahms evening, all the music rendered in the course of a most interesting programme being by that composer. The programme opened with the chanming sonata for piano and violin (A major) played by Mrs. F. Austin, piano, and Mrs. Dixon, violin, in a most able manner, which was followed by three songs "Like a Blossoming Lilac," "Spring," and "Love is for Ever" by Mrs. F. Austin, who gave 'a most sympathetic rendering of all three. Mrs. Powell at the piano, Mrs. Dixon, violin, and Mr. Raaschou, playing a violin in liew of a horn, followed with the trio for piano, violin and horn, the substitution of instrument in the case of the horn detracting only a little from the beauty of the composition.
Mrs. Hughes was responsible for four songs "Sapphic Ode," "9 that I might retrace," "He Wandered," and "The Little Dustman" singing them all charmingly but especially the last named, which is now so well known as always to re quire greater singing than most of the others. The piano solo "Rhapsody in G minor" played by Mrs. Powell was well up to that lady's usual standard of brilliance and a most pleasing programme was brought to a close by the well known "Hungarian Dance," played with great spirit by Mrs. Dixon, who was accompanied by Mr. Tewksbury.
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