John Thomas Concert Co.

              John Thomas Concert Co.

ANNIE WEBSTER THOMAS VIOLIN VIRTUOSO



ADELAIDE LOUISE WOOD PIANIST


MIRTH


JOHN THOMAS HUMORIST


MELODY



JOHN THOMAS THE HUMORIST
IS A FAVORITE with the amusement public wherever he has appeared, and he holds a position as an Entertainer which few artists have gained in this generation.  The great charm of all his platform efforts is the absolute freedom from any striving for effect, his most humorous sketches being given with an absence of ostentation that in itself gives an immense source of enjoyment to an audience.  Mr. Thomas has such a keen sense of the humorous side of life that he is constantly adding original conceits to his fund of incidents for platform narration, and by this ability he is enabled to give many features of a very attractive and novel character.  An important element in the success of Mr. Thomas is his mobile and expressive face, and his faultlessly distinct enunciation gives another charm to all his utterances.  He has a particularly graceful stage presence and his naturally musical voice enables him to give humorous songs with great effect, and thus add a pleasing variety to a programme.  For several years he has been a prime favorite in the North, South, East and West in Lecture Courses, and has achieved one of the greatest popular successes in the history of the platform.

An Evening with John Thomas, in which he introduces his celebrated specialties, comprising humorous songs, recitals and impersonations, is a delightful entertainment of itself, and in connection with his talented support will provide a great attraction.



PRESS NOTICES.

Only one John Thomas. LAUGH.  To express mirth or joy by an explosive inarticulate sound of the voice, and a peculiar facial distortion; make a convulsive or chuckling noise excited by sudden merriment.—
Century.


That is what every man, woman and child did who were fortunate enough to hear the King of Humorists, John Thomas, at Saco City Hall last evening.  John Thomas was the inspiration last evening, in fact he was the whole series with a couple of additional inspirations thrown in, and if there was a laughterless individual in the hall the Record failed to see him or her.  The expressions of mirth on the part of the auditors was excessive, and some of the people laughed till they cried.  His humorous songs, recitals and impersonation of different characters, grotesque facial expression and electrical magnetic manners are worth going miles to see.—
Record, Biddeford, Me.


The absurd whimsicalities and spontaneous humor of Mr. John Thomas, the famous humorist and elocutionist of Boston, were irresistible.  The song about the Man with the Cork Leg, and the sermon on Mother Hubbard and Her Dog, sent volumes of uncontrollable tears of joy coursing down the cheeks of his auditors.  Mr. Thomas was indeed a genuine success.—
New York World.


The humorous is always acceptable, and it is not strange that Mr. Thomas was recalled three times to answer demands made for meritorious renderings.  He is certainly very able in his line, and may well feel proud that nature gave him so plain a set of features, competent to be worked and distorted to such an extent as to provoke the favor of a laughing public.  He is a good actor withal, self-composed, apt, and efficient.—
Brooklyn Eagle.


Mr. John Thomas is one of the best of the humorists at present upon the stage.  He was recalled several times after his first selection.  In his laughing song and a mock sermon Mr. Thomas was very funny, and the audience laughed till they cried.  The people laughed and applauded again when Mr. Thomas recited Hanging the Picture, and were not satisfied till he had favored them with three more selections.—
Boston Advertiser.


Mr. John Thomas, the well-known humorist, delighted his hearers with several humorous songs and recitations, cleverly and artistically delivered, and won rounds upon rounds of applause and repeated encores from his listeners.—
Cleveland (O.) Leader.


In John Thomas is a humorist of the grotesque order of architecture, who mixes up singing, recitation, posturing, grimacing, dancing, after a bewildering fashion that elicits shouts of laughter from the audience, who could not seem to get enough.—
Chicago Times.


John Thomas, the humorist, was one of the finest and most natural characters seen in the city for many years.  He was decidedly witty, and fairly captivated the audience.—
The Independent, Harrisburg, Pa.


John Thomas is a born humorist, his face being his fortune; with his rare humor and great variety of facial expressions he kept the audience convulsed with laughter, and was greeted with round after round of applause.—
The Constitution, Atlanta, Ga.


Concerning Mr. Thomas—humorist is written in plain words across his countenance.  As a mimic he need fear taking no second place.  Whether in song or impersonating character, he is equally at home.  Each time he appeared he was encored and re-encored.—
The Halifax (N. S.) Morning Herald.


Mr. John Thomas is a born comedian, of naturally easy presence, and was very happy in his selections, which were received with vociferous applause; and he at once became the favorite of the evening, being obliged to respond to encore after encore.  He is possessed of a good, clear voice, and displays a broad vein of humor in his selections, which with his facial expressions were rendered highly ridiculous.—
Denver, Col.


Mr. Thomas did not disappoint the audience, who anticipated great things from him.  His songs were intensely amusing, and his recitations even more so.  He kept the audience in roars of laughter, and the opinion formed of him was that he is the finest artist in the comedy line that has visited St. John for many years.—
St. John (N. B.) Globe.


Mr. John Thomas made a hit the moment he bowed to the house.  His singing is clever as well as musical, and his recitations caused roars of laughter.  He has one of the most mobile faces, and his assumption of various characters by means of it and a well-trained head of hair, is a study in itself.—
Albany Argus, Albany, N. Y.


Of John Thomas himself, what can be said, save that his very appearance took the house by storm and turned it into a cyclone of encores at every recitation.  As on his former visit to Muscatine, the audience peremptorily refused to let him retire at all, which evoked the assurance from him that he would like to stay a week, but had other engagements.—
Tribune, Muscatine, Iowa.


John Thomas is a plain name, but it is one carried by a man who brings down the house at his first appearance.  He walked out on the stage, looked at the audience, winked, gave his face a twist, tapped his swallow-tail coat with his left hand, and everybody roared.  His song was Complaints, in which he gave a representation of every ill to which mankind is heir.  He went on, and the longer he sang and performed the more the people laughed.  John Thomas was apparently dying of a thousand ailments.  The audience was dying of laughter.  He was twice recalled, and each time sustained his first impression as a great humorist.—
Evening Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.


Mr. John Thomas is a great comedian of versatile powers, which are displayed in singing and recitation.  As a singer of comic songs he is far superior to the majority of comedians who sing topical songs, and shows a spontaneous humor and electric force and rapidity, which will wake up any audience, be it of old Christians, old sinners, or mixed.  His recitations are unique, and his version of Old Mother Hubbard, a merry satire in departed, or lingering pulpit oratory, is very comic.  Everybody will want to hear John Thomas again.—
Express, Terre Haute, Ind.


For real humor in character imitations, declamations, and funny songs, John Thomas deserves the medal.—
The Daily Bee, Omaha, Neb.




Annie Webster Thomas The Violinist
THIS TALENTED LADY has few equals on this the king of instruments.  She has made the Violin a life-long study, having had the best instruction from the most celebrated masters.  There seems to be no limit to her wonderful ability to execute with charming grace any music according to absolutely correct methods.  She toured the country under the management of various Lyceum Bureaus, and wherever she has appeared has met with the most enthusiastic reception.  Her beautiful bowing, and sweet and powerful tone, and superb technique, always receive splendid recognition from the most discerning critics.



PRESS NOTICES.

The audience was charmed with the marvelous musical ability displayed by Annie Webster Thomas, the violinist.  Her beautiful bowing, superb technique and originality of interpretation was delightful.  She was applauded to the echo, which she deserved, and responded to several encores.—
Record, Biddeford, Me.


Annie Webster Thomas is a most distinguished artist.  She is announced as a violin virtuoso, and it is not an over-ambitious title to accord her.  Her playing is exquisitely expressive; her bowing remarkably fine; and the sustained quality of the highest and most delicate notes, perfection in the clear purity of intonation.—
Advocate, Arlington, Mass.


Annie Webster Thomas, as violinist, gave that deep pleasure that finished skill and a beautiful self can alone give through that finest of musical creations, the violin.  She played with the ease of long acquaintance with her instrument, and Leonard's Fantaisie Brillante was beautifully played by her, each varied part giving broad scope for the violin.  Mrs. Thomas, in her last number, was encored twice, the second number, slow, graceful song-music and variations, being of such consummate art in seeming imitation of all the woodland birds, that enthusiasm eagerly called her back the third time to play a composition of surpassing delicacy and sweetness.—
Savannah, Ga.


Annie Webster Thomas, the violinist, plays with much power, and with such perfect finish, and especially such smoothness and feeling, that few are heard of any age that play better.  The audience, which was a critical one, sat entranced, and at the close applauded most heartily.  Mrs. Thomas is an American girl, and every American may be proud of her talent and skill.—
Herald, Richmond, Va.


Annie Webster Thomas surprised and delighted the audience by her wonderful manipulation of the strings of the violin.  Her selection, the Ballade et Polonaise, by Vieuxtemps, was wonderfully performed; but her rendition of that old favorite, Carnival de Venice, was a revelation to the audience, and the effects introduced in this piece were unique and extremely difficult.—
Express, Cairo, Ill.


The violin playing of Annie Webster Thomas was the choicest treat of the evening.  She showed a mastery over the violin that is rarely achieved.  She played with splendid expression, accuracy and technique, and considerable originality of interpretation.—
Echo, Elmira, N. Y.


The happy surprise of the evening was the highly enjoyable violin solos of Annie Webster Thomas.  The charming violinist at once captured the audience by her marvelous mastery of the instrument.  Her initial production was the andante and finale of the Mendelssohn Concerto.  Mrs. Thomas was most enthusiastically applauded, and gave for an encore the variations on Ernst's Carnival de Venice.—
Herald, Beatrice, Neb.


To Annie Webster Thomas, who has been for some time Rochester's favorite exponent of the powers of the violin, much praise is due.  She has evidently been studying constantly, and her technique, always brilliant and skillful, is perfection.  That she has marvelous breadth of tone was manifested in her solo, Carnival de Venice, by Ernst.  Her every number was applauded to an encore.—
Rochester Herald.


Annie Webster Thomas is the best lady violinist that ever visited this city.  She delighted her hearers, especially with the Rhapsodie Hongroise, and showed herself the skilled interpreter of the instrument Paganini loved.—
Post, Fort Scott, Kan.


As a violinist, Annie Webster Thomas is a wonder.  Were it not for her youthful appearance, one would think he was listening to one of the old masters, so perfect is her playing.  She exhibited great genius and a high degree of proficiency as a performer on the violin.  Her shading and expression are particularly fine, and she was heartily encored.—
Herald, Boston, Mass.


The violin solos by Annie Webster Thomas were artistic, and her handling of Leonard's difficult Linda di Chamounix Fantasie showed that she is fast placing herself alongside the leaders.  It seems hardly credible that a young lady could get such tone out of an instrument as she did last evening.  Her performance was given a hearty encore.—
Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N. Y.


Mrs. Thomas' handling of the violin was superb.  Paganini's Witches' Dance, one of the most difficult of violin compositions, was most faultlessly rendered, and won for the gifted performer a most enthusiastic encore.—
Argus, Albany, N. Y.


Mrs. Annie Webster Thomas' violin playing was a treat.  She has a wonderful control over the king of instruments.  Thoroughly proficient as a performer, and in her playing showed decided genius.  Each member was applauded to the echo, and the audience listened to her masterly playing in almost breathless attention.  As one of the encores she gave Ernst's Carnival de Venice with a score or more of variations, and in it she revealed her most perfect mastery of the violin.—
Chicago Inter-Ocean.


Mrs. Annie Webster Thomas was then heard in Sarasate's Faust Fantaisie, for the violin.  This number was one of the most enjoyable of the evening.  Mrs. Thomas exhibited unusual skill, and, more than this, showed taste and feeling.  The Faust Fantaisie is often essayed, but seldom played with such delicacy and grace.  The andante movement was exquisitely given, and the forte and staccato passages were very pleasing to the ears of all music lovers.  Mrs. Thomas was encored again and again.—
Charleston, S. C.


Annie Webster Thomas is an artist on the violin.  She showed that exquisite touch and soulful sentiment which draws from the strings every emotion known to humanity.  The effect of the king of instruments in the hands of an artist is simply wonderful.  The audience last evening was in almost breathless attention while Mrs. Thomas was before the footlights.—
Brooklyn Eagle.


Annie Webster Thomas completely captivated the audience by her violin solos.  She is undoubtedly one of the best lady violinists in the country.  Her rendition of Faust's Fantaisie was the best ever heard by a Lynn audience, and appreciated accordingly.—
Lynn News.


The violin playing by Annie Webster Thomas was the very acme of the art.  The instrument and the soul of the player were one in sympathy, a rare combination in musicians, yet it is the highest interpretation of music.  Then it was real, it was sensible, elegant in grace.  She did not make you think of the player, but of the music.  Again, there was the skill, the finish, the clear, pure tone, the result of the years of close application.  Like the rainbow above Niagara, the beauty charms you, while you feel the limitless majesty of which that beauty is but the spray, so the player led her listeners through endless labyrinths of melody.—
Boston Transcript.




Adelaide Louise Wood PIANIST
Possesses marvelous musical ability.  Whenever she has appeared the press and public have been unanimous in their praises.  Her natural ability, which, with the training it has received, has placed her in the front rank of Concert pianists.  Her playing is brilliant, with wonderful technique, and great beauty and elasticity of tone.  As an accompanist she is also an artist of the highest rank.  Her personality is charming, and she captivates her audience.



PRESS NOTICES.

Miss Wood, the pianist, has the touch of an artist and the soul of a musician.  Her performance on the piano being received with approval by the audience, and their pleasure shown by repeated encores.—
New York World.


Miss A. Louise Wood, the pianist, made a favorable impression by opening the concert with a Caprice from Mendelssohn, and met with rounds of well-merited applause.—
Times, Pittsburg, Pa.


Miss A. Louise Wood is a pianist of great ability.  Her playing is refined and finished, and she has a fine stage presence.—
Herald, Boston.


Miss A. Louise Wood, a talented pianist, contributed much to the pleasure of the audience by her well executed piano solos, which were heartily encored.—
Boston Globe.


Miss Wood's piano solos were much appreciated by the critical audience present.  She plays with perfect ease and decision, and received tremendous applause for her artistic work.—
Boston Journal.


The piano playing of Miss Wood showed how well the art was mastered by that young lady.  Miss Wood's touch and playing were truly wonderful.—
Herald, Rochester, N. Y.


Miss A. Louise Wood played several solos; she received encore after encore.  The audience was very appreciative, and enjoyed the renderings of this talented young artist greatly.—
Springfield Republican.


The piano playing of Miss Wood showed how well the art was mastered by that young lady.  Miss Wood's touch and playing were truly wonderful.—
Brockville, Ont., Sentinel.


Miss Wood's piano solos were much appreciated by the large audience, who desire in piano playing that which few artists give—perfect fingering, ease and decision, and herein Miss Wood deserved the tremendous applause given by the critical audience present.—
Albany Argus.


Miss Louise Wood has few equals as a pianist, according to the unanimous opinion of all who heard her.  The ease and grace of this handsome woman, combined with her skill as an artist at the piano, both as a soloist and accompanist, charmed the audience.—
Hamilton, Ohio, “Demo.”

The work of Miss A. L. Wood, the pianist, compared favorably with that of the other members of the company.  Her technique was characterized with a certain dash, yet with a refined and finished touch which charmed those present, and she was repeatedly recalled for encores.—

Des Moines, Iowa.


Miss A. Louise Wood, pianist of the company, played charmingly.  She has plenty of technique and elasticity of tone, and proved herself to be an excellent accompanist.—
Montreal Herald.

The program began with a piano solo by Miss Wood.  She received an encore and was also recalled after her second regular number.  Nothing could better testify to her ability, for pianists are seldom so well received by local audiences.—

Charleston, S. C.


Miss Wood's technique is remarkable, her dash and fire equally so.  She has also the gift of self-possession, very rare in one so young, so that her public performances are always a delight to the audience.  She is, in short, a splendidly equipped pianist.—
Boston Transcript.



JOHN THOMAS
Many Imitators—but only one Original
JOHN THOMAS has a mission in life, and that mission is TO MAKE OTHER PEOPLE HAPPY.  He goes through this good old world of ours making people laugh, and they are better for it.  Every lecture course committee in the country should place John Thomas on their list at least every other year.  He carries sunshine with him wherever he goes, and distributes it freely.

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