Nellie Peck Saunders Company

              Nellie Peck Saunders Company
A company of ten artists
Nellie Peck Saunders
The Interstate Lecture Bureau Co.
Cincinnati, O. Kansas City, MO.
The Nellie Peck Saunders Company
TEN   DISTINGUISHED   PLATFORM   FAVORITES
Comprising-
Five Special Solo Jirtists
A Superb Ladies Quartette, "The Harmonie," and
Nellie Peck Saunders, the Noted Reader
Personnel of the Company
Martha Reynolds Colby, Violiniste Frederic D. Lyon, - - Baritone Grace Garretson Hoffman, Pianiste Nora Bailey Wetmore, First Soprano Florence Marlowe,       Second. Soprano
Maud Lenora Farrell, - First JUto Nellie Loviise Vaughn, - Second JUto Grace Heller, - - Herald of Fame George Hilborn, - - Scenic Effects and   NELLIE.   PECHL   SAUNDERS
THE PROGRAM
The most unique, varied, and beautiful offered the Public
Part   I
A CONCERT SUPERIOR TO THAT OF GRAND CONCERT COMPANIES.
SPRING SONG,............Samuc! R. Gaines
The Harmonie Ladies Quartette.
BARITONE SOLO,...........Sylvester Krouse
Frederic I). Lyon.
PIANO SOLO—Rhapsodie Hongroise, No. n,.....Liszt
Grace Garretson Hoffman.
READING,..................Selected
Nellie Peck Saunders.
VIOLIN SOLO—Fantasie Caprice,.....//.  Vteuxtemps
Martha Reynolds Colby.
Part   II
Introducing the entire Company in a magnificent Classical Fantasy, written especially for this Company by E. LAWRENCE JENKINS :
THE BRIGHTEST NAME " What shall I do to be forever known And make the age to come mine own."—Crowley.
Story—The Angel of the Records, who records the names of those who have won Fame in any of the walks of life, on being asked to tell in which of them Fame can best be achieved, and upon what page is inscribed the brightest names, turns the leaves of her book.
INVISIBLE HYMN,   "Turn the Leaves, O Angel." ART, ...... " Phidias admiring his work."
. GODDESS OF MUSIC. " Maidens Welcoming the Victor," Chorus Religious Dance of Greek Maidens. . Clio, Melpomene, Caliope, Euterpe, Erato. ERATO, with love song.
. The Greek Soldier,........Song
"The Soldier's Farewell,"   .   .   .    Chorus Liberty,...........Chorus
Mi sic,   .   .   .
LITERATURE, WAR,.   .   .   .
Grand  Finale
CHORUS,    .... "Stars of June,"   .   .   .   Frances Aliitsen (Arranged for this Company by S. R. Gaines.)
"THE BRIGHTEST NAME" is copyrighted  by The Hints Publishing Company, Publishers of Novel and Artistic Entertainments, Bible House, New York City
npHE   NELLIE   PECK   SAUNDERS   COMPANY,  with   its   varied   program,  combines   art   in
 numerous forms.     Herself a noted interpreter of literature, she is surrounded with singers and
players of proven ability, and these individual artists in ensemble work have secured results strikingly
unique, artistic, and beautiful.
The Original Fantasy produced surpassed anything in a classical entertainment ever attempted on the lyceum platform. This worthy novelty has won the admiration of every audience before which the Company has appeared. The drills and group pictures, with colored calcium-light effects and gorgeous apparel, add much to the magnificence of the program. There is nothing like it or comparable to it. This season being the fourth before a critical public, with an unbroken record of return dates, the Nellie Peck Saunders Company has become a standard attraction and is recognized in the lyceum world as such.                                                                                                    ~
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CINCINNATI.   OHIO
KANSAS   CITY.   MISSOURI
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Evening Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Ind. '* Nellie Peck Saunders's readings were greeted with storms of applause.''
The Daily Journal, Marietta, 0. "Nellie Peck Saunders would have been a whole show herself. Her work was grand, realistic, and impressive."
The News, Indianapolis, Ind. "Nellie Peck Saunders was down to appear twice on the program, but was repeatedly encored, and was obliged to give as many as six numbers."
San Diego (Cal.) Sun. "As a character imper¬sonator Mrs. Saunders occupies a place in the front rank, her expression being almost perfect."
Evening Genius, Uniontozvn, Pa. "As a reader and impersonator Nellie Peck Saunders shone con¬spicuously in a varied rendition of selections in ro¬mance, tragedy, mimicry, and character sketches."
The Eagle, Reading, Pa. "Nellie Peck Saun¬ders demonstrated that she is an artist, and her work was thoroughly enjoyed."
The Republican, Delevan, Wis. "The entertain¬ment proved to be one of the best and most pleasing ever given in our city."
The Evening Telegraph, Dixon, III. "Nellie Peck Saunders is a gifted and cultured reader, with a most pleasing voice and the charm of naturalness. There is something unusually satisfying about her impersonations."
Rev. Dr. Norton, Pastor First Congregational ('/mrch, San Diego, Cal. " It has seldom been my privilege to hear so gifted a reader and impersonator. The exquisite taste shown in your selections, and the simplicity and naturalness of your manner revealed the artist of high degree."
Dan F. Bradley, D. D., Pastor Park Congrega¬tional Church, Grand Rapids, Mich. "I was carried along by the enthusiasm, grace, and power of the impersonations."
7hc Independent, Elkhorn, Wis. "Nellie Peck Saunders is certainly one of the most clever readers and impersonators on the stage to-day. She has a splendid voice and a charming stage manner."
Nebraska State Journal, lincoln, Neb. "Nellie Peck Saunders read with expression and great clear¬ness, and her work was much enjoyed."
Thos. C. Trueblood,A.M., University of Michi¬gan. " Nellie Peck Saunders is a reader of marked ability. Possessed as she is of dramatic force and enthusiasm, her readings must always prove highly entertaining."
NELLIE PECK SAUNDERS is without a superior as an impersonator and reader. Her popu¬larity, wherever she has appeared, knows no bounds. She is a universal favorite. With great brilliancy and attractiveness of personality, whether on the platform or in the social circle, she has cultivated her art until she is able to make her hearers forget that she is representing another, and they think of her as the real character she portrays.
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The Times, Reading, Pa, "This splendid entertainment will long be remembered by those who had the pleasure of witnessing it."
The Independent, Elkhom, Wis. "The Nellie Peck Saunders Company gave one of the most unique and pleasing entertainments ever presented in Elkhorn."
The Evening Telegraph, Dixon, III. "The entertainment was the most unique, and appealed to the artistic tempera¬ment of the audience."
The Courier, Saginaw, Jllich. "The audience was an elite one and tilled the auditorium. Too much praise can not be bestowed upon the various artists that participated in the programs. Quartettes, solos, costuming, light effects, graceful motion, and especially the original fantasie, combined to make the program a grand success."
Samuel Die hey, Tres' t Albion College, Albion, Mich. "The musical numbers, the readings, the splendid effects of the fantasie—in fact, the entire entertainment—delighted our people. The Company is certain to please the audiences be¬fore which they appear."
H. II. Hitchcock, Sup't Bay View (Jllich.) Assembly. "Nellie Peck Saunders and her Company appeared twice in the program at Bay View. The applause which followed the numbers of their program was a good indication of the appre¬ciation of the audience. The Company is a very strong attraction for lecture courses."
The Badger, Evansville, Wis. "This splendid Company surpassed in variety and excellence of performance every¬thing of the kind ever presented here."
The Journal, Indianapolis, Ind.    "This Company gave a performance last night in Tomlinson Hall to an immense ifc    audience, and from beginning to end the performance was delightful."
Nebraska State Journal, Lincoln, JVeb. "The program of the Nellie Peck Saunders Company, which was so much of a novelty as to be something of a mystery to the buyers of tickets in the Auditorium Course, was given last night before a large audience. It proved an attractive and varied enter¬tainment, and the recalls were numerous and full of enthusi¬asm. The young ladies had not only youth and beauty, but refinement and art power as well."
William Hoover, Scc'y Course, Athens, Ohio. "The en¬tertainment was first-class in every way. I have heard more than the usual favorable comments on the performances and varied features of your program, and I would add that you are to be especially commended for the superior tone of that program throughout."                           ,
Dr. A. A. Willis, distinguished lecturer. " I have listened with great pleasure to the recitals of Nellie Peck Saunders and the unusual excellence and novelty of the work of her Company. Her taste is admirable; she renders her selec¬tions with great naturalness and skill, and the various mem¬bers of her Company have been made to reflect her own tastes and skillful training. I commend her and her Com¬pany heartily."
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Frank O. Hansony Mgr. Lecture Coarse, Lexington, III. "It is pronounced the best concert given here in years. Your program is high-class throughout. We are still dis¬cussing the admirable work of Mrs. Colby, Miss Hoffman, Mr. Lyon, and the Quartette. These, with yourself, are enough to equal the best concert companies. The fantasie is unique and extremely different from anything we have seen on the concert stage."
Daily Journal, Gallipolis, 0. "It is almost impossible to find an audience in which every one enjoys the same kind of an entertainment, but those who filled the Opera-house last night and enjoyed the program of the Nellie Peck Saun¬ders Company were intellectual people, and were all delighted beyond measure. The performance in its entirety was beau¬tiful and instructive."
TJic Daily Journal, Marietta, 0. "The Nellie Peck Saunders Company at the Auditorium last night was greeted by a large and enthusiastic audience, composed of Marietta's best people. From start to finish every number on the pro¬gram was a gem. The statue-posing was startling and real¬istic in the extreme. Every number given came up to the high standard set by this Company, and the closing fantasie by the whole company was something long to be remem¬bered."
Marion K. Button, Pros'7 Saginaw Women's Club, Sag¬inaw, Mich. "It was not only beautiful, but also most in¬structive and delightful. I know of no manner in which vocal and expressional art can be more exquisitely portrayed. The whole entertainment was not only charming in itself, but an education to the audience."
The Evening Genius, Union town, Pa. "All who heard and witnessed the performance of the Nellie Peck Saunders Company certainly enjoyed an evening of pleasure and amuse¬ment, and beauty and art. It is one of the most unique entertainments devised for the platform. Aside from the vocal and instrumental selections, the readings and chorus, all of which were excellent, the rendition of the fantasie, ' The Brightest Name,' was alone worth spending an evening to see. Aided by the calcium lights, it was of the highest art and beyond compare in color and array."
The Courier, Gibson City, III. "The Nellie Peck Saunders Company comprises a group of the most gifted en¬tertainers. Their concert is a finished production from first to last; a distinct and high-classed novelty, and thoroughly firsl-class. The applause was continuous, and encores were so frequent that the audience was favored with almost a double program."
Rev. J. P. McFerrin, Birmingham, Ala. "The recent entertainment was a splendid success. It was pure, chaste, and elevating in every particular. The whole evening was pronounced by every one to have been enjoyable to the highest degree."
Secretary Baptist Temple, Philadelphia, Pa. " Since you were here a few days ago, I have been overwhelmed with compliments concerning your company of artists. Our people were delighted. Yours was the twentieth concert of the course, and surpassed anything ever presented. There was not a flaw in a single portion of the program. I join with the 2,500 people present in stating that we all spent an ele¬vating and delightful evening, and all wish you continued success."
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MARTHA   REYNOLDS    COLBY,    Violiniste
MARTHA REYNOLDS COLBY plays the violin like one of the masters. She wields the bow with the strength and grace of Ole Bull himself, and yet wins the heartiest sympathy and en¬thusiasm of her audience by her own beauty and grace as a lady. She is herself an enthusiast, and enters so heartily into the expression of her instrument that she seems to speak through it, and stirs the emotions of her hearers as if they were listening to the very story of the song which she plays. After years of study under the best Amer¬ican masters, Martha Reynolds Colby enjoyed the advantage of train¬ing under leading German masters, having spent several years abroad under Herr G. Schreck and Herr Arno Hiel at Leipsic. She has been a member of the Nellie Peck Saunders Company three seasons.
The Times, Reading, Pa. "Martha Reynolds Colby rendered in most brilliant style several violin solos."
True American, Trenton, N. Y. " Martha Reynolds Colby's playing of the violin was of exceptional merit, and she was obliged to respond to sev¬eral encores."
The Enterprise, Evansville, Wis. "Asa lady violiniste Martha Reynolds Colby can not be excelled, always holding the audience spell-bound with her beautiful and difficult execution."
The Daily Sun, Kites, Mich. " Martha Reynolds Colby possesses re¬markable talent, and the treat she afforded the large audience at the Opera-house last evening was fully appreciated. At the conclusion of the first number she met with a perfect storm of applause, and during all her ably-executed and beautiful renditions rapt interest and attention held the entire audience spellbound. Forced to respond to repeated encores, she did so with a charming grace of manner that quite captivated her audience as much as her playing."
The Daily Sun, Dixon, III. " The violin numbers rendered were the best that have been heard in this city for some time. Martha Reynolds Colby is certainly an artiste of considerable merit. She plays with the grace that delights her audience. She responded to an encore, and her second selec¬tion was even more captivating than the first."
The Record, Ludington, Mich. " Martha Reynolds Colby, the violiniste, in Vieuxtemps's fantasia Appasionata pleased and delighted her hearers, and at the close received round after round of applause to which she re¬sponded gracefully, holding her auditors spellbound with the melody evoked from the king of musical instruments."
The Blade, Elkhorn, Wis. " Martha Reynolds Colby, the violiniste, is a performer of admirable stage presence and a very interesting personality, so that it was as great a pleasure to follow her motions of lithe, graceful strength as to listen to the sympathetic tones and intelligent interpretation."
GRACE GARRETSON HOFFMAN, Pianiste
THE accomplished pianiste of the Company has during her three years' connection with the Nellie Peck Saunders Com¬pany acquired a reputation for marvelous powers of interpretation of the great masters of the classic and romantic schools. Her con¬ception of the works of Beethoven, Chopin, and Schumann is of the highest order, showing the finest culture as well as native ability.
Jackson Patriot, Jackson, Mich. "At a recital last evening, Miss Grace Garretson Hoffman furnished some of the most excellent por¬tions of the program. She is a skillful player, her technique irre¬proachable, and she possesses a pleasing touch."
Detroit Journal. "Miss Grace Garretson Hoffman's piano recital, given last evening, was a pronounced success. She possesses tempera¬ment, technical precision, self-poise, and an unfailing memory to a degree altogether uncommon. Miss Hoffman's program was one of large demands, wide in its range and exacting in its difficulty. Her playing was intelligent throughout and at times magnetic."
Sandusky Register, Sandusky, O. "Miss Grace Garretson Hoffman demonstrated her clever ability and wonderful technique to the extreme delight of all who heard her. Her playing, varied as her style, is full of soul and sympathy. Miss Hoffman is an artiste innate, and won her success by meritorious work."
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MR.   FREDERIC   D.   LYON,   Baritone
T S known and recognized as a singer of remarkable gifts. He possesses all the necessary qualifications which go to make a great singer, namely, a rich, vibrant voice, a perfectly sensitive musical ear, a quick musical perception, an essentially dramatic instinct, and an absolute devotion to his chosen art. His career as a concert singer has been remarkable. He has been the recip¬ient of great applause on all occasions, and his ability added much to the success of the Nellie Peck Saunders Company last season.
Detroit Journal. "Mr. Frederic Lyon has a rich, powerful bari¬tone voice of fine quality and sings with unusually artistic effect. He appeared to great advantage in the presentation of Dudley Buck's 'Triumph of David."'
Philadelphia North American. " Mr. Frederic Lyon won a warm place in the hearts of the audience in his opening song number. His rich, mellow baritone is remarkable indeed. Mr. Lyon graciously responded to the encore insisted upon, keeping his hearers enthusiastic to the end."
5"/. Louis Globe-Democrat. " Mr. Frederic D. Lyon manifested an artistic nature in all his singing, which speaks volumes for his capacity as a vocalist. There is something intensely earnest and refined in the musical fiber of his make-up. His voice has strength and depth, and his enunciation is uniformly good."
Kalamazoo {Mich.) Telegraph. " Mr. Frederic D. Lyon won en¬thusiastic applause with his beautiful voice and splendid songs. He has a strong, clear baritone voice, and his stage presence adds greatly to the charm of his singing."
Joliet [III.) Republican. " Mr. Frederic D. Lyon sings with excel¬lent j udgment, and his superior voice, so admirably adapted to concert work, was one of the best we have ever heard."
|  THE   HARMONIE   LADIES   QUARTETTE  |
THE HARMONIE LADIES QUARTETTE makes its claim for public hearing not only upon the basis of its musicianship, but also because of the possession- of those aesthetic qualities of personality and character which always should  be the accompaniments of the divine art of music.
When we began the formation of this Ladies Quartette two years ago, our purpose was to excel any organization of the kind that had essayed the lyceum concert stage, and we assigned this labor to a person eminently fitted to the judgment of voice and temperament. More than threescore voices of desirable applicants were examined and tested before four voices were found which com¬bined the essentials necessary to a good female quartette. =
The excellent results of this method of creating a quartette have surprised the public, for their work ranks as the very highest attainment in that kind of music. The organization is a permanent one, and our patrons will find it backed by expressions of the highest favor from the best lecture and entertainment course managers.
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NORA BAILEY WHETMORE, the first soprano, possesses a dra¬matic soprano voice of great finish and richness, and a power which lends an unusual strength to the Quartette. She was a pupil of J. E. Meeham, of New York, for several years, and also of the American School of Opera, in New York, where she studied for opera, but finally chose the concert stage instead.
NELLIE LOUISE VAUGHN possesses a contralto voice of marvel¬ous depth and richness. Every audience pronounces this voice as phenomenal, and critics are unanimous in their praise. Depth, flexibility, richness, and soul characterize her voice, which gives a magnificent basis to the Quartette and makes it the greatest Ladies Quartette that has been offered the lyceum.
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MISS FLORENCE MARLOWE has a clear, sweet, soprano voice, sympathetic in quality, which reaches the high notes with perfect ease. She was a pupil of Madam Inez Pannater, of the Michigan Conservatory of Music, and she has met with very flattering suc¬cess upon the platform. She is a petite little miss and always wins her audience.
MAUD LENORA FARRELL is a very talented young lady of a very musical family. She has a cultured and beautiful contralto voice, and she sings with feeling and taste. She is also an accom¬plished pianist. Her voice has attracted more than usual attention, and she was especially selected for the precision and richness of quality which she contributes to the Quartette work.
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