The death, on October 5, 1899, of the Rev. Charles Russell Treat, D.D., is felt by many elocutionists as a personal loss.

Dr. Treat was born in Newark, N. J., October 2. 1842. His father was the Rev. Dr. Selah B. Treat, of Boston, a former

REV. CHARLES R. TREAT, D.D.

secretary of the American Board of Foreign Missions of the Congregational Church. Graduating from Williams College, he devoted himself to a special course of preparation in elocution under Lewis B. Monroe, founder of the Boston University School of Oratory, taking, among other collateral studies, a course in physiology at the Pittsfield School of Medicine. From 1866 to 1869 he was professor of physiology and vocal and physical culture in Williams College. During this period he also taught and read with success at various summer institutes. Determining to devote his life to the ministry, he entered Andover Theological Seminary, graduating in 1869. From 1870 to 1872 he was pastor of a Congregational church at Marlborough, Mass. During this period he still taught elocution, being one of the faculty of the Boston University School of Oratory. From 1873 to 1892 he was pastor of a number of prominent churches in Greenwich, Conn., in Brooklyn, and in New York City. In 1892 he became rector of St. Stephen's Church, New York, remaining in that connection until his death. His last elocutionary work was as lecturer at the New York School of Expression.

Dr. Treat's abilities as a popular lecturer were widely recognized. He made no secret of the fact that his success in the pulpit was largely owing to the care which he bestowed upon delivery, and to the end of his career he continued to give painstaking attention not only to vocal expression, but to gesture.

He held firmly to and often publicly defended his conception of the Bible as a book worthy of the best efforts and highest artistic gifts of the reader. As a result he attracted to his church many lovers of cultured and expressive speech. Possessed of a remarkably sweet and persuasive voice, his rendition of the beautiful service of the Protestant Episcopal Church was characterized by both simplicity and genuine feeling. He leaves a widow and two sons, Hugh P. Treat and the Rev. Sydney H. Treat, an Episcopal minister at Stockbridge, Mass.

Eugenia Williamson died at St. Louis, October 13, 1899, after an illness of only five hours, in the thirty-fourth year of her age. She was the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. E. J. Williamson, and always lived in St. Louis, where she was prominent in elocutionary work, being also a member of the St. Louis Elocutionists' Association. She early manifested elocutionary talent, and began teaching when eighteen years of age. was graduated from the National School of Elocution and Oratory in 1889, and subsequently took an extended course of private lessons with Emma Dunning Banks. She and her sister, Miss Mazy Williamson, gave entertainments in various parts of the West.

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In April, 1899, she was married to Dr. John R. Hume, a leading physician of St. Louis and professor of physiology at Barnes Medical College. She was also actively engaged in religious and benevolent work, and at the time of her death was a member of various societies and institutions. WERNER'S MAGAZINE extends its condolence to her friends in their bereavement.

with this church, she became soloist of the Puritan Congregational Church, of Brooklyn. She is at present one of the quartette of the St. James' M. E. Church, New York. Miss Boice studied entirely with her mother, Mrs. Henry Smith Boice, a well known Brooklyn teacher.

The Misses Boice have done considerable ensemble work, their duets calling forth the highest commendation from the local press and critics. They now enter the general entertainment field.

From the many press commendations, both of the singers individually and of their concert work, the following, from the Trenton Sunday Advertiser, expresses the general verdict. Referring to a recent recital in Trenton, the Advertiser said:

Both sisters sang charmingly. They have superexcellent method and technique, but much morebrilliancy, perfect enunciation, and, above everything else, spontaneity. Their phrasing and interpretation proved them finished artists, and the precision with which they sang the difficult numbers was remarkable."

Iolanthe," and, at the age of seventeen, she was chosen as soprano soloist at the Second Presbyterian Church, of Rahway, N. J. After three years

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Mme Clara Brinkerhoff has opened a new studio at 268 West 43d Street, New York.

Mrs. A. S. Robertson's pupils gave an "Afternoon with Copperfield" on Nov. 11.

Miss Margaretta S. Easly is this season studying elocution and literature under Mr. S. H. Clark.

Miss Josephine C. Williams is preparing a series of entertainments for the coming season. The first is to be a Grecian evening.

Mrs. Oscar Denton is filling engagements among the Chicago clubs, where she finds a great demand for darky dialect selections.

Miss Iva Miller Blaydes and her sister Dorothea are spending the winter in Paris pursuing courses in French and in vocal music.

Mr. Frank S. Fox is booked for teachers' institute work at Lancaster, Mifflintown, Lewistown and Bedford, Pa.; and at Middletown, Del.

Mr. William H. Lawton will deliver a lecture on "The Articulating Organs and Singing" at the New York studios of Mme. Aurilla C. Poté, on Dec. 11.

Miss Gwyneth D. King, the colaborer of Mrs. Emily M. Bishop, was married to Mr. Gilbert E. Roe, Nov. 12. WERNER'S MAGAZINE extends its congratulations.

Mrs. Emma Manning Huntley was married on Nov. 16, to Mr. Edward W. Walker. They will live at Lexington. WERNER'S MAGAZINE extends its congratulations.

A feature of the entertainment given, Nov. 10, by the Englewood School of Music and Fine Arts, under the direction of Mrs. Mae R. Perkins, was the pantomime "Comin' thro' the Rye."

Miss Bertha Frances Wolfe won the prize at a pronunciation contest at the Clarke County Teachers' Institute, although twenty-five teachers participated. So much for the study of elocution!

Mrs. May Lee Blye was the reciter at the eighth annual congress of the Woman's Council held at Minneapolis, Nov. 13. She selected "Our Nation's Volunteers," published in our April, 1898, No.

Mrs. Mary D. Manning has made an adaptation and arrangement of Browning's "Colombe's Birthday" and it was recently presented under her direction by the class of 1899 of the University of Nebraska.

In addition to his oratorical proficiency, Prof. Thomas C. Trueblood is an expert golf player. At the faculty-students' golf tournament on Nov. 1, Prof. Trueblood came out ahead, notwithstanding a handicap of five strokes.

Mr. J. Edmund V. Cooke gave an author's reading at the West Side Y. M. C. A. in November. One of his best appreciated numbers was "The Other One Was Booth,' which appeared in the January, 1899, No. of our magazine.

Mrs. Annie M. Woodall opened the lecture-course of the University of Nashville, Nov. 3, with a recital, and on Nov. 7 read twice before the Farmers' Institute at Gallatin. "The Bobolink," by Miller Hageman, is one of her best numbers.

Miss Augusta Grimm has just returned from a successful tour through the South as the reader of the Mendelssohn Male Quartet. She gave concerts in all the leading Southern cities. She states that her private school work in Cincinnati is most gratifying.

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Miss Maude Willis includes the following recitations in her repertoire: "The Swan Song;' dita;" "The Bobolink;" scenes from " Act IV., Scene 1, from "King John;" and "Tiger Lily's Race." Last year Miss Willis traveled with the Schumann Grand Concert Co.

Mrs. Evelyn Allen Aitchison, a graduate of the Edna Chaffee Noble School of Elocution, is making a specialty of one-author programs this season,notably of Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice," Longfellow's "The Spanish Student," and Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities."

How different from the egotism of some elocutitionists, are these unassuming lines from Mrs. Bessie Bown Becker, a reader of child-verse: "I am more than interested in this great dramatic art and hope, some day, to attain a high standard in my simple lines of Riley, Field, and others."

Mrs. C. Hervey Frye has been reappointed teacher of elocution at Drury Academy. At a concert given by the Schubert Male Quartet, she recited Mr. Dooley on Golf," "Surly Tim's Trouble," and selections from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Alfred Austin, and Eugene Field.

"A Sisterly Scheme," "The Young Man Waited," "Guido Ferranti," "Mother and Child," "That Old Sweetheart of Mine," "A Set of Tur

quoise,' ," "The Parlor Lamp," "Knee-Deep in June,' and Wish't I Wus a Gurl," are some of the selections that Miss Evelyn Currier finds most taking.

Mr. Henry Alphonso Steigner gave his first Metropolitan recital at Ellesslie Hall, Nov. 2. His program comprised "The Green-Eyed Monster," "Preciosa, "Her Cuban Tea," the Chamber Scene from "The Christian," "Mice at Play," and "The Soul of the Violin." Mr. Steigner is making a specialty of feminine costume monologues. He is a pupil of Mrs. Frank H. Fenno.

The Denver School of Literature and Expression opened its third school year, Oct. 3, with a lecture on "Literature and Its Interpretation through the Voice," the first of a series of lectures in the year's curriculum. The course of study includes literary interpretation, principles of expression, training of the speaking-voice, phonology, training of the body, pantomime, and extemporaneous speaking and story-telling.

Mrs. Bertha Kunz-Baker gave a dramatic recital, Nov. 7, for the benefit of the Cincinnati Kindergarten Association. Her program comprised four Kipling selections-"Song of the English Navy," "The Widow of Windsor," and "Song "Tommy," of the Banjo;" "The Bishop's Investment," by Victor Hugo; "The Courtship of Gavin Birse and Mag Lownie," by J. M. Barrie; and scenes from 'Cyrano de Bergerac."

Miss Lydia J. Newcomb, while abroad, gave a course of lectures in Naples and in Rome, and did some teaching in the latter city. She believes that Italy would prove a fine opening to one willing to learn the language and to remain there. Physical culture exercises are new to the people and arouse enthusiasm. A full account of Miss Newcomb's European trip appeared in the Oct. 21 issue of the Grand Rapids Evening Press.

Mrs. Adele Willis Bolles will give a dramatic recital at Corona, L. I., Dec. 12, assisted by Mme. Alice Killin-Keough, soprano, and James Potter Keough, bass. Among the recitations that Mrs. Bolles finds most popular are "The New King," by Thomas Frost; "The Pride of Battery B," by Frank Gassaway; "Sally Ann's Experience," by Eliza Calvert Hall; "The Dash for the Colors," by Frederick G. Webb; and "Cicely and the Bears," by Lilliput Levee.

Miss Laura E. Aldrich was one of the speakers at the meeting of the Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs held at Cincinnati in October. She made a plea to have elocution taught in the various schools throughout the State. She urged that if children were taught how to speak properly from babyhood and to handle the English language properly during their childhood, there would be more men and women of mature years able to speak forcibly and with perfect composure from a platform.

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Among the selections that were used most successfully at the Pontiac High School last season Six Love-Letters," "My Little Newsboy," pantomimes of "The Conquered Banner" and "Comin' thro' the Rye," "The Two Runaways,' Cuban Tea," "How the Gospel Came to Jim Oakes," "Midnight in London," the drill "Revel of the Naiads." "Sandalphon," "The Happy Little Cripple," a scene from "The Last Days of Pompeii,' "Trick vs. Trick," "On Board the Cumberland," and "A Romance of the Ganges."

Miss M. Elizabeth Millard is the principal of the Maryland School of Expression, which was estab lished in 1893 and incorporated under the laws of the State of Maryland in 1897. The object of the school is to furnish a well-rounded and thorough education in all that pertains to cultivated speech and action, either as a preparation for teaching in schools, for the purposes of entertainment and conversation, or for the broader requirements of public speaking. Special courses in physical culture and English literature are also conducted.

Mr. Virgil Alonzo Pinkley has just returned from a three-months' tour of the Pacific Coast. He read three times in San Francisco under the auspices of the Pacific Coast Press Club, one of his most successful selections being "The Grumble-Valley Grumbler." While at San Francisco, he spent one Sunday with Joaquin Miller, at the latter's hermitage, and took Mr. Miller's place on a Press Club program. We hope soon to publish Mr. Pinkley's impressions of the poet and the poet's attitude toward the elocutionary art and its exemplars.

Miss Mary Elizabeth Seaman secured first place in a contest held by the Swarthmore Oratorical Association, Feb. 17. As a result, she was chosen to represent the college in the contest before the Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Oratorical Union, held at Lehigh University, March 10. Miss Seaman was successful, obtaining first place among the delegates from seven colleges. Her theme was "Possession through Expression." Miss Seaman graduated from the Brooklyn Girls'

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Ten matinee performances will be given by the senior students of the American Academy of the Dramatic Arts, during this its sixteenth year. Some of the plays to be presented are "On the Arcady Trail," by Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland; "A Flower of Yeddo," by Victor Mapes; "Nell," by E. E. Diestel; "Afterthoughts," by E. E. Drinkwater; "Drusilla," by Evelyn Sharpe; "The Fan," by Carlo Goldoni; "At the Barricade," by Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland; "Esther," by E. E. Diestel; The Pleaders," adapted by A. E. Lancaster from Racine's "Les Plaideurs;" "St. Patrick's Day," by Richard Brinsley Sheridan; "Failure," by Björnstjerne Björnson; "The Brooke Family," adapted by Charles Henry Meltzer, from the French of Alexander Dumas, fils; "A Repentance," by John Oliver Hobbs; "The Power of Darkness," by Leon Tolstoy; "The Coxcomb," by Beaumont and Fletcher; "The Coward," by E. E. Diestel; and "A Caprice," adapted by Charles Henry Meltzer, from the French of Alfred de Musset.

Dr. S. S. Curry has made additions to the faculty of his Beston School of Expression, and seriously begun the establishment of departments. He has added Mr. Leland T. Powers, who has won for himself, during sixteen years of platform work, an enviable reputation. The dramatic department has been strengthened by the addition of Mrs. Erving Winslow, who as an actress and, since her marriage, as a platform reader, is widely known. The continued demand of schools for teachers of physical training led to the establishment of a special department of organic gymnastics for the training of teachers in gymnasiums and physical training classes. This department is under the direction of Mrs. Eliza Josephine Harwood, one of but two pupils of the late Baron Nils Posse who pursued a special three year course with him. Lectures on the various phases of art and the relation of the studies of expression to life, by the Rev. William R. Alger, form the nucleus of a course of work, the special aim of which is the personal culture of the individual. Dr Curry's lectures on the history of art are another phase of the work of the school devoted to the education of taste and the training of the art-instinct. Mrs. Anna Baright Curry will be assisted in her work in literary interpretation by Mr. Oscar Fay Adams.