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lor glory. i Tbe question is, have they received their pay in full? We have not the time at this writing to discuss tho question, but ere long may have a few remarks to make on the subject. Suffice it to say that, if honor is given to whom honor is due, the members of the Chorus of the Festival of 1878 will reap an ample reward.» THE AUDIENCESWere simply immense. The night concerts unlt; doubiedly took the palm for a crowded attendance. The closing was a jam; that tells the Story. Every hody looked happy, end the ladies b* dutiful ana exceedingly attractive in elegant suits of silks and satins. We doubt if so many rich and costlybonnets were ever before displayed in one week in any city in this country as were seen at the Music Hall during tbe past week.DURING THE EVENINGla an upper room the Chorus assembled, end, through Mr. Herman Goepper, presented Mr. Otto Binger with a handsome music-rack; Mr. Springer With a large, elaborately decorated Japanese plate, and Mr. Goepper was also the recipient of a fancy and rare Japanese ornament. No speech-making was 1 indulged in. After the ciO’-e of the last part of tho programme Theodore Thomas briefly thanked the members of the Clio* rusfor their services. Several calls were made for Mr. Springer, but he did not appear, and the audience quietly dispersed. Bo ended the Festival.The City lu (Jala Dress.Hang your banners on the outer wall,The cry is, *8till they come!' MYes, in the language of the immortal William, they came not as single spies, but in battalions. The Queen City was filled with strangers drawn hither by the noise of the great Organ whose tuneful voice shall re-echo throughout the world. The heart of Heubeta Springer must have bounded with a peculiar sense of pleasure as he beheld this city decked out in holiday garb and saw the thousands of visitors traversing her streets; for to him we are Indebted for the grand Jubilee. To his munificent generosity can be ascrlled the honor of making Inst week a memorable one in the history of Cincinnati,That he will ever live in the grateful remembrance of his fellow-citizens there is no question. It is a ' grand thing to see the public moved by one common impulse; iwayed by the same idea, and loyal to the same purpose. That idea, that purpose, that Impulse, now past, was to dress the somber, smoky houses in gay colors, to put the beet foot foremost, and to welcome with open a rim nud beamingsmiles those who come to worship at the shrine of She Goddess of Music and of Bung. That she has succeeded in mokiug anagreeable impression is not to ho doubted.Crowds of uufamilinT faces were saen on theprincipal thoroughfares, gazing in rapt attention upon the busy scenes of a great and gay city.; They doubtless took with them to their homes- remembrances thut will last for many years. They will remember the Davidsou Fountain,• the Zoological Garden, the luxurious hotels, the- LadW l-oun Collection, the hill top resorts,• tfcs beer, the music, and the scene* of busy life everywhere presented to their sight; the Wtrui welcome extended by friends whom they• t, and the result will bo that the Queen City of• the West will always hold a green spot in their i memory as the place that never doe* things byhfig : as the city in which public-spirited citizens dwell; whore ai t and uiusic have found a permanent home, and where the citizens appreciate the blessings they enjoy.' Hut the decora turns. On all the principal streets Dp town colors were spread In profusion, and eeeh 01 i endeavored to outdo his neighbor In , extent and variety o! the display. One thing was noticeable, the sordid spirit of the advertiser was ' Seen in but few instance* in the character of the , deooration*. Here and there a tradesman hod blended in an ingenious mauuer the symbols of his uado with the decorations In honor of the Festival, •bowing as plain as the nose on one’s face that his . sooin thought tkos to catcli the eye of tbe buyer. But as said above, these caacs were few; tbe adver-• lifting (and by tbe way, legitimate advertising has never oeen done in a more lavish manner), was confined to tne columns of the doily press—where ft hmloiigeiiFlogs every where. Hunting and streamers and Chinese lantern*, evergreen*, wreaths, mottoes and pictures of the musical composers were upon almost every house* The well known face in counterfeit presentment’* of Reuben Bptinger was tucked above thousands of doom and hanging from innumerable windows; eve^r nation’s banner wts flung to the, choice flowers laden the air with their deli-aals perfume, and every conceivable appliance Is ' taken advantage of to render the gala dress of our usually smoky city as taking os possible. Money * Bad bead expended lavishly in this direction, and.Mm result attained well repaid t ha outlay.
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Cincinnati Weekly Enquirer
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Wed, May 22, 1878
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