Readings By Miss Field

The Hospital Cinele of Klng's Dáugntere gave a caost pleasiug entertainment in University Hall Satur(f.iy night. liiss .M;iry Prendí Field, ctaogbter of the late Eogcne Field, appt-ared in a numiber of readings from her father's poems. .Miss Field w-as .issisred by Miss Grace Bassett wbo played the accomiiani menta arid Miss Helle Louise Brewster, who sang severa 1 of Field's poems in musical srttings by De Koven. Nevin and our own Prof. A. A. Stanley. Prof. Stanley's soog was particularly well receiverl fey tiie aiidience. wlio encorect it entluis-iastii ally. -Miss Field was very happy in b?r i'( iiiiiiions and lier seleetions were aiuong thO most popular of lier faiher's poems. Her readtag of spjail boy pieces was ths best and most s. n liailietie. whiie sii' se.'ined to hurry over the patlietic qaalHy wherever it oecunned in her seleetions. Tbia as most notieeable in her sixth re.niIng. Pethapa as .Miss Field bas a svider exierience she níty strike tina elwrd, luit at preseni slu seems ti Have missed ir. mterly, both in volee nnd marnier.. Her best seleetion wis ühe last, where hor dramatic ability and power save promlse oí a greát future if Miss Fïelcl takea thïs tip as a liïe work. Her ffne prespace, peiïfèct í'if control and elear resonant voicc would qualify lier to tafie first rank on the stage. Perhaps tire readlng best liked by tlie audieuce was "Oasey'a d'Hote," read by request.