Died August 14th at Racine, Wis., Mrs. Catherine T. Jones, in her 79th year. She had been a great sufferer from cancer in her breast for a long period, which she bore with patience and resignation. She was born at Gwyddgwian, a farm in the parish of Towyn, Merionethshire, N. W. Her parents were Daniel and Ann Thomas, and were very pious people, and their influence was greatly felt by the deceased during her prolonged life. She was married the first time in Wales, but her husband died, and left her with two daughters to bring up, the present Mrs. R. P. Howell, Racine, and Mrs. David Hughes, Milwaukee. In 1851 she emigrated to America, and settled at Racine, where a sister had preceeded her. In 1857 she was married to Richard Jones, Bron Berllan, Waukesha County, one of the earliest Welsh settlers in the county, and a man highly esteemed and respected by the whole community. One son was born of this marriage, Daniel R. Jones, druggist, now of Milwaukee. After living many years in Waukesha, the family went to Wales, and made their home at Aberystwyth and vicinity, and having spent four years there, they returned to America, and the two following years they lived at Racine, thence returned to Waukesha, where Mr. Jones died December 13th, 1886. Mrs. Jones went to Milwaukee, where she lived till 1895, and from there to Racine, where she died, as before mentioned. She was a zealous member of the Welsh Calvinistic Church from her youth up, and she impressed all that came in contact with her that she was an Israelite indeed. Her religion upheld her in her prolonged sickness, and she was perfectly

submissive to the will of her heavenly Father. Her funeral took place from her home, and was largely attended by friends from home and from a distance. Revs. John E. Jones, Milwaukee, and Robt. T. Roberts, D. D., Racine, officiating. The hymns sung were of her own selection. The pall bearers were R. P. Howell, Jr., Daniel Rees, Jessie and Gomer Hughes, grandchildren, and John D. and Daniel Jones, nephews.-T. LI. W.

Pasumalai, S. India, June 14, 1900. My Dear Mr. Griffiths:

You certainly succeed in publishing one of the most attractive looking, and, to a Welshman, one of the most useful and choice magazine that I know of. I congratulate you upon the large degree of success which crown your endeavors in this line. I trust that you find much encouragement and financial success in the enterprise.

You may know of the terrible famine which is now ravaging this land. Just think of its covering an area where are 50 millions people. Nearly six millions of the suffering ones are being daily fed by government lest they perish. Many many thousands are dying because they cannot be reached by help, or because aid comes too late to save them. Moreover, it is a time when plague adds its horrors, and carries off its tens of thousands, and when cholera prevails, whose victims are legions. God be merciful to this suffering people, and deliver them out of their affliction. Sincerely yours,

Rev. J. P. Jones.

The Royal Welsh United Choir sang at the Trocadero Hall, in the Paris Ex

hibition grounds, recently, before a jury, of whom M. Saint Saens is the president. They had a very hearty reception, and sang in excellent style. The Barry and the Royal Rhondda Male Voice Choirs sang several pieces, under the conductorship of Mr. Tom Stephens and Mr. David Farr alternately, The Royal Welsh Ladies' Choir, conducted by Madame Clara Novello Davies, also sang several pieces. The ladies were popular, and were heartily encored by the audience. The combined chorus of ladies and gentlemen then sang the "Hallelujah Chorus" and the "Marseillaise," which caused intense enthusiasm. The choir was awarded the grand prize of honor, with special mention for the ladies. Madame Davies was presented with a gold crown and a large Sevres china vase, worth about £80, given by the Government. Mr. Tom Stephens was given a gold medal and a gold shield. Two hundred members of the choirs were entertained on Wednesday by Colonel and Mrs. Jekyll, at the British Royal Pavilion, in the Rue des Nations.

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Several young women of Hyde Park, Cincinnati, O., representing a portion of the most cultured set of that community, met in November, 1897, at the home of the Misses Lodwick, Erie Ave., and organized what is now known as the "Entre Nous Club." The club is de

voted to literature and good fellowship. Miss Sallie A. Lewis was chosen President, and Miss Martha Kinney (now Mrs. Myers Cooper) Secretary and Treasurer. These two ladies have been re-elected each year, and were reinstalled in their respectiv places for 19001901.

Private Tobias Williams sends home from Pretoria the news that on the return home the Welsh Regiment, which has been in every engagement along Lord Roberts's route from the Modder River to Pretoria, will be one of the few regiments which will have the honor of marching through London with the Guards.

Some time ago Wales lost her literary policeman, and now she has been deprived of her postman-poet. To the man in the street he was known by the name of W. Jones, but in Bardic circles as "Dewi Glan Teifi." He died at Carnarvon of heart disease at the age of forty-one. For many years he was engaged as postman in the town. He was frequently successful in Eisteddfod and other competitions, and has published a volume of poems.

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MISS ANNIE PEAT, RACINE, WIS.

It is with pleasure that we present with this issue a sketch of one of the most popular lady musicians in the United States, and one who is known to thousands of Eisteddfodwyr all over this vast continent. Her ability is so well known, and has been so favorably commented on by some of the noted critics of the musical world, that any further reference on our part to her sterling qualities as a musician, as well as her ability to perform on her chosen instruments-the piano and organ, would be superfluous. We refer to Miss Annie Peat, of Racine, Wis.

Miss Peat was born in Racine, Octo

ber 18, 1876. She is the daughter of Richard and Margaret Peat. Mr. Peat is a native of Llanbrynmair, North Wales, while the mother of the subject of our sketch was born in Racine, being a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Pugh, who gained prominence owing to being the first Welsh couple ever married in that thriving town on Lake Michigan. Miss Peat's talent for music is hereditary, as her father is a well-known musician, and acknowledged to be one of the most successful conductors in the

abled her to give some highly satisfactory renderings of the works of the great masters. Her playing is characterized with poetic and sympathetic qualities of expression, sustained power and brilliancy. She has given numerous recitals throughout the West with much success, and received very flattering encomiums from the press.

Possibly it is as an organist that Miss Peat is best known. After a three year's course of study with Harrison M. Wild, director of the Apollo Club, of

locality in which they reside. She commenced the study of the piano, for which she displayed much aptitude, when but a mere child, her subsequent teachers being Frederick Nelson and Miss Merrick of Chicago, and Charles W. Dodge, of Milwaukee, who is noted for his excellent qualities as an instructor. By faithful study and practice she made such rapid progress as to exceed the most earnest anticipations of her many admirers, who watched her with strong feelings of hopefulness for future success. Since the commencement of her career she has studied music and piano playing with such effect that she has developed into a substantial concert player, and her methods of technique and of musical interpretation have en

Chicago, as well as organist of Grace Episcopal Church, of the same city, supplemented by another course under that noted performer and instructor Herr Wilhelm Middelschulte, organist of St. James' Cathedral, Chicago, and Theodore Thomas' orchestra, it is hardly to be wondered at that the critics rave over her playing. One of the leading organists of this country, on hearing Miss Peat's interpretation of Guilmant's "Marche Religieuse" at a recent concert, remarked: "She will some day reach the pinnacle of fame, and be classified with the leading organists of the world." Such commendation from one so able to judge fully repays a person for a whole life of study. At the Eisteddfod held at Cincinnati, O., January

1, 1900, where Miss Peat was engaged to render several selections on the grand pipe organ in Music Hall, she won unstinted praise. Professor Homan, musical critic of the "Cincinnati Commercial Tribune," referred publicly to her rendering of Bach's Toccato and Fugue in D minor, as follows: "Her reading was given with the genuine Bach spirit, clean-cut phrasing and finely accentuated periods. She has a facile command of registration, and her pedaling is excellent." Miss Peat has given a large number of organ recitals. Her first occurred at Racine, April 2, 1894, when but seventeen years of age. Since that time she has appeared among other places in Van Wert, Ohio, where at the May Festival in 1897 she played the accompaniments of Handel's "Judas Maccabeus" on the organ; a recital at Pabst Theatre, Milwaukee, at the Ben Davies concert, under the auspices of the Arion Musical Club; and at the recent Eisteddfod in Cincinnati, Ohio, in each place winning the highest praise of her auditors and critics.

Miss Peat is an ardent Eisteddfodist, having officiated in many festivals as an accompanist. In this role her services are in great demand, as she is a superb reader and in complete sympathy with the singer, points which are necessary in an ideal accompanist. For several years she officiated as accompanist of the Orpheus Club of Racine, under the directorship of Professor Daniel Protheroe, Mus. Bac., of Milwaukee, to the utmost satisfaction of all, and has also accompanied such artistes as Mrs. G. Clarke Wilson, Chicago; Frederick Carberry, H. Evan Williams, Albert Fink, and others, with gratifying results. Miss Peat's experience as a competitor in Eisteddfodau, while not a very lengthy one, proved of great value to her. She first competed at Central Music Hall, Chicago, January 1, 1890, where she was awarded first prize. In

all her subsequent competitions she was eminently successful.

At present Miss Peat presides at the organ in the First Presbyterian Church, Racine, a position she has held continuously for the past seven years. She also devotes a large portion of her time to teaching, having under her instruction at the present time a large class of students, who, it is hoped, will appreciate their opportunity of having for an instructor one so qualified in every respect for the imparting of knowledge to those fortunate enough to be placed under her careful tuition. Racine people are naturally proud of their talented townswoman, and well they might be. Miss Peat was born and raised in Racine, was graduated from the local high school, and is at present one of the leaders in musical circles in that community.

"The Cambrian" congratulates Miss Peat, and is pleased with the opportunity of presenting a cut of her genial features in its columns, hoping that her past successes will be as a trifle in comparison with what the future has in store for her.-Iorwerth ap Rhys.

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As far as it concerns Wales, probably the general verdict would place the late Ieuan Gwyllt (Rev. John Roberts) as the best and foremost musical critic our country has produced. Endowed by nature with the cool analytical mind capable of taking an all round survey of a question in its various bearings, he had also trained it by much diligence and studious effort to accomplish its work precisely and systematically. Thus, though but an amateur, and of but limited ability as a composer, lacking the advantage of early training in both an educational and a musical sense, his written adjudications, reviews, and critical articles remain to this day amongst the most valuable musical literature we possess.