Musical Clubs' Trip.

The musical clubs returned from their annual Christmas trip yesterday morning. At every city in which they gave concerts they were heartily welcomed by the Harvard graduates, and the trip throughout was one round of entertainments. At nearly every city some prominent club extended its privileges to the students. The new plan of travelling in the daytime and stopping at hotels at night gave the men much needed rest and made the trip even more than usually enjoyable.

The clubs left Boston Friday morning, December 22, and gave their first concert the same day in New York in the Madison Square Garden Concert Hall. Owing to an unfortunate conflict with some other social events, the audience was very small, but all who were present were most enthusiastic in expressing their appreciation. After the concert a reception was given to the clubs by the Harvard Club of New York.

Saturday morning the clubs went to Philadelphia, where they arrived in time to see the principal objects of interest in the city. Considering the fact that it was the last week-day before Christmas, a remarkably large audience was present at the concert, and every number of the programme was heartily applauded. The men were afterwards entertained at the University Club, which had extended its privileges to them during the day.

On Sunday, at noon, the clubs left Philadelphia for Washington, which they reached in the latter part of the afternoon. Monday, Christmas Day, was spent in the capital and all who had never been there before had a good opportunity to see the principal sights before they left. A few of the men went to Mt. Vernon during the day. In the afternoon a tea was given in honor of the clubs by Mrs. John G. Walker. The concert in the evening was one of the best given during the trip, and Mr. Wilder's Hawaiian song with its political hits was very enthusiastically received.

An hour's ride the next morning brought the party to Baltimore where a concert was given the same evening before a very large audience. After the concert the Harvard Club of Maryland entertained the clubs at the Hotel Reynolds, until they were obliged to leave, to take the train for Pittsburg.

This was the first night journey. The train stopped at Altoona, Pa., for breakfast, and reached Pittsburg at noon. The latter part of the road lay through the picturesque mining region of Western Pennsylvania, where the scene of the famous Johnstown disaster was pointed out. The concert in the evening was given in Carnegie Music Hall, Allegheny, after which the Pittsburg Club gave a reception.

The weather in Pittsburg was damp and dismal, and the men were not sorry when the train started Thursday afternoon for Cleveland. The members of the clubs had a much needed rest of a day here, and on Friday gave the best concert of the trip. The musical clubs of Harvard, Yale and Princeton all gave concerts in Cleveland within one week and some of the alumni of the three colleges proposed giving a cup to the clubs that gave the best concert. A committee of judges was appointed, but the plan was finally given up. A dance was given for the clubs by Mrs. Corning, whose son was a member of the Harvard class of '91. The occasion was a most enjoyable one.

After breakfast Saturday morning the clubs started for Buffalo, where they arrived in the afternoon. Teas were given the same afternoon by Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Gratwick. The concert was not so good as the one given the night before, but it was well received by the audience. The Saturn and Buffalo Clubs gave their privileges to the Harvard men during the short period of their stay, and a reception was given at the former after the concert.

The next stop was in Auburn, N. Y. The clubs were entertained at the City Club in the afternoon. After the concert a dance was given by Mrs. Osborne. An early start was made the next morning and Albany was reached early in the afternoon. A tea was given to the clubs by Mrs. Rathburn, and the Fort Orange Club invited the men to make use of its privileges. The last concert of the trip was given at Bleeker Hall and was a great success. A very jolly reception followed at the Fort Orange Club, where, with the feeling that there was no more necessity of "sparing" their voices, the members of the Glee Club sang themselves hoarse, and Mr. Wilder was called upon again and again to entertain the company. Early Wednesday morning the special sleeper left Albany and by ten o'clock the clubs were again in Cambridge.