Revivalists' Singing Girls.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7726, 31 January 1905, Page 4

Revivalists' Singing Girls.

Ev a n Roberts, the young revivalist, who is carrying) refigious lire on Welsh villages, has with him a retinue of enthusiastic young men and maidens, who have either come with him from his nativo Loughor or have joined him during his tour. Apart from the revivalist himself, the feature of the Abcrcynon meetings has-been the little gathering of five singing girls who always occupy the seats immediately in front of the preaching dais. Tlijey lead the singing. Sometimes one dashes into a hymn at a tense moment, sometimes thoy join together in ;i r ; outs.-rrst oi song, but whether the hymn is commenced individually or collectively the whole congregation joins in at once. These girls are young, rang'ing apparently from eighteen to twentyfour,. All are attractive, two or three are very pretty. They are dressed tastefully, and are apparently ndt of the. poorest class;. One girl wears a grey costume which would look as pretty in the Strand as in a Welsh village. Another is in black". This- girl, aged perhaps -twenty-two, has a pale, intense face, with shining eyds and a voice of (intense sweetness. This was the girl who did tho most in the conversion scenes. She kneeled beside a backslider, laid her hand on his shoulder, and with face close to his besought him to join 'them. I was present with Roberts at breakfast on Sunday, writes the Daily ila.il special correspondent. He .was talking to the giitls- V Sorandso must stop here," he said. " The two young ones must .come with me." Tone and mannvr toH his careful regard ' for the girls' interests. Roberts and his male lieutenants generally stay together at some cottage in the village.