Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-10
IN MUSICAL CIRCLES
An 0peretta to Be Given for the Benefit of
Wimodaughsis.
Children to BE Seen In ''The Bach elOr
and His Wife"-Other Matters
of Interest.

of Interest.
The success of Pinafore by the children
and Three Dukes" by grown up amateurs.
both Of which were given for charitable
purposes, has induced the managers in each
case to think Of a repetition. People
who attended both performances are still
talking Of the excellent work done both by
little ones and adults. There were two in
cidents in connection with the"Three Dukes
that were extremely pleasant. and showed
the regard the company had for the two
young men who composed the opera. Mr..
Arthur Percy Harris, who composed the
music. was presented with a handsome
ebony baton, with gold tips and a gold
band across the center, on which was en-
g-aved an inscription setting forth the cir
cumstances of its presentation. On the day
OF the performance Mr.. w. H. Harris, vino
wrote the libretto, found attached to the
floral specs that Were handed him over
tne 1ootlights pair of beautiful gold
sleeve buttons. the gift of cast and chorus
Mr.. Harry Wheaton Howard, who SO sue
cessfully directed the child-en's "Pinafore,"
VIII present on Monday night at the Ma
tlonal Rifles Hall his own operetta entitled
The Bachelor and His Wife," for the bene-
mt of Wimodaughsis. This charming little
composition was first given about a year
ago in the High School hail. and attracted
good deal of attention by the meIodious
character of the music, and the sprightli-
ness of the dialogue. The cast and chorus
VIII De by children. most of them being
those who participated in the former -epre-
sentation, and a spirited performance NAV
De anticipated. Miss Marie Howe who
maze Such success as Josephine, will sing
the leading part. and Master Willie Collier
and Miss Annie May OToole will dance an
Irish Jig during the operetta Besides this
operetta there will be a concert program. in
which several well known musicians will
pGarecipate. among them being Miss Mary
Helen Howe, Miss Ada L. Townsend.
Messrs. Lee Crandall, jr.. Elphonzo Young,
1r:, and Warren s. Young The ladies' Of
Wimodaughsis have interested themselves
aotNeH IN TINS entertainment, and antici-
pate a very large attendance
MISS Lolita Mills, so II Is learned from LET
ters received here. is making rapid progress
IN her studies under Lechitiskzy and at a
she charmed all by the yigor and in.eiii,
sence or her playing. 1t is predicted that
on her return she will create furore as a
pianist. 80 .
MISS Maud Powell, who, by her excellent
shll as vlolinist, has gained a host of
irlends and admirers, and whose reputa ton
IS extending each season, will soon be heard
AGAIN IN this city IN a chamber music
concert at the Cniversalist Church
Sig. Mariana Mama has in prepara tion
the third act of Faust" which he will
present shortly after the close of Lent IN
is not yet decided whether it will be given
III the form or a recital or with full cos
tune and scenery. Dr. Compton whose
line tenor voice has been frequently heard
In concert, will sing Faust and it is prob
abie that Sig. Mama will himself sing
Mepnistopheles. Miss Mary Helen Howe
will be the Marguerite and probably Nine.
Mama the Siebel. Prof. and Mrs Mama
recently sang in the cathedral in Balti-
more and all the papers Of that city were
nf fhnfr
Miss Dorothy Byrd Rogers recently sang
IN Cumberland, Nd, at concert and a
sunday paper of that city not only COM
mended her singing highly, but published
a cut or her and quite an extended personal
sketch.
The Imperial Banjo Club is an organiza-
ton that has been quietly going on with
out making any particular stir but IL CON
tains some OF the best material in the city
ana those who have heard the club play
assert that 1t is a revelation in the capabil-
tiles of banjo work.
" The latter part of this month the Paint
and Powder Club of Baltimore will come
over here and present a comic opera, en-
titled "Mustapha," at Albaugh's, for the
benefit OF the Home for Incurables. Mrs.
Frederick Mcclure Mrs. c. c. Glover Mrs
Calderon Carlisle and Miss Alice Riggs have
been instrumental in getting up the enter
tainment, in which Mrs Harriet Lane John
ston and other prominent society women
have become interested. There will be con-
siderable interest in the performance to
see how the amateurs of the monumental
city compare with those Of Washington.
The proposed national organization of the
leading oratorio societies Of the country, in
the Institution of which the Choral Society
has been invited to join with the societies
of Chicago, Boston, Worcester Hartford,
New Haven, New York, Brooklyn, Phla-
delphia, Cleveland, Cincinnati Pittsburg
and Detroit has for one of it's prime objects
the holding of grand choral festivals in the
different cities. by the united societies, after
the order of the Saengerfests of the German
singing societies. 1t is to be hoped that the
capital will secure the first of these festi-
walls. In Convention Hall we have a place
ample for the largest chorus and a large
audience, and Ii Is time the seat of govern
ment of the nation were taking a more ad-
vanced position in the musical world. The
first and most important step in this direc-
ton is the firm establishment of the Choral
Society, in which Washington has its rep
-esentative musical organiza ton, the peer
in excellence of any in the land, though not
the largest In number. With proper finan-
cial support, which will doubtless come with
the dissipation of the existing strngency,
there are even greater possibilities than the
society with its limited resources has been
able to accomplish in musical way. The
best orchestras and soloists involve heavy
expense ofttimes greater than the society
can afford. and 1t is a matter of congratu-
lation that the hard times" have brought
down the price of even the best artists and
enabled the presentation of soloists of such
general excellence this season. 1t is under
stood that the sololsts for 1.-The Creation"
announced for April 4. will be artists of
recognized ability, who have not been heard
here this season. and the lady of the trio
has never yet appeared in Washington,
though her beautiful voice. added to O
concert-goers of nearly all the larger cities
In the LAW Schools.
The debate at the Georgetown University