Evening star., 1895-06-03
ADJUSTMENTS.

1nnes' Band.-Thursday and Friday after
Moons and evenings will be great times at
Convention Hall. Innes and his famous
corps of musicians and soloists will appear
there in his grand spectacles, War and
Peace and Day at the Worlds Fair"
and a great event is promised those who
attend. His soloists embrace some of the
best voices that have been heard here, and
his accessories to the production are
numerous and complete. The ''War and
Peace has been produced here once before,
It scoring a success, and, reinforced by the
otEer attraction, 1t should be as well pa
tronized as before. Everything to insure
the completeness of the two spectacles has
been prepared, the artillery accompani-
ment, the fireworks display, grand mixed
chorus. auxiliary bands, drum and fife
corps, and the veterans and soldiers.
Lecture at the Colored Y. NJ. C. A.-"En-
terptise and Cooperation Among Colored
Young Men and Women" will be treated in
lecture this evening at the Y. NJ. c. A.
gymnasium, 1907 and 1909 11th street north
west, by Mrs. Fanny Jackson-C Coppin of
Philadelphia Mrs. Coppin is a graduate of
Oberlin College. and has devoted twenty
years to the study of this all-important
young men and women of the city will turn
out to hear this excellent discourse.
A Festival of Song.-There will be fes-
tival of song at the Academy of Music
Thursday and Friday evenings of this
week. The first evening a chorus of 500
voices from the high schools of the city
will furnish the music, while on the second
evenings a chorus of the same number of
voices from the graded schools will partici-
pate In the entertainment. All the choruses
have been rehearsng for a long period
and they are now trained to high state of
efficiency. Mr.. w. l.. Tomlins will direct
the concerts. The chorus will be assisted
by Miss Maude Powell the eminent yio-
ortat tha
known organization of this city. Mrs
Ernest Lent will be the accompanist A
most enjoyable program for both evenings
has been prepared, and it is thought that
the singing of the choruses will equal some
of the best societies of the city.
Trinity Church Concert.-The vested choir
of Trinity Church will give a concert We'd
nesday evening next at Trinity parish hall,
corner Sd and c streets northwest The
program will be divided into three parts
the first of which will be rendered by the
choir in full vestments, the second by the
soloiStS and members of the choir in part
songs, while the third part will consist of
old folks songs This choir has rapidly
come to the front as one of the musical or
ganizatons of the city, and a great deal of
interest has been manifested in their COM
ing appearance.
Mr.. Lawrence's Pupils Recital-The pu-
pills of Mr.. John Porter Lawrence gave
mcst enjoyable piano recital at the Church
of Our Father Saturday evening All the
renditions were given in a manner to please
even the critical and some of the compost
ticEs would have taxed the ability of those
who had passed the stage of tuition. The
best number on the program was the Grieg
Concerto, rendered by Miss Grace Hamilton
Jones' Her playing showed the result of
hard and constant study, and her musical
sense was well demonstrated in the bring
ing out of the finer parts. Miss Jessie Kerr
played the second and third movements of
Beethoven's Concerto No. in excellent
style. Two numbers. Chopin Etude and
Moszkowski's "Gondoliera," were intelli-
gently and skilfully rendered by Miss Marie
Grice Young, who showed a great advance
over her last years playing. Miss Rosina
B. Marsh gave Godards Novellozza Mr.. F.
E. Ward, a caprice by Mendelssohn; Miss
Barnes, La Lisonjen by Chaminade; Mr..
Carl Aw and Mrs. Bryan, Mendelssohn's
Concerto in G minor; Mrs. Eleanor G. Pres
ton, Liszt's arrangement of the spinning
song, from Wagners Flying Dutchman;"
Miss Caverly, Chopin Polonaise; Miss
Clements, "Erzahlung am Clavier," by
Scharwenka, and Miss Daisy B. Fox, We
ber's Concertstuck. Prof. Lawrence played
only accomplishments, but these were given
with his usual finish and his pupils work
showed what steady training they had been
given, and demonstrated their teachers
skill.