The herald., 1898-10-09
Stray Chords

A concert will be given next Friday even
ing in the University chapel by the faculty
of the college of music. Those who will
appear on the program are Misses Ina
Whitaker, S. E. Pieper and Messrs W. F.
Skeele, A NJ. Perry c. S. De Lano, f. A.
Bacon and W. H. Mead.
Mrs Katherine Kimball Forrest has been
engaged as soprano at st. Vincent church.
Miss Stella NJ. B. Tinker has returned
from Chicago, where she has been study
ing piano and organ.
Miss Mary Brown of Edinburgh. Scotland,
who is spending the winter in this city, is
one of the altos in the choir of the Church
of the Ascension.
Miss Anna Krebs, sister of Conrad
Krebs, whose marriage occurred this week
in this city, was a pupil of Leschetitzky,
teacher of Paderewski, and has just COM
pleted her musical studies in Berlin.
C. 8. De Lano's Guitar, Banjo and Man
dolin club held their first rehearsal Of the
season on Monday evening. The member
ship for this year is as follows: Mrs. C. S.
De Lano, Misses Mayme Hendrick, Nina
Bridwell, Grace Parker Leila Parker,
Messrs. C. S. De Lano, Fl. r. Ketts, T. w.
Hendrick, C. j. Engstrom, F. N. Arnold,
u. NIllleIltll. lie tluD Will give us III ST
concert of the season early in the winter.
The concert given Friday evening in
honor of Sr Antonio Vargas, the we'll
known baritone, was well attended and
the program was we'll received. Mr.. Var
gas solo number, "Un Ballo in Maschera"
(VerdD, was heartily applauded, and Mr..
Vargas sang as an encore the Toreador's
Song from Carmen" Those assisting in
making the concert success were Mrs.
A. R. Shawhan, Srita F. Martinez, Miss
c. Geantit, Mrs. A. w. Hernandez, Miss
Fl. r. Espinosa, Sr and Mrs. A. o. Vargas,
Sr. II. T. Espinosa, ST.. NJ. Hernandez,
Frank Roques and others.
The directors of the Bnai Birth syna-
gogue held a meeting Friday night and a
successor to Frederick Stevenson was ap-
pointed. Mrs. Orr Haralson who was mu-
steal director for a number of years prior
to 1896, was elected for the ensuing year
over a number of competitors. Mrs. Har-
alison will sing as leading soprano while
Miss NJ. O'Donoughue will preside at the
organ. The balance of the leading parts
are assigned as follows: Mrs. j. G.. Scar
borough, contalto; j. p. Du Puy, tenor,
and C. w. Pendleton, bass. Mrs. Haral-
son, In addition to the regular service, will
Introduce a number of special selections.
Evely1 TEMPER writes from New York
to the San Francisco Examiner as follows:
Miss Alice Nielsen is busily engaged re-
hearsing with her new opera company She
Is like child with a new toy and sees
nothing but rose-tinted pathways ahead
of her. Another little woman from Califor-
MIA who has been most fortunate since
leaving her pretty home in Los Angeles
IS Maude Reece Davies, who is the soloist
| with Philip Sousas band She has a sweet
soprano voice. This is her second season
with Sousa and her name is featured on
all the three-sheet posters. Pretty Ethel
Irene Stewart, also a Los Angeles maiden
is another little western songbird who Is
making herself known in this big town
She is the protege of a very wealthy fam
| lily in Gotham and has entree to some OF
the best homes and most exclusive circles
| Last winter she sang at a number of the