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took year with Georg Henschel to per
feet herself in the art of song singing.
Miss Mary Helen Howe, soprano. is q
Washington girl, born and reared in this
city, and Washington can, therefore, claim
is marked by unusual fexibility in
the upper register and by rich
volume of tone in the middle and
lower registers. Besides doing a great
nected with the Metropolitan English Opera
Company, Herman Grau. manager, and
the International Opera Company. headed
by Nine. Clementine De We're. With both
of these she was decidedly successful Her
repertoire includes the leading soprano
parts in Faust" "Cavaiieria Rusticana"
Romeo and Juliet" I'll Trovatore," Rig
oletto,- Martha" Lucia" THE Bohe-
in lighter operas. She has sung the So
prano role in Rossini's 'Stabat Mater" and
Handefs Messiah" the former recently
at the Church of the TRANSPORTATION in
Brooklyn. At Mrs. McKinley's invitation
she recently sang at the White House, and
was warmly complimented by both the
President and Mrs. Mckinley.
Miss Mabele Louise Bond, contralto, is
one of the youngest, as we'll as most promi-
nent, of the concert contraltos of New York.
A Fermonter by birth, but now a resi-
dent in New York, she has there
held important solo positions in lead
ing choirs. such those of the Mid
die Collegiate Reformed Church and the
First Church of Christ, Scientist. Her
repertoire IS most varied, lnClud1llS' OratOrlO,
opera and French. German and Italian
songs. 1t is IN dramatic work that she is
most successful. Her voice is at once bril-
liant and deep. its compass very extensive
and of wide range of expression. Her rem
dition of Lehmanns Persian Garden" has
been particularly admired. Miss Bond is
one of the leading members of the Musi-
cal Art Society of New York, and she comes
to Washington with the warm commenda-
ton of Mr.. Frank Damrosch, its conductor
LAST BISCHOFF CONCERT-The can
tata, THE Ancient Mariner" by Barnet,
formed the second part of the fourth
Bischoff concert Of the season, given last
night to an immense audience In the First
CONGREGATIONAL Church. The soloists of the
cantata were Mrs. Hattie Meads Smith,
soprano; Miss Edna Scott Smith, contralto;
Mr.. Douglas D. Miller, tenor, and Mr.. J.
Walter Humphrey, bass. The choruses
were rendered by the full choir of the
church. The production was one of the
most ambitious undertaken at any Of the
Bischoff concerts this season. The excel
lent rendition called forth continuous and
enthusiastic applause. The first part of
the program was interesting. Prof. BiSch-
off rendered an organ solo, the march and
chorus from Tannhauser. Miss Cecilia
Sullivan sang a Verdi aria. and Mr. Miller
and Mrs. Elsie Bond Bischoff were heard
III a Gounod duet Major John Tweedale
recited several selections including Kip
ling's ''Absent-minded Beggar."
fADfftN w SNl > CoNCERI.-lne SAFE
of seats for Paderewskis appearance on
Friday afternoon. May T. at the Columbia,
is progressing splendidly and leaves no
doubt in the minds of the management that
Paderewski's farewell appearance in Ameri-
ca will be attested by house that will fill
the Columbia up to the roof. The program
while not yet announced, is to be a Chopin
one entirely, and one that will meet with
the approval of the many lovers of Cho-
pins work. The two things which make
Paderewski's playing unique are his pecu-
liar temperament and his peculiar pedaling
Nobody pedals as does Paderewski. his
holding of tones to cause them to sing long
after the idea represented by them has en-
tered the mind is his secret. 1t is this
more than force which makes his playing
so finished and colored, what people call
orchestral His technical instruction and
the method by which he was taught to be
able to express his feelings play also an
important part.
MUSICALE AT ALL SOULS CHURCH.
"A musicale for the benefit of Unity Mis-
sion of All Souls Church will be given at
the chapel. 1+th and l. streets, tomorrow
evening. The participants will include some
well-knoWn singers, and the program will
be attractive