Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-02
MUSICAL MENTION

Mr. Oscar Franklin Comstock will give
another studio recital Monday evening. He
will be assisted by Mrs. Jessie Price Snif-
fen and a male quartet. composed of Philip
Lee Scaubling Wiley Fl. Davis r. r. Rod
rick and Theodore T. Apple. The program
will be an attractive one.
The Columbian University Glee Club Will
give it's first public concert at the Univer-
sity Hall. corner of 18th and II streets, at
& o'clock on the evening of May s. Instead
of May l. as previously announced. The
club. which has been organized this year
under the leadership of Mr.. Van A. Potter,
includes about twenty voices, and those
who have attended the rehearsals speak
highly of its work. In addition to the cho-
rus numbers there will be several solos,
quartetS and instrumental selections. 1nV1-
tations emitting to free admission can be
obtained by the public from any member
of the club.
The subscription plan of concert financing
has proved so satisfactory to the Musical
Art Society mana cement that it will doubt
less be permanently adopted by the society.
The officers state that a great deal of time
and labor, as well as expense, is saved by
this plan. and the first two items are by
no means of least consideration where the
work is a labor of love.
The Washington Opera Club is having
unusually fine rehearsals of Gilbert and
Sulivan'S comic opera classic Patience"
Special costumes and scenery are being
made. and an orchestra, under the direc-
ton of Prof. SALESMAN will add much to
the performance. The cast is: Patience,
Dolly III. Jenkins; Lady Jane. Earle Dick
inson Lady Angela Ophelia Hart: LADY,
Saphir. Suzanne Depew: Bunthorne, Albert
Terry; Grosvenor. F. VIM. Ernst; Colonel
James W. Painter: Duke, Richard Backing;
Major. Geo. l.. Thomas: Solicitor, VIII J,
Belshaw. The chorus numbers forty mem
berS.
An operetta, entitled High Life" will be
given IN the parish hall of st. Pauls
church on the 18th and 18th of Nav at q
o clock pm. for the benefit of the organ
1und. The actors are all members of the
choir. and are working hard at the rehear-
sais' slVlhg much time and careful practice
ana. under Mr.. Winchester's training and
management, the success as a performance
Is assured The cast is as follows: Mrs
mercer, Miss Holtzclaw, Miss Rittenhouse,
Mr.. Neagle and Mr.. Watson
Washington teachers have reason for con-
graduation in the number of their pupils
VINO nave recently appeared on the PROBES
slonal stage here. In the BOstonians' COM
pany alone there was Miss Alice hudson
who studied with Mrs. II. H Mills. while
Or: e 5. kimball can claim to have quail
ned four OF the cast. viz, Maud Leckey
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Campbell Donald.
Mr. Gus W. Brahler. proprietor of the AL
hambra, has engaged for the summer sea-
son William r. HENDRIX, solo cornetist: Mr.
carlos Christiani. violinist. and Mr. oscar
NJ White at the piano. This is Mr. Whites
second season at this resort
quartet of the Amphion Glee Club
Prof. j. Henry Lewis. director, recently
went TO Baltimore, Md, where they sang
for the Young Mems Christian Associat ton
VINO gave concert and reception at Cal
vary Baptist Church The other members
composing the quartet were Messrs Charles
A. Champ, William H. Carter and William
cooper and their work created great en-
thusiasn.
The concert recently given by the First
Presbyterian Church Quartet (Mr. Arthur
Edmonston Middleton directory was quite
an artistic success. Each number given
was OF pronounced merit especially the
numbers by Miss Edna Baier, soprano and
MI Arthur Middleton, basso, the latter
being enthusiastically applauded for his
splendid rendering of THE Song the Anvil
Stately Ships Go On" Those assisting the
quartet were Mrs. Margaret Koontz Hol-
land. Mrs. Inez Mcconnell, Mrs D. DIN
Leech, Mr.. Thomas l.. Jones. Mr.. Roland
Rodrick, the Columbia Mandolin Quartet
Mr.. Joe Cullen and the B. B. c. Quartet
Mr.. William E Green will give his final
violin recital at All Souls Church on We'd
hesday evening May 8, He will be assisted
by Mr.. w. Villalpando, celist, and Mrs.
William b. Green, pianist. The program
Will include Haydn trio, variations for
piano and cello by Mendelssohn Saint
SaenS third violin concerto, and a number
of small pieces. This will terminate a
series of concerts which have been well
Fatronized and financially successful.
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by the pupils of Miss Hope Hopkins Each
scholar did unusually fine work and sew
eral of the scholars showed decided talent
Mr.. Roberts assisted with selected solos
and Miss Hopkins gave a Chopin scherzo
and nocturne in exquisite style Pupils
taking part Were Melvin Fischer and the
Misses Louise Stockett, Florence Yoder.
Ada Entwisle, Emelyn Shedd Ethel Dony,
Elsie weaver and Margaret Thompson.
The coming recital of Miss Florence Lee
Holtzman, dramatic soprano at the Lafay-
cite Squar Opera House on the afternoon
oI the LIN instant IS exciting much inter-
est. she Is a Washington young woman
who has spent ten years abroad in the Gull
tVauon of her voice. She will be assisted
by Sig. Campanari. the we'll known bari
tone; Miss Janet Spencer, contralto, and
Mr.. Stanley Olmsted. pianist. The pro-
gram will be arranged so as to give each
of the participants two numbers. and will
conclude with the seventh scene from Ira
Viata by Miss Holtzman and Sig Cam
pdnari.
The pupils of Miss Mary Kimball gave
an informal recital at Miss Kimballs resi-
dence at the Portner last Saturday after
noon. An attractive program was given
by the Misses Edith Cohen Ruth Cohen,
Kathryn Clifton. Harmina Stokes. Helen
ChuIch, Margaret Douglas Margery Thorn
as. Ruth Campbell, Viola Roserheim Laura
Depue, Minnie West and Marion West,
Mrs. A. j. Tanner, Mrs. f. H Ellis
THE W0MENiS NTnp0