Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-14

| the other side two figures symbolic OF mu-
| sic. The urn is to have place at Fresh
| Pond.
The choir of the Westminster Church
/ Memorial had most agreeable evening
| with the choir last Sunday evening They
| were assisted by DR.. Guy Harris White,
basso, and Miss Emma d. Yerkes, pianist.
| Mrs. Frank Byram IL the organist and
! director. The Junior choir was heard in
Davidson's "A Night in Old Judea" and
| in a beautiful arrangement of Gounods
| "Nazareth." which had an obligato of male
| voices which was most effective. The reg
| ular choir sang Barnby's First Christ
| mas" with incidental solos by Mrs. Amy
! Law Ormsby, Mr.. Donaldson, Mr.. Frank
Byram and Mr.. C. R. Church; Marks And
There Were Shepherds" with incidental
| solos, by Miss Magtnnis and Mr. Harrison;
| Miller and Dr. Guy Harris White. Among
/ other interesting numbers given recently
| by this choir was a senM-chorus Of young
ladies trained by Mrs. Ormsby who sang
| Somewhere" which was made famous at
the funeral of the late President Mckinley,
| In Canton, Ohio.
| Mr.. Herman c. Rakemann. the WELL
| known violinist and conductor of the or
chestra in the Belaseo Theater, played "a.
| musicale last Sunday evening and scored
/ his usual success.
| Miss FRANCESCA Kaspar, daughter of Mr..
! and Mrs. Josef Kaspar, will go to Rich
! mond on February to sing in Schuberts
! Song of Miriam and Bach's "Sleepers.
1 Awake to be given there by the Richmond
| Choral Society on that evening. Miss kas-
! par win be the soprano soloist of the even
| ing, having made great success in that
| city as a soloist last month.
The Kinder Symphony Orchestra, which
! gave such a successful performance recent
| ly in the Eastern Presbyterian Church I'M
! der the direction of the director of the
| choir of that church. Mrs. Lucille Belts. has
| been asked to repeat Ii. both performances
| being for the benefit of the fund with which
| to purchase a new organ for the church.
| They Will also give Kinder symphonies In
| the theater of the Soldiers Home and ST.
| Elizabeth Hospital in the near future.
| They had, in addition to the Haydn Kinder
! symphony. some ragtime songs very clev-
| erly sung by Mr.. William Irving; man
dolin trio, which very dainty and eff
| fective: some numbers by a violin club
| formed of players under fifteen years of
| age, under the direction of Mr. Oates;
| quartet of singers who gave two interesting
numbers-one, "A Man in Trouble" the
other than the pathetic history of the
| 'Grasshopper on the Sweet Potato Vine"
both of which were greeted with upToariouS
| applause and had to be repeated. The
| quartet was composed of Mrs. Ham, So
| prano; Miss Wortz, contralto; Mr. Abbott,
| tenor, and Mr.. Irving, basso. The next
| time the symphony appears in public
group of Irish songs will be added by Miss
| Bertha Hensen, very youthful soprano
singer, who is the soprano Soloist in the
! choir of the Eastern Presbyterian Church.
| Andrew Carnegie is a great lover of mu
| sic and Mrs. Carnegie is always trying to
give him sine delightful surprise. The
| Christmas greeting that he liked above all
others little affair she arranged with
| Walter c. Carl, organist of the Broadway
| Tabernacle in New York The entire choir
| gathered in the Carnegie palace on 9th
| avenue early Christmas morning and,
/ oh 10 fcnt nP ,aarf>
| BILE stairway, sang the "Adeste Fideles'
| without accompaniment. Mr.. Carl is under
| contract to go to the Carnegie home every
| morning and play on the great organ there
from to 8 O. clock 1t is one Of the very few
! luxuries Mr.. Carnegie allows himself this
| being awakened every morning by music.
| His musical taste is of the best, but devo-
| tional music appeals to him more than any
| thing else After the choir had finished the
"Adeste F'tdeles'' number of Christmas
| carols were sung with the great iron mas
| ter standing at the head OF the stairs in
bath gown and bed room slippers, a thor
oughly delighted listener. with his little
| daughter Margaret hanging over the rail-
| wide-eyed and wondering and charmed.
| The recital of Mr. Oscar Franklin Conn
stock last Tuesday of the most
| successful that he has ever given. the pro-
| gram being one of unusual merit. The
| Franck piano and violin sonata received a
| remarkably clear and sympathetic interpre-
| tation at the hands of the Rev C. R. Stet-
| Verdrs "Attilla" showed effectively the
| voices of Miss Elsie Sillers and her brother,
| Mr.. Frederick Silers, which blended adj
mirably with Mr.. Comstocks. One of the
| most charming bits of the entire program,
| however, was the finished singing of Mr..
| and RS. Apple. Mrs George Lippitt and
| Mr.. Silers in novelty. Villiers StandforRs
song cycle, 1.-THE Princess" which was eX-
| ecuted with unnistakable beauty OF tone
and shading effects. The studio was crowd
| ed MI Comstock has already been re-
quested to repeat the program and may do
! SO little later in the season.
| Quite an amusing story Is being told of
Fttzhugh GOldsborough, the young yiolinist
| who has recently returned to his home here
after about five years study abroa>..
| While on an European tour" as Mr..
GoldSborough tells it himself, Il was play
| Ing in small town in Austria. After play
| ing the 'Fiense' of Lotto as an encore.
| was struck by the particularly scandallzed
way in which woman in the front row
| was staring at me. Later on a friend
| himself a vio4tnist-came to me laughing
and said: You shocked lady in the audi
| ence very much just now How 500 l
/ asked in Amusement I sat back of her.
| he said. and all the time you were playing
| the 'Fflense' she kept saying to a friend
| sitting next to her. Why. just look at
| that young man. Isn't it terrible to see
such a nervous wreck. Why, he is posi-
| lively trembling all over The good lady
| had mistaken the quick bowling of the piece
| for the tremblings of nervousness"
Mrs. Helen Donohue DeYo. soprano SOLO
| list of ST. Mary's Catholic Church. substi-
| tuted last Sunday evening for Miss Harden
| Hickey at Calvary Baptist Church. Her
solo was Bartletts 1.-The Day Is Ended"
| Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Campbell en-
| tertained a large number Of their friends
| in their home last evening Miss Wolf of
Chicago, a guest of Miss Campbell sang
her numbers with noticeable ease and ex-
| quisite charm. Miss Ella Stark concert
pianist, played with the artistic finish that
always characterzes her interpretations |
| Indeed 1T may be justly said of Miss Stark
| that her rendering Of Chopin leaves little
! to be desired. The delicacy and sweetness
| of tone peculiar to the composer is never
lost Mrs. Gay played with her usual ia
! cility and grace, and her strongly rendered
Err King" was most enjoyable Miss
| Gardner was effective in several beautiful
songs.
An interesting new organization has been
| launched in New York, which is to
| be known as 1.-THE New Music Society of
America. The object Of the Society is to