Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21

Mr.. George Hamlin who. in addition to
the tenor solos of the Hymn of Praise. ="
VIII sing group of songs. Herman's
''Nocturne." Ronald's Might and Beach's
The Years at the SPRING" is credited with
| being the best tenor in America, and Miss
Florence Hinkel is the soprano whom Nine
Gerster said has the most beautiful voice
she had heard in New York. Miss Hinkel
will sing The Way of June by Willeby:
"Solveigs Niegenled. by Grieg. and
Meme Liebe LIST Grun." by Brahms. There
Ing Miss Gertrude Reuter-. Miss Anna Man
ming, Mr.. Richard T. Backing and Mr.. NJ.
T. Legg. The society itself is said never
to have been in finer voice or to have sung
with more precision.
At the Tuesday evening april IS, meet
Ing Of the Students Club of the Washing
ton College of Music the program was taken
up entirely with American composers. The
following were the features:
PART 1.
Biographical sketch. Miss F.. Llce Hol-
man; Long Ago" Edward Alexander Mac
Dowe.). Miss Edith Larimore; ..Silvery
Spring (William Mason). Miss Roberta
Tefft; My Redeemer and My Lord Dud-
a Water Lily and (b) Witches Dance"
edward Alexander MacDoweD. Miss Ethel
Garrett Johnston; June" (Mrs. Beach,,
Miss Gladys Layton.
Intermission.
PART II.
Thy Beaming Eyes" tMacDowelD, Mr..
Richard p: Backing: ,Impromptu' tMac.
DowelD. Mr. Charles w. Garlock; Polo
naise." OPP. 40. No. II (MacDowelD. Miss
Olive Demarest: (a) 'Idylr' and CD Shadow
Dance" (MacDowelD, Miss Ethel Tozier.
Miss Marguerite Allen, one of the young
est organists of the city. Is substituting at
the First Baptist Church Her work Is al
together excellent and the case with which
she handles the large organ is wonderful.
Among the soosts at the morning ses-
sions of the congress of the d. A. r.
Mrs. Bertha Lincoln Heustis, wife Of DR..
Walter Heustis of Dubuque, Iowa. Mrs.
Heustis was a soloist in Washington when
she was a girl, and also spent several
choir in New York city. She was a dele
gate TO the congress from her state.
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron w Whitney of Bos-
ton and their daughter and granddaughter.
Mrs. Hadsel and Miss Hadsell. spent the
greater part of last week as the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Herndon Morrell here to at
tend the wedding of Myron W. Whitney.
jr.. and Miss Grace I. Train. Mr.. Whitney
was a leading basso in English opera for
many years
Miss Marie Grice Young gave a pupils
recital yesterday afternoon. One of her
pupils is Quentin Roosevelt. He played
Swifts The Tired Child buttons Christ
mas Day Secrets and Neidlinger's March
of Fairy Palace Guard" with much grace
and taste. The other numbers We're Little
Shepherdess" (Schytte). Fairies" (Rogers),
Miss Agnes Trowbridge; waltz Gensen).
Master Bradley Davidson; Soldiers
March" tSchumann) Miss Mildred Bacon;
Waltz Caprice" Album Leaf (Grieg),
Miss Margaret Wilson; sentative (ClemcutD,
Miss Marion Stone: etude the Ghost
tschytte). waltz for left hand alone Ger
rit SMITH, Miss Dorothy Hayden; "A
Sketch fArthur Bird. Farewell to Plano"
(Beethoven, San Sonce" CWilson G.
SMITH. Miss Elizabeth Armes: "Boheme"
tRubinstein). 'Mazurka' CTeschetiszkD.
Miss Deborah Excl: Prelude" (Rachmani-
noh), "Au Matin" Goddard, Miss Kath-
crime Poole.
Queen Esther" will be given In costume
next Thursday and Friday nights by the
The following are in the cast: Miss Eva
Whitford. Mr.. w. Arthur Storm, Mr. Moy
Birch. Mr.. w. 7. Glover. Mrs. ]. A. Haugh-
ton. Miss Bessie Birch. Mrs Mcknight.
Donaldson. Mr.. Newton Middleton, Mr..
John Waters, Mr.. NJ. Mank and Mr.. j.
Birch. There will be chorus of seventy
voices under the direction of VIM. T. Glow
err assisted by Mrs. ]. Birch, the organist
of Dumbarton NJ. f. Church.
At the session Of the D. A. r. congress
last Thursday evening Miss Edith Picker
ing, soprano, and Miss Marie Won Cnschuld,
piano. gave a recital. Miss Pickering was
in good voice. Miss Unschuld played
LISTS HUNGARIAN Fantasy" Chopin's
'Erl-king' Miss Martha Urness acted as
accompanist to Miss Pickering.
Miss Mary Helen Leefe appeared as the
soost Thursday evening at the congress.
She sang "Arioso," by Delibes: "Fryhlings-
zeit.' by Rheinhold-Becker. and some little
songs. Miss Leefe received bunch of
flowers from the president general