Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-17
FOR THE FAIRGROUNDS
Dress Rehearsal Of the Song
Festival Chorus.
PRESIDENT IN ATTENDANCE
Compliments the Young Singers on
Success Of Efforts.
SELECTIONS BY MARINE BAND
Names Of the Patrons and Patronesses.
Personnel Of Committees.
Use Of Funds.
SELECTIONS BY MARINE BAND

dressed to them yesterday afternoon by the
President of the United States, the 500 pub
! lie school children, comprising the chorus
for the third annual song festival to be given
at the National Theater this evening. were
undoubtedly delighted.
A dress rehearsal was given yesterday
and was in every way counterpart of the
main performance. Through persons who
heard the public school chorus sing last
year at Convention Hall, the President and
Mrs. Roosevelt had been informed Of the
event for this season, and expressed a de-
sire to attend. Two boxes were reserved,
and yesterday afternoon the President. Mrs.
Roosevelt. Miss Ethel Roosevelt and Archie
and Quentin were interested listeners. In
the party also were Miss Hagner Miss OIL
yer, Lieut. Philip Sheridan, Chefheld Cowles,
the Presidents nephew. and Harry Blag-
den. q chum Of the Roosevelt boys.
The President led the applause. and
seemed to thoroughly enjoy every portion
OF the program. During the intermission
the curtain was lowered for a moment. and
then raised a few feet to allow the chang
ing of the position of the pianos. While
this was going on little girl who was
sitting near Chairman James e. West asked
him to please" let her see the President
CLOSER" Mr.. West agreed to ask Mr..
Roosevelt.
Reply Was "Certainly."
When he stepped into the box and told
see him closer" the President smiled and
said: Certainly
He spent a few seconds compllmenting
Mr.. West on the way the affair was being
handled, and then disappeared from the
view of the audience and went back Of the
scenes"
great uproar was heard from behind
hundreds of little banda First the Presi-
dent shook hands with Miss Alys e. Bent
ley, director of the chorus, and the piano
accompanies. Miss sallie T. Mason. Mrs.
Frank Byram, Mrs. G. Harris White and
Mr.. Halstead Hoover. Then he turned to
the little singers. who occupied tiers of
seats. reaching nearly to the height of the
proscenium arch. He waved his hand to
them and called out:
First raten
A storm of cheers greeted this compli-
ment The President waited a moment,
smiling. and then continued: "
Il congratulate you. my dears. I don't
know when ! have enjoyed anything any
more. Good luck to your
He waved his hand again and disappeared
through the stage door to his box.
Program Pronounced Splendid"
The program sung by the children, to-
gether with the selections by the Marine
Band led by Lieut.. Santelmann, was pro-
nounced splendid and their execution
would have done credit to trained chorus
of adults.
The program included the following num-
BLUE Danube Waltz" Strauss; WAN
derers' Night Song" Rubenstein; Sands
oDee," Clay: THE Kerry Dance" Molloy;
The. The Bel Buoy" "Pippa.s Song" gu,
His Flock Like a Shepherd" and Come
Ever Smiling Liberty" Handel; Dixie
and America" 1.-THE Flag Goes By" COM
posed by Harvey Worthington LOOMS, was
sung In public for the first time.
For the performance this evening boxes
have been engaged by Mrs. Bacon. wife of
the assistant secretary of state, and Mrs.
Cowles. sister Of the President.
Patrons and Patronesses.
The following are the patrons and pa
tronesses of the song festival: Henry B. F.
Mcfarland. Col. John NJ. Biddle, Mr.. Theo-
dore w. Noyes. Mr.. Edgar D. Shaw. Mr..
VIM. H. Moses. Mr.. A. Lisner. Mr. A. NJ.
Lothrop, Mr. e. H. Droop, Mr.. Henry l..
West. Admiral G. w. Baird, Mr.. John r.
Mclean. Mr.. Scott c. Bone. Mr. VIM H.
Hoeke. Mr.. E. Southland Parker, Mr.. Percy
Mrs. Newberry. Mrs. Thos. H. Anderson.
Mrs. John w. Foster. Mrs. Ashley NJ Gould,
Mrs. Daniel T. Wright, Mrs. Rudolph
Kaufman. Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page,
MIS-. w SlulOTe MIS- ddu, uTS OAVcr, MIS-,
Cowles. Mrs. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mrs.
Francis B. Loring. Miss Kean. Mrs. Ralph
Johnson Mrs. Calderon Carlisle Mrs. Met
calf. Mrs. Robert Bacon, Mrs. Alexander
| Britton. Mrs. Hobson. Mrs. Pinchot, Mrs.
Howard Malcolm Kutchin, Mrs. Job. Bar
nard. Mrs. Wendall P. Stafford, Mrs. VIM.
E. Chancellor. Mrs. E. Francis Riggs Mrs.
Glover, Mrs. Cooley. Mrs. Herbert Wads-
| worth. Mrs. Charles J. Bonaparte. Mrs. Gar
field Mrs. Chas. j. Bell, Mrs. s. w. Wood
ward, Miss Gertrude Myer, Mrs. Board
man. Mrs. Taft, Mrs. John NJ Harlan, Mrs
P. M. Hughes and Mrs. A. T. Stuart.
The festival Is being held under the direc-
ton of the Washington Playground Asso-
the managing committee, has had direct
charge of all the arrangements The board
of education Is cooperating with the assoc
citation in the work. The money raised
Fairgrounds this summer. for the use of
children who would otherwise have to play
on the city streets. 81
Personnel Of Committees.
The song festival committee is as fol-
lows: Mr.. James e. West, chairman; Mrs
Henry L. West. secretary; Mr.. Charles 8.
Clark. treasurer: Lieut.. John c. Crawford
Mrs. William II. Hoeke, Miss Elizabeth
Oliver, Capt. James E. Oyster and Miss
Edith c. Westcott.
Committee chairmen - Halls, Mr.. James
q. West: programs and stationery, Mr..
Charles 8. Clark; Marine Band, Lieut.. John
w. Crawford; chorus. Miss Edith G. West
colt: patrons and patronesses, Mrs. Henry
L. West.
Committee on chorus-Miss Edith c. West
colt, chairman; Mrs. Robert Benham, Miss
Leila Brown. Miss Leta A. Bentley, Mrs.
Arthur Cooper. Miss Emma L. Cooley. Miss
Ellen F. Goodwin. Mrs. Cordelia Johnston
| Miss Lucy Lynch, Miss Nellie Mack. Miss
Amy simonds. Miss Edith Swan, Miss
Marion o. Speaks Mr.. H. w. Draper, Mr..
s. NJ. Ely, Mr.. Charles Finckle, Mr.. c. A.
johnson. Mr.. s. q. Kramer, Mr.. w. B.