Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24

rendered by the choir of st. Paul's Roman
Catholic Church. On the unison parts OF
the mass the choir will be augmented by
twenty Seminarians from the Catholic Uni
versty.
Stainers .Crucifixion'' will be sung
usual by st. Johns choir Wednesday
night in holy week. March ~.
Mrs Grace Dyer-Knight gaze a musicale
Wednesday afternoon ut her studio. Miss
Mr.. Frank Croxton, basso. were assisted by
Mrs. Lee Phillips, soprano. Miss DeGuerin,
violinist. and Miss Mason. aecompanist.
Mr. Roland r. Roderick has been engag ed
as solost and precentor at the First Bap
fist Church. Mr.. Roderick has a baritone
voice of remarkable range and sings with
much finish.
The Ladies' Musical Club of Wesley
Chapel has changed its name to Kings
Memorial Chorus, in memory of the late
Prof. King.
Mrs. Oldberg held her usual Friday musi
cal at her studio last Friday. Miss Mary
Helen Leefe was the soloist of the after
noon. Miss Leefe sang program includ-
ing groups of songs by Franz. Grieg AMI
Rubenstien. and English songs by Nevin.
Maude White and Amy Woodward Findley.
Miss Jessie Young has been engaged
organist at Wesley Chapel.
Mrs. w. II. Bailey will substitute at the
organ for Mrs. Grace d. Jackson at Gun
ton Temple today.
Mr.. Alfred G. Eldrdge organist and choir
master of st. Margarets Episcopal Church.
assisted by Miss Edna B. Doe, soprano So
loiSt of ST Margaret's choir. and Mr.. Jos.
l.. Battle. tenor so!oist, gave the second
Lenten organ recital of this season at s..
Johns Church Saturday, February %. The
following program was rendered: Organ
hoo av,1 E,,,r,v ~ ,,,i, sah
'Liebestraum' UsZD: IntermezZo tHodg-
SOM; Scherzo Symphonique tRebat-Pon-
SOM. and "kronunSs marsch' tEllenberS).
tenor solo, The Sorrows of Death from
Hymn of Praise tMeadelssohn): soprano
solo, Rejoice Greatly, from Messiah
(HandeD.
The music at the Mount Pleasant Congre-
gational Church, under the direction OF Mr.
s. Frederick Smith. will be sung tonight by
the male quartet in place of the regular
Frederic w. Seibod and DR.. Charles L.
Bliss. tenors and Mr.. b. Frank Meyers and
DR.. Buchanan. bassos. Their selections will
be the GLORY of His Name and saviour
Breathe an Evening Blessing (Martin).
with soprano oblgato by Mrs. Helen Dono-
hue Deyo.
Miss Gertrude Deland will be the soloist
at Emanuel Baptist Church To-Day.
Miss +. Lee Moore. young mandolinist
of unusual ability. played at st. Paufs NJ
T.. Church Friday night for the Martha
Washington tea. Her selections were Sci
gels "Valse Fantasia" and Myers Cradle
Song
Miss Virginia Bes;or pianist, and Miss
Ellen Barry, vioiinist. gave a most interest
ing program last Thursday afternoon at
the Reading Room for the Blind, Congress
sonal Library. The numbers were: Sonata
op. 81 Beethoven); Les Adieus. l. Absence
lie Retour.' for the piano; "Cavatina
Raff': '.MadrigaT' (SimonettD. for VIOLIN
Ballade U.iszD, piano. and "Andante, from
Concerto in sharp minor Nieuxtemps)
Mazurka, vienna ski violin.
Miss FRANCESCA Kaspar will sing with
the Hadyn Orchestra February - at Or
anse, n. j.
Miss Mary Helen Leefe held an informal
studio musical last Thursday afternoon.
She sang a most delightful program. in
Guiding Chaminades Summer" Mon De-
SIR Nevin; I'm Herbst,' Franz, and THE
Little Irish Girl" Lohr. She was accompa-
two piano numbers. a very dainty Ca
price, of which she is the composer, and
as an encore she gave the First Violet.
Miss Eva Whitford sang Mighty LAX
Rose and THE Woodpecller,' Nevin. and
1.-The Song of the Jay from Dolly Var
dem; Miss Ethel Tozer played with fine
effect polonaise by Liszt: Miss Whitford
recited The One-Legged Goose" and Mr..
tDlllp Lee ScdntllIlS sang TWO Clever songs
of his own composition, My Canoe and
20 .ly SAM
The recital which was to have been given
this month by Mrs. William Key Miller.
Mr.. George Weber Vail and Mr. Fritz
Christiani at the Reading Room for the
Blind, owing to misunderstanding of
dates, will be postponed until next month.
Miss Flora H. Eccard entertained her
friends last Thursday evening at her home
on New Hampshire avenue with cards and
music. Miss Ethel Tozier was pianist of the
evening and gave the following beautiful
program: Prelude in F major and walse
in D lat major by Chopin. Er koenig by
List and a Scherzo by Mendelssohn. Miss
Eccard sang a number of songs, among
which were Il Love YOU by Sobeski. and
Tell Me Again, Sweetheart from Maid
n. .rion.'' by De Koven
Miss Mary A. Cryder left Thursday for a
short visit to New York
Mr.. Henry H. Freeman, organist of st.
Johns Church, gave the second Lenten Or
gan recital at st. Margsret's Church. Sat-
urday, February %, when the following
program wa5 rendered: Organ. festival fam
tasia and fughetta in c major by Tschirch;
"GondOla Song Lohr; toccata in D minor,
Edwards; fugue in G major. op. 81 No .,
Mendolssohn; serenade, Gounod: romance
in D fiat Lemare; staccato in D fat Bohm
and and Grand Ghoeup." FauIkes: soprano
Theodore" Handel and Fear Not Ye,
Q Israeli Buck, sung by Master Herbert
Darrow.
Mr. Philip Lee Scantling has been perma-
nently engaged as tenor soloist OF the Met
ropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church quar-
tet
Mr.. Frank Shype. tenor, was heard in a
solo by Allitsen with violin obligato by Mr..
Arthur Nyman, at Emmanuel Baptist
Church last Sunday.
Mrs. William Key Miller has been en-
gagged to sing at the Washington Saenger-
bund at their next concert on the Sd of
March. Her selection will be the waltz
song from Romeo and Juliet"
The active members of the Washington
Choral Society and the Washington Concert
Choir were the guests Of Mr.. Sydney Lloyd
Wrightson, director of both of these So
ctetieS. at the Gertrude Pennarcor., rooi.al