Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-07

MUSICAL MENTION
Miss Mary A. Cryder. who spends hel
summers in Europe usually. will remain ii
her Washington home until late thi.
spring and will not go abroad She will
make trip to New York the last week
of this month for short stay.
Miss Alice E. Burbage one of the most
brilliant of the local panists. has be II
seriouslysill for several weeks, but is now
| Improving
The Easter music will he repeated to.
| day in st. MichaelS and All Angels Epis
I, copal Church, 1t will in most of the
churches in fact. Mrs. II. III. Mckee. or
Sanist and choirmas:er, who arranged a
| pretentious and crcdi,able program foi
last Sunday evening song service
| Will repeat that service by special request.
Mrs w. T. Bowman gave charming
! recital last Friday evening in her home on
Harvard street She was assisted by Mrs
| Helen DeYo, soprano: Mrs. Elton Rpnsa
vile and Miss A. Rosale Ilolberg con-
tralto solost in the choir % Epiphany
| Church, a young singer who is rap. diy
winning her way as fine church and
concert singer with voice of much power
and cultivation.
|
their daughter, Miss Helen Sousa, are now
| at the Hot Springs of Virginia. after a
! considerable time spent at Pinehurst, y.
! c.. AT a recent enterta nment gwen in the
! latter place recently for the benefit of
| the negro school there tableaux and liv-
| ing pictures were given by the youls
ladies' of the place called Girls You
) Know which were limitations of well
known actresses. Miss Sousas work was
voted the best of the evening. her imper-
sonations being especially clever. Two
| hundred dollars was realized on the per
| Torrance. Mr.. Sousa and his daughter
! both have their horses with them ana
spend much time in the saddle.
and piano recital by Miss Hazel Nj.
Franklin, soprano. and Miss Katharine
May Brooks. pianist. on Monday evening
! in the studios at 1929 F street. The
ing program with good composers repre-
scented.
Mr.. Page Zimmerman. who has been for
many years identified with the choral work
in connection with the Christian Endeavor-
ers has assumed charge of the music in
the Northminster Church on y street. and
has organized chorus. 1t is composed of
the young people of the congregation who
have voices. and they have been doing
splendid work. Their Easter music was es-
pecially appreciated. Miss Margery Fol
lin, soprano, sang some solos, Miss Emme-
line SOunlTyllldH MISS ltOSe hogan anu
Miss Anna Began, all members of the
chorus sang the incidental solos in some OF
the anthems. Miss Montrop is the organist
Miss Arley Mott will return to her home
in California for the summer season in a
few weeks. She will be joined there in the
fall by her fiance, Mr.. S. NJ. Babian. when
their wedding will take place, in the home
romance of the Washington College of Mu-
sic, the other being the engagement of Mr..
Felix GarZiglia of the faculty and Miss
Marie Angela Howe, whose wedding will
take place in the Shrine of the Sacred
Heart next Wednesday evening.
Mr. Herbert d. Lawson. basso and di-
rector of the choir of the Foundry NJ. E.
Church, has resigned that position. Mr..
w. ]. Caulfield, tenor, has been engaged
permanently the soloist, after having
sung there temporarily for month or
| more. Mr. Caulfield has had much expert
ence in church choir singing. and is a valu-
able acquisition. He has a voice of splen-
did range and good quality
The music in the Second Baptist Church
last Sunday was especially noticeable for
it's youthful and very good organist. He
is Louis Potter, boy of fourteen years,
who has been an excellent organist and ac-
companist for the past four years. He Is
a brother of Mr.. Van Alan Potter, who was
well known here few years ago as lead
ing basso. and who is now one of the
church choir soloist in New York.
choir of the Metropolitan Presbyterian
Church, on Capitol Hill, has resigned that
position to take effect at the end of this
month.
Miss Florence Herman, pianist, was the
soloist at the sociable given last week by
the young people Of All Souls Unitarian
Church. She aroused much enthusiasm by
l. ;,tal md sill MIA civ
ing the following numbers: Schumann 8
"AufschWung" and "Warum;" MosZkow-
skis waltz in E, and Jensen's "Murmur-
ing Zephyrs," all of which were beautifully
played.
At a concert given by the Choir Guild of
Epiphany Chapel last Thursday night Mr.
Oscar Franklin Comstock repeated his most
successful performance of "A Bunch of
Shamrocks." by Needham, an Irish song
cycle and charming work. The singers
were Miss Annie Tate, soprano; Miss Helen
Bane alto; Mr.. T. Barton Easily, tenor
and Mr. Comstock. all of whom did finished
and artistic work. The admirable accom-
PIANIST was Miss Helen Calhoun. Mr.. Will
liam Morse Rummel, the viollnist, played
in his usual superb style.
At the regular meeting of the Pennsyl-
vania Society held last night the following
interesting program rendered. undeE
the direction of Miss May Adele Levers:
Instrumental trio, violin, Miss Farrow
flute, Mr.. Fish; piano, Miss Levers; paper on
Pennsylvania, Mr.. Middleton Smith; So
prano solo, Miss Aeen Miller: piano solo,
Mrs Frank Byram contralto solo, Miss
Mahl Owen tenor solo Mi. Il. Allen Ter
rell; monologue, Miss Bess Monaghan, and
selection by the orchestra MISSES rtl.Jw
and Levers and Mr.. Fish.
Mr. MacFalls fourth studio musicale of
the season took place Friday evening last
These musicales are individual affairs and
the two singers presented on this occasion
were Miss Dorothy Rowel and Miss Emily
Dittoe sopranos, who were heard in groups
of English songs. Mr. MacFall also sang
a number of selections and Miss Marion
MacFall was the accompanist.
Miss Mary Helen Leefe will be heard in
the vaudeville which is to be given next
Wednesday at Fort Myer by the Army and
Navy League. She will sing number of
old fashioned songs in costume.
The Philharmonic Ladies' Quartet will
sing tomorrow night at the ladies' night Of
the Mems Club al the Mount PleaslH. Co.l-
gregational church.
III rnaly .;,-A