Evening star., 1907-09-01
MUSICAL MENTION.


of Washington. made her debut in light
opera at Atlantic City last week. She ap-
| peared Lolita" in the opera of that
name and scored a distinct success.
| Mrs. s. B. McDuffie, who is spending her
vacation at Front Royal, has been assisting
the regular choir Of the Episcopal Church
| there and sang solo at the confirmation
| service there last week. She was also the
principal soloist at a musicale given there
"a short time since by Mrs Robinson Muir
phy who Is one of the cottage contingent
of the summer colony.
Miss Beatrice Seymour Goodwin was the
soloist during her recent absence from the
city at the Methodist Episcopal Church of
Frost burg. Md. Her selection was Gounod's
Our Divine Redeemer.' and it was rem
dered with intelligence and expression.
At ST. Pauls Lutheran Church last Sum
day Miss Rosalie Holberg. contralto, was
the offertory soloist. singing the words of
"A Prayer of Penitence'' to the music of
| the prayer from "Tanhauser," as arranged
by Heinrich kiehl.
The organ Of the Ninth Street Christian
| Church during the month of August has
| been in charge of Miss Margaret Allen.
| Mr.. Felix Gurziglia has substituted at the
| Calvary Baptist Church for Mr.. Arthur
| Mayo, the regular organist, who is on his
| vacation. Mr.. Garziglia's organ-playing
was highly pleasing to the congregation.
| Mr.. Fulton B. Karr, organist of st. An-
| drew's p. E. Church. has returned from his
vacation, which he spent in Knoxville.
| Tenn, with friends and relatives, and will
! resume his duties here. Sunday, the 18th
| instant, by invitation, he presided at the
organ of the Central Presbyterian Church
of Knoxville.
| The choir of Grace Episcopal Church. 9th
| and D streets southwest, have resumed re-
| hearsals and will be heard this morning for
| the first time after the summer vacation.
| DR.. w. F. Dales, who has been playing at
| the Church of the Covenant during August
| in the absence of Mr.. Murray, will today
! resume his work as organist and choirmas-
! ter at Grace Church. An attractive feat
! ure of the morning service will be the rem
dering of Dudley Bucks Fear Ye Not o
| Israel as offertory solo by Mrs. Robert
Fatt, the soprano soloist of the choir.
The pupils orchestra Of the Columbia
| Conservatory of Music, under the direction
| of c. E. Christiani, will begin weekly re-
| hearsals next Wednesday evening, Septem-
| Der f. Mozart's Twenty-nnth Symphony
| and Mendelssohn's "Fingals Cave overture
| have been selected for practice.
] town, Md, has appointed Mr.. S. Frederick
Smith of Washington to take charge Of the
| organ In Convention Hall at the jamestown
| exposition, giving three recitals each week
| himself and engaging other organists to
play on the alternate days. The organ con-
| tains forty stops. with extra diapassons
| built to suit the hall. which seats 5000 peo-
pie. Mr.. Smith left for jamestown last
Monday. but will spend each week at Lees
burg va. playing at the Sunday services
| at St. James Episcopal Church.
| Mrs. Ernest Lent and the younger men,
\ bers of her family will return shortly from
| Madison. Wis, where they have been spend
| Ing the summer. Mrs. Lent has been the
guest during her stay there OF DR.. p. II:
| Ross. who is a member of the faculty Of
| the University OF Wisconsin, where Mr..
| Wilmar F. Lent. the eldest son, Is taking
| course in electrical engineering and distin-
| gushing himself in various ways. For in
stance. an illustrated article written by him
| on "a Homemade Alternating Current
| Rectifier" was published in the Scientific
| American of August "a, for which the young
| man received a substantial check. Prof.
| Lent, who has been taking in the sights at
| the jamestown exposition during the ab-
| sence of the family, has returned to the
city and is expecting Mrs. Lent to be here
| about September Is.
! Mr. Arthur Smith spent a few days at
| Mont Salvat. Buemont. w. Va, the guest
Of Prof. and Miss Franceska kaspar.
| Miss Carrie Burkhart soprano soloist at
| the Church of the Covenant has returned
| from Iowa. where she went to recuperate
| after a long and severe Illness.
| Mr.. Harry Wheaton Howard. organist Of
| the Immacuat Conception Church, who has
been making an extensive tour Of Europe in
company with Rev. Ambrose BeavanS, was
booked to sail from Glasgow yesterday and
| Is expected to reach home about the 10th
| of September. The organ of the Immacu-
| late Conception Church has been rebuilt
thus summer. and with the installation of
the new electric motor which will be put in
| place next week the organ will be ready for
use by the middle of the present month.
Another good lviolinist who has decided to
| locate permanently in Washington is Mr.
| E. Whitten Ladd, a young Russian, who
| spent the past winter here as teacher at
| the Madison Hall Seminary. Mr.. Ladd
| studied in St. Petersburg with Schaedieck.
| whose method Of technical studies for the
| violin is known and used the world overs
Before settling down in his winter quarters
Mr. Ladd is booked for concert tour
| through the south.
Mrs. William Keye Miller gave a recital
last week at Newark. n. j., receiving most
flattering notices from the Newark press
Her program was as follows; Aria from
| 'Ernanl." 'Serenade to Juanita,' Jouberte;
Ago" Speaks: aria from Romeo and Ju-
let Loves Enchantment." Hawley
Loves Rapture" korthener, and spring
Song" by Well.
| most amusing and interesting, enter
| tainment was given at the Piney Point Ho-
| tel last week by the little folks sojourning
| there Some of the numbers were a plano
| solo. Miss Edna Crawford; song, School
| Days" Masters Julius Tolson, Howell and
| Miller; piano solo, Miss Lena Yost; recita-
tions, Miss Bessie Yost, Master Pete Steltz.
| Master Bob Slattery, Master Marthuson
and Miss Ethel Yost and a vocal number
by Miss Myrtle Yost.
L. F. Randolph. jr, has recently been en-
gagged as precentor at Waugh Methodist
| Church.
Miss Alice Eversham. who has lately re-
turned from Europe. will sing this morning
at st. Paurs Lutheran Church. her selection
being Millard's Ave Maria" MI. Guy