Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04
MUSICAL MENTION.

Miss Ethel Johnson, New York soprano
will sing at the Temple Baptist Church
To-Day her solo number at the morning
| service being These Are They" from
| GauIs Holy City" Mr.. Leaman will &C
| as precentor during the absence Of tn,
choir ana the regular Organist, Mrs Grac,
Dufour Brown. Mrs. Brown will leave
Tuesday for Woodstock, Va, a quiet spo
In the beautiful Shenandoah valley, where
she will spend five or six weeks returning
to the city about the middle Of September
Mr.. Riggles will off1ciate at the organ dur
| ing her absence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erich Rath. well known in
musical circles here. who are spending
their summer abroad, are now in Munich
where they are visiting Mr.. Rath's parents
At the first concert they attended after
| their arrival Franz Lehar was the con-
/ ductor, whose selection for the first num-
Der, out OF Difference to the many Ameri-
cans present, was Sousa's Star spangled
| Banner Mr.. and Mrs. Rath will not re-
turn to Washington until late in Septem-
| Der.
| Mr. H. D. Beers one of the well-known
! musicians here, has just received notice
that he has inherited quite fortune from
an aunt's estate. He shares it with his
sister. The inheritance. Mr.. Beers saws.
was quite unexpected, as he had not seen
his aunt for several years. Mr.. Beers and
| his aunt, Mrs. Augusta Lauer were made
! joint heirs in the will of his uncle, who
died in 1890. and now Mrs. Lauer's death
leaves him sole heir. Mr.. Beers studied
music In Paris. Since he has been clerk
in the War Department he has been fire.
quently heard in choir and concert.
Mrs. William Key Miller is spending the
summer at Asbury Park where she has
! been engaged to give weekly recital
throughout the season. During a short
trip to New York last week she sang for
Charles B. Hawley, the well-known song
writer. who offered to coach her during the
; remainder of the season. SO she will go to
his New York studio for that purpose once
each week until fall. He also requested her
to sing new song that he has written
that is still in manuscript only and without
a name, but which will shortly be in the
hands of the publishers
Several Washingtonians will contribute to
an entertainment to be given August 6
in the town hall at Colonial Beach for the
benefit of the Episcopal Church building
fund, among them Mrs George ]. Stafford
and Miss Sadie Lewis.
Miss Flora Wilson, daughter Of the Sec
rotary Of Agriculture, who sang at two con-
varied program. At one she sang the
following numbers: still Vile Die, Nacht,"
Carl Bohm; lie Pardon" Meyerbeer; AIR
de Louise" Charpentier; Il Know a Lovely
Garden" Guy d'Hardelot: The Years at
the Spring" Beach, ''Qui la Voce Sua So
ave-" Bellini, and at the other selection
from Wagner. Santa Maria" by Faure,
and PANS Angeiicus," by c. Frank.
An "Old Folks Concert will be given
tomorrow evening at Washington Grove
under the direction of Mr.. Percy Foster
and Mrs. Lucille Belts Several numbers
will be contributed by some of our own
singers who are spending the summer
there.
Mr.. Robert Ryan McGroarty of Falls
Church has q very interesting guest Mr.
Raymond Ridgeley of Florida. who owns
treasure in a violin bearing the coveted au-
tograph. "Antonius Stradivarius Cremontus
Faciebat Ammo 1721." This violin came into
possession of Mr.. Ridgeleys grandfather
long SINCE who bought II for mere song
from a drunken ''strolling minstrel in
Galesburg Ill. Mr.. Ridgeley leaves tomor-
row for Bluemont as the guest of Mr.. Nc
Groarty on a camping party. Upon his re-
turn he will be heard upon his instrument
at the Presbyterian Church In Falls Church
and at several musical affairs 10 be given
in his honor
The last of the series of individual COM
posers given by Profs. kaspar and Law