Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-19
MUSICAL
MENTION


Washington and vicinity were well repre-
sented among the guests that were greet
ed by Mr.. and Mrs. George A. L. Merri-
field Tuesday evening at their home n
Falls Church. Mrs Winship Of Macon,
Ga. and Mrs. Brinkle of Wilmington.
Del, DR.. and Mrs. R. C. L. Moncure and
DR.. and Mrs. Peyton Moncure of Fairfax
Va. assisted in receiving. Mrs. Merri-
field looked charming in a gown of cream
lace over white silk, modified empire style.
with a dog collar Of pearls. Mrs. Mon
cures gown was of pink satin, Mrs. Win
ship wore a white messaline silk dress
and Mrs. Peyton Moncure was daintily
gowned in light blue crepe de chine. The
tea table was presided over by Miss
Davidson, daughter of DR.. Davidson, pas
tor OF the Presbyterian Church at Falls
Church, Miss Emma Seaman, soprano of
the choir at that church; Miss Nicholson
and Miss Luttrell.
Mr.. Oscar Franklin Comstock is spend
ing some weeks at Dalton in the Berk-
shire hills. with his mother, after which
he will be at his home in Flatbush, N. Y,
until his return to Washington, Septem-
Der IL.
Mrs. Charles Denhardt of Trinity choir
is in Asbury Park for the month of July
and expects later to be in New York.
The quartet of the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church Is singing during
July only at the morning services. The
music is under the direction of Mrs. Nellie
Wilson Shircliff, with Miss Mamie Null
laly at the organ in place Of M. John
Porter Lawrence, the regular organist.
who is giving summer course at the
State University of MorgantOwn, w. Va.
The quartet, which consists of Mrs Shir-
cliff, soprano: Miss Pauline Whitaker.
contralto; Joseph Matthew, tenor, and
John Nolan, bass. were heard last Sum
day in Shelley's God Is Love-" and 20
Taste and See, by Marston.
Mrs. Charles Henney. contralto Of All
Souls Unitarian Church choir, is spend
ing the summer months at Ontario, Can
ada.
Miss Beulah Chambers, organist of the
Christian Science Church. 18th and r
| streets. is spending her vacation at At
| lantic City. During her absence Mr.. B.
Frank Gebest will preside in her place at
| the organ.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Torney Simon are
| spending a brief period at present in
| Florence, Italy.
Miss Lillian Lewis will be the soloist at
| the morning service at St Michael and
| All Angels Church today. She will sing
! Campion's Ninety and Nine" and the in
cidental solos in Gould's ''Te Deum.'
soloists OF the Rebew Orchestra, accom-
1 panied by her mother, Is spending the
| month at Atlantic City.
Mrs. William keye Miller has recon
sidered her decision to make no profess
| nd will
| leave tomorrow for ASbury Park. She
| will give weekly recitals at the Mary
land House, where she gained so many
| friends and admirers last season by her
| artistic singing. She is also booked for
| some concerts in Newark, N. j., and later
| will make q three weeks tour with Vic
tors Band, with which she sang very sue
cessfully last season.
| Mrs NJ. Wilborn Crouch, nee Calhoun,
/ is substituting at the organ of Trinity
| Church during the absence Of Mr.. Oscar
| Franklin Comstock, the regular organist.
| Miss Lillian Wines organist of the Kel.
| Ter Memorial Lutheran Church, is spend
| ing her vacation in New York state. She
will be gone a month, visiting, among
other places, Asbury Park.
Mr.. Halstead P. Hoover was the offer
| tory soloist last Sunday at the morning
|
Presbyterian Church, singing Clifton
Bingham's "Plains of Peace" with Mrs
Frank Byram at the organ for the last
| time this summer. Mrs. Byram left last
| week for the Adirondacks. where she will
spend her vacation. During the first
| month of her absence Miss Jessamine
LewtOn will substitute for her at the or
gan. and on the remaining Sundays Miss
Aileen Miller will play. This morning Mr.
C. D. Church will be the offertory soloist
| his selection being Herndon Morselrs set
| ting of the beautiful hymn, abide With
Me-
Mr. w j. Weber. pianist of the Debew
| Orchestra. is spending his vacation at
Ocean Grove.
Miss NJ. Emma Bowen. alto of Trinity
Church. is spending the summer with her
| family at Forest Glen, Nd.
! Miss Mary A. Cryder left Thursday
for Atlantic City. where she will spend
Miss Sallie Mason has just returned
from a weeks visit to Lanham, where
she was the guest of Miss Flossie Keene
at her country home. Next week Miss
Mason will leave for Bel Air, Nd. where
she will spend part of her vacation.
Miss Marjorie FOllin. soprano, and Miss
Flossie Keene. ccntralto, left last
Wednesday for a trip north. where they
will join Miss Alys Bentley and Miss
Edith Wescott at their summer home.
Chateau Gay. in the Adirondacks. They
expect to remain there about five weeks.
after which Miss Keene will visit friends
in Rochester. returning just in time for
the opening of the schools Miss FoIlin
will return sooner. but will spend the lat
ter part of her vacation. as usual, with
friends on the eastern shore of Maryland.
Miss Bentley attended the national edu-
cational convention, where she gave an
interesting account Of her work as di-
rector of music in the public schools and
illustrated her ideas by singing some de-
lightful and characteristic children's
songs Of her own composition. Miss Bent
ley will also give a short course in
normal school in the west, after which
she will return to her summer home in
the mountains.
Miss Katherine May Brooks returned
Friday from West Chester Pa. where
she has been the recipient of much at
tention from the friends of Miss Vida
Bispham, her hostess.
Robert Cary Stearns will leave the Goth
instant for a camping trip OF two or
three weeks with the District Guard
Band at Fort Washington.
Last weeks matinee musical at Nor
gantown was a lecture-recital on Grieg
by Massrs. John Porter Lawrence and
large and enthusiastic audience. Mr.