Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-26
MUSICAL MENTION.

de,pbia. After visiting Mr. Roberts reia-
tiyes In Wales and taking in a number
Of the usual points OF interest theS VIII
return on the Cunarder Lusitana. arriv-
ing about the middle of September.
Miss Mary Belle Finney. the contralto
solotst OF the First Presbyterian Church
quartet, John Marshall place, is in ONO
having been engaged to sing at the Cadiz
ChautauQua. She is accompanied by her
mother, Mrs. ]. r. Finney.
Miss Jessie b. F. Grant. organist OF the
leave this city tomorrow morning for
New York. and later will visit Boston
and various seaside resorts. During her
absence Mrs. John F. Kline will preside
in her place at the organ.
The quartet of McKendree NJ. z.
Church, Massachusetts avenue between
9th and 10th streets, is singing during the
summer months at the morning service,
under the direction Of Mrs. Bessie 7. Glib
son. with Miss Katharine Bowbeer or
ganist. The quartet. which consists of
Mrs. Gibson. soprano: Miss Edith B.
Wageley, contralto: James e. Jemison
tenor: Bayard K. Gibson. bass. was heard
last Sunday in Shelley's God Is Love"
and Seek Ye the Lord" by J. " Rob
erts. The quartet will be heard this morn
Ing in "Hark. Hark My Soul by Shelley.
Mrs. w. Sinclair Bowen leaves town
Tuesday and will sail Wednesday from
New York on the Oceanic for her old
nome In England. where she will spend
severa! weeks visiting her sister Mrs.
wharton Ford. and other relatives and
old friends. Mrs. Bowen has been coach
Ing with Mr.. Ernest Hutcheson of the
Peabody Conservatory and will probably
be heard in several recitals while abroad.
Mrs. Bowen will return to the city late
In September. when the Euterpe Trio. OF
which she 10 the pianist. will resume re-
hearsa!s for next season
Nine Anita Heinick-Lloyd has gone to
the Blue Ridge mountains in western
Maryland for a period of rest and recu-
peration.
At the United Brethren Church last
Sunday Mrs. William F. Doyle was the
offertory soloist, her selection being
Come Unto Me- by Coenen. Miss Lila
McBath officiated at the organ.
One OF the most successful of the vol
unteer choirs in the city Is that Of the
Ninth Street Christian Church. 9th and
streets northeast. directed by Mr.. Jo-
seph o. Harrison. During its three years
existence the personnel has remained
practically unchanged. Tonight will end
its work until the fall. The members
of the choir are: Sopranos Mrs. T. r.
Plrtle, Misses NJ. /. Scott, V. L.. Ray
mond. l.. N. Lightfoot, Mrs. j. E. Fow-
Ter. Miss D. Hickman; altos. Miss Emma
Ruth Peters and Mrs f. NJ. Rule: ten
ors, Messrs. G. w. Elliott, J. 4. Scott.
jr.. B. r. Cady. c. d. Herbert and Frank
, Morrison; BASES, Messrs. Arthur Criddle
F. A. Carpenter, H. H. Lybrand and Will
liam A. Elwood.
Mr.. Heinrich Hammer. the leader OF
the Choral Society. will leave Tuesday for
camping trip in the mountains of Vir-
ginia near Harpers Ferry. He will be
gone about a month.
Miss Irene Dieterich, who has just been
, engaged by klaw & Erlanger to sing the
leading role in new opera entitled
"MarigOld' to be produced this fall, is
spending a short period at her home In
this city previous to going to New York
to take part in the rehearSals, which vii!
begin some time in August.
The choir of Calvary Baptist Church
will sing today for the last time previous
to its vacation. which lasts through the
month of August. The quartet. which
consists of Mrs. Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler,
soprano: Mrs. Ralph Barnard contralto:
Mr.. William d. Mcfarland. tenor and
Mr.. Henry Kaiser, bass, will all resume
their places in the fall, with Mr.. Arthur
Mayo still presiding as organist and
choirmaster. The choir will be heard this
morning in two anthems, Lovely APP
pear" from Gounods Redemption" and
"And Suddenly There Came" by Wood.
This evening it will sing Arise and