Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-13

day in October and that Blanchard
hall be the place of meeting.
New members will be welcomed who
have attained to the standard of the
club, and applications will be received
by either Miss Cora Foy or Harley
Hamilton.
Mrs. Jones-Simmons, who has passed
several pleasant weeks in the north.
is expected to return tomorrow, when
she will resume work in her studio in
Blanchard hall.
Among the choruses which are to be
studied by the Philharmonic Choral
society this winter are selections from
Faust" Carmen "u Trovatore" and
"Tannhauser," and the traditional rem.
| behring's as given in the New York anc
| European opera houses will be a prom
| inent feature of the rehearsalS. Famous
glees and part songs will be taken uI
and later the production of one of the
grandest secular operas of modern
times will be given.
q
Charles Farwell Edison will give his
first song recital at the Gamut club
Thursday evening, September "a, at
8:15 o'clock. Mr.. Edison is a versatile
artist, singing equally well the old
songs. written when singers were COM
PEELED to sing as well as declaim, and
the newer school that makes the poem
the chief consideration. His program
will consist of Italian, French and Ger
man classics with great number of
the modern English and American
songs that tell their story in simple,
forceful way. Mr.. Edison sings all his
programs in English which is de-
light to the nearer, as the words OF a
song are as much to the audience, II
it can hear them, as is the song itself.
s.
Joseph P. Dupuy began his twelftn
season as director of the Temple b na1
Birth choir Friday evening.
A change in the personnel OF the
choir. which has been pending for sew
eral weeks. is caused by the resigna-
tion of Mrs. Bessie Ives Harrison, VINO
has held the position of soprano there
for three years. Mrs. c. e. Barnard
will fill the position until the close or
the year.
otherwise the choir will be the same
as last year-Mrs. Nuncia Bittman'
contralto; Robert Mcclure Granger,
bass; j. P. Dupuy, tenor ana director'
Erskin Mead, organist.
Ralph Edmunds of the Metropolitan
opera house writes q friend In Los An
peles that among the offerings of the
Metropolitan company the coming sea-
son will be Humperdincks Fairy
Tales and "The Pipes of Pan" by
Fred Converse. both to be given IN
,
''The Pipes of Pan" was given twice
this summer in Boston by an amateur
company with signal success.
s.
Mr.. and Mrs. Prosser are closing thelr
bungalow this week for the winter ana
returning to Los Angeles.
$
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Braun are spend
ing the week end at Catalina.
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Mrs. Charles t. Reilly of West Ave
nue. 81 entertained with matinee box
party at the Auditorium yesterday, the
affair being in compliment to Miss Flor
ence Ganahl, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. ]. Ganahl of North Avenue 81, whose
marriage with j. w. Sharp is to take
place in Sacred Heart church Thursday
morning at o'clock. Following the
matinee a collation. was served at
Young women who enjoyed the occa-
sion with Mrs. Reilly and Miss Ga
nahl were Mrs. Wesley Barr, Miss AL
ma Dodge, Miss Gertrude Tucker Miss
Clara Keifer, Miss Louise Ganahl, Miss
Agnes Ganahl.