Evening star., 1909-07-11

The Music Study Club held the closing
meeting of it's first season at the home or
Miss Ethel Lee, on n street. After the
transaction of routine business the annual
election Of officers took place, with the
following result: Miss Marian West.
daughter of Commissioner West. Te-elect-
ed PRESIDENT. Mr.. Porter \. Lee, vice
president, to succeed Miss Nancy Reed;
ing Miss Katherine May Brooks. and Miss
Brooks, treasurer, succeeding Miss Reed.
Wednesday evening the club was enter
taned at a garden party by Mrs William
BelGen Noble, when an attractive pro-
gram of music was given, including some
vocal solos by Miss Hazel Franklin, vocal
and instrumental solos by Miss Reed ana
piano solos by Miss Jean Holms and Miss
Brooks The club was entertained in
formally at tea last Sunday evening by
Miss Brooks. and has adjourned until the
first Saturday in October.
Miss Christine Church has left Wash.
ine1ou to accept u position as soprant~
soloist in the First NJ. T.. Church or ocean
City during July and August. she sang
last Sunday at the services for the ded.-
cation of the new church building.
Miss Beatrice Seymour Goodwin who
was tor a long time soprano soloist of the
Mount Pleasant Congregational Cnurch,
has returned from a trip abroad with her
mother, and will remain in Washington
for a few weeks They will leave soon
for a trip in the mountains of Virginia,
and later for a visit to NJ IS Goodwin
sister in Chicago. During her stay
abroad Miss Goodwin studied with KAN
Gegger in London and Bouhy i'll Paris,
and her friends are anticipating much
pleasure in bearing her again.
Mss Mamie Mullaly. orsanist of st.
Aueustil,e.s Church substituted at the
! organ Of the New York Avenue Preshy-
terrain Church last Sunday for Mr.. John
j Porter Lawrence. who Is spending the
month of July at Morgantown. W. Va
Miss Mullaly left Monday for visit in
pougnkeepsie \. y, where she will BE-
the guest of relatives. She will return
the first of August and will substitute tor
Mr. Lawrence at the New York Avenue
Presbyter an Church during the entire
month. DIR. Walters. orsanist Of the
Synagogue. will officiate at the organ of
the New York Avenue Church the re-
-main.ng Sundays in July.
The Royal Opera of Berlin has accepted
the Opera ..Toia'' by Arthur Nevin OF
Pittsburs and will give its first presen-
tation early next winter. Arthur Nevin
is brother OF Ethelbert Nevin and a
first cousin of Mrs. Charles Lewis Mel
bel, wife of the pastor of the Eastern
PRESBYTERIAN church of this city. The
opera is not only written by an Amerl-
can. but is based upon religious legends
of the American Indians among. whom
Mr.. Nevin has spent considerable time.
In order to make his work more realistic
and true to life the author accompanied
Walter McClintock. the ethnolosist and
we'll known lecturer on Indian subjects
on a trip among the Blackfeet Indians
I toll tnr
studying original Indian themes for the
music This will be the first serious
| American opera presented in Germany.
Miss Anita DIETRICH. soprano, left
Thursday for Elmira, \. Y. where she
will be the guest of her sister Irene. who
recently surprised her friends by becom-
| ing Mrs Horace Wright. Miss Dieterich
will spend three weeks in Elmfra and
will then so to Atlantic City for the rest
of the summer.
Prof and Mrs. Anton Gloetzner left the
| city last week for an extended trip
| through the great northwest After Wis
iting relatives in Michigan they will take
/, in Yellowstone Park and the exposition
at Seattle, en- route for California, where
they will spend some time with their two
married sons at Los Angeles.
An entertainment was gwen recently III
the parish hall of Trinity Episcopal
Church for the benefit of the building
! fund A cantata, entitled THE Flower
Queen by G.. F. Root was given. under
the direction of Mrs. w. H. Wood. with
Mr. W. b. Trott as accompanist. The
cast was as follows: Recluse, G. V. n. Bull
Tough: Rose. Miss Florence Girouard
Sunfiower. Miss Alice L. Ford: Crocus
Miss Bessie NJ. Greenwood: Dahlta. Miss
Carrie Evans: Heliotrope. Miss Eva
Fathers: Lily, Miss Mary Louise Wood
Hollyhock, Miss Rernice Garner: Japon-
lea. Miss Louise r. Conner: Violet. Miss
Dorothy Marschalk: Mignonette, Miss
Dorothy Evans; Dandelion. Miss Florence