Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-15

at oc.a, Grove closed last Thur sday
and was pronounced by all in attendance
To have been a most decided success o'ie
year ago three or four hundred ORGANISMS
met in convention at Ocean Grove ana
formed the National Association OF Ut
canists. placing the details or orsahiZa-
ton III the hands of VIII &. MGR afiahu
of St Thomas Church. New YORK city,
and Tall Essen Morgan. president and nom
orary president. respectively. during the
past winter q vigorous campaign was car
sied on through the mails and public press
with the result that thousands of replies
were received enthusiastically indorsing
the movement, and the attendance at the
convention Just closed reached nearly
1000 Meetings were held every morning
at 10 O'Clock and every afternoon al
clock. at which papers and lectures from
prominent organists from different parts
of the country were & ven. showing great
were full % helpful suggestions to the
practical orsanist. Among the Washing
ton organists who were in attendance ut
the convention were III. RI. Freeman. st.
Johns Episcopal Church. Lafayette
square: John Porter Lawrence Of New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church: Ar
maud Gi''nphrech, st. Patrich's Church
aud Georgetown University: Harry
ception Church: Mrs. Henry Hunt Nc
Nee OF ST. Michael and All Angels Prot
estant Episcopal Church.: Heinrich Ham
mer. choirnaster Of the Prot athedral
Church of the Ascension and leader of
the Washington Choral Society: Mrs.
Grace j.. Jackson. Gunton Temple Me-
mortal Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Nellie
r. Si1sckells. St Marks Lutheran Church;
Donald ii. Freeze, Rolla G. Onyun. Theo
dore b. Stothart. John NJ. Keeling, Will
liam G. Braxton of Metropolitan A. NJ. L.
Church. and Mrs. George Mortified OF the
Presbyterian Church. Falls Church, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anton kaspar, with their
little daughter. have been spending the
month Of August at Terra Alta and will
return 10 the city the latter part of this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William q. Oates, accom-
MED by Miss Lulu Tarraner. spending
three weeks at Campostella Heights, near
Norfolk, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert II. ,Dalgleisf. the
latter the contralto soloist of the Wash
ington Heights Presbyterian Church. are
spending couple of weeks at River
Springs Md.
Miss Olive Demarest, local pianist.
with her parents. DIR. and Mrs G.. l..
emarest. are spending a few weeks at
Ocean Grove, where they are guests at
the Hotel Arborton.
Mrs Ella Knight Ellis. contralto of
Hamline Church quartet and a well
known violinist of this city, left the city
in July with her father. Capt. II. NJ.
Knight. and has been spending the sum-
mer on the lower Potomac. at Ridge,
Md, where they are located at the Dun
bar. Mrs. Ellis expects TO return to the
city about September l to resume her
duties at Hamlne Church.
Sr-G hoe
acting as precentor at the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church. will be
heard today in solo, Just for Today,
by Abbott.
Mrs William r. Reed, contralto soIoist
of Foundry NJ +. Church. has joined the
colony of Washington musicians at At
lantic City.
Miss Flora McGili. contrato. will be
heard at the morning service of the
Church of the Covenant today. At the
Covenant tent service this evening the
at 7:30 o'clock. will be given by Miss
lydia Hughes, soprano, and Mr. Ernest
Lent. cellist. with Miss Florence King,
Salin as accompanied.
William II. Taylor, organist of All
Saints Church, Chevy Chase. spent last
Saturday and Sunday in Bluemont. Mr..
Taylor will preside at the organ the rest
of this month. and expects to spend Sep
TENDER at Atlantic City.
Recognition day services at Washington
Grove were made additionally attractive
by the program of music arranged by
DR.. Elmer r. Wiber. who is chairman
of the music committee. The vocal num-
bers were given by a double quartet.
composed of Mrs Gertrude Dana Brock
away and Mrs Alonzo Tweedale. so
pranos: Misses Mae Smith and Rose Os-
borne contraltos: Messrs. William Fl.
Houghton and Robert T. Browning. ten
ors. and Messrs. Hall and TWeedale.
bassos. They gave the entire program,
their piece de resistance being de koven's
setting of Kipling's occasional. Mr.. II.
I. Couch assisted accompanist. IN
place of Miss Helen Merriam who is i'll
with nervous prostration.
An interesting program has been plan
ned for next Saturday evening. to be
given by Mrs. Bradley McDuffie, Miss
Ethel Johnson. soprano: Miss Mary
linist, and Miss Genevieve Small. who
will be heard in a novel feature, a whis
ting solo. Miss Small does not confine
her efforts to popular music. but will
give on this occasion an aria from the
'Siciian Vespers." by Verdi. Miss Small
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Small of Euclid street, and comes from
musical family Her mother. as Miss
Marion Anderson, was we'll known in
local musical circles and was for many
-
Church. An aunt. her mothers sister
was ALSO gifted with unusual musical
talent but gave up career to become
"A sister of the Visitation Order and was
in charge of the music department in the
convent on Connecticut avenue until her
death. a few years ago
The MusurSia Club and Madrigal Quar-
tet are also to be heard in concert at
the grove some time during this month.
Mrs. Williston Hough pianist, of this
city writes from Berlin of a recent eX-
perience that she had in playing a
piano with the new curved finger board.
the invention of an EngliShman named
Clutsan She also had a personal inter-
view with the inventor and discussed the
utility of the newest ideas in pianos and
she says that pianist can learn to use
it in an hour. Mrs. Hough described 1t
as having keys slightly smaller than on
the regular keyboard and says that she
could play with ease on the curved finger
board some passages with which on the
ordinary piano she had always eX
perienced some difficulty. This piano has
only been before the public about six
weeks or two months, but will be used
by Busoni in next seasons concert tour
Miss Edna Sheehy was the vocal soloist
at an informal musical al the home OF
Mr. Hermann Rakemann last Saturday
evening She was heard to great advan-
tase in an aria from The Queen of
Sheba'' and one from Nerdi's Aida.
Miss Alice Burbage playing the eAactlng