The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-05
Open Meeting of the Music
 Study Club
NOTES HERE AND THERE
Mrs. Jacobs Entertans at the Country Club-Several Hundred Attend Music Study Meeting-An-
 nouncements-Pers
By MYRTLE MILES.


 to enjoy the brilliant programme that
 had been prepared by the hostess. Mrs.
 Jacobs is a musician of exquisite taste
 and the audience composed of club menl- l bers and their friends expected the su-
 perb treat in store for them. The pro
 gramme was perhaps the most classic ] ever rendered in amateur circles in Bir- i mingham. Those who took part inelud- ed several whose musicanship is of such high order that already they have passed
 beyond the realm of the amateur l Mrs. Jacobs, assisted by Mrs. Richard i Johnston, the president of the club, and
 Mrs. Laura Jackson Davids, the vice 1 president, greeted the guests in the large living room of the club where a cozy l fire, burning throughout the afternoon, gave an air of gracious cheer to the beau 1 tiful apartment. The musicale took place in the ball room where chairs were placed 1 for the several hundred in attendance.
 The programme was introduced by Mrs. | W. s. Lowell who gave in her concise 1 and always pleasing style, history of | the establishment of the club and the 1 work of the members, dwelling upon the 1 development of their study from the first year, when the music of the ancients was I the course pursued, to the present year 1 when with the excellent illustrative work work of the American composers has been i closely followed. The following was the programme:
 Piano, violin and cello trio-1ntroduction to Sd Act of Opera Kunihild-( (Kistner) Mrs. T. H. Aldrich, Jr., Messrs. Gussen
 and Klenk.
 Soprano-The Nightingale and the Ross -(DeKoven), Mrs. Oscar Gladden..
 Violin and pano-Andante and Vivace from Sonata-( (Huss), Mrs. T. H. Aldrich,
 Jr., and William Gussen
 Contralto-(a) Thy Beaming Eyes CMaoDowelD. .-(b) Danza - (Chadwick),
 Mrs. Marie Kern Mullen
 Ladies' quartet-(a Summer Wind | (MacDoWelD, ,-(b)-A Song of Seasons (Hawley). Mesdames Gamble and Bruce,
 Misses Davis and Nunnally.
 Soprano-(a) Allah-(MacDowelD, - (b) Aria from -(Charpentier), Mrs. Harriette Wiswel ONei.
 Piano-Etude in D Flat-(LiszD, Mrs. | T. H. Aldrioh, Jr.
 BaritoneL(a) Sweet Winds that Blow 1 (Chadwick) ,-(b) Song of Faith--(C Chamin- 1 ade). MT. Glen 0. F'riermood.
 Piano, violin and cello trio-Serenade- | .(VVidor), Mrs. T. H. Aldrich, Jr, Messrs. l Gussen and klenk.
 The piano. violin and cello trios, both | the opening number and the one rendered as the climax of the programme, were 1 much appreciated. Mrs. Aldrioh, MT. Gus l sen and MT. Klenk are a trio of favor >ites in the world musical. Their num- bers received unstinted applause. Each is 8 finished musician and their numbers were chosen and rendered with consum- mate taste and skill. Mrs. Aldrich's Liszt l Etude was a triumph. She responded to i an encore with 8 Chopin number. Mrs. l Oscar Gladden's solo was most pleasing. | There is a bird-ike quality in her voice | that made her selection peculiarly fitting. l The violin and piano number given by Mrs. Aldrich and Mir Gusseu was rem 1 dered in a style indicative of the splen- l did technique of each.
 1 Mrs, Marie Kern-Mullen sang two se- l lections and an encore which were well | received She always sings well but she 1 was in especially fine form yesterday. Ifhe ladies' quartet at the first open meeting of the season gave some of the 1 most beautiful popular selections on the programme Two members of the quartet | were different on this occasion but the charming Mcdowell and Hawley compo- sitions were again enthusiastically re- | ceived.
 The occasion was notable for the num- | Der of splendid accompanies. Mrs, l Charles Bowman was the accompanist l for Mrs. Mullen; MT. Claude Reddish played Mrs. O'Neils accompaniments; Miss Gladys Waterman Mrs. Gladden's, and MT. Gussen played the accompani- ment for the numbers given by the quar- 1 tet. The superb work of these musicians | contributed largely to the success of the musicale.
 | Mrs. Harriet Wiswel O'Neil whose singing is already so Well-known and so | generally admired. ha rendition of her difficult numbers. In the l aria from Louise she surpassed her l usually brilliant work. Mir. Friermood, |, | whose well-trained baritone voice is also much admired gave two difficult numbers with delightful finish.
 The small platform at the club, on which the artists all stood, was beautiful ! ly adorned with plants After the musicale | the guests spent an hour with the hostess | in the living room, where ices were dis l pensed. Mrs. Jacobs has an artistic tenn | permanent that is well known. Her con- nection with the artistic affairs of the day, | either music or painting, always assures their success. Her meeting Of the Study | club was one of the most beautiful events ! of the year. Among the guests were: Mrs. Guy Johnson, Mrs. Francis DeBard- eleben, Mrs. Victor Hanson. Mrs. Frank Lathrop. Miss Eva Conner, Mrs. E. J. | Dunn, Mrs. Phare5 Coleman of Montgom- cry, Mrs. Bradley Saunders, Mrs. Stubbs, Mrs. Ed Fucker, Mrs. E. P. Lewis, Mrs. | w. J. Adams, Mrs. James Bowron, Miss Bowron, Mrs. w. L. Murdock, Mrs
 William P. Redd. Mrs. Demere, Mrs. George Ward, Mrs. 8. L. Ledbetter, Mrs. J. ID. Frazier, Mrs. Charles Sharpe, Mrs. J. w, Donnely, Miss Edna Smith, Mrs Houston Davis, Miss Drennen, Mrs. Flu ! gene Brown. Mrs. Frank F'owlkes, Mrs. l George F. Harrington. Percy D. Tabler, Henrietta Wilcox, Mrs. Hubert ScrIgRs, Misses Randall of Baltimore; Mrs. Alfred | Chapman of New York Mrs. J. " Allen. Mrs. George Jackson, Miss Eloise Jack son, Mrs Airline Shipman, Mrs. w. D.
 Nesbitt, Mrs. II. l.. Badham, Mrs. | Radham, Sr., Miss Mary Woods. Mrs. Chapel Cory. Miss StribIing,
 Mrs. M T. Tabler Mrs Samuel A. Ben
 ton, Mrs Robert L. Simpson, Mrs. Motion
 Smith. Mrs. Hoyt M. Dobbs, Miss Dow deil of LaFayette Miss Lucy Moore of | North Carolina, Mrs. B. A. Peppernlan,
 Miss Ruth Haines, Mrs. Peyton Norvell, Mrs. Welton, Mrs Thomas D. Parke. Mrs. | Houston Johnston. Mrs. Wells, Miss An nie Moore, Miss Fern Minor and many l others.
 Miss Carrie Hannon and Miss Anna Pelzer will return to Montgomery Satur- day after visit to MT. and Mrs. Porter | Walker. <f
 MT. and Mrs. LeSourd, who have been | guests of Dr. and Mrs. George Morrow, have gone to Chattanooga to visit MT. | LeSourds sister They will again visit