Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-24

At the Mount Vernon Church this morn
ing the musical program will include a
Duet, While the Earth Remaineth Is
w. Peace, by Mrs Hullfish and Earl Car
baugh. and the solo, Like as a Father
ULansing), by Mr.. Carbaugh. At the even
ing service there will be duet with
chorus. 1T was for Me- by Harding. Ed
gar Robinson will preside as usual at the
organ.
The Rubinstein Club held its first re-
hearsaY Wednesday morning in the Carols
sen studio. almost the entire active MEM
bership of the club being present. short
business meeting was held. Mrs. Hobart
BROOKS. president, in the chair. The CLUB
took up the study of Grieg's AT the
Cloister Cate which they will give at
one of their concerts this season. Mrs.
A. NJ. Blair the musical director. made a
short address, outlining the plans of the
club for the season and expressing her
qualification at the enthusiasm with which
the members We're taking up the work
this fall. The rehearsals in the future
will take place Wednesday morning in the
ballroom of the Arlington Hotel.
Miss Francoska kaspar. soprano. has
decided to spend the winter in Washing
ton with her parents, Prof. and Mrs.
Josef kaspar, instead of filling an Oper-
attic engagement as had been previously
planned. She has accepted a position OF
Covenant for the coming season and will
be heard at the afternoon services on
Sundays, when she will confine her solo
work almost exclusively to selections
from the oratorios for which she is espe-
cially we'll equipped. Miss Kaspar re-
turned recently from Scranton. Pa.
where she was heard in recital and where
she was also offered a permanent pro-
fess'onal engagement at one OF the
prominent churches She will go to
6alnhi1 10
with the Philadelphia Orchestra in one
of its concerts there.
Mr. Henry Kaspar. son of Prof. and
Mrs. Josef kaspar. who has spent the
past five years abroad in the study
of his chosen instrument, the piano. was
married late In the summer to an Eng
fish girl. Miss Katharine Leeper. Miss
Leeper, who is daughter of Dr. Leeper,
president of the University of Melbourne.
Australia, and a granddaughter of Lady
Allen OF Ashley Gardens. London. was
also a student of piano in Berlin. under
Frau Stephanoff. and the congenial tastes
and pursuits of the young couple culmi-
mated in their engagement during sum-
mer trip with a party of friends through
Norway, the wedding taking place on
their return to Berlin. Mr.. kaspar, hav-
ing finished his course with Frau Steph-
anoff. whom he assisted last year in her
teaching, is now in Vienna coaching with
Max Friedman Nine. Josef kaspar
has returned from her usual summer
trip abroad and is having her home on
NJ street rearranged and redecoratad pre-
paratory to visit from the young
couple,
The musical at the reading room for
the blind last week was given by Mr..
Earl Carbaugh baritone; Mr. Gates, ten
or, and Mr.. Alfred G. Eldridge. organist
of st. Margarets Church, as pianist and
accompanist. The program was an in
&1- to- or,1 fnin
usual numbers in several duets for male
voices. The selections included: Duet.
Scheme in Quest'oro Guirarmi Dovete.
from La Fora Del Destino VerdD.
Ideal CTostD. Mr. Gates; piano solos.
mazurka. waltz and polonaise Chopin:
Mr.. A. G. Eldridge; "Bedouin Love Song"
tPinsutD. Sweet Miss Mary (Neidlin-
GER. "Penitent' Van de Water). Mr..
Thee" (Bassford>. Messrs. Gates and Car
baugh; solo, Where Lindens Bloom"
(Buck), Mr.. Gates; piano solos, romanza
and nocturne (Schumann): Cradle Song
tBarilb. Mr.; Eldridge: Mother o. Nine Nine.
May Swell Faust, Mr. Carhaugh. The
numbers were all well received.
The choir of ST. Margaret's Episcopal
tive program. including TIE Deum. by
Frederick Root, and the Sanctus, from
Gounod's St Cecilia mass. Mr.. Melville
Hensey singing the incidental solo. Mr..
at ST. Patrick's Church. succeeds Mr.. Jo-
seph Battle, who is filling some profess
sional engagements in light opera. The
quartet for this season is composed of
Miss Edna Doe, soprano: Mrs. Benham.
contralto: Mr.. Hensey. tenor, and Mr..
Charles Moore. basso. with Mr. A. G. FL
bridge organist and choirmaster.
At the first meeting Of the Mems Club
of Ascension Church last Wednesday n
local musicians. including Mrs. Arthur G.
Dunn, soprano Of the Temple Baptist
Church; Mr.. Arthur Deibert. basso of old
st. Johns Church; Mr.. William G. Ather-
holt tenor of Waugh M. E. Church: Miss
Edith Stowell, soprano of the First Bap-
fist Church; Mrs. D. DIN Leech. con-
tralto of Wesley NJ. E. Church. and Mr..
and Mrs. Tom Jones. tenor and pianist
respectively The selections included
Tosti's Goodbye" Mrs Dunn; The
trio for soprano. tenor and bass. 1.-The
Mariners" by Miss Stowell and Messrs.
Jones and Deibert; contralto solos. BE
lieve Me if All Those Endearing Young
Song Kate vannah), Mrs. Leech: tenor
solo, "Bedouin Love Song" Whitney
Coumbs), Mr.. Atherholt, and duet, Love
Lasts But a Day from MAID Mariana,
Mrs. Dunn and Mr.. AtherhOlt The &C
compartments were played by Mrs. Grace
Dufour Brown. Mrs. Goodhue and Mrs.
Jones.
Mr.. Leroy Glider. tenor of st. Paul's
Episcopal Church. has been spending the
month of October with his relatives at
their old home in Linden. Ala. Mr.. Gill
der was accompanied by his wife and
child, and on his return will assume his
new duties at st. Johns Church, George
town, where he has been engaged as
tenor soloist for the coming season.
The Musurgia Club has resumed re-
hearsals for the season in preparation for
it's first concert the date Of which will
be announced in the near future. The
club will contribute to a program to be
given tomorrow evening at old Masonic
Temple. 9th and F streets northwest.
The Madrigal Male Quartet entertained
the members of the Automobile Club and
their friends at their clubhouse on
Georgia avenue Saturday week. The oc-
casion was the first smoker of the sea-
son, and it was well attended by the
members and numerous friends. The
quartet was assisted i'm giving the pro-
gram by Mr.. Edwin Callow, a dramatic
reader, who amused the guests with some
humorous stories. while the quartet sang
the following numbers: Love Song OF
Norseland' Bjorksen); Poor Willie. and
The Tale of Flea (Atkinson): "Ho.
jolly jenkins" (Spohr); bass solos. Gel
larers Toast and 1.-The Stein Song"
"Heigh Ho'' CBurlegh). Mr.. Joseph
Mot bac Ia