The Detroit times., 1909-06-26
In Society

Sidney n. Lagatree goes to Kalama
zoo, Monday. 70 attend the annual
convention Of the Michigan Music
Teachers association.
The Ladies' Union OF the Gratiot-
Ave. Baptist church will give an Ice
cream and strawberry social Tuesday
| 1926 Mt. Elliott-ave.
Miss Dorothy bernard. the cleve.
little ingenue playing with the
Vaughan CHASER company in the Ly-
ceum theatcr, has announced her en-
! gagement to a. IL. Van Buren,, now
playing stock engagement In Wash
lngton, ID. G.. She has secured two
weeks leave OF absence for her mar
riage. and the last week of the De-
troit engagement and the first OF the
Columbus one, she Will be absent from
the company.
The first annual banquet OF the
Defenders OF the Fort a boys or
ganization of the Fort-st. Presbyterian
church was held In the church annex
Friday night. Kenneth MacQueen
was postmaster, Morrell Barnes
spoke on Historian" and other ad-
dresses were made by Stanley Donlin
How 10 win;" Kenneth Guy. What
are we here for?" Norman McVittee.
who are your" and Clarence Videan.
Prophecy"
The third annual moonlight OF the
City Union OF Epworth leagues took
place Friday evening on the steamer
Pleasure into Lake st. Clair. A large
crowd attended and program was
furnished by Frank V. Steele, Mrs.
A. G.. Doyle. a male quartet. Miss
Agnes |. Mitchell, reader; Alvin e.
Harlye, F. Slater Davidson. Miss Ad-
die Clark. Miss Theresa Way. and j.
Anton Daley, the composer of Dream
ing" Sweetheart Days. and When
| Look Into Your Eyes" the latter
singing several OF his own songs.
Preston Gibson, the playwright,
whose play. Success" was recently
produced in the Belesco theater.
Washington, with flattering results,
arrived in Detroit, Friday. with his
wife. formerly Miss Grace Mcmillan
Jarvis, of this city. Mr.. and Mrs.
Gibson will be the guests Of Mrs. w.
G.. Mcmillan for two weeks In her
summer home In Crosse Pointe. Mr..
Gibson severely criticises Bernard
Shaw for some OF the plays the Eng
fish author has placed on the stage
and lauds such men as Augustus
Thomas, George AIDE and Eugene
Walters, who, he believes, are doing
much to place the American drama on
a higher plane. He says that the I'M
moral drama Is produced because the
public. not the managers, want II.
musicale that netted nice sum
for charity and was also an artistic
and social success, was given Friday
afternoon at 4 o'clock In the beautiful
home of Mr. w. G.. Henry. NO. 49l JET
ferson-ave. Detroit society women, as
we'll as many members of the musical
colony and music lovers attended the
affair, the proceeds of which will 50
towards defraying the expenses OF that
worthy charity, the Detroit Throat and
Chest Free Dispensary. Three artists
presented the program. which opened
with a group OF Chopin numbers. a
baiiade- noetHrHe- and etnde, player
by Heniot Levey, OF Chicago, in an
extremely musicianly manner. Mr.
Levey has won many honors both in
this country and abroad, not only for
his playing, but for his compositions.
That he is a finished musician was
abundantly manifested In both the
Chopin selections and also In the
Mendelssohn Song Without Words,
two Schumann numbers and one of the
pianists own compositions, "Valse Inn
promptu," all being played with a sure
understanding of his art. Alexander
Levey. the Detroit violinist. was not
overshadowed however by the mus!-
cianship OF his distinguished brother,
/ but appealed to the audience,
not through any mannerisms.
but through the maturity OF his art.
He plays with poise and repose, his
style is unaffected and manly and his
tone rich and beautiful His selec-
lions included a polonaise. and the
Faust fantasia by Wieniawski. and the
prize song from the Meistersinger by
Wagner Wilhelmj. David Duggan.
formerly OF Detroit, but now connect
ed with a conservatory in Chicago ana
also soloist with the Chicago SYM
phony orchestra. possesses an excep-
tionally rich tenor voice which he used
with much dramatic expression In two
songs by the American composer Nc
Dowell and ooh Moon Of Ny Delight
from "The Persian Garden by Liza
7 Gilman. J. L. Edwards played SYM
pathetic accompaniment. Punch was
served following the program.
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