Evening star., 1909-06-27

Secret" (Gautier-Gurlitt), was played by
Misses Ethel, Mary and Josephine
Brockman. The violin solos included
Cradle Song (Hauser). Miss Edythe
plano; '-Cavatiaa" tRafD. Mr.. Thomas
Carlin, with Mr.. Bernard Carlin at the
piano; Ave Maria" (Gounod). Mr..
Frank Mccarthy. with Miss May McCar-
thy at the piano: In Garden OF !, Mel
mian Girl" (Balfe-Winner), Mr.. John
Wolf; "Herbstlied" (Haug), Mr.. Pat
terson Perry. Miss Emily NJ Smith,
soprano. sang IF l Were You," by Dud-
ley Buck. assisted by Miss Ada Belts
be made Of the work Of the Misses Ce-
ella Hope. Ethel Brockman, Katherine
Sengstack. May Mccarthy. Helen Benz
ler. Lillian Cleveland and Bernard
Carlin. An orchestral number opened
and closed the program, the first one
being "On the Avenue" by Pearson. and
the second, From Ocean to Ocean
Losey).
The mandolin. guitar and banjo pupils
Of the Washington Institute of Music,
Walter T. Holt, director. gave their an
nual recital at Temple Baptist Church
Tuesday evening. They were assisted by
Miss Pauline Holer. soprano. pupil OF
Mrs. w. H. Shir-Cliff. whose well rem
dered numbers added to a most interest
Ing program. Solos on mandolin and
banjo were splendidly executed by ad-
vanced pupils of the institute, and the
program was of character enjoyed by
music lovers. Favorite numbers were
Operative Overture" Siegel. and South
ern Belle March" Holt. played by the
we'll known Nordica Banjo Club. and
"Serenade." Shubert. and LIngenue
March," Barker. by the Guitar Club.
which made its initial appearance and
was enthusia astically received. Those who
took part were ]. A. Parks, Ray b. Var
don. Miss Alice E. Hill. Miss S. II.
Sipher, Master Dufour Brown, Miss Paul
inc Holer. Miss f. Lee Moore. Miss Clara
j. Wurdeman. Miss a. L. Murray and
Miss Elizabeth NJ Tiffany.
The National Association Of Organists.
with the view of stimulating interest IN
organ compositions. has offered three
prizes Of s10O. SO and $50 for the best
organ compositions submitted to COM
mittee appointed by the association, un-
der prescribed conditions.
All manuscripts must be sent by mail
or express (not handed in) to the head
quarters of the National Association of
Organists, 1917 Broadway, New YORK, on
or before July /, 1909.
The National Association of OrSanlsts
was formed last summer at ocean Grove:
About one hundred leading Organists or
the country were instrumental. IN Or
ganizins the association and acted as an
advisory board
Mr.. II. II. Freeman. organist and choir
master of St. Johns Church in this city,
is one of the charter members and a
member Of the advisory board, and he
at Ocean Grove.
Mr.. Lewis Corning Atwater. organist
and choir director Of the Mount Pleasant
Conversational Church. sailed Friday on
the Red star liner Manitou for Antwerp.
and will spend the summer in study and
travel abroad Mr.. Atwater will spend
most of his time while abroad in Paris
and London, and Will pursue a course
of study on the organ with Alexandra
Guilmant and on the piano with Mosz-
kowski. The quartet of the Mount Pleas
ant Church will continue to sing at the
services until August.
her pupil. Gladys Aline Strong. in piano
recital Friday evening at 1900 Belmont
road. Miss Strong has the distinction
of having been for two summers
Grove. n. j.. with Tall Esen Morgan.
She was assisted in giving the program
last Friday night by Mr.. Frank Boushee.
Miss Strong's' numbers included. Sonata
allegro con brio and adagio eanta-
bile: 'Spinnerlied'' (Mendelssohn), Tam
hauser,'' by request (WagnerRaf)
etude. The Butterfly Chopin: "scher.
70" (Mendelssohm and 'Rigoletto"
Nerdi-Liszt). Mr.. Boushee's numbers
were Les Deux AIouettes'' desche-
tiszky), .'Valse" Leschetizky). lie
Moulin (Joseffy) and Norwegischer
Brautzug In "VOrberziechen' (Grieg.
Mr.. Joseph kaspar, accompanied by
his daughter, Miss Franceska kaspar.
has gone to his summer home at Blue
mont. Va. Nine. kaspar, who sailed for
Europe about ten days ago, has arrived
at Berlin, where she was met by her
son Harry, who has been studying
abroad for several years. They will
spend the summer in travelling In Europe,
returning to this country some time in
September.
Mr.. Ernest Lent has written song,