The Washington herald., 1910-10-09


as IL should be given.
Former Commissioner Henry L. West,
the newly elected vice president. made
stirring speech. commendatory Of the /
society and It's work. during which he
announced that the presidency had been
| accepted by Rev. Alfred Harding, d. D., !
Bishop OF Washington.
The list of the officers of the society. |
as now completed is as follows: Presi- /
dent. Bishop Harding: vice president. |
Henry L. West: secretary, Joseph B. /
| Wilson; treasurer. George p. Tucker; /
| financial secretary. Mrs. Leona Kidwell; I
librarian, Norman II. Camp; chairman of |
the concert committee, Percy 5. Foster: !
chairman Of the chorus committee, Will |
lam w Whidditt; chairman Of the /
finance committee, Henry L. West; con-
ductor. Heinrich Hammer; accompan-
list. Arthur d. Mayo,
Miss We're A. Coy has returned to
! Washington from Geneva. Ill. and will |
| spend the winter with her aunt. Mrs. |
j A. TAN, as usual. 1913 CorcOran street |
| Miss Coy did a great deal Of playing !
during the summer IN Geneva. and viii |
be heard in recital here later in the
season.
Mrs. Huron W. Lawson (nee Kaspar). |
who, with DR.. Lawson. returned last week
! from their wedding trip. sang with
Verdure Clad" at the opening Of the
| National Park Seminary on Thursday
evening in fine voice and with beautiful
style Mrs. Lawson will sing the same
! solo tonight al the first sacred concert |
for the students at Mount Vernon Semi |
nary.
Mrs. Charles Melvey. formerly Miss
Frances Bethune, Of this city. a charm
ing contralto singer. is visiting her par
ents. Mr., and Mrs James Bethune
Mrs. Louise Carson-HH, contralto-vio-
! linist gave concert last Tuesday even
| ing in Ingram Memorial Church. assist
/ cd by Miss Lena Woodruff soprano.
/ William G. Atherholt, tenor: James X |
| Morton, tenor; James B. Peet tenor, and
William r. HIM. basso. and Mrs Henry
I Hunt Mckee and Miss Beulah Chambers, |
| accompanies. The programme was as
/ follows:
BareaTolle. Les Cortes dHohman. ..... Offenbach
Louise Carson-Hill, VIM C.. Atherholt.
ARA. II Pagllaccl. LeOucayallO
Wm. q. AtheIholL
lai Aria, Counais-tu IA Pays Misuon........ Thomas
Lallise Carson-HH.
Qartet-Bgaetto Verdi
Lena Woodruf, Louise Carson-HHi. VIM. G. Ather. /
holt Wm. r. Hin.
Hungarian Rhapsody ......... Hauser
Louiss Carsol-Hul, Viohuiste.
WGifrnuI7 'IIl1rv II Tsunhausar
Wagner
/ lbl sereHade de Niephistorhees-Damnatiou de
'' VIM R I'M D''''o1
Aria, "Amolr uens 4ldsr'-samson e, Delilah
.Aasseret
Louise Carslu-Hnl.
Sextet-Lucia di Lammermo0r. ACT IL. D1nizetti /
Lena Wocduf, Louise Carson Hill Wu c. Ather-
holt. VIM. 4. Hill. james X. Morton, James b. \
Peet
The Washington Chorus Club. ". J
Palmer. conductor. is planning a series
of musical entertainments this season.
the first rehearsal 10 take place Tuesday
evening at o'clock at the Foster Piano /
Company's ware rooms. 1880 G street /
northwest. the use OF which Mr Foster |
has donated to the club A number OF /
additions have been made 20 the clubs
enrolment and Others who wish 70 ap- i
ply should do so in person prior 10 the
rehearsal on Tuesday evening
Samuel Norman, Of Washington, a pu- |
pll OF J. Z. Van Hulsteyn, Of the Pea
body Conservatory. and Carl r. Klee. Of
Washington. a pupil Of Carelius Emil 1
Christian. were both awarded three
years scholarships in violin at the Pea
body Conservatory Of Music. Baltimore.
An audience that completely filed the
lecture room OF Keller Memorial Church I
was present Monday night al the first
public rehearsal Of the season Of the
Rebew Orchestra, H. W Weber. direc-
tor. The assisting s0lOsts were Miss
Marion McFan soprano; Mrs. A W
Cummings. contralto and W. J. Weber.
pianist. Miss McFall made distinct hit
with her reading Of the Song OF the
Soul" from Locke's The Climax" which
suited her sweet clear voice admirably
Mrs. Cummings fine. mellow voice was
heard in Tostt's Gould l. her enuncla-
ton being particularly good A feature
Of the programme was the piano solo.
Midsummer Nights Dream" OGendels-
sohn). by W j. Weber. In response 10
an insistent encore he played from man
uscript 'Tippecanoe March," composed
by G. J. Weber, Of the orchestra.
The orchestra numbers. all Of which
were especially we'll rendered. were as
follows: March. Dixie Darlings' CWen-
ricD; overture, BLACK Queen" CWhite);
waltz, Wedding Dance" QAncke): Sc
lection from the Fortune Teller" Tier
berD; "Gypsy's Serenade" CNehD, and
march. Admiral Farragut' Oosey).
Richard P. Backing will I'll a number
of oratoria. concert, and song recltals
outside Of Washington this season.
Halsted p. Hoover has been engaged
to conduct classes in musical history,
sight reading and ear training in the
Washington College of Music. w. G.
Owst has returned from England and re-
sumed his harmony classes in the same
college.
The regular meeting OF the Organists
and Choirmasters' League took place last
Wednesday at the home Of w II. Tay-
Ior. organist OF All Saints Church, Chevy
Chase. 1t was an unusually interesting
meeting because Of the large attendance
and the helpful and Illuminating paper
on English chanting by Mr. Edgar
Priest, the president Of the league. An
organ expert is expected to be the
speaker at the next meeting.
Miss Lillian Wines, assisted by the
ladies' ouortat aud Arthur y Er,nia |
tenor. gave an organ recital I'm Keller
Memorial Lutheran Church on Tuesday
night. A large audience was present and