Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-14

ST. Paurs Church choir enters upon its
sixth season next month. and bids fair TO
excel its previous efforts. The soloists,
Master Joe McGarraghy and Raymond
King. sopranos; Masters Edward Roach
and Dean Gallagher, altos; DR.. Henry w.
Jaeger. tenor, and John NJ Connen. basso.
will remain the same as last season Mr..
Joseph Dunn will continue as cantor and
master of ceremonies.
The recent announcement of the engage
ment of Miss Agnes Isabelle Downey to
Mr. Frederick j. Rice will prove interest
ing in musical circles. Miss Downey is
possessed of an exceptionally good So
prano voice. which has been heard on
various occasions in nearly all the Cath
Ollie churches of this city. For the past
two seasons she has been the soloist at
ST. Matthews Church, and has on nu-
merous occasions contributed her services
at many benefits and charitab BILE musicals.
Dr. and Mrs Lovette will leave tomor-
row for Bolton, Tex, to prepare for
their winters work on the music faculty
of Baylor College.
The personnel of the double quartet
which will sustain the solos and lead the
chorus of St. Patrick's mixed choir is
will be made in the immediate future eN-
cept toi the different parts of the chorus.
The soloists are as follows: Mrs. kath-
crime Rogers and Miss Edna Dyer, So
pranos; Mrs. F. 3. Gilmore and Miss Elise
Davis. contraltos; DR.. William kimba II
and Mr.. P. T. O'Farrell, tenors. and
Messrs. James Nolan and T. +. Moore,
bassos. Miss Dyer is member of the
Rubinstein Club and has a soprano voice
of great sweetness and purity. She OBJ
tanned most of her training under Mrs.
Armand Gumphrecht, supplemented by a
! short course under Oscar Garessen, and
| intends to continue her voice culture UNI
| der Mrs Rebecca Hicks Moss of New
York, who has reopened her studio in
| this city. Miss Dyer returned last week
| from her summer outing, which was spent
at Buena Vista Springs, Va. Miss Elise
Davis is also a Washington girl, studying
| first with the late Nine. Josephine Esputa
| Daily and afterward with Oscar Saenger
| in New York. They have both long been
identified with ST Matthew's choir under
Miss Glennan's regime, as were Messrs.
| O Farrell and Moore.
Miss Alice Holmes, soprano. is spending
| her vacation al Passaic. \. j., where she
has Joined party of musical friends from
! New York city.
Miss Anna Belts, who has spent the past
| ten DAYS with relatives motoring ana
Yachting in the vicinity of Mount Vernon,
| ~
Der Lake, n. Y, where she Will be with
party of young girls who are chaperoned
| by Mrs. Ulysses Grant Smith. Miss Belts
will return to Washington in September.
| Mrs Nellie O'Hare Pollard, a member
| of the Rubinstein Club and a former
| member of st. Patricks mixed choir, has
been engaged contralto SolOlSt or ST.
Stephens Catholic Church, 25th street
and Pennsylvania avenue. Mrs. Pollard
| left last week for trip through the west,
| but will return in time to assume her
| new duties at ST. Stephens in September.
| Mr. and Mrs. Otto Torney Simon, who
are taking their usual summer trip
| abroad, spent last week at Lucerne and
| intended going from there for three
week stay at the glacier of Grundeiweld
| and Montreux They will spend some
| time in Paris previous to their return,
| which will be in the early fall
| Miss Eleanor Doe contralto. and ier
| sister. Miss Margaret Doe, soprano. re-
| turned last week from their summer
| outing. which was spent with friends At
| Virginia Beach
| Miss Emma Houchen is substituting at
St. Margar-t's Episcopal Church for Mrs
! Benhani, the regular contralto. VINO IS
! bsent from the city on her vacat ton. and
| Miss Sherier Is singing the soprano part
| III place OF Miss Edna Doe. Miss Sherier
| Will be the offertory soloist today, when
she will be heard il Come Unto Him.
| from the oratorio of the Messiah" Mr..
| Edridge's place at the organ will be
| filled by Mrs. McEwan.
| Mrs Baxter formerly Mss Dorothy
Houchen, organist OF the church or our
| Father. is taking her summer outing at
| Westchester, Pa, where she is the guest
Of relatives.
| Master Joe McGarraghy, one of the boy
| sopranos of ST. Paurs sanctuary choir
will be heard this afternoon in HarrisS
Il Heard the Voice of Jesus Say" at the
vesper service at st. Matthews Church.
Mrs. Grace Dufour Brown has sufficient
| ly recovered from her recent illness to re-
] sumo her duties at the Temple BalDtlst
| Church. Mrs. Brown will also play the
Accomplishments at the Esperanto meet
| ing at the Arlington Hotel this evening
when Miss Agnes Preston, contralto, will
| be heard in the selection Sing Me to
Sleep by Greene, with cello obligato by
Miss Ethel Lee.
Mrs Lucille Belts, the we'll known vocal
teacher. makes the interesting announce
ment that, following seven weddings
among her pupils last season. she has dis
| covered eleven engagements among the
| remaining members of her voca. class.
Mr.. Edwin Hughes, the Washington
pianist. who has been studying for the
past four years under Leschotisky In vi
emma, and who married Frau DR.. Therese
Schiller last month. will return for a
visit to his old home in Washington the
last week in August.
Mrs. W. G. Monroe. formerly Miss Mil
dred Searle. returned last Tuesday from
Bluemont. Va, where she was the guest
OF her husbands relatives.
The closing musical event of the Wash
ingtOn Grove Chatauqua took place Fri
day evening. several Washington musi-
cians-amOng them Mrs. Samuel v Gu
aolS Elanl p unu,a I'd NI,cl Ior