Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-10

months on cattle ranch with hi cousins,
the Lawsons. at Burkes Garden, Va,
which is near the border line of Ken
| lucky. He was called home rather sud-
| denly by the illness of his cousin. rev.
| DIR. Dudley, rector of ST. Stephens
| Church. During his stay in Virginia, Mr.
| Veazie was heard in recital at the Ma
| sonic Hall in Harrisonburg, Va, by an
audience that gave unmistakable evidence
| of their appreciation of his voice and sing
| ing. Among the most successful of Mr.
Veazie's numbers were the aria. Vision
Fugitive from the opera "Herodiade";
a group of old English songs-"Blow,
Blow, that Winter Wind 4 Attempt
from Loves Sickness to Fly the song
icycle. Eliland.' by Won Fielitz; Handel's
"Whereer Ye Walk. and that gruesome
ling and music by Walter Damrosch.
Some smaller numbers, Harriet Wares
Boat Song" Sydney Homer's Banjo
Song" also found favor with the auu
| ence.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Byram returned
! Monday from the Adirondacks. where
Mrs. Byram has spent the summer, Mr..
! Byram joining her for the last three
weeks of her stay. Mrs. Byram was a
guest at the cottage of Mr.. Farrar
i father of Geraldine Farrar of grand
/ opera fame, on Chateaugay lake The
/ cottage is situated only a short distance
! from Owlyout Lodge, the summer home
in our public schools. Owlyout is sort
| of headquarters for the Washington mu-
! sicians seeking summer recreation in that
| vicinity. and among others staying with
/ Miss Bentley this summer were Miss
| Blanche Polkinhorn soprano soloist OF
| All Souls Episcopal Church, Chevy Chase.
| and Miss Edith Athey, organist of Ham
| line Church. who succeeded Miss Sallie
Mason on the music faculty of the public
| schools Miss Athey and Miss Polkin-
4 horn axnpcted tO leave for nome to-
| day. and Miss Bentley and Miss WestcOtt
during the week. Mrs. Byram will re-
sumo her duties as organist and choir
| director at Westminster Memorial Pres
! byterian Church today, and Miss Aileen
| Miller, who has substituted at the organ
| for her during the summer. will sing the
offertory number, her selection being To
day. IF Ye Will Hear His Voice by
| James II. Rogers.
| Mrs Amy Law Ormsby, soprano, sub
stituted last Sunday at the Episcopal
Church of All Saints at Chevy Chase
| for Miss Blanche Polkinhorn. the regular
soloist. Mrs. Ormsby was heard to ad-
| vantage at the offertory in Killers
| Prayer
Miss Katharine May Brooks, president
of the Music Study Club, has returned
to her home in Ontario road after
summer spent in a round of visits to
friends both north and south of Wash
ington. A stay of ten days at Bluemont
Va, in July as the guest of Mrs. Huron
Lawson and Prof. Josef Kaspar was fol-
|. lowed by a longer stay at Tokeneke
Conn, where she was entertained by
Miss Vida Bispham. daughter of David
Bispham, the baritone. From Tokeneke
Miss Brooks went to East Gloucester,
Mass and was the guest of Miss Beck
Wellman, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Wellman. AT the conclusion of her
visit there she spent a week in company
with her mother, Mrs Hobart Brooks, at
Allegheny Inn, Goshen, Va, and con-
cluded her summer outing last week at
Virginia Beach. where she was the guest
of her cousins, Mr.. and Mrs Leo Judson.
Oscar Franklin Comstock has returned
from his summer outing at Flatbush,
N Y. The choir in Trinity Church, of
which Mr. Comstock il director has al
ready begun the seasons activities, and