Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17

! ton of H. W. Weber. VIII resume ~
/ weekly rehearsals tomorrow evening In
the lecture room of the Keller Memorial
| Church. this being the eleventh season
/ since its organization. 1t VIII continue
| the policy this season of giving public
| rehearsal on the first Monday in each
/ month when a selected program Will be
/ given including solos by some of the best
/ local talent Although the orchestra is
| strictly an amateur organization. II Will
! continue its policy of rehearsng SYM
| piionic music. and if present plans are
| carried out will render several move
ments from Mendelssohns Italian SYM
| phony at one of the concerts this season.
AS usual, there will be no charge for adj
i mission to the monthly rehearsals of the
orchestra. and the public is cordially in
/ vited to attend. Among the soioists who
assisted the orchestra The past season are
Mrs. Blanche Muir Dalsleish. Miss Ma
rian McFall Miss Mabel Louise Benzler.
Miss Josephine r Gould. Miss Ethel
johnson. Mrs. \. G.. Dunn, Mrs. y. W.
Cummings. Mrs. Hazel Wegner Reeder,
Messrs Thomas l.. Jones. e A. Lang,
j. c. Klein and \. owen Penney.
The preliminary program al the tent
service of the Church of the Covenant
this evening Will be gwen DN AiS. Iieieh
I Eonohue Deyo, soprano, and Mrs. ANNIE
! Stanton Cox. rontralto soloist OF st
Marsaret's Episcopal Church. Mrs. Deyo
will sing a selection by Mercadante and
Jesus. Lover of My Soul. and Mrs.
! Cox'S numbers will be the aria 20 Rest
! in the Lord from Elijah, and Abide
! With Me" The prosram will include also
the duet THE Lord Is My Shepherd
William Wall Whideit organist and
| cfoirmaster of the First Congregational
| Church, has returned to the city. and re-
-, hearsals for the tall and winter were re-
! stunned last night. the choir now num-
| beTs eighty voices and a musical prog a m
| is rendered at every service. but "even
/ ines with the choir al which moro
/ elaborate programs are rendered. are to
t be given the first Sunday evening of
| October. CHI istmas Sunday, the first Sun
day in February. Easter Sunday and the
! last Sunday night in May. Mrs. 3. III.
/ Smart, soprano: Edna Scott Smith, con-
/ tialto, and j. Walter Humphreys. basso.
/ will sustain the solos in their respective
/ parts cain this season. but the position
| of tenor soloIst still remains TO be filled
! Mr.. W hidoit left for his vacation the
| last OF July, and week was spent at
Goshen, \. y, motoring about the beau
| tiful country. With Mrs Whiddit. he
! went by ship 10 Portland, Me-. ard north
! by rail :ao miles, where he spent the
/! month of August resting and trampinS
the mountains. Mr.. and Mrs. Whiddit
|
| Flanders. an uncle and aunt of Mrs.
+. Whiddit. at Sanscrviile- During his va
cation NJ. Whiddit sang at the service
! of the Presbyterian Church at Goshen
and gave two song reciials, the first at
1 the home OF Rev. James Coleman in
! Brooklyn. n y, and the other at the
residence of Mr.. William r. Pape at
/ Hast:ouck Heights. y. J. At both of
these recitals Mr.. Whddit was cnthusi-
astically received.
:! Nine. Marie Won tnschuld. president of
the Won t'nscnuld University of Music
and Dramatic Ait. returned Thursday
from Newport. where she has had a most
successful season. Besides conducting
! her summer classes, she gave a series
OF piano recituls al the homes of Mrs.
Ogden Jones. Miss Mary Appleton. Mrs
: Charles Hoffman, and the last. in the
ballroom Of Mrs. Herman Oelrich. was
LACEY attended by residential society.
PREVIOUS to her return Nine. Won Tn
schuld gave lecture at the Drexel's on
isZ,, in anticipation by a few weeks of
the iGjth anniversary of the birth of
that composer.
Mrs. Blanche Muir Dalgleish sang at
: kensin.ton last evening at concert
given for the benefit of its athletic club.
Mrs. Ddlgleisli was heard in Tasting $
Fer Love of YOU. Heats Delight"
by Gilchrist: The Bee and the Song
by Weatherly. and plantation lula by.
PEELED to respond to numerous encores.
The affair was in charge of Mrs. Harry
Cunningham. who also assisted as ac-
conpanist
The new organ DIT St. Johns Church.
Georgetown. will be heard al both SER
ices today, and G.. Thompson Williams.
orsaniSt and chOirmaster. has arranged
the following program, which will be sung
by the choir: AT the morning service,
TIE Deum and .Benedictus in D-fat
(Wllliams) anthem, 20 Come Before His
Presence tMarstom: in the evening,
'Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis' Hloyd)
and the anthem % Savior Of the World
Goff). Mr. Williams is preparing pro-
gram for an organ recital which will be
given the first Sunday in October. when
the punhc will have an opportunity of
hearing tho new instrument.
| \ me:itorious musical and literary en-
tertainment was given Tuesday evening
| in the North Capitol NJ. +. Church under
the auspices of the choir. y large audi
ence was present and a neat sum was
benefit ofsthe church. Director Bellinger
had arranged a pleasing program. which
included a piano solo. The Palms. by
Miss Grace T. Jenkins: soprano solos.
| In Autumn and Spring Song by
Mrs. Emily Frech Barnes; bass solo by
benjamin 4. Iineback. reading, Orphan
i Annie" James Whitcomb Riley, Miss
Ida May Lang; contralto solo. Forgot
| ten ttOWleSD MISS cora IruXWeil, pa
triotic solo. Heroes That We Know
daniels, r. \. Lang; reading Masters
Motor Car" DoyleJ. Maurice Jarvis: So
prano solo. THE May Morning CWeath-
erly. Mrs: j. l.. Carr: banjo solo,
| Straight Tip" fStearnsD. " Hired Gar
| lick. reading, 'PeneIope's Christmas
Dance Mrs. Emily Frech Barnes a vo-
cal duet by Miss Cora Truxwell and
Mrs. o. r. Bellin2er: baritone solo,
Happy Days (StrelezkD, William H.
Winchcole with mellonhone obligato by
o. Il. Bellinger The accompaniment
were played by Miss Elizabeth Van der
Bogert. Miss Grace +. Jenkins Mrs
Louis Vogt and Philip c. Addison.
Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Evans Greene
have returned from a trip through the
| middle west and are already busy with
plans for their winters work. Mr. Greene
| Will again be in charge of the vocal de-
partment of Chevy Chase Seminary and
| both he and Mrs. Greene will shortly
present some promising young singers in
| recitals.
Richard p Backing, tenor, will leave
Washington September - to report for
rehearsais with the Savage Opera Com
pan}, in The Girl of the Golden West
in New York. He will make his final ai,-
pearance in Washington next Sunday AT
the evening service of Foundry Methodlgt
Church. out of compliment to the director
of the choir. Sidney Lloyd Wrigltson who
has prepared him for his musical career.
He will be heard in several solos In a
special musical service, which II being
arranged by Mr.. Wrightson for the oc-