The Washington herald., 1911-12-17

MASTER EDWARD $. HALBACHJ
by Parker, and the choir hymn. unac.
companied, Come Unto Me-" by Brad
bury. At the offertory Kenneth Ogden,
the tenor soloist Of the choir, will sing
Bucks Fear Not, o Israel"
Master Edward c. HaIbach. the young
boy soprano. made quite an impression
at Miss Hawkes. recent carnival in the
Arcade Young HaIbach has a voice OF
much sweetness and hearty tone, and
with good training and proper care he
should have quite a musical future.
An interesting musicale was given on
Tuesday evening by the pupils of Miss
Helen Gladmon, assisted by Miss Sadie
Lewis, soprano. and Miss Elizabeth Oar
by, controlto. An entire Liszt programme
was creditably given. Miss Catherine
Cowsill read a paper on the life Of LisEt,
and Miss Janet Campbell gave a descrip-
tive analysis OF each piece. Love
Dreams" and Rhapsodie No. were play
ed by Miss Frances Somerville; Album
Leaf" Miss Margaret Darby; The Past
and Remembrance" Miss Helen Simpson:
''Maiden's WISH" Miss Jane Darby:
Soiree de Vienns, No. s, Miss Mildred
Moore; "Hark. Hark, the Lark" Miss
sodie No. u, Miss Mildred Cornwell. and
Rhapsodie No. 2. Misses somerVille.
Moore, Simpson, and CornwelL
At the Foundry NJ. z. Church evening
service tonight at s o'clock, the volun-
teer chorus choir of eighty-threa voices,
under the direction Of Sydney Lloyd
Wrightson, will sing Sweet Is the Mer-
cy,' by Barnby, and Seek Ye the Lord"
by Roberts. The soprano solos in both
of these anthems will be sung by Master
Sydney Meredith WrightBon. who Is thir-
teen years old and has a beautiful So
prano voice. He is the youngest son of
Mr.. wrightson. and is home from his
school in Detroit for the Christmas va
cation. He will also sing at the Sunday
school service Of Foundry Church on Sun
day morning, December "a, The Birth
day Of a King" by Nsidlinger. Miss Ger
trude Reuter- will sing 20, for the Wings
OF a Dove" by Mendelssohn, At this
mornings service.
THE Word OF God" by Gilbert Spross.
of New York. as previously announced.
will be given in the form OF a service OF
sacred song at Foundry on Tuesday even
ing, January 20. 1912. with Mr.. Spross at
the organ. The cantata Is said to be one
of the most beautiful sacred compositions
of modern times. and will be rendered by
the chorus choir of eighty-three voices,
augmented by Charles D. Church, W. S.
Blanchard, J. Klein. and Roland Carter.
The solo parts will be sustained by
Miss NJ. Isabel Hall and Miss Gertrude
Reuter-, sopranos, and Miss Faye Bum
phrey, contralto. The bass solos will be
sung by W. H. Peter.
Mr.. Armacost, organist OF the church.
will play the prelude and postlude OF the
service and assist In the cantata- Two
sacred solos will be sung by Miss Hall
at the opening Of the service and the
choir will sing ''Hallelujah Chorus from
the Messiah at the close of same. Ad-
mission will be by invitation only and
silver offering will be taken UP to defray
expenses.
The Washington Choral Society has
discontinued its rehearsals for the holI-
days. but will resume rehsarsals on Mon
day. January 8, 1912. The society, under
the direction Of Heinrich Hammer. il
preparing a programme to be given in
May, when 1t will be assisted by chorus
of five hundred voices. Prominent SOLO
lists Will be engaged and the society will
be assisted by the Washington Symphony
Orchestra, which is also directed by Mr..
Hammer.
Mrs. L. r. Dye, of 14o3 L street north
west, entertained the Dolly Madison
Chapter of the d. A. r. at her home
Tuesday evening. Mrs. Dye read an in
terestIng paper on Revolutionary times at
Sharpsburg, Md.
Mr.. William Wall whIddit. assisted by
Mrs Melville Lindsay, soprano. and Mrs.
W. W. whiddit. accompanist, rendered q
delightful programme. Mrs. Lindsay sang
Unto Thy Heart (Allitsen), Love Has
Wings" (Rogers), by the Adriatic Sea-"
and The Daisy" and responded to two
encores.
Mr.. whiddlt sang THE Perfect Day
CBond). Come (d'Hardelot). The Sky
Blue Water (Cadman). and "Israfsl.
His encores were Allah" Chadwick and
Nora" supper was served afterward-
A reception will be given at the Con-
Eressional Club this evening Miss Mabel
Boardman and Mrs. Bathrick, OF Ohio.
are to assist in entertaining with Mrs.
Stevens, OF California: Mrs. George, OF
New York: Miss Langhan, OF Psnnsyl-
yanIa. and her guest. Miss Zona Gale