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Mrs Annie Staunton Cox has been en-
gagged as contralto soloist Of st. Mar
garet's Episcopal Church, and has al
ready assumed the duties Of the position,
having sung with the quartet for two
Sundays past. Mrs. Cox, who returned
early in the summer from Europe, where
she had spent two years completing her
musical education. has contraito voice
of mellow quality and unusual range. She
halls from Idaho. but. lived in Virginia
after her marriage to Rev. James Henry
Cox. who was a. clergyman of the Episco-
pal Church and rector of a church in
Westmoreland county. She has but re-
Gently returned from a brief stay in Vir-
ginia, during which she gave recital for
the benefit of the Yeocomico church,
which is located in the same parish as
the old Cox homestead. and for which
her singing netted a substantial sum.
Mrs. Cox studied for several years at
the Peabody Conservatory. later with
Stephan Steinmuller. and finally with
Germany, and, by reason of her person.
ality, as well as her musical gifts, may
well be regarded as q distinct acquisi-
ton to the colony Of local musicians.
The choir boys Of St. Johns Church,
Georgetown, will go tomorrow for their
annual outing. 1t will be personally
conducted tour with G. Thompson Will
Iams. organist and chormaster, in
charge. the party including fourteen boys
and four men. They will go to Long
Point. on the Severn river and will spend
ten or twelve days In boating, bathing,
nsning and other sports dear to the heart
or boy. Work on the new organ at
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sonal supervision OF Mr.. williams and
will be ready for use some time next
month. During his absence, Charles
Cropley. member of the choir, will be
in charge of the music.
Arthur Clyde Leonard, organist and
choir director of the Metropolitan
Methodist Episcopal Church. will not
return to Kee Mar College for the COM
ing scholastic year. and has already es-
tablished himself in cozy apartment
in Mount Pleasant. He has just com
pleted an outline Of the winters work
Tor his quartet at the church, which
has been re-engaged for another year,
soprano; Miss Marian Larner con-
tralto; lie Roy Glider. tenor. and James
S. Hicks, basso. The program is an
ambitious one. and under the capable
direction of Mr.. Leonard the congrega-
ton may reasonably look for satisfac-
tory results. Once each month the
choir will give Il special musical serv-
Ice. at which such portions OF the ora
torios as can be given by quartet
without the assistance Of "a chorus will
be sung. Among the compositions to
be given by them are Handers Mes
siah." Mendelssohn's est Paul" and
Elijah" Bach's 'stmas Oratorio,"
Gounod's "Redemptio~." Spohr's God
Thou Art Great" Governs He Giveth
His Beloved Sleep" Rogers The Man
of Nazareth" and Maunder's "Peni-
tence. Pardon and Peace" During Au-
gust Mr. Leonard is substituting at the
organ of the Mount Pleasant Congre-
gational Church. with George II. Miller.
baritone, acting as soloist and precen-
tor.
Mrs. Melville D. Lindsay. soprano, will
be the offertory soloist at the Temple
Baptist Church today, when she will be
heard in Bischoffs setting of the hymn
Il Heard the Voice OF Jesus Say" This
evening Harry Wilkins. tenor. who has
been acting as precentor during the alb
sence of the quartet. will give the Of
fertory number. his selection being
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere Mrs.
Grace Dufour Brown presiding, as
usual, at the organ.
Mrs Ernest Lent with the younger
children OF the family, are spending the
summer at Madison. Wis, where they
are the guests of Mrs. Lent's brother
In law and sister. Prof. and Mrs. Ross.
Prof. Ross holds the chair Of economics