Evening star., 1911-06-11

A notable feature of the meetings of
the Lutheran General Synod, now hold
ing its sessions at the Luther Memoria l
Church, has been the music. which is
in charge of Mrs. William Hamilton
Bailey, organist of St. Paurs Lutheran
Church. Wednesday morning the pro-
gram was furnished by the regular quar-
tet Of St. Paurs Church. Howard Butter
worth substituting for Charles E.
Myers, tenor, who was i'll. The other
members of the quartet are: Miss Bertha
Hanson. soprano; Mrs. Flora BernheimeI
Brylawski, contralto and B. Frank Myers
basso, and they were heard in the anthem
! Fear Ye Not, 0 Israeli by Max Spicker
Mrs. Brylawski also sang, by special
request. Mot Ashamed of Christ" At
the evening service, the session at which
President Taft was present the anthems
were given by a chorus of thirty voices
from the choirs of the Lutheran churches
of the city. the program including the
organ solo. Gloria in D fiat, from
/ Farmers mass: Chorus, Unfold. Ye Por'
tails" by Gounod; ''Recessional." by Kip
ling, with incidental solo by Mr. Butter
worth; Praise Ye the Father, by
Gounod: Star Spangled Banner" Mrs.
! Helen Donohue De Yo; Elm Feste Burg.
chorus and congregation; organ solo,
+ priests IndTCn from Hui
! day evening the program was furnished
by the new quartet of the Luther Memo
rial Church, Friday by the choir OF ST.
Marks Lutheran Church; tomorrow even
| ing the music will be rendered by the
| choir of the new Epiphany Lutheran
Church and Tuesday evening Mrs. Helen
| Donohue De Yo, soparno. and Mr.. EN-
brey, tenor, will contribute solos, with
Mrs. Bailey presiding at the organ.
Flag day exercises at the Post Office
building Wednesday will include we'll
arranged program of patriotic music.
Opening with an Assembly Call, by
bugler from the United States Marine
Band, the program will include Ameri,
ca" sung by a large chorus This Will
be followed by quartet of male voices.
Messrs. Mooney, Carbaugh. Leonard ana
Duggan, who will render Under the
Same Old Flag" The chorus will give
Columbia, the Gem Of the Ocean; Mrs.
Ethel Holtzclaw- -Gawler will be heard
in solo; the chorus will sing God or
Our Fathers; the male quartet will be
heard in Brave Heart. Sleep On; an
appropriate selection will be PLAYED by
a quartet from the Marine Band; Earl
Carbaugh will sing de kovens setting
of Kipling's "Recessional." and the eNer-
Banner" sung by Mrs. Gawler and the
chorus.
The choir of mixed voices at the
Shrine of the Sacred Heart. which has
for several years given such satisfactory
service under the direction of Miss Mar
guerite OToole, will be disbanded at the
end of June and will he replaced in the
fall by choir of male voices Armand
Gumprecht. who was organlst at St.
Patricks Church for thirteen years, mas
been engaged to organize and dlrect the
new choir Rev. Joseph MCGEE, pastor of
the church, in making the announcement
of the change expressed his appreciation
of the work done by the present organi-
Zation, but feels 1t his duty to conform
to the motu proprio of Pope Plus X on
the subject of church music. The pract-
cal difficulties in the way or forming a
male choir have prevented his doing SO
in the last few years, but the opening
of school for boys in the parish next
fall will, it is expected, furnish some Of
the material necessary. The school Will
occupy the rooms at the rear of the
church used as a residence for the clergy
until the building Of the rectory, and
Ifrom which the sopranos and altos of the
new choir will be drawn.
The concert by the choir Of old ST.
Johns Church. Lafayette Square, which
took place Thursday under the direction
of II. II. Freeman, proved a success from
both an artistic and financial standpoint.
The choir was assisted by Messrs. Ar
lihur D. Mayo, the well known pianist;
Arthur II. Deibert, basso, and Edwin
Callow, dramatic reader.
Miss We're Cory is entertaining her
pupils with a series of recitals in her
apartment at the Alemarle. Tuesday
afternoon Miss Henrietta Behrend, a
pianist of twelve years. gave the pro
gram. Other members of the Glass; Mer-
ton Jackson, Minnie Simms and Ruth
Hullbrun assisted her with several num-
bers. Thursday afternoon an interesting
program was given by Josephine Blood
good, Francis Capers, Gertrude Law
renee Fannie Chamberlain and Margaret
Brodaux.
William Hulme Taylor. orgMlist Of All
Saints Church. Chevy Chase. and assist
ant organist Of ST. John'sA Church,
Georgetown, gave recital Sunday before
James w. Cheney, jr., gave the eighth
and last organ recital of the series under
the auspices of the District of Columbia
Chapter of the American Guild of Or
ganists Monday in st. Paurs Episcopal
Church, when he played in fine style a
difficult but interesting program, the G.
minor fugue by Bach being specially we'll
done. Mrs. James Henry Cox sang with
much warmth and expression Mendels-
sohns aria from ST. Paul, But the Lord
is Mindful of His Own"
A recent event of interest among the
younger musicians was the recital by PIT
place at her studio, when the students
who participated included Miriam
SciIrack. Bessie Sayles, Margaret VOL
stenholme. Marian Carmichael. Geneva
Dillon, Louise Thatcher, Miss Van de
Bogert and Frances Schrack.
At the recent musical at Soldiers Home,
under the direction of Mrs. Lulu Facius
Davis J. E. S. kinsella sang in place of
Charles Moore, who was Unexpectedly
prevented from being present Mr.. Kin
sella was heard in Morsells 20 Lord,
Abide With Me-.
Oscar Franklin Comstock made a hur-
ried trip to New York Monday to be
present at the annual dinner of the Amer
lean Guild of Organists, which was large
ly attended by representative organists
from many states. In an after-dinner
speech Mr.. Comstock conveyed to the
mother society the greetings of the Dis
trict of Columbia Chapter and gave an
account of the local activities. Mr.. Com
stock returned Tuesday morning.
The eighth annual recital by pupils of
William A. Beali took place at National
Rifles Armory, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday evenings. The assisting SOLO
II. P. Wilkins. tenor, and Master Oscar
Zeitler The pupils contributing to the
program were Misses Carrie Dalzcll, Jes-
sic Hopkins. Madeleine Aughinbaugh,
Ruth Beall. Evelyn Colburn, Irene Prince,
Elsie Newton. Helen Pierce, Alice
Drescher, Anna Sullivan. Virginia Tow
ers, Gertrude Sullivan, Eloise Tebbs. Le-
liza Wilson, Vivian Michael Florence
Dunn. Alice Waple. Annie Patten. Ethel