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and won many friends during her recent
stay with Miss Brooks in this city
Miss Flora McGill. contralto soloist OF
the First Church of Christ (ScientisD
has concluded busy season and is spend
ing the heated term at one Of the re-
sorts on Lake Champlain, where besides
resting and renewing her strength fol
another season, she is coaching with a
prominent New York teacher Miss Nc
Gill is sister of Mrs. Ralph Barnard.
contralto soloist of All Souls Unitarian
Church, and one of the most untiring OF
local music lovers in the pursuit Of her
art While she is known principally as
singer, she is also an accomplished
pianist. and as 4 composer has already
achieved much success. She will Spenu
a few weeks with relatives in Chicago
before her return in the fall to resume
her duties at the church. for which she
has a re-engagement for the coming year.
Miss Angela Frances Small, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs William Small of Euclid
street, sailed last week from Montreal
for Europe. She will spend the summer
with friends and relatives in Scotland,
; England and Paris. Miss Small was the
contralto soloist Of Epiphany Church last
season and is a prominent member of the
Confederate choir
Miss Ethel Tozier. one of the most am
pianists, is spending the summer abroad
but not in resting or recreation. She is
at one of the summer resorts frequented
| by foreign music masters. and is studying
with Herr Godowsky. She will return to
her home in this city the last week in
September
Mrs. Nellie Wilson Shirciff soprano
soIoist at the New York Avenue Presby-
terrain Church and at the Eighth Street
Temple, will conclude her choir work for
the season next Sunday. and will leave
during the week following for Atlantic
City, where her mother Mrs. Jessie B.
Wilson. has a cottage for the summer.
- William C. Mills, tenor soloist of the
/ Mount Pleasant Congregational Church
will render the offertory number this
morning his selection being My Soul Is
Athirst for God" from Gaurs cantata
The Holy City Mr.. Mills has been en-
gagged as soloist and precentor of Foundry
M. E. Church during the month of Au-
gust.
Mrs. A. Leftwich Sinclair will substi-
| tute at the organ of Wesley Methodist
Church during August for Mrs. Thomas
l.. Jones, the regular organst. Mr.. ano
| Mrs. Jones will spend the early part OF
| August at Terra Alta, in the Blue Ridge
mountains
| Miss Mary Sherier, soprano. will give
| nant tent this evening. Her numbers will
| include Come Unto Me- by Coenen; 20
Lord, Be Merciful," by Homer Bartlett;
| Jerusalem from Mendelssohns ora
from Gaul's Holy City. Miss Anne c.
Holden will play the accompaniment.
and will be assisted by a fiutist and cor
netist from the Marine Band in playing
for the congregational singing.
John Porter Lawrence organist and
choirmaster Of New York Avenue Presby-
| terrain Church, left Tuesday for the north,
where he will spend his annual vacation.
| which will include a visit to his sister.
Mrs. Brainerd. His place at the organ will
be filed by James w. Cheney. jr. The
quartet, composed of Mrs. Nellie Wilson
| Shircliff, soprano: Miss Pauline Whitaker.
, contralto; Joseph f. Matthew, tenor and
John II. Nolan. basso, will disband for
the summer August /, and following an
| innovation which proved very successful
| last season, the offertory solos during
| August will be instrumental numbers in
! Kaspar, violtnist and choirmaster of the
| Episcopal Church of the Ascension
| Thomas L. Jones, tenor soloist of Wesley
M. E. Church. has been engaged to act as
precentor for the congregational singing
during the vacation Of the choir. but will
be absent q part OF August when Arthur
l.. Simpson will substitute for him.
| me cnOlrS OF 81. AlDan episcopal
Church, Wisconsin avenue extended. have
been spending their annual vacation at
Kemps. on Chesapeake bay. The party in
| cluded Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Beall, Miss
Eva Burrell. Mrs. w. E. Clarke. Mr.. and
| Mrs. Middleton, Miss Sophia Middleton,
Mrs. j. T. Barnes. Miss Henrietta Bur
rell and Messrs. Albron Miller, Howard
| Jeffries, William Upton and John Chap
man.
I Dr. and Mrs. L.ovette, the latter former
| ly Miss Eva Whitford, are now touring
| in Europe They spent a week in Paris
and made short visits IN Lausanne, Mon
treux, Grindlewald, Lucerne and Inter-
| laken.
] Miss Marion McFall, soprano soloist and
director OF music at the First Baptist
| Church, and Miss Lillian koechling, vio-
| linist are spending the heated term at
Braddock Heights. and incidentally are