The Washington herald., 1911-07-23
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS

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the Rubinstein Club. has gone to Bolivar
Heights. near Harper's Ferry, for few
| weeks. because of her serious illness. She
| was accompanied by a trained nurse and
her younger son. Mr.. Dickinson taking
the party up by easy stages in his auto.
After she Is stronger, Mrs. Dickinson will
be taken on to Buena Vista for fur
ther stay.
Mrs. Charlotte @. Lippitt, the we'll
| known contralto. left last Wednesday for
\ Norwich, Conn.,. to spend the remainder
Of the summer with her father and
| sisters.
Miss Leona Kidwell and her mother
will go to Boston to-day for several
weeks visit. Miss Kidwell has spent the
week as the guest Of Miss Bispham at
| the country place of her father. David
Bispham. where Miss Brooks is also
spending a fortnight. Mrs. KidweIl
Joined her daughter fof the weekend
and to be present at the Cafe Chantant
given at the Country Club near the
Bispham place at Rowayton. Conn.,. in
| which the young women took part Miss
Brooks and Miss Kidwell are president
and secretary. respectively. Of the Music
Study Club. Of this city. Miss Brooks
will return here late this week after a
short visit to Stamford with Mr.. and
Mrs. Leo Dietrichstein at their summer
home there.
Mr.. Herman Rakemann and his fam
fly will spend the early part of septem-
Der at Asbury Park, but are remaining In
| their home on Park Road for tho months
Of July and August.
Mr.. and Mrs A. Leftwich Sinclair have
| taken possession Of their new summer
home at Kensington, Nd, where they
have had several small parties with
Mrs. Sinclair is a prominent member Of
the Rubinstein Club.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Bieyden will leave
this week for New York to spend the
remainder of the summer there and near
there, where Mr.. Bleyden will do some
coaching. Mr.. and Mrs. Bleyden have
been at the Bristol School during the
spring and summer and on their return
here in September they will establish
themselves in the apartment which they
have taken in the vicinity Of the Zoo.
The Rebew Orchestra, under tho direc-
ton OF H. W. Weber. gave a concert
Friday night for the beneit Of the
Brentwood Sunday School. A splendid
programme was thoroughly enjoyed by
all present. The programme included
Admiral Farragut," march; King Of
the Gnomes," overture; 'Sounds from the
Valley waltz: Fortune Teller" selec-
ton; Affair d'Amour.' idyl, and De
cennial." march. The regular season,
which was one Of the most successful
in the history Of this organization. end
ed in June, and many of its members
are away for the summer.
Director and Mrs. Webe4 accompanied
by their sons, William and Edward, and
daughter, Ethel, will be in Atlantic City
hntil September. stopping at the Erskine. |
Mr.. and Mrs. E. N. Hopewell will visit |
Mr.. Hopewelrs parents In Edinburgh: |
Miss Nan Dougherty will spend her va
cation at Ocean City. and Mr.. J. A. Nc
Lean will visit Dublin. Paris. Glasgow. |
and London.
The soloists who appeared with the or
chestra this season are Miss Marion Nc |
Fall, Mrs Blanche Muir Dalgleish. Miss |
Mabel Louise Benzler, Miss Josephine T. |
Gould, Miss Ethel johnson, Mrs. A. G.
Dunn, Mrs. A. W. Cummings, Mrs. |
Hazel wegner Reeder. Mr.. Thomas L.
Jones, Mr.. E. A. Lang. Mr.. J. G. Klein, |
and Mr.. A. owen Penney. In addition
to the free public rehearsals each month |
the orchestra gave twelve large concerts !
for as many different churches. A rule !
of this organization is that its members |
receive no compensation for their serv-
ices, playing only for churches or chari- |
table enterprises.
Miss Marion McFall, soprano sololst |
and director of the choir in First Bap- !
tist Church, is spending her vacation at
Braddock Heights. On Thursday even |
ing she was the soloist at a banquet !
given on the lawn Of the Hotel Brad |
dock to officers and stan Of the regi- !
ments encamped near Frederick. Her !
principal number was the "Pattison
Waltz Song"
William A. Engel, jr., the very brilliant |
young pianist, who has made great sue |
cesses in the few public appearances he |
has made, sailed last Tuesday for Europe |
for a five years course Of study. His |
parents and brother and sister were IN |
the party. His mother and sister will re-
main with him during the five years, but |
his father and brother will return here
In the autumn.
DR.. T. s. Lovette, Of Bolton. Tex.
and Mrs. Lovette (nee Whitford), former
ly of this city, who are spending the
summer abroad, are now in Luzerne,
Switzerland, enjoying a needed rest.
They have visited Italy and Paris and
made q short visit in Germany, and will
shortly go to Wales, the boyhood home
of DR.. Lovette His musical education was
partially obtained In the Leipzig Con-
servatory Of Music and he will visit the
scenes of his student days. They will
make a longer visit here on their return
to this country than they did when they
were on their way to New York, and II is
expected that they will give q joint re-
cital before returning to their duties
at Baylor College.