Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-02

The board Of directors Of the Washing
Iton Choral Society has announced its
lpIans for the closing concert of the sea-
son. Mendelssohn's oratorio Elijah" is
Ito be given in May in the First Congre-
igational Church, under the auspices OF
the Ladies' Aid Society. and the follow
ling quartet Of soloists has been engaged
for tho occasion: Soprano. Mrs. Helen
lDonohue De Yo: contralto. Mrs. Flora
lBernheimer Brylawski: tenor. William
WAL Whiddit: bass, Frederick Martin
Of New York. Oscar Franklin Comstock
will be at the organ, Arthur d. Mayo
at the plano and Heinrich Hammer, con-
ductor.
AN evening with the choir is an
nounced to take place this evening, begin
ming at 7:45, at the First Presbyterian
Church, John Marshall place. The solos
will be sustained by Mrs. l.. A. Roberts,
soprano; Miss Mary B. Finney. contralto;
lHelwig, basso. Mrs. G. F. Schutt will
ofhciate at the organ and will be assisted
by Emil Brown. violinist. in giving a
lf1fteen-minute recital of violin and organ
numbers. The selections by the choir
will include: Recessional. by de Koyen:
THE Day Is Ended by Bartlett; offer
tory, 'IntermeZZo," by Offenbach: quar-
tet. Sweet the Moments" by Donizetti;
Maria" by Gounod; benediction. Lord.
Now Lettest Thou Thy Servant Depart
in Peace" and organ postlude.
Sydney Lloyd wrightson has engaged NJ.
C. Armacost Of Baltimore as organist of
Foundry NJ. E. Church, and he will as
sumo his new duties there today. At
the morning service Mr.; Wrightson viii
and in the evening My Redeemer and
My Lord" by Dudley Buck.
Oscar Franklin Comstock has issued in
vitations to his seventy-ffth studio re-
| cital, to take place tomorrow evening.
Mr.. Comstock's programs always include
something In the way Of novelties, song
cycle by Leoni. Fairy Dreams" being a
feature of interest for this occasion. 1t
will be sung by Miss Myrtle Began, Mss
Bowen and Messrs. Irwin Hoffman and
| W7hitmore. The remainder OF the pro-
gram will include compositions by Ru-
binstein, Jensen, Bohm, Giordani, Men
delssohn, GODDARD. Lassen. Ries, Tschai-
kowsky and Schumann and will be given
by Miss Began and Mr.. HOFFMAN.
| There will be an especially interesting
program given by the Students Club Of
| the Washington College Of Music Tues
day evening, when the composers to be
studied will be Leoncavallo. Puccini and
Chopin Among those contributing to the
program will be Misses H. Cheesman, G..
Reuter-, p. Cohencious. l.. Smith and M.
Nelson. Mrs. Jennings and Richard p.
Backing and MIR. Engel. IF. Lee Gran
| dali will assist by playing two selections
| for the violin. Members are invited to
| bring their friends.
Mrs Otto Torney Simon gave two re-
citals Of piano pupils last week at her
residence studio. Those taking part in
the program were Misses Dorothy Smith,
Frances Moore, Eleanor Reyburn, Har-
riet Mckee, Louisa Noar. Katherine Nc
Clintock and Misses Blair. Norton. Tut
tie and Stuart. The compositions were by
Peterson. Grieg, Leschet1zky, GODDARD
Mcdowell, Debussey. Chopin and Aren-
sky A third recital will be given short
| " by Miss Farnsworth, Mrs. L. A. ST.
mon. Miss Sansey. Mrs. Rumbough and
Miss Putnam.
The choir Of ST. Margaret's Episcopal
Church viii repeat Palm Sunday evening
| the cantata, The Darkest Hour" by
| Harold Moore, which 1t presented so
| successfully last Sunday evening under
the direction of Alfred G. Eldrfdge, or
ganist and choirmaster Of the church.
A large audience was present at the
| meeting of the Won Unschuld Club held
Friday In the parlors Of the university.
when a program of classical music was
rendered by the Misses D. Dyson and E.
Pearl Myers, Master Harold Seel. Misses
Marion R. Boyd. Annie L. Marshall. Ar
dala Moore. Della v. Storm. May Dona-
hoe, Ethel Fisher. Ellen Garlock. Ger
trude McRae, Franc King, Ethel Coffin.
Louis A. Potter. jr.; Robert E. Seel OF
the Marine Band and Nine. Marie Won
UnSchuld.
The choir Of st. Paurs Episcopal
Church, under the direction Of Edgar
Priest, organist and choirmaster, will sing
Thursday evening the Lenten cantata
rlr NV II roll
This work Is quite new in Washington,
and the choir will have the assistance on
this occasion Of a section Of the Musurgia
Club. No cards Of admission are re-
Quired, the affair being open to the public.
| A members day program followed
the regular rehearsal of the Rubinstein
Club last Wednesday morning in the ball
Butterf1eld opened the program with the
SOPRANO solo II Hid My Love- by d'Har-
delot. and was followed by Mrs. J. A.
| Tatspaugh, contralto, who gave Nevin's
Margaret Ashbridge. soprano. who was
| heard in the Cradle Song" and 1.-THE
Woodpigeon," by Liza Lehman, and THE
| Land Of the Sky-blue Water" by Cad
man: and Miss Matte Gibson: soprano,
| who sang "Du Bist Vie Fine Blume." by
Chadwick. and Rose in the Bud" by
Foster. The instrumental feature Of the
| program was a quartet for piano and
strings by JOhann StamltZ, played by
Miss Stanford and Miss Dodge, violinists
Miss Stanley, cellist and Miss Brooks
pianist. This is the first appearance of
this group Of gifted young people, and
their ensemble work was the subject Of
| much favorable comment. Mrs. w. w.
Burdette assisted as accompanist.
| Nine. Won Unschuld will leave shortly
| for New York to conclude a series Of
piano and chamber music rectals for
| which she was engaged early In the
| season. At her last recital she was
sisted by Daniel Breeskin, violinist, and
| l.. f. Mandy, cellist. in giving an ex-
| acting program OF chamber music.
The Schubert, Trio, composed Of Louise
| Mae Farrow, violinist and reader; Sue
| NJ Greacen. cellist and pianist, and Mary
| A. Cowen, soprano and pianist gave a
| recital for the blind at the Public Library
! Thursday, before a large audience The
| program included the trio. Song With
| out Words" by Tschaikowsky; "TrauJ
merei." by Schumann: soprano solos,
'Sing. Smile and Slumber," by Gounod.
| and Love Has Wings" by Rogers: pi-
ano solo. 1.-The Rustic Of Spring." by
| Sindfng; readings, IAN Order for a Pic
| ture." by Cary and Auction Extraor-
| dinary,": trio, "Pizzacato Gavotte," by
Pache. and "Intermezzo." by Mascagni;
| soprano solos. Come Unto Him." from
| THE Messiah" by Handel, and Absent 4"
| by Roberts: violin solos. "Rondo,' by de
Beriot, and believe Me-" by Moore.
The musical given at the Friday Morn