Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-08-06

Each week brings the announcement of
changes and appointments in the choirs.
Today 1t is given out officially that the
lquartet of the Eighth Street Temple. which
has always ranked among the best in
the city, will be assisted at all special
services by a second quartet engaged per-
manently for that purpose. The music at
the synagogue has always been special
feature and Is very exactng on SUCH &C
casions as the Jewish New Year and Day
of Atonement. when the ceremonies last
all day. The new quartet is composed of
Mrs. Dayelle-Taylor WEIGH, one of the
sopranos of the Rubinstein Club; Miss
Pauline Whitaker. contralto of New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church; Messrs.
Howard Butterworth, who was for many
years tenor soloist at Mount Pleasant
Congregational Church. and Theodore T.
Apple, bass soloist of Calvary Baptist
Church choir. The regular quartet of the
synagogue is composed of Mrs Nellie Will
| son Shircliff, soprano; Miss Irma Stern,
| contralto: MessrS. Harry Stevens tenor,
and John Nolan. baSSO, with Lewis Corn
ing Atwater presiding at the organ and di
recting the music.
| Mrs II. H. Mckee has been re-engaged
| as organist and choir director at Ingram
! Memorial Congregational Church for an
| other year. The re-engagement carries
! with it substantial increase in salary
in recognition of her services in the sea-
son which closed auspiciously with fare
! well concert and award of prizes last
| Sunday evening. The prize winners We're
| Charles H. Stevenson, who was presented
! with a gold watch fob, and Walter Reed,
who received gold scarf pin for faithful
| attendance, neither of them having been
absent from service or rehearsal dur
ing the year. Miss Emily S. Barnes was
~. tod Jr-tth hor 6S,nrr 101N-
! of classic songs for having secured the
largest number of members for the choir.
and Miss Bessie Van de Bogert copy
! of Chopin nocturnes for faithful attend
ance. The choir will go to North Beach
tomorrow for it's annual outing, and will
be quartered at the Hotel Calvert.
t G. Thompson Williams organist and
| choirmaster of ST. Johns Church, George
| town, returned Tuesday from his summer
trip, which was spent in visiting the Eng
| lish cathedrals and churches and listening
to the music of the English boy choirs:
Mr.. Williams was most cordially received
by the English choirmaSters, and divided
his time mostly between DR.. j. Marley
Roberts, organist of MaSdalen College, at
| Oxford; DR.. Mann, at Cambridge, and Sir
| George Martin, organist of st. Paul S
Cathedral London. His interest just now
centers about the new organ which has
| been in process of construction in st.
Johns Church during his absence. and
| first Sunday in September, when the choir
| reassembles for the coming season. The
| organ has an electric action and is thor
| oughly up-to-date in its equipment.
| Local talent contributed to a successful
| event last evening at Colonial Beach,
| when an attractive program was given
| for the benefit of the Episcopal Chapel
| just erected at that place. William Star
nell, organist and choirmaster of the
West Washington Baptist Church, was
| in charge Of the affair. which took place
| in the pavilion and was opened by
| number from local orchestra. quar-
| tet of male voices, Messrs. John Bowie,
Frank Evans. Fred Schaeffer and Will
liam Hume Taylor, then sang MY Old
Kentucky Home; Mrs. B. II. Smart and
Mr.. Evans gave duet entitled Eden
land; a quartet Of mixed voices. COM
posed OF Mrs. Smart, Mrs. Eleanor Baker
| Spencer, contralto, and Messrs. Evans
| and Schaeffer, gave the selection. "Come
Where the Lilies Bloom; the trio ITO
Prego" was sung by Mrs. Smart and
Messrs. Bowie and Schaeffer: Mrs. Spencer
| was heard to advantage in the waltz song
''Carmena,' by Wilson; Mrs. Smart gave
effectively Beneath the Summer Skies"
Mr.. Bowie gave when Shadows Gath
| err; Mr. Schaeffer also contributed solo,
| and the program closed with the famous
sextet from Lucia" sung by Mrs.
Smart. Mrs. Spencer and Messrs. Bowie.
| Evans, Schaeffer and Taylor. Mrs. Waller
and Mr.. Starnell performed the important
part of accompanies.
The quartet of Wesley Methodist Church
concluded it's season last Sunday, and has
disbanded for the summer. Mrs. Charles
| B. Bayly, soprano sOSoist and director,
| not only fulfilled her accustomed duties
| last Sunday, but substituted at the organ
during some Of the choir numbers and
the congregational singing. Mrs. Thomas
| l.. Jones, the regular organist was alb
sent on account of her husbands illness,
and Harrington Barker sang in place Of
Mr.. Jones. Their most effective number
was Dudley Bucks setting of the hymn,
Lead. Kindly Light which they sang
| unaccompanied Mr.. and Mrs. Jones left
| during the week for Terra Alta, in the
Allegheny mountains. in the hope that
his condition, which is regarded as very
serious. Mrs. A. Leftwich Sinclair of
Kensington will play the organ in place
Of Mrs. Jones during August. Mrs. D.
church, will give the offertory number
this morning. her selection being COM
| muniOn hymn set to the music of the
| familiar old song, Far Away" which
Leech will leave Friday for Baileys
| Island. Me, making the trip by sea. with
stop-overs at Boston and Portland. They
will not return until the middle of Sep
TENDER.
Miss Isabelle Taylor, soprano, who has
been singing during July at St John S Epis-
copal Church, Georgetown, will assist the
choir Of All Saints Episcopal Church. Chevy
Chase, today, in place of Miss Blanche
| Polkinhorn. who is spending her holiday
at Miss Alys Bentley's cottage in the
Adirondacks.
Miss Pauline Whitaker will leave Tues
| day for her annual visit to DR.. and Mrs.
| Edwin Carman of Seaport l.. /. At the
| conclusion of her visit she will go to
| Hamilton, n. j. where she will be the
house guest Of Mr. and Mrs Walker Ber-
ner and will be the principal attraction
at several informal musicals. She will
also join the Washington musical colony
at Atlantic City for a short time before
her return the first of September
Mrs. Arthur Granville Dunn, soprano
solOist of Temple Baptist Church, will be
the offertory solofst this morning at In
gram Memorial Congregational Church,
her selection being BE Thou With Me-"
by Adam Geibel Mrs Dunn has just re-
turned from a stay Of several weeks a.
North Chesapeake Beach, and has her
house guest Miss Bessie Colling of Gin
cinnati Mrs. Dunn will entertain at some
informal musicals in her honor during her
stay in the city.
Miss Florence Herman has just closed
busy season. and left Wednesday for
Sea Isle City. N. j., where she will remain
vi ho IF aru in,