Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-24


trained voices of clergy who have had
the benefit of many years experience in
some of the more notable European
churches and schools OF music. the
Christmas music win be under the Dire
ton OF Rev. Godfrey Eunt. q. F. NJ, and
George Herbert Wells will preside at the
organ The divine Office OF mathis and
laudS will commence at II O'Clock this
evening, and will he followed by the in
strumental rendition Of Adams % Hoy
Night for violin and organ. At midnight
the first solemn high mass will commence.
Cicognani's Mass i'll Minor, for male
voices, will be rendered for the first time
in the District OF Columbia. with notes,
''Tui Stunt Coeli." "Laetpntur Coeli" and
''Paroulos Fflius. by Haller The in
trOit and other Gregorian portions of the
mass will be rendered. as is .us t3:ntlY At
the monastery. frcm the Vatican edition
Of the Roman Gradual. After mass tre;e
will be a procession TO the representation
of the grotto of Bethlehem in lhe monas-
terry during which ''Adeste Fideles, An
gels We Have Heard and other adj
tional Christmas hymns viii be rendered
Upon the return Of the procession the tie
Deum'' will be sung. Low masses will be
celebrated in succession Christmas morn
ing until 9 O'Clock, when solemn high
mass will again be celebrated, with sub
stantially the same program as at MD
night. AT $50 pm. the office of compline
and benediction will be sung. Arrange
ments have been made with the Brook
land electric cars to run until 40 clock
Christmas morning.
a musical and literary entertainment,
under the direction of Miss Mabel Dill.
was given at the Home fer incHTab es
Wednesday evening, Charles IroWnrtdse
I'ittmann, basso. and Mrs. Arthur Dunn.
soprano, giving the musical part of the
program. airs. Dunn SAM .Nrditfs
d
nyt," "killarney' ''Fireight Faces,
cling Me "a Song OF the Sou.h'' and sey-
eral old favorites; Mr.. Tietma1n was
heard in 'Gysy john. the aria. To
Scenes of Peace Retiring, from the
Magic Flute: the old ENGLISH songs, The
Lass With the Delicate Air and .'Drinsi
to Me Only With Thine Eyes; Song t.
The Evening Star from 'Tannhauser'
Meet Me BY Moonlight" by j. A Wade,
and Adams .Cantique de Noel" Miss
Dill added to the pleasure of TIE guests
by her reading of part of II he Birds
Christmas Carol, by Kate Douglas Wig
Village" by iona Gale, and AT the NJ.
P's,'' a negro dialect story by Blanche
Goodman.
Mrs Warner Gibbs. was one of the
soloists at the reception Friday evening
given by Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Collins to
the alumni of Syracuse University. Rep
resentative and Mrs Stephen Il. Ayres
OF New York, being the honor guests
Mrs. Gibbs was heard in Whelpleys
avaient des ailes,' Schneider's Bird
Raptures' and for encore, Il Love You
Truly" Mrs Macon assisted as accom-
PIANIST.
Mrs Annie Grant Fugitt will assist the
choir of ST. Aban's Church both today
and next Sunday. when the Christmas
program will be repeated. During the
IL AJr-S. lS-fII n n m
Md, TO take part in concert.
The choir boys of st. Johns Episcopal
Church. Georgetown, under the direction
of G. Thompson Williams, organist and
choirmaster, will give program OF
Christmas carols at the Home for In
curables this afternoon. There will be
a short service by Rev. DR.. Howden ard
house guests from a lighted Christmas
tree.
An attractive feature of the celebration
of Father McGees silver anniversary
Monday was the musical program given
by Mrs. Annie Grant Fueitt, soprano;
James Nolan, baritone, and George
OConnor. Mrs. Fugitt sang Allitsen's
Song of Thanksgiving" and for encore.
Lies Lullaby; Mr.. Nolan was heard
in ashore and Il Shot an Arrow
Through the Air Armand Gumprecht
accompanying. and George O'Connor gave
a number of humorous songs.
The choir of Trinity Episcopal Church.
under the direction of Oscar Franklin
Comstock, will render Horatio Parker's
beautiful cantata. The Holy Child at
this evenings service. The solo parts viii
bert S. Moreton and George S Wh!tmore,
Mr.. Comstock leading at the organ.
choral service viii be sung this even
ing at the Church of the Covenant, begin
ming at 1: 80 o'clock. The regular evenng
choir of sixty voices. directed by Otto IT,
Simon, with Lewis Corning Atwater at
the organ, will render two choruses from
the Messiah And the Glory Of the
Lord and Since by Man Came Death
The choir will also song There Shall a
Star Come Forth and also the German
Christmas Song of Holy Night ar
ranged by Damrosch. Ernest Lent will
play two cello solos, accompanied by Mr..
Atwater, Largo" by Handel, and Can
tique de Noel by Adam
Master Sydney Meredith Wrghtson will
sing THE Birthday of a King" by Ned-
ing of the Sunday school at Foundry NJ.
+. Church.
TIE Students Club of the Washington
College OF Music met Thursday evening
in the recital hall of the college. \ large
number of students and their friends
were present. The program included the
solos Let Me Gaze Into Your Eyes and
AT Parting" sung by Mr. Church; piano
solos. 'Fantasie,' by Mozart, Miss Jones;
sonata, opus IA, by Beethoven. Miss Belt;
sonata opus 81. No. ,. Beethoy en-. Mr..
Barr: vocal solos, Less Than the Dust
and ''Kashmri Song" by Woodforde-
Finden Miss Pearl Robinson: piano solo,
"Galop BurIesque,' Miss Fuller; Three
Studies by Heller Misses Kline, Morse
and Reynolds; Second Mazurka," by
GODDARD Miss GatchelI: vocal solos. 1.-The
Silence of the Past" May Morning."
Miss Mabel BenZler: piano solo. "Norwe-
gian Dance" by Grieg. Miss Westergren:
'.Voglein." by Grieg, Miss Terrett: The
Loreley' Seeing, Miss Primm. and oval
desraucschen." by List, Miss Kampfe.
Alden s. Potter has been engaged as
tenor solOist at st. PaufS Lutheran
Church. where he succeeds Charles My
ers A special program of Christmas nlu-
sic has been arranged by b. Frank Mey-
will be given at the II O'Clock service to-
day Among the selections will be Men
delssohn's There Shall Be a Star" So
prano solo and quartet; "Christmas
Morn" by CASTOR Dorch. TschaikoW-
ekv's christmas Legend by the quartet
and Dudley Bucks .'Festival Te DeIn."
The other members of the quartet are
Miss Bertha Hansen. soprano. anu Mrs
Flora Bernheimer Brylawski, alto, with
Mrs William Hamilton BayIey at the or
gan.
H,r. and Mrs Theodore T Apple ba 50
istS. contributing to the entertainment of
at int n1i q Do