Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-22

! Society," following its annual custom,
Iclosed it's concert Wednesday afternoon by
! singing the German Christmas hymn,
! .'Heilege Nacht" around a brilliantly
| lighted tree. This afternoon the choir OF
| the Washington Cathedral tEpiscopaD
will sing 1.-The Story of Bethlehem, by
] John l.. West. in the Bethlehem Chapel
| of the Nativity, at 4 o'clock, in place OF
/ the usual evensong and sermon. The ehoir
| of the First Congregational Church Will
sing this evening Beibels Nativity, ana
at the Church of the Covenant, beginning
| at 3:15 instead of $50, the usual hour, the
double sextet will give Brewers cantata,
The Holy Night
! Adam GeibeIs cantata, THE Incarna-
| ton" will be sung tomorrow evening ny
! the choir of Epworth Methodist Church
under the direction of Louis -. Potter,
| ir, who will also preside at the organ.
Mrs. Potter will sustain the soprano
solos, and Van a. Potter. baritone, OF
! New York a brother of the organist, Will
assist the choir
The Christmas story by DIR. Henry Van
Dyke, Tie Other Wise Man; How He
Found the Christ" will be presented this
evening by DR. Davis at the Westminster
Memorial Presbyterian Church. and will
be illustrated with Stereoptlcon views. Inc
nluS1caI portion OF the celeUTdtiol viii NC
furnished by large chorus of girls from
the high schools of the city, VINO VIII
sing Christmas carols. under the direction
of Mrs. Frank Byram At the morning
of Bethlehem by Ashmead; Come Ye
Gentiles and Worship by Adams. and
Miss Aileen Miller will give Might OF
Nights by Van de Water
! Edwin Callow, baritone and reader, Will
| leave tomorrow for New York, where ne
has some professional engagements. ana
where he will join Mrs Callow for the
holidays.
The cantata Bethlehem, by David Weld
Mclean. will he given this evening at
Gunton-Temple Church by a double quar-
tet composed of Miss BERTHE Thompson,
Mrs George H. Price, sopranos; Miss
Mary Emily King, Mrs charlotte ";
Lipptt contraltos; Philip Scantllng ana
HARRINGTON Barker. tenors; George A.
Provost and Mr. Rule. bassos. Mrs. My
ron M. Davis, viOlinist. will contribute
two solos and an obligato to one of the
vocal numbers and Mrs. Grace d. jack
son will, usual, be at the organ.
One of the most unique programs
i'm the history of the Gaelic Society
was given by Miss Angela F. Small
Wednesday evening at the New wizard
before the members of the organization
and their friends. Undeterred by the un-
favorable weather, a large audience was
in attendance and manifested by spoh-
taneous applause it's appreciation OF the
unusual features of the occasion. Mss
Small has returned recently from an ex-
tended stay abroad during which she
made a special study of the folk songs
of the different nations, their costumes
and national dances.
Some of the songs she learned from the
original manuscripts and her interpreted
lions showed that she had come in close
touch with the musical spirit of the PEG
pies. Among her numbers were four irish
songs an Irish jig, in costume. The Irish
Exile ''Subhail a lghradh,, flushing
Song" by Anne MacNeil; The Gap in
the Hedge words by c. Barnard: five
old highland melodies and Highland
This is No My Plaid" Hi Ro My Nut
Brown Maid Rest Thee, My Bairnie.
and Sound the Pibroch'' Leroy Glider
sang kidney Far Away" words by F.
A. Fahy music by A. a. Needham;
when Thro' Life Unblest We Rove
words by Moore music arranged by Her
bert Hughes; Miss Blanche Young gave
two old Irish songs, The Willow Tree
and THE Hour l Proved False; Mrs.
Margaret Brent Downing read paper on
The Lesser Irish Shrines.'' and a chorus
composed of Mrs. Herbert Smith. Misses
Mary Moran, Edna billiard. sopranos:
Blanche Young, Catharine Fennell and
Leech. Irwin Cosgrove and James Gengo
bassos, rendered "All Through the
Night" an old Welsh melody. arranged
| for three parts by Frank Damrosch I'M
| der the direction of Miss Jennie Glennan
who also played the accomplishments.
A program of composition by Karl
Maria Won Weber was given We'd
nue. CHRISTIAN Church, under the di-
| rect;on of B. Frank Gebest, in cele-
| bration of the 126th anniversary of
the composers birth. The young pianists
Susanna Ruthardt, dramatic soprano;
| Miss Bertha Miliar, colorature soprano.
and Miss Mildred Harrison, accompanies.
The program opened with an arrange
I two pianos rendered by Miss Selene Will
mer Dortch. Miss Hardesty. Messrs. Bos-
from and Gebest. This was followed by
the Polonaise. opus q. by Miss Josephine
Golden: song. Arie of Agathe, from Der
| FreischutZ, Mrs. Ruthardt; Invitation to
the Dance, opus, 65, Misses Alice E. Kin
youn and Edith Evermann: Rondo Bril-
lante, opus GO. Miss Barbara NJ. Sted-
man. with Mr.. Gebest at second piano;
song. Arie of Aenchen, from Der
| Freischuta.'' Miss Bertha Millar; Per
| petuum Mobile from Sonata, opus "a
/ Miss Dortch; "Jubel," overture. arrang-
ed for six hands, Misses Josephine
Golden. Joanna Petingale and Phyllis
Stewart; "Momento Capriccioso. opus
| 12.'' August Bostroem; duet of "Agathe
! and Aenchen.' from Der Freischutz,"
/ Mrs. Ruthdrdt and Miss Mlllar; Con-
| certstuck, opus 70" B. Frank Gebest,
| with Mr.. BoStroem at second piano.
An attractive program of piano num-
bers was arranged by Edwin r. Jewell
| for his recent studio recital Baritone
! solos by Edwin Callow, who assisted the
! students in giving the recital, proved a
| pleasing feature of the occasion Mr.
| Callow sang Creole Lovers Song" by
| Dudley Buck. and The Two Grenadiers,'
! by Schumann. Among the piano selec-
tons We're Peer Gynt Suit. No. l -four
! hands,, Morning" Death of Ase"
"Anitra's Dance" I'm the Hall of the
Mountain King" by Grieg, Miss Ida
Harry and Mr.. Fewell The Water
s:prites,' by Heller Miss Anna Meehan:
''EaranteIe. in A Minor by Dom
nee, Miss Dorothy Juelg; Mo
ment Musical. in A major" and 'Baga-
telle in f fiat major" by Phi. Scharwenka
Schutt, Miss Thelma Schmidt Spanish
Dance, No - -four hands,. by Moszkow-
sky. Miss Louise Lowe and Miss Ethet
Phelps; Eau Matin" by GODDARD, and
| "Barchetta. by Nevin. Miss Grace
| Robey: '.Valse Arabesque.'' by Lack Miss
Susie Whittlesey: Song Without Words
man Schmitt; "The Hunting Song" by
Scharwenka. Miss Harriet Ferris; Noe
A major by Chopin. Miss Ida Harry,
Edwin r. Jewell.