Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-02
GLEE CLUB IN CONCERT
BRILLIANT AUDIENCE APPLAUD
THE MUSICAL HITS,
A Dance Wound Up the Pleasure
Miss Helen Taft
Present.

| YaleS glee, banjo and mandolin clubs
marched on down the field to victor,
at their concert last night in the New
| Willard Hotel. Miss Helen Taft and
Robert Taft. with party of young peo-
pie. attended the concert.
| The singing of Cole Porter was one OF
the features of the concert. In addition
to having a good voice and being a
clever imitator, Mr.. Porter is a comedian
ordinary in college glee club concerts,
brought down the house. He was encor-
ed many times. His first song. The
Motor Car" of his own production, was
sung with the accompaniment of the
elee club. and created an instant hit.
The piano was moved to the middle of
the stage, and Mr.. Porter began a series
of amusing songs and limitations. occu-
plying the stage alone. Mr.. Porter is the
composer and author of ''BingO Eli Ya,e''
and number of other stirr.n- foot ball
songs. which have been in evidence at
the big games during the last year or
two.
Songs of the old Yale. which carried the
old grads in the audience back to earlier
days in the New Haven university, as
we'll As songs of later Yale, were in evil
dence during the concert. bright College
Years to which the audience rose,
many of the alumni Joining in the sing
ing, and PRO Yalensi' We're among the
old timers. The banjo and mandolin
clubs, lead by Fl. T. Clement, divided the
honors with the glee club, which was
under the leadership of r. A. Gardner,
Iale's foremost golfer and pole vaulter.
'Tutti Fruitti," which was in reality a
medley of many Of the popular airs Of
the day, given by the glee and banjo
clubs together. was another hit, as was
the singing of w. W. Meyer In his song
'Carmina.' A quartet and a yodler and
whistler were other features. The con-
cert was under the local management of
&c. c.. Glover. jr. A dance in honor Of
the clubs was given in the New Willard
by the Washington Yale alumni i'm
mediately after the concert.
Among those in the audience were
Miss Helen Taft. in a gown of dark
blue chiffon over white satin, with
touches of gold: Mr.. Robert Taft and
their house guests. including Miss
Anderson and Miss Morgan: Miss
Hildegarde Nagel, in white chiffon with
neck edged with pink rosebuds;
Mr.. Eames MacVeagh. Mr.. and Mrs.
Lnarles c: &C. Glover. Mr.. and Mrs Joseph
young people: Mrs. Frank B. Noyes.
who chaperOned party including her
nieces. Miss No.es and Miss Elizabeth
Noyes. and her son. Mr.. Newbold Noyes;
Cotton Smith Miss Eudora Glover. Mrs
William F. Draper. Miss Margaret
Draper, Admiral and Mrs. Gheen. Miss
Gheen. Miss Ruth Parker. Mr.. Myren
A. Johnston. Miss Mary McCauley, Miss
Lemira Giilett Hill. Mr.. Gillett Hill,
Miss Louise HELEN. Mrs. Robert Owen,
Mrs. Sherman Miles. Mr.. Yung Kwai of
the Chinese legation, and Mrs. Yung
Kwai: Mr. and Mrs. John Upshur
Mr.. and MINIS. de Sibour,
Mr.. and Mrs. ormsby McCammon. Mr.
and Mrs. Gould Lincoln. Miss Murray.
Miss Carolyn Murray. DR.. and Mrs.
Chatard. Mrs. Arthur Addison. Mrs
Samuel Hill. MI. James N. b. Hill, Mrs.
Ernest Darlington. Miss Sally Carl
ington. Miss Alice Shepard. Miss Ruth
Bliss. Miss Gertrude Greedy. Mr.. Adolf |
plus w. Greedy, jr, Mr.. John X. Stauf- |
fer. and Mr.. Lee McClung.
The guets at the dance were re-
ceived by Nine. Henri de Sibour, Mrs |
Charles G. Glover, Mrs Gould Lincoln |
Mrs. J. Upshur Moorehead. Mrs. George |
X. McIanahan and Mrs. Frank B. |
Noyes.