Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-18

home at AnnisQuan " The chorus
that sang under her direction last sea-
son at Annfsquan has reorganised and
Is continuing the work this summer.
The club differs from any of those
singing under her direction in this city
In that 1t is chorus OF mixed voices
instead OF exclusively women's voices.
The organization has a membership OF
sixty eight. and just now is rehearsing
diligently for a concert TO be given Au-
gust 30 In connection with the local
band or orchestra for the benefit of
one of the churches of the vicinity.
Perhaps the success of this organiza-
ton may induce Mrs. Blair to under
take the direction OF a mixed chorus
here. a proposition that has several
times been made to her by Washington
musicians. but to which she has hereto
fore always turned a deaf ear. Mrs.
Blair has reconsidered her plan to take
up her residence next winter in New
York city and come 10 Washington two
days each week TO direct the clubs.
Instead. she will remain IN the apart
ment at the Dresden. where she dis
pensed such charming hospitality last
last of each week for a few days. The
executive board OF the Ruhinstein
Club Will hold the first meeting this fall
on the first Wednesday in October. and
again the second Wednesday of Octo
Der, at a place to be announced later,
and Mrs. Blair hopes to have the frst
evening concert in December instead of
The management of this successful or
ganlzation of women is unique in that
access to the concerts and recitals
given by II each season is entirely
ported by the dues OF its members. ac-
tive, honorary and associate. The ac-
ito members are the singers OF the
chorus numbering last year about 104
church soloists of the city The hon
orary members are the instrumentalists
-pianists, violinists and cellists-about
thirty in all. and all women. who con-
tribute 10 the programs of the recitals
The associate members are music-loving
people. both men and women. who join
the club for the purpose OF attending
the concerts, and to whom even the
weekly rehearsals are open.
Persons desiring to become active or
associate members make application to
the musical director. Mrs. Blair. or the
secretary. Miss Blanche Yewell but in
order to become active members. appli-
cants must sing before the examining
committee which votes upon their eligi-
bility. Honorary members are we'll
known instrumentalists who come into
the club by invitation Of the committee
or some Of its members.
Last winter Mrs. Blair conducted also
a chorus of girls at the Y ". C. A. Sat
urday evenings, and il is more than prob
able that with change of the rehearsal
days she will continue this work for an
other season
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Torney Simon are
at Zermatt. a Swiss village 5000 feet
above the level of the sea and command
ing a view Of the Matterhorn. From
there they will go to Chamounix and
Montreux and thence to Lake Geneva.
returning home late in September.
Richard p. Backing. who sang last sea-
son with one of the Savage opera COM
panieS. will spend the winter in Wash
ington and has already been engaged as
tenor soloist of the Calvary Baptist
Church. position that he filed with
much success for several years previous
to his joining the Savage forces. Mr..
Backing was the soloist at the tent serv-
ice of the Church of the Covenant last
Sunday evening. when he was heard in
MacDermid's setting of the ninety-irst
Psalm, Il Heard the Voice of Jesus" by
Harris. and The Ninety and Nine" by
Godfrey OHare
Miss Regina Elizabeth Winston. who
her four-year scholarship
course last June at the Peabody Conser-
vatory in Baltimore. is spending the sum-
mer quietly at her home, Madison Hall
Seminary. on Georgetown Heights. Miss
Winston is taking a much-needed rest
after the strenuous winter at the con-
servatory, and is planning to sail some
time in October for Europe, to coach with
one of the great concert pianists, in
for professional career She
will be accompanied on her trip by Mrs.
Winston. who will remain on the other
side only long enough to place her daugh-
ter satisfactorily before returning to her
duties as principal of Madison Hall Semi
nary.
Josef Kaspar deserted his summer home
at Bluemont last week for few days.
which he spent with Dr. and Mrs. Huron
Lawson at the kaspar residence on NJ
street as Mrs. Lawson Is spending the
summer in the city, varied only by week
end trips to Mont Salvat, where she will
go for the month OF September. Nine.
Kaspar is at present in England with
party of young people, who will sail for
home August %. after which she will
spend a month with her son and daugh-
ter-in-Iaw. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Kaspar.
before returning to this country, Octo-
Der 1.
A preliminary musical program to the
religious services is being used as a draw
ing card to the public i'm many OF our
churches both in the summer and winter
seasons. notably at the afternoon service
at the Church of the Covenant in winter,
and at its tent service in the summer.
This innovation. in almost every instance,
proves very attractive. and at the Keller
Memorial Lutheran Church it has been no
exception. This feature has been added
before the meeting of the Sunday school,
and has raised the record both in num-
bers and in points of order. H. W. Weber.
welding the baton for a section of the
Rebew Orchestra for thirty minutes be-
ginning at o'clock Sunday mornings. is
the attraction. and his program this
morning will include Schubert's Am
Meer." Gounods Gloria Romance" by
Brooks. and duet for flute and violin by
LabitZky.
David G. Pfeiffer returned early last
week from an extended trip to Pittsburgh,
Cleveland, Mackinac and through the
great lakes He and a party of friends.
after reaching Canada. Travelled in canoes
with two native guides and a camping
outfit to Hollow lake in the highlands of
Ontario. and pitched their tents about
seventy miles from civilization. Here they
spent two weeks leading the simple life"
Mrs. Pfeiffer and the children, who had
been rusticating meanwhile at one of the
Chesapeake bay summer colonies, also re-
turned to the city Tuesday.
w. j. Weber organist of Keller Me-
mortal Lutheran Church, will substitute
for Louis A. Potter. jr.. the regular or
ganist and choir director. during his alb
sence from the city on his annual vaca-
ton. Mr.. Potter has been spending the
first weeks of his outing at Purcellville.
where he did some concert work in the
course of the Virginia Chautauqua at that
place. He will spend a part of his hoii-
baritone, formerly of this city. and now
of New York. Van Potter is now soloist
at the Marcy Avenue Baptist Church in
Brooklyn.