Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-29

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liam G. Mills. tenor Of the Mount Pleas
ant Congregational Church,. DR.. William
NJ Kendall. tenor Of the New York Ave-
nue. Presbyterian Church; Miss Bertha
Hansen. soprano of st. Paul's Lutheran
Church; Jack Bowie, tenor Of Epiphany
Church; Miss Lillian Chenowith, contralto,
and Alan Potter. Tea was served through
out the afternoon. Miss Hansen will
give second musical tea on the after
noon Of March 3.
! The Arion Gesangverein, under the
leadership of Karl Holer, gave its fourth
musical of the season at the clubhouse
Sunday evening The soloists were Mrs.
Marraret Koontz-Holland, Messrs. N. T..
Hammer. A. D. Middleton, A. Cello. r. B.
Gotta, w. II. Walton. w. T. Davis and
Frank Williams
A recent pleasant event took place at
Emmanuel parish hall. when an attractive
program was rendered before large
audience. The selections included piano
duet by Mss Annie Hingley and Mrs. A.
L. Simpson. vocal solos by Misses Maud
Harding and Marion King and Messrs.
Charles Roberts and Arthur l.. Simpson,
and selections by the Temple Quartet,
which is composed Of Messrs. Bowie
the program were Miss Annie Butler and
Edwin Callow, the latter president OF the
Entertainers Club, both being we'll re-
ceived in their respective recitations. The
accompanies for the evening we're Mrs.
Simpson, orgahist OF Emmanuel Church.
and Miss Alice L. Ford. organist Of the
Church Of the Nativity. who also con-
sr1buted several piano solos.
The choir Of the Rhode Island Avenue
NJ. p. Church, under the direction OF
Page Zimmerman, rendered Ashford s
"Beatitudes" Sunday night. The serv-
Ice was in the nature Of an evening with
the choir, the pastor discoursing briefly
NJ IN Of ho r,f0 FnIlnw1nR
the opening service the introduction was
played by Miss Frances Sommerville, fol-
lowed by the bass recitative and chorus,
Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit" by Les.
'~cidental solos and obligato. by Miss
ruth Sears, James K. Morton and Mr..
Lovett; quartet, Blessed Are They That
Mourn" Miss Clokey. Miss Mccoy and
Messrs: Ballard and Morton: contraito
Mccoy; Blessed Are the Meek" Mr.:
Morton and choir; quartet, 1.-THE Lord
Is My Light" Misses Clokey and Mccoy
and Messrs. Ballard and Morton; chorus,
mh 0 so se'e y zrs ns hs
Pure in Heart" the choir: quartet,
Blessed Are the Peacemakers"
chorus. Blessed Are They Which Are
Tone Miss Sears and Mr.. Lovett: quartet
and chorus, Rejoice and Be Exceeding
Glad" Those participating were Sopranos,
Misses Anna Clokey, Ruth Sears, Mrs.
J; P: Dodge. Mrs 8. Finch, Mrs: w. w.
Misses Marian Mccoy. Rose Meachin.
Ruth Shuckers, Mrs. p. T. Jones,
Misses Grace Campbell, Grace Beall and
Lottfe Hughes; tenors, Messrs. James X.
Morton. somerville and Herbert Corning;
BASES, Messrs Lester Ballard. III. Bal
lenger and LOvett.
Miss Viola Schippert sang Sunday even
ing at the social meeting which followed
the service of Trinity Episcopal Church.
Nothing more interesting has been
heard this season from Washington So
loists than the program given before the
Friday Morning Music Club last week
The opening number, sonata for violon-
cello, Sarabande, Largo and Allemande,
was played by Miss Larking; Mrs. Hill
ton was heard to advantage in a group
of songs including Like the Rosebud"
by La Forge; Love Has wings Wings, ;. BY,
Spross, and Mrs w. Sinclair Bowen
gave the piano solos Orgel-KOnzert by
F.. Bach. Etude by Poldini and Valse by
Schutt with fine effect The most pre-
concerto by Mendelssohn, with accom-
paniment for piano and strings. This
number was given a brilliant interpreta-
ton by Miss Allen, and was rendered
additionally effective by the beautiful ac-
compartment, which was handled by Mrs.
Day, Josef Kaspar, Miss Sewall and Miss
Larking.
The Music Study Club met last week at
the home of Miss Florence Coumbe, who
including Arthur Whiting. Arthur Foote
and Charles Martin Loeffler. Miss Rob-
erts was to have read a similar paper on
Edward MacDowell. George Chadwick.
was unable to appear. The illustrations
We're given by Miss West. who sang Mac
Dowell's 1.-THE Swan Bent Low to the
Lily and ITO Helen." by Loeffier; Miss
Edith Strasburger. who played The
Scotch Poem" by Mcdowell. and Miss
Dance also by Mcdowell. The next
meeting, which was scheduled to be at
the home of Miss Ethel Lee. will be at
the residence Of Miss Brooks, ontario
Modern French Composers and Miss
Edna Dyer, Miss Faye humphrey and
Miss Ethel Lee will be tho soioists.
Mrs. Franklyn T. Howe entertained
Monday, February 10. at a musical. when
a delightful program OF classical numbers
was given by prominent local talent.
Among those contributing to the pleasure
Of the occasion were Miss Mildred Kolb.
Miss Florence Stonebaker, Louis A. Pot
ter. IT.. and Felix Garziglia, planists;
Miss Ida Ewing, accompanied. An inter-
esting feature of tho evening was the
dramatic interpretations by Mrs. Felix
Garziglia.
Miss Viola Schippert, soprano, and Miss
Augusta Hill. contralto. furnished the
musical feature Of the program Wednes-
day evening at the meeting of the Par
ents and Teachers Association in the as
sembly hall OF Mckinley Manual Train
ing School. Miss Schippert sang "Gipsy
Maid" and "Madrigal," by Harris. and
Miss ELL was heard In Kate vannah's
Grade Song and 1.-THE Little Irish
Girl" Howard Wood accompanying in
satisfactory manner.
Miss Grille Louise Corey and Mrs. ].
w. Corey of this city were among the
| musical people present at the reception
valeri, in honor Of signor Alessandro
Bonci, at the Hotel Rector, New York
city.
The choir Of the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church held the usual
monthly musical service Sunday. when
Rossinis "Stabat Mater was sung. The
regular quartet Is composed of Mrs. Shir-
cliff, Miss Pauline Whitaker and DR..
William M. Kendall and John Nolan.
and John Porter Lawrence presided, as
usual. at the organ.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas w. sidwell and
the faculty Of the Friends School have is
sued invitations to reception and mu-
steal next Friday afternoon. The pro-
gram will be given by Arthur Conrad,
.olinist, and Harry Patterson Hopkins,
pianist.