The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-08-04
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS

| Mrs virginia Goodwin MeRoberts.
widow of Charles @. McRoberts. Of this
city, has been engaged to direct the
choir of the Church OF the Ascension. be-
ginning October /. Mrs McRoberts was
formerly in charge of this choir, going
| there after successful regimes in the
| Church Of the Epiphany and st. An
| drew's. After her marriage to Mr.. Nc
Roberts, they removed to Chicago. and
Mr.. McRoberts met with a tragic death
by accident some time ago. Mrs. Good
| win. Mrs. McRoberts' mother. and her
other daughter, Miss Beatrice Seymour
Goodwin. Joined Mr.. and Mrs. McRoberts
in the West, where they all lived for
| some years They are now returning to
| their old home In Washington. and have
which they will take possession Of the
first of October.
Miss Beatrice Seymour Goodwin will
take charge OF the choir OF Christ Church
in Georgetown the first Of September.
where she will also be the soprano solo
list. She was formerly soprano soloist
In several leading churches here. going
afterward to Europe. where she had sew
eral years study. washington's music
and society circles will welcome the sis
tiers back most cordially.
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy s. Foster and Mr..
and Mrs. Norman Percy Foster and Miss
Ethel Foster left yesterday in the new
touring car of the first-named for their
cottage at Washington Grove. They will
spend the weekend there and then take
many trips through Maryland and Vir-
ginia during the next month. Mr.. Percy
s. Foster returned last week from the
Middle West, where be has spent the
past few weeks. He was in Canton,
Ohio, late last month for the State con-
which he is an officer, a prominent work.
er and the director of the chorus He
conducted the great chorus choir as
usual during the sessions. and many
times welded the baton over 5000 sing
ers, for he had the unprecedented sue
cess of having the audiences sing the
hymns the choir leading. The effect. as
described by one of the delegates who
heard it, was thrilling. Miss Ethel Fos-
ter was a soloIst at several sessions and
made a pronounced hit with her excep-
tional soprano voice and great personal
beauty and magnetism
The sudden death on Thursday Of Mr..
Charles B. Bailey, Jr.. was a shock TO
the musical community OF Washington.
where he and his wife and his father
have been well known for so many
years. through two generations. Mrs
Bailey was a Pittsburg girl. and a load
ing soprano soloist OF the Western city.
She took a prominent place among the
musicians in Washington as soon as she
came here to live, a place which has
grown and strengthened each year. She
has for some years been the soloist at
Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church and
universal sympathy has been extended to
David Kindleberger. the well-known
young pianist Of this city. has met with
brilliant success in a vaudeville act IN
New York, in which he opened last week.
He will be seen here in it later on at
Chases. He plays a number of brilliant
piano selections and has a young woman
singer as his assistant The act is all
given with a background OF black. the
pianist dressed In white. the singer in
white also She stands upon the piano
while the performance is going on; the
plano and the performers swing out over
the stage and audience in perfect
rhythm with the music. Mr.. Kindleberger
Is the son of Mr.. Kindleberger. cashier
Of the Riggs Bank The act is known as
the 'waltzing piano"
Mrs Charles Rabold, who was formerly
Miss May Cummings. of Baltimore. and
well known in Washington, where Mr..
Rabold was one OF the leading BARI
tone singers and teachers for some
years gave a beautiful song recital at
their cottage at Haven. Maine, last
week for charity. Her voice Is a lyric
soprano Of much beauty and she sings
with exquisite taste. Her programme was
varied one and showed her cultivation
and versatility. Her audience was COM
posed of scores of washingtonians, who
form a sort Of colony at Haven.
Her programme was as follows: Old
ella II sole DIAL Gange;"
Rontani, "Se bel rio;" Cacctni, Anna
rilli.''
Old English-Horn, I've Been Roam
ing" DR.. Arne, "The Lass with the Dell
cate Air" Purcell. "Nymphs and Shep-
herds.
Modern Classics Grieg. "A Lovely
Evening" THE First Primrose" Elm
schwan." Hope" ''Mornins:" Schubert.
"Botschaft," ''Staendehen:" Fauri.
Nell" Leroux, lie Nil" Whiting.
Birthday" Verdi. Prayer" from
Aida"
Miss Genevieve Small whose charming
soprano voice and artistic whistling has
often delighted Washington audiences,
abs left the city to fill a number OF pro-
fessional engagements throughout the
South.
Mrs. r. H. Dalgle!sh and her son Rob-
ert have gone to River Springs. Nd. on
St. GATHERINGS Bay. st. Mary County.
for a few weeks visit. Mr.. Dalgleish
will join them there at the end of this
week..
Miss Viola Schippert the popular young
soprano. has returned from a months
visit in and around New York. where she !
sang a great deal and made many sue
cesses.
For the offertory this morning Miss g.
Louise Corey, soprano soloist Of the
Church Of the Epiphany for this month.