Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01
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home Of Miss Maitland Marshall, on Ban
croft place Miss Katharine May Brooks
1 the retiring president, was in the chair
| while the annual reports Were read by
| the various officers and during the cleo
/ ton which followed. Miss Brooks having
announced that she was not candidate
| for official honors next season. The
election resulted as follows: President
Miss Faye humphrey; vice president,
Miss Marshall: secretary, Miss Flora
Kampfe treasurer. Mrs. Orville B.
Brown (re-elected). Miss humphrey
first official act was the appointment OF
Miss Julia Higgins as chairman OF the
program committee. Miss Hugglns is
| from the south and has spent only TWO
| years in Washington, but in that time
| has made reputation as an eHceHent
| accompanist, with an exceptional facli-
| ity for playing the most lengthy and
| exacting programs from memory. She
/ has recently been engaged as accom-
| PIANIST for Miss Margaret Wilson. Miss
| humphrey, the new president. is at pres
ent the contralto soloist of ST. Mar
garet's Episcopal Church. though she
| has served in the some position In a
number of other churches of the city,
| among them Epiphany and the Metro
politan Methodist Church. Miss Mar
| shall one of the most recent additions
| to the club, is a talented pianist. who
studied for some time with Richard Bur-
| mester in Berlin. Mrs. Drown Will en-
| terrain the club June >. and Miss BROOKS
will give q tea in honor of the new
officers Other active members OF the
club are Misses Kathryn Bouck, Edna
Dyer, Ethel Foster, Ethel Lee, Helene
Oyster, Leila Speer, Carrie WfneoW and
Marian West.
The evening choir of the Church of
the Covenant will ne the guests or i)r.
and Mrs. Charles Wood at reception
In their honor Tuesday evening. Musical
numbers will be contributed by Mrs.
Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler. Miss 3. T. far-
per. Miss C. C. Wineow, S. NJ. Fabian.
Richard Backing and Sydney Lloyd
WrightSon.
The concert given recently under the
direction of II. H. Freeman, by the cholr
of Old st. Johns Church. sustained the
reputation which many years OF admira-
BILE work have won for them me OF
ganiZation was assisted by Miss NJ. AIce
Maydwell. Master Hamilton Bell and Al
fred G. Eldrdge, organist and choirmas-
ter of st. Margaret's Episcopal Chufch.
and of the subioined program, the So
prano solo. 20 Schone Zeit.' by Master
Roland Legg. the piano numbers Dy MT
Eldridge. the Brahms Lullaby by the
men of the choir and Pinsutis Noon
light and Music by the ensemble. were
especially acceptable. The program con-
sisted of the following: Chorus VINO
Rides for the king?' (Somervile). by
ST Johns choir: soprano solo. 20 Schone
Zcit O Serge Zeit'' (GOtZe). Master Legs
chorus, ITO YOU and Home" PARKS.
by the men of the choir; monoiogue
Holding Seat At a Benefit Giske,
Miss Maydwell; bass solo. Had a Horse
(Korbay). Charles Trowbridge Tittman
piano solos. "Barcarolle" (Godard)
''Scherzo" (Mendelssohn). Mr. Eldridge;
chorus. Heidelberg. stein song from
1.-The Prince of Pilsen." men of the choir
tenor solos, Mother Machree" BalD;
Bleyden: Waiting for the Robert f:
Lee Jolson), Masters Hamilton Bell
and George Jenvey-Abrams; soprano
solos, 1.-The Little Thief (Stern) and AT
Dawning" (Cadmanl. Hamilton Bell: i'm,
PRESERVATION, 1.-The Fascinating Widow,
CBrahms). "Ashes of Roses (Cole).
Come. Tuneful Friends" Lloyd and
Moonlight and Music" CPinsutD, ST.
Johns choir Miss Maydwell was COM
PEELED to leave at the conclusion of the
first part of the program and her num-
ben in the second part was supplied by
Edwin Callow. who gave two monologues.
The accomplishments were played by Mr..
Freeman and Samuel Leech. the latter at
one time one of the boy sopranos of the
choir.
The Singing Society OF the Mount
Pleasant Congregational Church. under
the direction of Dr. William R. Buchan-
tata 1.-The Vision Of st. john by Whit
ney Coombs. The society will be assist
ed by Miss Mabel Latimer, soprano: DR..
c. L. Davis. tenor; W. \. Eaton bass.
is composed of Mrs. Ivy Herriott Shade.
soprano; Miss Arundel. contralto; c. d.
Church, tenor. and Roland Carter, bass.
The solos in the cantata are practically
md
will be sustained by Miss Arundel and
Mr. Church. Miss Marguerite O'Toole
will be. as usual. at the organ.
Music critics and music lovers crowded
the residence studio of Frank Norris
Jones last Sunday afternoon to listen TO
Miss Kathryn Bouck, whom he present
ed in piano recital. Miss Bouck PLAYED
with good tone and clean technique the
following varied program: Concert
stuck" won Weber,. ''Solfeggietto' Ph
E. Bach. .'Fugue in G Minor" tRhein-
bergen. Variations in Flat Major
tschuberb. Spinning Song 1Mendels-
"scherzo." from Concerto. ditolf'.
"Valse, Opus 49, Chopin; "Nocturne in
G Major Chopin .'Arabesque No -
de Bussy), ''Melodie' Paderewski,
| "secuidilla'' (Albeniz) and Concerto in
E Ma jor"( eugene d'Albert). with he or
chestral part on the second piano by Mr..
Jones.
Mrs H. L. Parkinson, soprano, and
Miss Manifold. contralto. were the 50.
loists furnishing the musical features at
the last meeting of the Womans Club
at Kensington Md. They We're assisted
by Mrs Harry Cunningham and Mrs.
Bronson at the piano in giving the follow
ing selections: Duet 20, That We Two
Were Maying" Smith: soprano solos.
LITE (Chaminade) and The Early
Morning CPeeD: violin solos. The Storm
and "Berceuse." from 'Jocelyn; con-
tralto solos. Sans TOT ID Hardelot and
'Would You?": duets. 'Barcarole.' from
| ..The Tales of Hoffman" and Mistress
Mary" MARY Turner Salter).
H. T. Bowles. tenor, will be the offer
tory soloist at the Church of the Incar-
nation this morning. when he will be
heard III the aria, Refrain Thine Eyes
From Weeping" from Sullivans can
Mrs s. V. Cusack. violnist. Will be the
| offertory soloist at the first Baptist
Church this morning, when she will ren
| der fave Maria" by Schubert. She vii
| play also the obligato to Gounod's &C
| bv Miss Florence Noack soprano ant
| choir director Other numbers will be a
| this service the anthem 20 BE Joyful il
| the Lord" by Corbn. and In the Even
| ing" Frank Howard viollnist. will pla,
"Serenade,'' by Gounod. and Miss Noacl
will be heard in the solo. Il Heard tn.
| Voice Of Jesus Say" by Perry. Tn.
| other members of the choir Mis-:
| Helen Burkhart contralto: II. {. Pear
| son tenor: RAYMOND Moore basso. will
| Mrs Edmund Barry at the organ
Miss Helma Cheesman, soprano. of thi
citv who has spent Il prolonged period II
4 nd heard