Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-19

| emf prosperous career he being one of
| it's charter members and the first presi-
| dent Of the organization. He has sung
in the sanctuary choir of St Patrick S
Church, at the Church of the Covenant
| and the Eastern Presbyterian Church. in
| the latter holding also the position of
choir director.
John L. Walker, bass solost and d.
rector of the choir of the Vermont Ave-
nue. Christian Church, has been engaged
| to sing with the double seXtet that
renders the music at the afternoon serv-
ices of the Church of the Covenant. Mr..
Walker will take the place of James s.
| Hicks, who found that the rehearsals or
| the choir confiicted with his engagements
| Of long standing in his Masonic work.
The choir will sing this afternoon. sgd
| ney Lloyd Wrightson directing, with
| ing program: Anthems Bow Down
Thine Ear, o Lord" by Owst; incidental
| solo. Leroy Glider; ''Hark. Hank, Ny
Soul" by West, incidental solos, Mrs.
solo, 80 Rest in the Lord from
Elijah Miss Harper; anthem, The
Lord Is My Light" by Merchant. Incl
dental solo, Miss Hall: offertory solo.
BE Thou With Me-" by Geibel. ]: Walter
Humphrey; anthem. Weary of Earth
and Laden With Sin," by Tozer, Incl
dental solos, Mrs. Gawler, Mr. Backing
and Mr.. Humphrey.
Miss Vera Budd. a young soprano with
an attractive voice, was one of the SOLO
lists contributing to an entertainment last
week at the Eastern Presbyterian Church.
Miss Budd made quite a success in her
rendition of 1.-The Swallows" by Cowen;
Willamette" By Del Acqua, and 20 Won
drous YOUTH by Franz Abt. the latter
with violin obligato by Miss Olive Budd
and with Miss Nellie Sacrey, as usual. at
the organ.
Mrs Frank Byram, organist and d.
rector of the choir of the Westminster
Presbyterian Church, has arranged an at
tractive program to be given this evening
in connection with the celebration of the
sixtieth year of Presbyterianism in
South Washington. The regular choir
will be augmented by several singers from
other church organizations and will rem
der Mendelssohn's Hear My Prayer"
with Miss Aieen Miller sustaining the
solo and obligato: Miss Randall, Miss
Ruth Miller and Mrs. Forney Donaldson
will sing the trio, THE Lord Is My Shep-
herd" by Gilchrist; Mrs. Jessie Tabler
! Benham will be heard in the contralto
solo, 80 Jesus. Thou Art Standing" by
Porter
Mrs. Huron Lawson has returned from
a brief stay at the kaSpar home at Blue
mont, and has signed for a recital the
last of the month at Murfreesboro. n. c.,
and for a return engagement at Wnches-
ter, Va. Later in the season she Will
sing the soprano part in Haydn's Gre
alton" with the Duchess County Choral
Society of New York.
Mrs. r. l.. Dalgleish, solost of the
Washington Heights Presbyterian Church,
spent the week at Atlantic City with Mr..
Dal@leish, who WAS in attendance on the
sessions Of the National Association of
Electrical Engineers. Mrs Dalgleish has
organized Il new quartet OF youn- sing
ers-Miss Viola Schippert, Miss Katharine
Cannon, Miss Margaret Gaiespie and Miss
Augusta Hill. The voices blend well and
rehearsas are already under way in prep
aration for several local appearances.
Miss Schippert is the soprano soloist OF
the Eastern Presbyterian Church; Miss
Hill is the contralto of the Church of the
New Jerusalem, and Miss Cannon is fire.
quently heard at 10 o'clock service at the
Shrine of the Sacred Heart.
The Washington Oratorio Society Will
meet for the first time this s--soE to-
morrow evening at the chap2l cf the
Church of the Covenant at O'Clock, and
under the direction OF Sydney Lloyd
Wrightson, with Harvey Murray as ac-
companist will Immediately resume re-
hearsals on Elijah which will be pre-
scented i'm December. Singers Interested
in oratorio or choral work are cordially
invited to join the society at any OF the
Monday evening renearsals.
|, The officers of the society. which is
governed by a board of managers. are
H. H. Freeman, e,rganist and choir
master of old st. Johns Church. chair
man: Mrs. Il. w Jayne, secretary; John
l.. Downs, treasurer; Miss Mary Isabel
Hall, Dr. Carl Davis, Walter Gawler and
Mrs. A. F. Tennille. DR.. James Dicken-
son. organist of st. PauPs Catholic
Church, was elected to the board at a
meeting last week. and there is still ont
vacancy to be filled.