Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-20
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Taken" and Miss Green will sing at
the offertofy 1.-The Peace of God" by
Gounod. Mrs. Thomas L. Jones, or
during August at Foundry Methodist
Church, while her place at Wesley will
be filled by Miss Virginia Raymond.
Miss l.. T. Anderson entertained re-
Gently at a musical. presenting a num-
Der of promising pupils in a well
selected program OF piano numbers.
Compositions by Merkel. Emanuel
Bach. Johann Sebastian Bach. Moszkow-
ski. Gounod, Leschetiszki and others
special merit were little Gertrude
Crook, Evelyn Stout, Jeanette Burgess.
Jean Whitman. Howard and Russell
Taggert. Edgar Won Eff and Miss NJ
Louise Roberts. Unusually acceptable
was the rendition of the duet, Love
Song" from Faust" played by Jean
Whitman and Edgar Won Eff: also
'Maerchen.' Jean Whitman: ''Valse
Chromatique." by Leschetiszhi. Edgar
Won Eff. and Caprice" by Newlands
Miss Roberts. A feature of the evening
was the vocal number, Sing On, by
Dennee, sung by Mrs. c. W. Fellow, with
Mrs Llewellyn Thorpe at the piano. An
nOuncement of the numbers was made
by Capt. Claude Roberts Of Company
L. Western High School Cadets. and the
evening closed with a social hour.
Mrs. Helen Donohue De Yo soprano so
loist of St. Margarets Episcopal Church
will be the soloist at the preEminar,
musical service at the Church of th'
Covenant tent this evening. Her selec-
tons will be as follows: Lead, Kindly
Light by Hawley: "A Little Bit o,
Love- by Excel. and MY Redeemer and
My Lord" by Dudley Buck. Mrs j. q
Klein will be the accompanist and Mr.
Klein the preceptor.
Miss Georgia Miller is taking her sum
mer outing at Holy Angels Institute. on
the Hudson river. and incidentally at
tending the sessions of summer school
being held there by Mr.. and Mrs. \.
X. Virgil of New York city.
Edwin Callow has resigned his position
as bass soloist and director of the music
at the Eastern Presbyterian Church
where he succeeded Rev. DIR. Neibel. a
recently attained much success as a
writer Of short stories in Italian dialec,
under the pen name OF Tony Gallo.
Miss Harriet E. Harding, who sailed
for Europe late in June, on the steamship
Lapland. delighted her fellow-voyagers
at the Sunday services by her rendition
of Babylon by Stephen Adams. and
THE Bird With the Broken Pinion." and
at the independence day celebration she
sang 20 Ny America" by A. D. Melvin
of this city. arouSing much patriotic en-
thusiasm among the Americans on board
ship.
Miss Vera A. Corey Of the faculty of
Washington Seminary is spending her
vacation at Geneva, H.. short dis
lance from Chicago.
Mrs. John Craven, contralto. will as
siSt Miss Viola Schippert at the service
of the Eastern Presbyterian Church this
morning, when she will sing mo Night
There" by Marston. Miss Schippert will
be heard also in 'Callest Thou Thus. -
by MietZke.
Miss Rose Busey has retired from the
dictatorship of the choir of Mount Yer
non Place NJ. E. Church South. after a
long and efficient tenure of service. She
has many friends in the congregation
who regret her decision and she has been
prevailed upon to retain charge of the
music in the Sunday school. where she
has also long and faithfully served.
Francis lie Roy Taylor. violinist, has
left for the White mountains. New
Hampshire. to spend the heated term at
one of the summer colonies on Lake
Sunapee, where he is to give some con-
certS.
In the death of Arthur w. Porter, which
occurred July IL. at the Toronto apart
ment, Washington musical circles lose
one of their oldest and best known singers
and teachers of vocal art. Born in
Chelsea. Mass, Mr.. Porter began his
celebrated basso, afterward studying with
prominent teachers In Chicago. Later
he went abroad and studied in Paris and
in Milan. Upon his return to the United
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Minneapolis, st. Paul and Chicago, and
was for several years bass soloist Of the
Catholic Cathedral in Chicago, and sang
in concert with many Of the stars of the
operate stage of the day. He was an
exponent OF the old Italian method, a
music. He was at different times bass
soloist Of ST. Johns Episcopal Church,
Lafayette Square; Church Of the Epipha-
ny and ST. Aloysius and St Patrick
churches, which latter position he re-
l.nquished several years ago. Among
his best known pupils may be mentioned
John Finnegan of this city. tenor soloist
of st. Patrck's Cathedral, New York:
John F. NJ. Bowie. tenor. who studied
with him prior to his engagement at
solost of the Church OF the Ascension
and Church Of the Epiphany, and Mrs.
Nellie O'Hare Pollard, contralto soloist
of st. Stephens Catholic Church. At
the Iunerai service male quartet CON-
posed of former pupils. ]. F. NJ. Bowie,
Frank E Boyer. Edwin Callow and Wal
ter T. Matson. sang Lead. Kindly
Light" and From the Depths
The Schubert Quartet of this city. COM
posed of Mrs. Marjorie Hart Moulton, So
prano; Mrs. Eleanor Baker Spencer. con
tralto: Frank Edmond Boyer, tenor and
Walter 7. Matson. bass. with Mrs Vivian
Church Matson, as accompanist, gave a
successful concert Tuesday evening at
the Washington Grove chautauqua Each
Of the numbers received it's need of