Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-12


The Music Study Club held the first
meeting of 1913 Monday afternoon at
the Foster Recital Hall. with a good
attendance. This body of young music
students is continually introducing new
features in the club to stimulate the
interest of the members. The latest
feature is a talk on current events at
each meeting, which SO far has proven
both instructive and interesting. Miss
Marian West. chairman of the program
committee. gave the current events"
at the last meeting in place of Miss
Helene Oyster. to whom it had been al
lotted. but who was absent from the
city Miss Katharine May Brooks,
president of the club. read paper on
Schubert. Mendelssohn, Glinka and
Berlioz: Miss Leila Speer. violinist.
played Schubert's "Preshiera and
Miss Kathryn Basch. pianist. gave
THE Spinning Song and Hunting
Song" by Mendelssohn. This season
the associate and honorary members
as many Of them take advantage of
the opportunity they prove a stimulat-
ing audience. Among the honorary
members are Oscar Gareissen, S. NJ:
Fabian and Heinrich Hammer. each of
whom has at some time given lee
ture or recital for the club. The next
meeting will be held January 20. and
and Schumann, and Miss Edna Dyer.
soprano; Miss Oyster and Miss Brooks.
pianists. will give the Illustrations.
The club is now arranging for the
usual midwinter musical, which is
given in the evening before an audi
nf friends and music lovers
Mrs. Evans, wife of Lieut.. Joseph S.
Evans. U. S. NJ. will be the guest of
honor at the tea to be given by the
College Women's Club in the ComstOck
studio tomorrow afternoon, when she
will present the following program Of
piano numbers: ''Pastorale and Capric-
cio." by Scarlatti; 'Jardins sous la
Pluie" (transcription). by Debussy.;;
in A major, by Dolmetsch; "Berceuse.
by Chopin: waltz caprice, Man lebt
nur Einmal.' by Strauss-Tausig. Mrs.
Evans is the guest of Miss Edna James
Sheehy and is not unknown to musical
Washington, as she assisted Miss
Sheehy in recital at Washington
Seminary several years ago. Mrs.
Evans was, before her marriage. Miss
McCrory of Altoona, and. like Miss
Shelby is graduate of the New Eng
land Conservatory of Music.
Mrs. Warner Gibbs. soprano: George
Herbert Wells, organist. assisted by
George Wilson. accompanies, gave the
musical program that furnished one of
the chief attractions at the Hotel Pow
hatan Wednesday afternoon. The occasion
was the annual celebration of St Distan
day by the Constitution Chapter. ID. A. H.
The hostesses of the tea were Mrs. Nor
gan d. Lewis, Mrs. H. a. Lewis and Mrs
c. M. Lewis, all gowned in colonial style
with powdered hair and carrying distaffs
and the musical program included the
songs: Bird Rapture, by Schneider
From the Land OF the Sky Blue Water.
by Cadman: II know a Lovely Garden,
by D'Hardelot Come to the Garden
Love-" by Salter: Love Is Rose" by
Sans Souci: annie Laurie Believe Me.
"Four-leaved Clover Birth Of Morn"
by Leoni, Mrs. Gibbs. Mr.. Wells render
ed Hungarian Dance" by Brahms:
'Mediation' from That's. which he was
compelled to repeat: Humoresque. by
Dvorak: 1.-The Bridal Song" from Gold
marks wedding symphony: Fanfare in
D." by Lemmens
Edgar Priest organist and choirmaster
of the Washington Cathedral, will give
an organ recital this afternoon beginning
at ; o'clock in the Bethlehem Chapel of
the Holy Nativity. He will play Guilmant s
orertore upon two tne Ghr,stm Kinrs earo by
Theodore Dubois: THE Holy Night" by
Dudley Buck; Chant Pastoral by Du-
bois. and the ''Hallelujah Chorus" from
the Messiah. Mr.. Priest will be assisted
in giving the program by Henry II. Tai
madge. baritone. who will be heard in
Gounod's Nazareth" The next recital
of the series will be given by Oscar
Franklin Comstock, F. A. G. o., on the
afternoon of January 70
Rather more than the ordinary share
of good things in the way of music have
been the portion of visitors at the read
ing room for the blind. Library of Con-
gress, recently. Friday evening the re-