Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31

According to statistics at the census
bureau. Americans spend annually $780,
Coz, 900 on music, exclusive of the money
spent for musical comedies. That sum. it
is said. is three times the amount spent
on the army and navy or on the postal
service in this country, and in Germany
generally conceded the most musical ma
ton of the world--they spend ten times
as much on the army and navy as on
music A significant feature is. too, that
the largest item is for tuition, OO00,-
COO here and S7,JCOGoO by American stu
dents abroad. Other items In the stu
pendous bill are: Opera. sS.C0O,C0O; con-
certs, S25,OOO.OOO: church music. organ
lists. S2O,OOoOO0: choirs and music. So
100000; orchestras, s25,oO0,0oO: bands
(miiitary. BRASS. $50, 900, Ooo; conventions
and festivals. S2,5O0,OOO: music trades.
$3.50 $50, coo; artists for records and copy
right royalties, $2,OOOOOO: musical jour
nalism Including magazines and writer's
in daily papers,. $3.5OOO0o.
Mrs. Huron Lawson left the city Mon
day and is spending fortnight at Mount
SaIvat. the kaspar summer home near
Bluemont. Just before her departure she
accepted return engagement for song
recital to be given in the early fall at
the State Normal School, at Farmvi!le,
Va. DIR. and Mrs. Lawson have joined
the Washington contingent, owning a
summer place near Biuemont, having
purchased forty acres near Smokers Gap
and adjoining her fathers estate. Mont
Salvat. 1t is in a section of the state
rich in historical interest, and one of the
most notable points is included in the
acres bought by DR.. Lawson, the fam
Gus Bears Den which is located on a
cliff overhanging the Shenandoah, and
is an objective point to visitors from far
and near.
Mrs Grace d. Jackson, organist of
Gunton-Temple Church. has returned
from Ocean Grove. where she spent her
vacation and where she had rather a
strenuous holiday, attending the sessions
of the convention of the National Asso-
citation of Organists. their recitals and the
social affairs planned for the delegates.
A paper on My Brother Organists.' by
Robert NJ. Treadwell, and another on
Musical journalism, by Charles r.
Watt, were almost storm centers in the
discussion aroused at the convention, the
latter particularly causing some spirited
arguments as to the relative value to the
musician of advertising in musical jour
mails or in the daily papers, with most OF
secular" papers. At the closing ses-
sion officers were elected for the ensuing
year. as follows: DIR. ]. Christopher
Marks, president: Homer n. Bartlett and
William Z. Mac-Farlane. vice presidents;
Waller n. Walters. secretary; Chester
III. Beehe, treasurer; national superin-
tendent. Tall Essen Morgan, executive
man: Mark Andrews, DR.. William a.
Wolf, Arthur Scott Brook, Mrs. b. S.
keator. w. D. Armstrong, \. Fl. Turner.
J. J. Miller. Dr. A. Madeley Richardson,
Roscoe Huff. n. J. Corey, William H.
Gage. E. F. I.aub.n, Dr. J.: Nee. Ward
Rev. DIR. Scott Kidder, Rafael Navarro
and DR.. Smith N. Penfieid
James K. Young has been engaged as
soloist at st. Patrick's Catholic Church.
to succeed Joseph Whittemore, resigned
Mr.. Young is one Cf the most successful
of the younger singers of the city. He
is Washington boy and has received all
his training from local teachers. He
has lyric tenor voice and is said to be
a particularly ready reader. He was for
Two years soloist at st. Pauls Episcopal
Church in Alexandria and has also SUBJ
stituted In number OF prominent
churches of this city. Mr.. Young will
take up his duties next Sunday when the
choir of mixed voices of st. Patricks
C..urch, under Miss Jennie Glennan, will
resume. work for the coming season. Miss
Caroline Manning will succeed to the
place of second cOntralto on the choir
left vacant by the death last season Of
Miss Blanche Young, and the other MEM
bers OF the double quartet will be as fol-
lows: Mrs. Katharine Rogers and Mrs.
Hattie Williams. first and second So
pranos. respectively: Miss Elise Davis,
contralto: Michael Peter. second tenor:
James Nolan and Grover Leech, first
and second bass.
Miss Beulah Chambers. pianist who
left early in the summer for "trip
abroad, is now in Venice and planning to
wend her way homeWard. She is eE-
pected III Washington again by the mid
die of September.
Edwin Hughes is now living in Munich,
and is meeting with unqualified success
both as a teacher and as a concert
pianist Mr.. Hughes made series of
appearances this spring and early sum-
Iner in German and Austrian music CEN
ters, and created great enthusiasm wher-
ever he played. This is more of a
tribute to Mr.. Hughes artistry than
might appear on the surface. as. while
american singers are often engaged at
European opera houses, there are few
American pianists who have been able
to make place for themselves in Euro
pean musical life Mr.. Hughes is native
Washingtonian. and his family still make
their home in this city.
Mrs. Blanche Muir Dalgleish returned
a week earlier than she had planned
from her outing at River Springs Md,
ana has been quite i'll this past week al
her home on Ontario road. However, ill
though she was, Mrs Dalgleish sang
just before her departure at benefit
concert for the Church of All Saints.
the little Episcopal church of st. Marys
county, her characteristic Interpretation
of the songs arousing much enthusiasm
i'll the audience and unstinted praise from
other musicians present. Her accom-
paniments We're played in good style by
Mrs Annie Louise Powell, who is better
known here as singer than as an in
strumentalist. Mrs. Powell was several
years ago contralto soloist in the First
Congregational Church. later in Epiphany
Church. the North Presbyterian Church
and others of the city. and was also
much IN demand for local concerts and
musicals. Among Mrs. Dalgleish's num-
bers were Venetian Song" by Tosti:
Pretty Creature" by II. Lane Wilson;
Nora" by Piggott; kept In By Nevin;