Evening star., 1914-10-18

Ascension: under the direction of Al
| bert w. Harmed organist, will render
! the following program today: At the
| IL o'clock service "Te Deum in B Flat"
by King Hall; "Jubilate Dec in D." by
Thy Light by Day" by Woodward
| Evening service, 8 O'Clock, "Nunc Di-
nittis in F. by Tours: "Oh, for a
ICloser Walk With Cod" by Foster,
with Miss Sarah Hickling, incidental
soloist.
A meeting of the officers Of the Wash
I ington Oraterio Society will be held to-
! morrow evening at the residence O.
Sydney Lloyd Wrightson, when plan:
/ will be formulated for the seasons
work.
successful musical and literary en-
tertalnment was given recently undel
the direction of Mrs. Amy Law Ormsbv
IN the Masonic Temple at Hyattsville.
Md. for the benefit of the Memorial NJ.
! E. Church of that town. The program.
which was more than doubled by the
encores. was arranged by Mrs. Ormsby,
and included some Hawaiian songs, ac-
companied by native instruments in
I the hands of Harry Gilman and the
Messrs. Desha; soprano solo. The Low
backed Car, by Mrs. Ormsby; reading,
The Man with the Single Hair Edwin
Callow; contralto solo, THE Spirit
Flow, Flower" by Campbell Upton, Miss
, the Road to Mandalay," by Obey
| Speaks, William E. Brathawaite; read
| ing. The Going of the Swan" by Gill
bert Parker, Miss Mary Willard Lowe
| "Liebestraum"; duet, passage Birds
Farewell" by Hildach, Mrs. Ormsby
and Miss Whitaker: Concert Waltz"
Hill: quartet, THE Troubedours'' by
| Parker. Mrs. Ormsby. Miss Whitaker,
Mr.. Erathawaite and Mr.. Callow. Mrs.
Byram assisted as accompanist and
| Miss Helen Macleod, contra1to. was
the onertory soloist at Waugh Metho-
dist Church last Sunday evening with
Mrs. Delphlne Brown at the organ.
The first meeting of the Mems Club
of Epiphany Church was the occasion
of an unusually attractive program in
which Mrs. Amy Law Ormsby, soprano;
Miss Mary Clarke Whitaker. contralto
Miss Florence Stonebraker, pianist, and
Miss Mary Willard Lowe, reader, par |
ticipated Mrs. Ormsby sang "A Per-
feet Day. by Carrie Jacobs Bond
Miss Whitaker gave "a Plantation Dit |
ty," by Coburn, and within the Gar
den of My Heart" by Alicia Scott: Miss
Stonebraker played two LisZt compo- .
sitions, "Etude" and Sixth Ria psodie,
and Miss Lowe was interesting in THE
Going of the Swan" Miss StonebrakeI
assisted also as accompanist, and the
rector, DIR. McKim, and his assistant.
Rev. Mr.. Hall, each made a short ad-
dress.
A capacity audience greeted Miss
Jessie Herriott in the red room of the
New Willard Friday afternoon when.
assisted by Mrs Ivy Herrlott .nrtu shaae. n1i1s
Marguerite O'Toole, harpist; Mrs Mary
B. Keyes pianist, and Charles Morgan,
she was seen il dance recital, 1eatuT-
ing all the most recent OF the ara"
ing room dances. The attractive musl-
cal selections were well rendered and
heartily applauded.
Included in the program was the !.
soprano aria, one flne Das. ..paH tpon'
Nine. Butterfly" Mrs. SHADE: faE Nv i
Morgan; harp solo. "Aubade," by Fas,
selmans. Miss O'Toole: 'Maxixe" and |
Half and HALF" Miss Herriott and Mr.. !
Morgan; tenor solo, Swing Song, by |
Cook. LIE Roy Glider; 'LuluFado" and |
..Ta-Tao" (Chinese ball room dance), |
Miss Herriott and Mr.. Morgan soprano
solo. The Eden of My Dreams, py |
Tayler, Mrs. Shade; Tango ana one-
STEP" Miss Herriott and MI Morgan.
meeting OF the officers of the Y. w.
C. A. Choral Club has been called Tor
tomorrow evening, and the hrst re
hearsal will probably De neio at tne
y
Mrs r. H. Dalgleish directing, When
plans for the coming season Will pc
discussed. Mrs. a. NJ. Blair expects
to be with the club at its first rehearsal
in November.
Miss Mabel c. Linton. who has been
spending the early fall at Hasers-
town, Md, where she has been the
guest of her cousin, Mrs. Weidenmayer. |
was the principal attraction at re-
ception and musical given by her
hostess last week. and won much praise
for her musical skill, as evidenced In
her rendition of the following pro-
gram: Loves Death,'' from Tristan
and Isolde" by Wagnsr; "Talse in a
Major" by Chopin; Two ", . Lhrkss ar so, ny
mann; witches Dance" by MacDow-
acapriee'" &C., ee:' by Leschetizky, and :Liebe-
straume,' by Liszt.
The music at the First Baptist Church
under the direction of Miss Florence
Noack, soprano soloist. will include this
That am God" by Dudley. Buck. ane
the number rom Elijah" for soprano
and bass. What Have l to Do With
Thee?" which will be sung by Mis-.
Noack and Raymond Moore.
The Polyphonic Club resumed its regu-
lar rehea rsa,s for the season last Week
in Carroll Hall with a large attendance
U
the director, R. Mills Silby, who has re-
Gently returned from visit to his old
home in England. proved very interestinr
and some new polyphonlc compositions
were sung. Membership In the club is
open to any one with a voice and amb-
ton to study seriously and application
may be made to the director at Carroll
Hall daily from II to S o'clock, or at re-
hearsals Monday evenings Of each week. |
Miss Mary Clarke Whitaker. contralto.
will sing this morning at the First
Congregational Church, her solo at
the offertory being The King of Love
My Shepherd Is.'' by Shelley.
The Nordica Mandolin and Guitar Or
chestra, Walter T. Holt directing. !
held it's first NEE ting Tuesday evening
in Epiphany Chapel in anticipation OF
a busy season.
Through the kindness of the Amer
lean embassy in Berlin, Germany,
letter written about two weeks age
was received in this city by the
parents of Lassalle Spier. He writes
in part, as follows: "In Berlin every
thing is the same as ever. l am send
ing this letter through the embassy
otherwise ! would have to write it II
German, "und ich darke schoen." Ar
| working hard with Burmeister now.
| studying the Chopin minor concerto.
| to be played with the orchestra.
you can't be anything better than
an American just at present over here
| but / must say that even the Frenc'
| are treated very good. All the stories