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tion shall be held. as usual, on the At
lantic. or on the Pacific coast.
An invitation from the North Carolina
chapter of the American Guild of Or
ganlsts has been sent out to the officers
of the National Association asking that
the convention be held at San Fran
cisco on account of the Panama exposi-
| tion, where music will be featured as
| never before in the history of eXposi-
tions in this country. Overtures have
| been made also by the warden of the
| American Guild of Organists TO arrange
! II possible, combination (for conven-
tion purposes only) of the guild with
| the National Association and an effort
| has already been made in the different
| chapters to ascertain how many from
each would be likely to attend
| An imposing array of talent is repre-
sented on the programs of the conven-
ton. Henry S. Fry, organist of St. Glenn
ent's Church Philadelphia, will play as
the representative of the Organ Play ers'
Club of that city; Frederick Schlieder or
ganist of the Collegiate Church of St
Nicholas. N. Y, is the representative of
the American Guild of Organists in re-
cital. and other special programs will be
presented by Francis Cuyler Van Dyck
jr., organist of the Lawrenceville School,
Lawrencevine. n. j.; Mrs. Mary Chap
pell Fisher. concert organiSt of Rochester
n. Y, and Carl Rupprecht organist OF
St. Lukes Church. Chicago. ILL.,
Important papers TO be presented will
be by representative men in the different
| fields. among them William D. Armstrong
OF Alton. III, subject, The Anthem. Its
History and Development Henry Hard
ing of Freehold. N j., subject. The
Mental Study and Reading of Music: DIR.
John Nee. Ward. Philadelphia, Organ
lists Clubs as a Factor in the National
Association: Roscoe Huff. Williamsport.
Pa. subject, The Organist as the Lead
er of Musica! Effort in the Smaller
Towns" Dr. Wolf subject, The Or
ganists' Literary Field; James Francis
Cooke on the Material Welfare of Or
ganists in Our Country
Mrs. Ernest Lent and her daughter
sylvia are spending the summer at Mad
ison, Wis, as guests of Mrs. Ross. wife
of Prof Ross of the University of Wis
consin. Sylvia Lent. who is a violinist
, of unusual talent and proficiency for her
age. Is continuing her work during the
summer under Herr Frederickson al
the University School of Music, and has
Just memorized concertos by Rode and
Niotti. in which she will be heard in
recital this coming winter The little
| maid has also shown evidence of Gre
at1Ve talent. having composed two small
| pieces, which will shortly come from the
hands of the publisher. Miss Simon. Mrs.
Lent's sister, with Margaretta Lent is
summering at Brookside. W. Va. where
they viii be joined in September by Mr..
and Mrs. Lent and Sylvia. Mr. Lent is
still in the city and is at present enter
tanning some distant relatives who were
! travelling in this country and whose re-
turn to Europe has been delayed by war
conditions.
William E. Rrathawaite, for several
years tenor soloisr at the Vermont Ave
nue. Christian Church, has been engaged
to I'LL a similar position in the choir of
st. Pauls English Lutheran Church, sue
ceedng Herbert F. Aldridge, who re
signed to go to Utah The personnel of
the quartet will otherwise remain the
same as last season, Mrs Bertha Han
laWskl, contralto. Charles F. Roberts
bass: with Mrs. William Hamilton Bayly
organist and director
Arthur Clyde Leonard, at one time or
ganist and choirmaster of the Metro
poiitan Methodist Church, this city, who
has been meeting with much success in
similar fields in New York city, where he
is in charge of the music at the Central
Methodist Church, returned last week to
his home in the metropolis after a visit
to Mrs. Pierpont Morgan at her country
home, Cragston.
John H. Walker. bass and director of the
choir of Vermont Avenue Christian
Church, returned yesterday from a short
stay at Purcellville. Va, and will act as
precentor as usual at the church today
Richard P Backing. tenor soloist of
Calvary Baptist Church, will give the
preliminary program this evening at the
tent service Of the Church of the Covenant
when he will sing How Lovely Are Thy
Dwellings by Ladde. and THE Lord Is
My Shepherd" by Van de Water Mr. and
Mrs. Klein, who have been in charge of
the music at the tent services during
the summer. are out Of town on a holiday
trip and during their absence Mr.. Blanch-
ard Will act as precentor and Mrs Will
liam Hamilton Bayly as accompanist
Mrs Helen Donohue De Yo. soprano So
loist at St Margaret's Episcopal Church
left yesterday for Far Rockaway, L. L.,
where she will spend the remainder of
the heated term. Mrs. De Yo will stop in
New York city on the return trip for a
visit to Mrs. Gilmore, formerly of Wash
ington and for several years a member Of
the Rubinstein Club and contralto soloist
IN prominent churches of the city, among
them the Church of the Epiphany and St
Patrick's Catholic Church.
Edgar Priest. organist and choirmas-
ter of the Bethlehem Chapel, Washing
ton Cathedral, has sufficiently recov-
cred from his recent illness to leave
the city and is now in camp in the
Allegheny mountains, where he is rap.
idly regaining his normal health and
avoirdupois.
The music at the services at WASH
ington Grove this summer has been an
especially attractive feature among the
Washington singers contributing their
talent being Miss Nettie Craig, Irving
L. McCathran, DR.. w. Bruce Hoofnagle,
Mrs. b. H. Brockway, c. E. Latimer.
Miss Myra NJ. McCathran and Charles
p. Myers. Among the numbers last
Sunday was the duet, Love Divine
All Love Excelling," from The Daugh-
ter of Jairus," by stainer rendered by
Mrs. Brockway and Mr. Myers, the So
prano solo. 20 Lord, Be Merciful," by
Bartlett, sung by Miss McCathran and
a tenor solo, Thy Will Be Done" by
Francis Bohr. sung by Mr.. Myers The
accompaniments. were played by Miss
Helen Welch. Miss Grace Osborne, Miss
Helen Myers. Mrs. j. L. McCathran and
Frank B. Couch.
| Mrs. r. H. Dalgleish is still at River
Springs. Md, where she is resting after
| still buster one the coming winter. She
| paid brief visit to Washington recent.
| in response to note from the secretary
| of the Y. W. c. A. requesting her to
| direct the choral organization until the
| return of Mrs. Blair from Europe this
| fall The party of young people summer
| ing at River Springs under Mrs. Dal.
| gIeishs chaperonage has recently los
| some of its members by reason of theil
| return to the city. Before leaving, how
| ever, they We're entertained at a masked
| ball Mrs. Dalgleish was Pierette, ant
| the members of her coterie represented
bridal party, bridegroom. preacher
| bridesmaids and ushers, flower girls, par
ents of the bridal couple. with a decorated
| auto. music and everything to be expected
j at an up-to-date wedding Among those
! in the bridal party We're Miss Ruth Scott
/ bride; Charles Wood, bridegroom: Eu
gene Doyle, minister; Mildred Schippert