Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-12

thing of the past. Armand Gumpreeh'
for thirteen years in charge OF Tie
music at ST. Patricks Church, and more
lately at st. Marys Church. has oeeh
engaged as organist and choir director,
and. to the delight of the majority OF
the congregation, Will have under MIN
a choir of mixed voices
Mrs. y. NJ. Blair. director OF the
Rubinstein and Monday Morning Music
Clubs and the Y. W. {. \. chorus, is III
her summer home at Littlebourne. near
Canterbury. England. She writes en-,
Enthusiastically of the delights OF rural
England and of the nearby musical at
fractions, and bestowS unstinted praise
on a presentation of Sir Edward Elgar S
oratorio The Apostles" which she had
Just heard at the Cathedral Church OF
christ i'll Canterbury. given by the Leeds
Choral Union. assisted by the New SYM
phony Orchestra. under the baton of the
composer himself. Mrs. Blair has recon
sidered her plans announced last spring.
which involved her absence from this
country for eighteen months or more
and. i'll view of the urgent representa-
tons of the members of the orSanIZa-
tions under her direction. will return IN
time for the first Rubinstein concert.
possibly i'll time for the first rehearsal,
which, according to the constitution
must he held the third Wednesday in
October.
Nation BOyce. organist and choirmas-
ter of St Matthews Church, and Joseph
Finckel and Robert Carey Stearns. vio-
lnists. are among the Neutrality-suspicious. at
Skyland. Stony Man Camp. Va Monday
afternoon Messrs. Boyce. Finckel and
Stearns PLAYED for a small company of
critics and music lovers at the bungalow
of Mrs. c. Freeman Pollock. sonata
FOR viola and piano by Messrs Finckel
and Boyce being an interesting novelty,
and a violin solo. ''Legende. by We
rim
ming much praise This trio of must
clans. strengthened by cellist, DIR. Ralph
Jenkins of Baltimore, gave public re-
cital of chamber music Thursday even
ing at ''Pastime Hail. the recreation
center of the camp.
ID. G.. AnSevine. tenor soloist of the
Vermont Avenue Christian Church. will
Church of the Covenant this evening
BEGINNING at 1:4J, the program will in
clude the selection How Many Hired
Servants" from Sullivan'S cantata. The
Prodigal Son and 1T Was for Me. by
Blount. John G. Klein will. as usual.
lead the congregational singing and Mrs.
Klein will play the accomplishments
Miss Ruby Stanford. violinist will
play at the morning services of Trinity
Methodist Church dur~G July. and to-
day will render the =. editation.' from
That's and an intsrmez Howe1 Ma'e bass
y
soloist of the church. will give the Of
fertory solo in the evening.
Miss Jessie Masters. contralto soloist
of the Church of the Ascension. has
been spending some time at her old
home in Warren. Ohio, and is going to
Cleveland once each week during her
stay to coach with Wilson G. Smith.
She has been heard recently in two
song recitals in Berryville and Martins
burg. and on each occasion scored a
,1-@ 1a~ hool ya6 IN
a series of joint recitals with Miss
Corinne Lockett. to take place in Sep
TENDER and October in Martinsburg,
Berryville. Winchester. Harrisonburg.
Harmed. organist and choirmaster of
Ascension Church. will be their accom-
panist and later in the fall the trio
will fill some engagements in the mid
die west.
Miss Mary E. Pond. contralto. is
spending the heated term at the fam
fly summer home at Buena Vista
Springs, Pa
Miss Florence Noack. soprano soloist
and director of the choir of the First
Baptist Church. returned during the
week from a ten-day visit at Braddock
Heights. where she was the guest of
Mrs. Mccarthy at her summer home
Where Have They Laid Him. from
THE Light of the World by Sir Arthur
Sullivan.
Mrs ]. Sherman Taylor. for the past
year organst of Gunton-Temple Pres
byterian Church, has given up her home
here to take up her residence at Belle
vue Pa. suburb of Pittsburgh, where
her husbands business interests have
been transferred. Mrs. Taylor's excel
lent record as a reliable and skillful or
ganist had preceded her and within
twenty-four hours of her arrival she was
70 nj he at
the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church of
Pittsburgh.
Miss Marguerite Allen will substitute
at the organ of the Mount Pleasant Con-
gregational Church during August and
the early part of September for Miss Mar
guerite o. oole. who will be absent from
the city on her summer outing.
The solo quartet Of the mixed choir of
St Patrick's Church, under the direction
of Miss Jennie Glennan. is furnishing the
music each Sunday at the II o'clock mass
during July and will be given the usual
holiday during August. when the sane
tuary choir. under r. Mills Selby. will re-
sumo work. The quartet will sing this
morning the kyrie from Beethovens
mass in c. 20 Trust in the Lord" by
Haendel. "Benedictus." from Weber's
mass in c. and 20 Salutaris,'' by Deth-
Ter.
Joseph Conner tenor of the choir Of
Temple Baptist Church. returned during
the week from an outing at White Sui
J,hur Springs. and will be in his place
al the church today. The music, under
the direction of Mrs Grace Dufour
Rrown. will include the trio Hear Our
Prayer. by Abbott. sung by Miss Nan
Field contralto: Mr.. Conner and Arthur
GUilford. baritone. and the offertory
number will be the aria 20 Rest in the
Lord from Elijah sung by Miss Field.
Miss Viola Schppert. soprano soloist
Of Eastern Presbyterian Church, win
sing this evening at Soldiers Home, when
she will be heard in THE Lord is My
Light by Marsh. Mrs. Lulu Facius Da-
Wis accompanying At the morning
service at Eastern Church she will give
the solo -.Callest Thou Thus. o Master"
by George Mietzke. Miss Schippert will
leave Wednesday TO join a party of
young people sInnrering at River
Springs. Md. under the chaperonage of
Mrs. r. l.. Dagieish.
Mrs. Jessie kester. contralto of East
ern Presbyterian Church. who has been
for two weeks past a member of house
party at cape Cod, will return the last
of the week.
Miss Edna Dyer soprano. is spending
some time with friends at Buena Vista,
Va. and incidentally winning much COM
mendation from local music lovers for