The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-05
NEWS OF TIE DAY IN SOCIETY WORLD Art Exhibition Planned For
 Early Spring NOTES OF PEOPLE Julia Culp With Symphony Orchestra. Byram-Lacy Engagement-Bar- nett-DOwdell Wedding in
 Louisiana

During the quiet season of Lent sev- eral affairs of interest in the phlan- thropic art and musical world are being planned The charity ball of course. always opens the post Lenten season. Tho Art club always gives it's exhibition In the spring, which grows better and more interesting each year. A drop in at one of the art studios yesterday re vealed one of the exhibitors seated upon a couch with friend who had been called in to criticize the shadows upon a picture which she is working on for the exhibition and which is almost finished.
 Another matter of moment which is being tentatively talked of Is an enter tainment fin which the Music Study and Art clubs will collaborate. If this idea is carried out, as it will be if suitable place can be found. it will be one of the prettiest and most artistic entertainments ever presented here.
 The Music Study is considering bring ing Madame Julia Culp nere for a re- cital. Mrs Sharpe, the club president, is still in doubt as to the advisability of bringing another so expensive an artist as Madame Culp, unless she can be se- cured for a Sunday afternoon concert. Madame Culp is the worlds greatest lieder-s singer. and just now is being so raved over that many of the Music Study club members feel that they would be doing a splendid thing for the musical public if they could make an engagement with her for the spring. She sang at the Beethoven festival in New York with the New York Symphony orchestra un- der Damrosch late in February, and one of the exchanges says:
 1t is perhaps a late day to discourse on the unceasing grandeus of this monu- mental music Yet one can only stand with bowed head before the master, re- alizing more and more how imperishable is the legacy he bequeathed to posterity. For the younger generation of music lovers whose ears have often been wounded there is no moro clarifying in- fluence than to listen to these works. MT. Damrosch plans this year a festi- val of six concerts. The works chosen for performance include the symphonies songs the violin concerto. the Emperor" concerto for piano. excerpts from the un- operatic "Fidelio" and several of the string quartets.
 On Wednesday evening. February IS, the festival was begun. Aeolian hall was
 
 occupying every available seat. Mme Julia Culp, the incomparab ble lieder- singer whose art is prized as highly in America as 1t is abroad, though the noted singer is now only on her second American tour was the soloist.
 Madame Culp, who has given more place on her programme to Beethoven songs than any other singer of the day, was naturally the appropriate soloist for the scca asion. In glorious voice, she sang the five songs in matehIess manner. The humor of Der <uss' was as perfectly reproduced as was the simple devotional nature of "Bitten:" in the "Faithfu Johnnie and the Cottage Maid" these from Beethoven's collection of Scotch songs which he took great delight in ar ranging. she had the assistance of Messrs Saslavsky, violin. and Renard, Volon- cello. There was long continuing ap- plause at the close of the group and the singer added graciously and eXhuberantIy the "Freudvoll and Leidvoll" from the 'tEgmont' music Her sgnally able eos artist. Coenraad V. Bos, shared her ap- Dlauee