Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-01

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metropolis for Lake George, where
oscar Seagle is conducting a summer
class and where they will coach on
some programs for professional work
next season.
sydney Lloyd Wrightson is one Of
the Washington musicians whose pro-
| fessional activities are not materially
curtailed during the heated term. Last
quit. Me, where he is spending the
summer with his family. he was heard
in song recital by a capacity audience,
and was received with enthusiasm. He
assisted at the piano by Mrs
Jewell Downs of this city in the fol-
lowing numbers: "A Spirit Flower
by Campbell Upton; Rose Marie" by
Molloy: "Sylvelin.' by Sinding; In
Bloom by Reichardt; "Oh. for a
Song" by Mary Turner Salter: aria
''oh. Thou Sublime Sweet Evening
"Eliland': silent Woe" 'Frauen-
WORTH Roses Secret Greetings"
''On the Shores of the Lake Child
| Voices Moonlight Night Dreams
'Anathema'' and Resignation by
Alexander Won FieHtz.
| Miss Marie McCourt of this city is the
guest of Miss Mary Melvin at Lenox
| Court. Hartford, Conn, and has scored
| several successes as a pianist during
! her stay there.
| Mr. and Mrs r. H. Dalgleish and their
| son, Robert. with party of young peo-
pie left yesterday for a months stay at
River Springs, Md. The young people
under Mrs. Dalgleish's chaperonage in
cluded Bernars Yung Kwai, Elizabeth
and Gertrude Yung Kwai, son and daugh-
tiers of the counselor Of the Chinese lega
Schppert and Miss Opal Jones. The en-
tire party motored to River Springs and
| the Washington coterie at the resort will
he augmented next week by Miss Cecile
Fale, Miss Mary Hustler and Miss Eliza
! beth Baldwin.
| Mrs. Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler is grad
ually resuming her musical work now
that little Dorothy Grace Gawler, the
latest addition to the family circle, has
Mrs. Gawler. with Richard P. Backing,
sang at the funeral of David Granmer,
giving effectively the hymn, Just as I
Ann arranged for duet for soprano and
tenor. Mrs. Warren Grimes accompanying
| at the piano.
Miss Minerva Bailey, organist of Trim
ity Methodist Church, will play three
Sundays in August, beginning today, at
Wesley Methodist Church, in place of
Mrs. Harrington Barker.
An occasional pupils recital still
holds the interest of the younger must
cal contingent, and Friday evening, at
the residence of Mrs. Llewellyn Thorpe,
large assemblage of friends and rel
atives paid tribute to the talents and
requirements of a group of youthful
planlsts. The numbers were all given
from memory. and special mention
should be made of the work of little
Katharine Stockton Jeanette Burgess,
Miss Barbara Thorpe and the assist
ing soloist, Karl Klee. violinist. who
p ra yser,n sfhuber TT The Pee and az.
Trovatore." with Miss NJ Lansing at
the piano. Piano compositions by
Gounod. Weller, Scharwenka. Dvorak,
Poldini. Grieg, Mcdowell, Beethoven
Chitham. Freda Goodman, Leon Clayton,
Eta Carpenter, Virginia Chitham,
Louise Albers. Gertrude Nelovich, Will
hemina Bentheim, Hilda Bethel, Jessie
Wade Atkinson. Adele Cercio, Mrs
Bean. Mai SchackIeford, Miss c. Braden.
Miss r. A. Nalley and Miss Mary
Trutterrer.
Charles H. Koeher, who will preside
at the organ of the First Congrega-
tional Church during August, will play
this morning the prelude. I'm the Twi-
light by Parker; anthem by the
CT, U.S., choir. No Shadows Yonder,"
Athirst for God" by Gaul. Clarence H.
NJ Sorrel1; organ postlude, March in
B Flat by Si1as.
Miss SalIe Mason, who was for many.
years a member of the music faculty
of the Washington public schools and
was otherwise prominent as a pianist
the city visiting relatives and renewing
old friendships. For the past four years
Miss Mason has been on the, music
faculty of the public schools Of Los
Angeles, Cal. which is among the fore
most cities of the country in its musi-
cal standards and in the appreciation
manifested by the community to music,
both as an art and as a profession. Miss
Mason directs the High School Glee Club
and conducts classes in musical appre-
day. and in theory and harmony. She
says that music in the schools of Los
Angeles ranks as of equal Importance
with any other study. and a two-year
course in harmony and musical history
is not elective, but obligatory.
During her stay here she has been ex-
tensively entertained by old friends, and
last week spent several days at Lam
| ham, Md, as the house guest Of Miss
Florence Keene. contralto. and a well
! known teacher of music in the public
schools. Miss Mason will start on her
homeward journey about the middle of
August stopping en- route at ST. Paul,
Mimi. to visit a brother. and later visit
| ing the exposition before returning to
| Los Angeles.
| Mrs. Miriam Bangs Hilton of this city,