The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

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and the honor guests.
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Mrs. ]. A Campbell will be hostess
at meeting of La sDouzaine Bridge
club Monday Of q next ne ). week.
The Phi Delta Theta men of the
State University will give a dancing
party tonight, and Topeka people who
will attend are: Mr.. and Mrs. w. p.
Lyman, Miss Louise Jacobs. Miss Beth
Thompson, Mr.. Joe Hull and Mr.. A. N
Alt.
The musical program for the SER
vices at Grace Cathedral Sunday
morning will be as follows:
AT Thine Altar Hanscorn
Hark, Hank My Soul ...... (Shelley)
Anthem solo by Mrs. Robt Shoemaker
Come Unto Me, duet by Miss nellie
kounS and Mr.. Herman Springer.
Special music for the afternoon SER
vice at 4:30 o'clock will be:
The Sun Shall Be No More. Woodward
Jesu, Jesu -. (Levin)
Sung by Miss !. Ns E. kouna.
A program arranged with a view
to interest the audience rather more
than to show off" the performers.
was given Friday night by the pupils
of Miss Gladys Cav, who teaches vio-
lin at Bethany college. The recital
was given in the assembly room of the
school. which was well filled.
There appeared on the program a
number OF young pupils, young both
IN years and in point of study time.
Little Virginia Squires, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Squires, was
one of the players. She is only five
years old, and has studied not to eX-
violin to the stage, with no sign of
perturbation at facing so large an as
sembly OF grown-ups, and she played
a lullaby in good fashion. The piece
was simple, suited a child of her
years. SO tiny is the little girl that
1T was difficult to see above the crowd
much but blue hair ribbon and some
yellow locks.
Another little girl who played was
Alice Voiland, the 7-year-old daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Voiland. Her
piece was santa Claus Guards" and
she gave it with spirit and an aston
ish1ng degree of correctness. Frances
lserman, one of the young pupils,
played Melodie, by Tor Aulin. She
plays with good deal of understand
ing of the meaning of her music and
she appears to good advantage re-
citai.
katherine Jordan, also a young girl
of about nine years of age, was one
fine sense of rhythm, and her work
was OF interest IN various ways.
Miss Dorotha Leeper gave a solo
number from CorelH sonata. Her
Praying mas style ana an amount OF
individuality. The most difficult num-
Der of the evening was given by Miss
Alice Hurd. Her solo was a theme
with variations, La F'olia, by Corelli,
and her work was excellent.
The program opened with the Rus
sian National hymn, played by Kath-
crime Jordan, Frances Iserman and
Alice Voiland. A duet by Miss Alice
Hurd and Mr.. Alexander Relying,
Krasney Saraphan, is an excerpt and
a simplified arrangement from a very
difficult piece of Russian music.
This Mr.. Relying is studying with
Miss Cav. and has had but two
months training. He belongs to a mu-
steal family, other mem bers of which,
played with him in the Russian num-
program. His people in Russia kept
a music store, and he was himself a
teacher in one of the Russian schools.
He is now working ten hours a day in
spare time learning the English lang
uage and violin music. All things con-
sidered, his rendering of his part of
the program last night was an I'M
usual achievement.
Three of the numbers of the pro-
gram were given by some Russian
players on groups of Russian instru-
ments. AS the pieces were new to the
audience and perhaps never before
heard in a public concert in Topeka
before, they provided a feature of
special interest for the evening.
The accomplishments were played
by Miss Marjorie Baxter, one of the
girls of the college, and they were
creditably rendered.
A significant fact revealed by the
program is an evidence of an effort
to cultivate a taste for the best things
in music. The pupils are given to
play, not so much the pieces that make
a display or are particularly tuneful
and snowy" but the things that have
musical significance and meaning and
that tend to foster a correct taste and
a true standard of art:
The Square and Compass Dancing
club has been reorganized for the sea
son and will dance at Kellam hall
during the winter beginning November
16. The club is a Masonic organiza-
ton, the membership being restricted
entirely to the Masonic fraternity.
At a recent meeting the following
officers were chosen: L. M. Penwell,
president; William A. Dya1, vice pres
ident, and Fred H. Gades, secretary
treasurer.
The Music Study club met Thursday
afternoon with Mrs. Morton Albaugh,
and pleasing program was given
The club accepted with much regret
the resignation of Mrs. r. H. Cav,
six years, and unanimously voted her
an honorary membership in recogni-
ton of her continued and untiring
services. Miss Ethel B. Grant, who
has just returned from years study
and graduation in music at Ann Arbor,
Mich, was elected president.
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CLUB NOTES.
The Junior Atlantean club will meet