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

Each week brings it's announcements
of designations and appointments IN
church music circles. and as each
change necessarily brings others IN the
readiustment no other musical matter
is of more widespread interest Just
now. Today announcement is made
that James W. Cheney, jr.. son of James
w. Cheney, organist and choir director
of old St Paurs Episcopal Church
Crock Creek parish), has accepted the
responsible position of organlst at Har
Sinai Temple in Baltimore for the
musical season beginning September l.
Mr. Cheney received his organ diploma
(graduate) in June at the Peabody Con-
= servatorv of Music in Baltimore, and
he has been substituting during the
summer at All Souls Unitarian Church
for Lewis Corning Atwater, the regu-
lar organist. who is making an extend
ed trip and will visit the Pacific coast
before his return. Mr.. Cheney spent
last week as the guest of Mr. ana MIS-.
Morrison at Bluemont, returning yes
terday so 10 play at All Souls today
and he will go for his remaining vaca-
ton time to the summer nome OF MS
parents at Bethany Beach, Del.
Richard T. Backing. tenor, VIII be
the soloist giving the musical numbers
at the tent service of the Church OIL
the Covenant this evening, when ne
will sing BE Thou With Me. by Adam
GeibeI, and My Hope Is in the Ever.
lastin;,," from The Daughter OF
Jairus." by Sir John Stalner John u.
Klein will. AS usual. direct the con-
gregaItionai singing. with Mrs. Klein
accompanying
Miss Aileen Miller will substitute at
the ORGAN of the Westminster Memo
rial Presbyterian Church during Au-
gust for Mrs Frank Byram, who will
leave tomorrow for her usual month
vacation in the Adirondacks. Miss
Miller will sing this morning at the
church, her solo at the offertory being
My Days Are in Thy Hands, by
Ernest Ball with Mrs Byram accom-
panying.
Miss Dorothy Bohmanson, one of
Washingtors youthful pianists, az
companed by her mother, is spending
the summer at Bar Harbor.
Albert w Harmed left yesterday for
his summer outing, which will be spent
at Ocean View, Va. Mrs. Harmed and
their young son have been the guests
during the past week OF friends at
Fairmont Va, but will leave tomorrow
for Cleveland, Ohio, to visit relatives.
Miss Sara Willard Howe is now at
Los Angeles and is most enthusiastic
over the musical events at the eXposi-
tion which she has been attending.
soloist of the New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church and of the Eighth
Street Temple, will leave Tuesday for
Atlantic City. where she will spend
the month of August at the cottage of
her mother, Mrs. J. B. Wilson.
At the Mount Pleasant Congrega-
tional Church Claude Robson will play
this morning for prelude In SPRING
Time by Ralph Kinder, and for post
Jude the War March of the Priests"
by Mendelssohn. The offertory num-
Der will be bass solo, Come. Jesus,
Redeemer." by Bartlett, sung by Ar
thur Chester Gorbach. Mrs. Laycock,
the soprano so1oist. who was also to
have sung during August, is quite i'll
and not able yet to return from At
lantic City, where she went early in
July.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Kaspar. the for
mer choir director of Foundry Metho-
summer at their home in this city and
making motor trips once or twice
week to points of interest in nearby
states. They will leave the middle of
August, going first to Chapel Point,
Nd, for a short stay and later to At
lantic City for the remainder of the
summer.
Frederick Hardmau. baritone, will
sing this morning at All Souls Uni
tartan Church, Fear Not Ye, o Israel"
by Dudley Buck, and Come Unto Me-"
by Hawley.'' with James W. Cheney,
jr., at the organ.
The choir of Temple Baptist Church
Is having its annual vacation during
August and Miss Nan Field, contralto,
is filling the duties of both soloist and
other members. This morning she will
sing Come, Jesus. Redeemer" adapted
to the music of "A Dream" by Bart
lett, with Mrs. Grace Dufour Brown
presiding at the organ.
Dufour Brown and Walter Mari,
members of the Nordica Mandolin and
Young Mems Christian Association
camp. and last Monday left the camp
at South river. Nd, to make the trip
home in a canoe. They have been
heard from at Annapolis, River Springs
and other points along the route and
are due to arrive in the city today or
tomorrow.
Miss Pearl Waugh, pianist, is now
at her former home in Upton, Ind
renewing old friendships and coaching
a few former pupils. She will not re-
turn to Washington until late in Sep
TENDER
Miss Vera Corey. pianist Joined Miss
New York city. and yesterday these
two ambitious young musicians left the