The Washington times., 1915-11-07


to Washington. Mary Carlisle Howe.
f,rst studied In Berlin under George Fer
gnsson. and then worked for several
yesrs III Paris with Juliani. which ac-
counts for the perfection Of her enun.
clHtion and the ease with which shc
sings In foreign languages. Mr.. seasio
has been her teacher for the past sew
e.al months, and takes no little pride In
the success Of his pupil. She will give
q recital In New York on December 10,
will sing In Boston on January 10. and
expects to return TO Washington later
On for recital. or maybe q series OF
rccitais. I am not quite sure which. to
be given at the willard.
She sang before II. r. II. the Duke Of
Connaught. governor general OF Canada.
and the Duchess OF Connauuht this
summer. when she visited At Govern
nlent House. Ottawa, In company with
the Lawrence Townsends. and they were
most enthusiastic over her talent. urg.
ing her to take up singing a. . career.
or course. all the Townsend clan
gathered for the young singers initial
appearance. including Franklin Town
send. Reginald Townsend. and Lieut..
Lawrence Townsend, as well as Yvonne
Townsend. who is devoting herself to
the study Of art these days. and equally.
Of course. al! the Catlisies and Howes
were there to hear Mary Carlisle Howe
play. In private life she Is Mrs. Walter
Bruce Howe. and n daughter of Mrs.
Calderon Carlisle. which is all that necd
nc said to account for the fact that the
social world and his wife turned out
for the concert. She plays. moreover. In
y musicianly way. and Washingtonians
are hoping for many more opportunities
to hear her. This was her frst appear
ance on the concert stage. although she
has occasionally given delightful recitals
at private homes.
Then. too. want to say q good word
for the usually neglected accompsnists.
Mrs. Howe played for Mrs. Townsend
with discretion and charm. and Frank
Bibbs' delightful rendering Of Mr.. Sea-
sle's accompaniment added no little to
the beauty Of his songs. Mr. Bibb also
made the transiations OF several Of the
old French SONGS which we're among
the most successful OF Mr.. SeAgie's
numbers.
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Loungers about Fifteenth street near
little scene the other day. when they
saw Chief Justice White, Of the United
States supreme court. emerge from a
shop Just In time to assist an old negro
NANNY OF the ''befo' de wah" type.
who was struggling with a variety OF
homeiy vegetables spilled from her bas-
ket all over the street. Justice White.
after helping the old woman to gather
up her scattered belongings. put
'mammys" basket on his arm, politely
assisted the little old nesress to the car.
handed the basket to her and took on
his hat. smiling pleasantly In response
to her voiuble thanks.
As the car started. some one told
nanny that her rescuer was no less
q person than the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court. whereupon feminine
vanity asserted itself and she was heard
to murmur: ma Lawd! An to think
had on dis dirty apron. when has
whole wash line full OBJ clean ones at
home. But knowed he was quality
'h0'' cause he's 50 ene to eu''ud folks
Florence worthington. the talented
daughter OF the A. 8. Worthingtons.
did not sing at the residence Of her
sister. Mrs Charles F'railey. recently.
As ! wrote you. iaborsd under mis-
apprehension. Mrs. Frailey Ii In such
deep mourning that she has not asked
even her most intimate friends to her
house. IT was at Mrs worthinston's
residence that q friend Of mine heard
Florence sing. and then It was most In.
formally. There was no recital.
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General and Mrs, Robert shay Oliver
have their son. Or. John oliver. with
them for a nice long visit. DR.. Oliver.
who has been in charge OF hospital
at Innsbruck. in the Austrian T~rol.
ever since the outbreak OF the --~-.
broke down recently from overwork. He
was fiat on his back for month or
more and has now come home to be