Evening star., 1915-12-26

these will be assisted by chorus of
twenty-five voices. This morning the
choir anthems will be. There Were
Shepherds Abiding in the Field and
+! At the recent dinner OF the Military
Order of the Carabao. held at the Army
and Navy Club, quartet, composed OF
| land Rodrick and J. Frank Duggan
| sang several selections and participated
| in the general singing of the various
banquet songs. George O'Connor and
J George Bentley entertained with a
number of patriotic selections.
Miss Alma NJ Thomas, soprano. has
been engaged as soloist in the cantata,
The Coming of the King, by Dudley
Buck, to be given in Rockville. in JAM
uary.
The children's choir/of Peck Chapel
will sing the music to the story and
song service entitled THE Universal
King this evening. The choir is COM
posed of the following: Mabel Poore.
Lilly Sullivan, Annie Gollan. Margarite
Dorothy Digget. Ida Hurley. Mary Cir
ton. Eva Meyer. Edna Never: Ruby
Dean. Ada Walter. Daniel Neikirk,
Chester Thomas. Lewis Goodrich. WI,
liam Goodrich. Frank Bromley. Lloyd
Jones, John Gollan and Paul H. Ioelman.
Blanche Hamilton Fox, mezzo con-
|tralto. of Boston. gave recital recently
in the small ballroom of the New Will
lard Mrs. Fox met with a cordial recep-
ton, and was assisted in giving the pro
gram by George D. Thompson, pianist.
and Mrs. Lawrence V. Grogan. accom-.
panist. The last number. La Nlsione.
with violin obligato by Mrs. George w.
CoggeshaH, proved especially acceptable.
At Epiphany Church this morning the
Christmas music will be repeated, and
this evening at 7:40 O'Clock there will be
an organ recital by McHenry McChord.
the numbers including March of the
Magi." by Dubois: "Cantique de Noel
by Adams, and Traditional Christmas
Carols" At the service at o'clock the
choir will sing the professional, "Hark,
the Herald Angels Sing" by Mendelssohn
''Magnifcat'' and "Nunc Dmittis." by
Reed: offertory, "A Song in the Night
by Woodman: Dresden Amen" and re-
cessional. 80 Little Town of Bethlehem,
by Redner
Herman r. Hoffman,. violinist. of the
United States Marine Band, assisted in
dents recital playing Grieg's Sonata
No. ,. in G minor, with Oscar Franklin
Comstock at the piano. Loehr's quaint
song cycle, THE Little Sunbonnet, was
well rendered by Miss overman, Miss
Murphy. Mr.. Bell and Mr.. Cook, and
Miss Began gave "Polonaise." from
"Mignon,' and THE Nile" by Leroux,
with violin obligato by Mr.. Hoffman,.
At the Church of Our Father CUni-
versalist this morning the music will
include the organ solo, The March of
the Magi,' by Dubois: quartet. The
People That Walked in Darkness" by
Lansing; bass solo. "Hallelujah, Christ
Is Born by Bischoff: Dresden Amen; !;
quartet. Sing Unto the Lord" by West,
and organ postlude, selections from
The Coming of the King" by Buck.
The quartet is composed Of Mrs. sgd
ney Hollingsw orth, soprano: Miss Lii
liam Chenowith, contralto: William s.
Blanchard, tenor. and Walter T. Mat
son. bass, with Mrs Dorothy Baxter.
organist.
Pre-holiday events at Belcourt Semi
nary concluded with pupils recital.
when compositions by Lassen. Gounod,
MacDowell. Moszkowski. Rubinstein.
Rimsky, Korsakoff. Liszt, GODDARD and
Beethoven were given a creditable rem
dition by Misses Freda Ring. Minnie
Vardaman. Frances Brosius, Herminia
Ellis. Mary Louise Hinton. Eleanor
'Wurzbach. Helen Williams Affleck.
Coralee Hoard. Margaret Wilfiey, Imo-
gene Young and Louise Ryran.