Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-12

: Lake. bass. with Mrs Edmund Barry
organist.
Miss Mary A. Cryder has issued card.
for musical tea this afternoon at 1
o'clock.
Miss Gertrude Brown, contralto so.
loist of the Church of the Incarnation
is spending the week end in Baltimore
ana MISS Ruth Pope, who will substi-
tute for her this morning. will sing
The Prodigal Son. by Sullivan. at the
offertory.
The National Quartet. consisting OF
elizabeth S. Maxwell, soprano; Lillian
o en- emo contralto: William E
neld, bass, with Ethel Garrett Johnston
pianist. furnished the music at the an
huai reception and banquet of the Ash
la, ,; Cup, the Master Mason's organiza-
psartmments, given Thursday evening at
the New Ebbitt. presenting the follow
ing program: Aud Lang Syne," Song
GAL from "fhe Mfikado": " "Heidei aaai
Song" from The Prince of Pilsen'';
T rhe !shho no. Shoe" by MAYHEM; "Trip,
gled Banner" America h and "G Good
night, Goodnight. Beloved by Pinsuti.
At the Church of the Covenant this
afternoon the music will be by the
triple quartet. and in the evening by
the chorus choir of 100 voices, both
services being under direction of Sgd
Murray at the organ The program
follows: Afternoon-Anthem, Weary
OF Earth and Laden With MY SIM" by
Tozer. incidental solos. Miss Meta
ter Humphrey; tenor solo, Fear Not
Ye, o Israel" by Buck, Mr.. Backing;
anthems, Through the Day Thy Love
Has Spared I3ar Vs. by Naylor; incidental
solo. Mr.. Backing: Now as Twilight
Gathers. by Foss Evening-Organ
prelude, 20 sanctissima," by Lux: an
| them, Happy and Blest Are They"
from the oratorio st Paul" by Mem
delssohn: bass solo. "Oh. for Burst
of Song" by Allitsen. Arthur Chester
Gorbach; anthems. Come Unto Him.
| by Gounod, and abide With Me- by
| Wagner-Schnecker. incidental solo. Miss
Craig; organ postlude. "Maestoso," by
| FaulkeS.
The following musical program for the
services today has been arranged by Dr.
| William Stansfeld. organist and choir
director of the First Congregational
Church: Morning service. organ prelude,
Cantabile. Loret; anthem. THE Wilder
ness. Goss; anthem, II viii Arise"
Marston; offertory, quartet, There Is a
! Green HILL" Marks; organ postlude.
Finale. symphony No. 4. Widor; and
| evening service. organ prelude. Prelude
IN Z Sharp minor. Rachmaninoff: an
| them, 20 Gladstone Light" Sullivan;
! onertory. soprano solo and chorus.
Jerusalem. o Turn Thee to the Lord
| Thy Cod Gounod. There will be a
| short organ recital following the evening
will be rendered: Concert piece in B.
Parker; air composed for Trustworthy
Church Bells and Varied Wesley: pre-
Jude to .Lohengrin.' Wagner: Chanson
DE Joie. Hailing. and Toccata and Fugue
| in d minor. Bach.
The series of lecture recitals on
Song as an Art Form given by Mich
0las Douty under the auspices of the
washington Society of Fine Arts was
| brought to a close Monday evening in
the auditorium of the New National
Museum before an enthusiastic au-
dience of music lovers. Modern Eng
lish and American Songs" was the
| special subject of the final lecture. Mr..
Douty having treated previously of
Early Songs to Beethoven" The Ger
man Romanticists." and Polish. Bohe-
! mian, Finnish. Russian and Scandina
Wan Songs" The lecture was profuse-
~ illustrated by Mr.. Douty, more par
t1cularly from the works of American
composers. Among the English songs
ne was especially happy in his inter
LII
which he prefaced with an apology for
singing a woman's song" and "Tbe
Pipes of Pan" by Elgar, the most pre-
.enuous number on the program OF
BILE were April RAIN" by, Schneider.
sung by request. and which he was
onIlged to repeat, as was Neyin's
twas April" the latter sung to his
own accompaniment. The lecturer
overt at some length on the merits of
stephen Fosters works and sang his
Ola Folks at Home" with great
pathos, accompanying himself at the
piano HIS own song. ..Auf wieder-
sehen. told pretty story and was re-.
ceived with tremendous applause.
Amony his other numbers were tho
English songs, Now Sleeps the Grim
son Petal" by Roger ouilter: 20 Lovely
fakes" by cowen and the American snow1
songs. Thy Beaming Eyes" by Mac
Dowell: Allah" by Chadwick: Fear
Ye Not. o Israel" by Dudley Buck;
Zellner; When Bring You Coiored
Toys and Light, Light by John
Alden Carpenter. Miss Mary Eyre
MacElree, the accompanist, was brought
forward by the artist to share in the
honors of the occasion, and at the
close Miss Leila Mechlin, secretary of
the Fine Arts Society. asked for a
rising vote of thanks to Mr.. Douty for
his splendid series, receiving a unani-
nous and unqualified response from the
audience.
Miss Meta Craig. soprano: Miss
Beulah Harper. contralto Richard p
| Backing, tenor, and J. Walter Hum
phreys. bass, have been engaged to
sustain the solo parts in "St. Paul" by
Mendelssohn. to be given by the Wash
ington Oratorio Society this spring.
Unique among musical events of the
week was recital by eight young
harpists Thursday afternoon. Among
those contributing to the event were
Miss Vera Sweet, Miss Catherine Stark,
Miss Agnes Long, Miss Katherine
Riggs, Miss Jane Smith, Miss Maize
Barnes. Miss Mary Former and Miss
Helen Clemans.
of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church,
will sing this morning by request
How Beautiful Upon the Mountains"
by F'laxington Harker.
The Mendelssohn Quartet has been re-
organized with the following person.
mel: Miss Meta Craig, soprano; Miss
| Backing. tenor, and J. Walter Hum
phreys, bass.
Miss Elizabeth Winston. pianist, of
this city, left Friday for a visit to
her cousins. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Flower
of New York. During her stay Miss
Winston will play for some musical
celebrities. among them the pianist and
composer. Leopold Godowsky.
Mrs. Susanna Oldberg entertained at
a musical Tuesday evening at the