Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-08-27
MUSICAL MENTION.

posed of Mrs. Haycock, soprano: Mrs.
Pillow, contralto; Charles d. Church,
tenor, and James S. Hicks bass, will
resume singing at the services next
Sunday.
Miss Meta Craig. soprano soloist of
the Church of the Covenant. has re-
| turned from a trip to Boston and. with
her guests, Miss Ella Jane Truett and
Miss Florence Frisbee. are at the Craig
cottage at Washington Grove. Nd.
Elenore De Witt Eby, the youthful
graduate from the Washington College
Of Music and who is dubbed the class
baby" has been engaged to give a
piano recital at Studio Hall upon her
return in September from Pennsylvania,
where she is visiting her grandparents.
Miles c. Brewster of the First Con-
gregational Church choir. is spending
his vacation at his old home in Water
bury, Conn.
sydney Lloyd Wrightson made his
annual appearance in the little village
church of ogunquit, Me-. last Sunday
and Nine" BY Campion, and Come
Unto Me" by Coeren.
Miss Mabel Linton, who is spending
the summer at Seaside Park, n. j., was
GTE-a mist last Sunday at the evening
/ service held in the Union Chapel, after
when she contributed to the program
Z, Of 4 sacred concert at the Manhasset
Hotel. Miss Young, contralto. from
7 Philadelphia. was pleasing also in sew
,tral songs, and Miss Linton gave num-
/ hers by Leschetisky, Rachmaninoff and
1 List.
: J. w Everett, chairman of the music
/ committee of the Vermont Avenue
/ Christian Church. announces the reor-
! ganization of the quartet choir of the
church. Mrs. Mabel Foote Whitman hav-
! ing been enGageG as soprano Miss
I Florence Stcffens re-engased as con-
! tralto and Frederick Hartman as bass
I and choir director. The position of
tenor sOioist, made vacant by Mr.. Aid
ridges engagement at the First Con-
| rle@ational Church, still remains to be
filed The committee had hoped to
secure ". z. Braithawaite, who sang
/ there several seasons ago, but Gurley
Memorial Church, to which he had
| promised TO go. refused to release him.
| Mrs. Whitman comes to her new posi-
tion prepared by five years experience
at the Church of the Reformation and
q year-last seasonal st. Adams. un-
Ger Albert w. Harned's direction. Miss
Florence Stefens, the contralto, has
! already sung a t the church two seasons
and made her debut in opera last win
Ter when she alternated with Miss Jes-
sic Masters in the principal contralto
! role of Martha" when it was pre-
scented by the Community Singing So
ciety. Frederick Hardman, who has
bass baritone voice of rare quality,
came to Washington three seasons ago
from Cleveland, Ohio. where he had
studied under Louis Victor Saar, the
well known composer, and where he
had sung in number of prominent
churches. Mr.. Hardman was one of the
5oloist last season at Trinity Methodist
Church, with Mrs. Duncan l.. Rich
mond as soprano and director. J. r.
Sparks. who has long been associated
with the musical work of the church.
Will continue to preside at the organ.
The choir will sing at the services the
first Sunday in October
Edward r. Whitman, tenor, will be
the offertory soloist this morning at
the Vermont Avenue Christian Church,
when he will be heard in the aria. IF
Mrs David Stuart Rose wife of the
former mayor of Milwaukee, enter
tanned at a tea Wednesday afternoon
at her residence on Irving street. in
honor of her mother, Mrs. I. C. Glosz.
A pleasant feature of the occasion was
an informal musical program by the
! hostess and one of her guests. Miss
Elizabeth Yurg Kwai, daughter of the
counselor of the Chinese embassy. Miss
Yung Kwai delighted the company
with her rendition Of "A Fowl of
Roses" by Clarke; Philosophy" by
| Emmell. and 'Pickaninny Sleep Song"
by Lily Strickland, Mrs. Rose accom-
by Arditi. aria from La Tosca" and
some Hungarian folk songs. Among
the guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Yung
| Kwai. Mrs. James w. Doocie. Miss In
Armes. Mrs. NJ. Collins. Miss Ruth Col
Inns and Mrs. Huron Lawson. Mrs.
Robert S. Rose presided at the tea
table.
The series of artist student, recitals
at Studio Hall was most happily IN
augurated Friday evening by Paul
Hines, tenor. and Edward J. Donovan,
pianist, and if the standard set by these
two young Washington students can be
maintained by those who follow them
in the series. the more mature artists of
the city may well look to their laurels.
Mr.. Hines displayed voice of beauti-
full quality and, on each Of his pre-
| two years, showed rapid development
! in breath control and style of interpre-
| tatfon. He was accompanied at the
piano by Mrs Sue Burrows Jennings in
| Delight" from The Persian Garden"
| by Liza Lehman; "a Spirit Flower"
| by Campbell Upton; MY Love and Me-"
an Irish folk song; Look Down. Dear
Yesterday and Today by Spross: en-
! core, ''Macushla," by MacDougal; Life"
! by Obey Speaks: "vainka's Song" by
! Wishart; Where My Caravan Has
/ Rested" by Lohr; AN Gid Refrain" by
| Kreisler. and encore, IT Hear You Call
| ing Me-" by Marshall. Mr.. Donovan,
/ who has been known previously more
I as an organist than a pianist, having
| been In charge of the music at the
| Church of the Holy Comforter for sew
! eral years and now organist of St.
! Marys Catholic Church, won his audi
! ence at once by his sympathetic touch
| and excellent technic and was recalled
| again and again, giving two additional
| selections. His programmed numbers
| were Grieg's Sonata in Minor" The
| Myrtles," by Dubois: Chopin's Rain
| drop Prelude" and Liszt's paraphrase
on selections from "Rigoletto," by
/ Verdi.
Miss Helam Cheesman, soprano, has
returned to her home in Brookland