Evening star., 1916-05-14

The Mount Pleasant Chorus. dlrecteo
Inv DIR. William r. Buchanan. was hearo
Wednesday evening al the Mount Pleas
ant CONGREGATIONAL Church IN us All
nual spring concert, giving a wen Sc
| lected program in manner 'ha' i'"'
well cause the older and more proies
sionaI choral organizations OF lhe ei.'
| to look to their laurels. Dr. w. r. "
| Swami, vioioncellist, was the assis'lhs
soloist and displayed an admlraoie
technique in Mendelssohn Romance
Sans Paroles lie Cygne, by SAINT
Saens: "Czardas." by Fischer. ciosihs
with two strongly contrasting nu
hers, the weird "kol Nidrel. py MA
Bruch, and the dainty ecnea e;.I Io ,en.
vas uniformly good. but special men
ton should be made OF ~ happs app.
Eyes" by Sir Edward Elsar. ana me
Fortune Teller's Song, pS f-atoi ai
ing both of which were sung unaccoHi-
nanied with beautiful shading ana az
solute fidelity to pitch. The Miller
Wooing,' also by Faning. with incioeh,
tai bass solo by James 5. HICKS. proven
especially popular, as did Ihe NiIIase
Blacksmith with solos by Mrs. hay
cock and Mr.. Hicks, the latter, win IT'S
piano, organ. anvil and chuch pens
compartment, being an exceilent eA
ample of the descriptive style Oh CON
position popular in the early seventies,
the homely charm of Longfellows s
poem being well preserved IN the
musical setting by Charles r. Moves.
The remaining numbers uni !r,e 'ns1oUe" snoW:'
both by Elgar. with violin oblisato;
"Thy bear Voice" by Gounod-Franke-
Harding; "Serenade. from Joceiyn' ps
GODDARD, with incidental tenor SOLO by
Charles F. Church.; ''Serenade." by
ohligAtO
swami. and two songs for women
Voices. Lament" by F'laxington
Harker. and "Whirl and Twirl" c.Spin-
ming Chorus, from Ihe ,a fIyins
Dutchman'') by Wagner. Mrs. Charles
Bliss and Claude Robson were the ac-
companists The membership of the
chorus includes the solo quartet OF the
church. Mrs. \. l.. Haycock. Mrs. ADA
Hicks. and the sopranos. Miss Bennett
Mrs Brook Miss Clark. Mrs. Crane.
Miss Darby. Mrs. Ellenberger. Miss
harrington, Miss Fisher. Miss Fuller.
Miss Little, Miss Peck: Miss Ronsav,ile. M
Miss Tingley, Miss Vincent and Miss
Wynkoop: basses, Messrs. Buell.. Fisher,
Hinton, Little. Luke and Stockton;
| tenors. Messrs. Baldwin. Corder, Gull
ford, Lippitt and Sanford; altos Mrs.
Bowman. Mrs Bradford, Mrs. Buell.,
Miss Evans. Mrs. Fisher, Mrs. Hewins,
Mrs. Hinton, Miss Hummell, Mrs. Little,
Mrs. Morgan and Miss Pratt, and
yiolins Mrs. Horace Dulln. +. b. AmisS,
jr.. Charles l.. Casterlin and Dr. Harry
IL. Bradford
Miss Lille Porter Bailey is substi-
tuting AT Gunton Temple Presbyterian
Church for Mrs. John G. Klein and
viii play this morning "Hymnus. by
Won Fielitz, and ALA Marcia" from
"rhe Persian Suite" by Stoughton, and
this evening prelude by Debussy,
"Eievati ton by Guilmant. and Fan
fare, by Dubois.
Mrs Atherholt and Miss Ann Ather-
holt, wife and daughter of William G.
lAtherholt, for many years well known
in Washington church and music cir
cles, have been the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. f.. l.. Hutchinson of Girard street
for several weeks and will sail Satur-
dav for their present home in London.
Mr.. Atherholts business interests have
kept him in England for several years.
where he is also meeting with success
in his musical work.
The Rubinstein Club held it's annual
business meeting Wednesday morning
in the Raleigh parlors. The election
of officers resulted in the unanimous
re- election of Mrs. Clarence B. Rheem
as president. Mrs. Dalgleish was re-
elected first vice president. Miss Mat
tie Gibson was elected second vice
president. succeeding Mrs William T.
Reed who declined to serve another
wear, and the other officers are as fol-
lows: Miss Blanche Yewell. secretary.
and Mrs. Alfred T. Gage, treasurer. both
reelected. and Miss Elizabeth Leckie, Ii
brariau. Mrs. Duncan L. Richmond was
appointed chairman of the room commit
tee Mrs. Elmer Curry. chairman of the
examining committee. and Miss Mamie
Mullaly, chairman Of the press COM
mittee.
At All Souls Unitarian Church this
morning Charles Trowbridge Tittmann.
4 n he
organ, will give the following musical
numbers: Songs, Hear My Prayer by
Dvorak and oh. Lord, My Darleened
Heart Enlighten, from the christmas
Oratorio,' by J. S. Bach: organ num-
bers, prelude, "Sursum Corda," by Ell
gar: offertory, Impression de Soir,"
by Stiehl, and postlude, "Triumphal
March" by Lemmens.
Mrs. Huron Lawson has just returned
from a short concert trip.
At Westminster Memorial Presbyter-