Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23
ston's setting of the hymn. Nearer. Ely
God To Thee

Mrs. Charles W. Fairfax. soprano.
gave musical treat to the residents of
the Methodist Home for the Aged
| thursday afternoon, when she was
Isaac Birch at the piano. Among Mrs.
Iairfax's numbers were the waltz song.
Carmena," by Lane Wilson; Until
GODS Day." by Dudley Buck: What Is
Barnes Wells: Little Irish Girl" by
Lohr; The Island Where Babies Crow
| and The Elephant and His Portman-
teau."
The thirty-third organ recital by Ed
gar Priest. organist and choirmaster of
the Washington Cathedral. will be
given this afternoon at 5 o'clock in the
Bethlehem Chapel
Nine. Won Bayer and Mrs. Day, plan
lists. and Mrs. Florence Noack Howard.
soprano. gave the program at the mu-
Club last week. The pianists gave Mo-
zart's Sonata" for two pianos. and
Mrs Howard sang the, aria. 'Leise,
F Eess Tromm me Wsise from Der Der
Guiding, number was Concerto" for
piano. by Weber. presented by Nine.
Won Bayer, with Mrs. Day playing the
orchestral accompaniment on the sec
Herndon Tudor Morsell. tenor. will
substitute this evening at All Souls
s foE Sharlss the
sing Come Unto Me-" by Coenen, and
Beyond the Dawn" by sanderson
Lewis Corning. Atwater will be at the
lude AT Evening" a S by p p1dy ynf Buck pk
offertory. "Andante ReIigioso.' from
Memberships Fourth Sonata" and
Posti4de; "Risoluto." by Horatio Par;
sing oh God. Have Mercy" and It
Praise Thee. Oh Lord. My Cod" both
from Mendelssohn's oratorio. est.
prelude, "Auf dem Wege mach Da-
S S 4nd Behert SIGH: postlude.
Esrrn r; s,. Wider die Junger des
Miss Pearl Waugh entertained yes
terday afternoon at a musical, the as
slst1ng soloist being Miss Elsie Leh-
mann, young Washington soprano,
who has returned after a period of
study, first under Miss Clara Drew, at
syracuse. N. Y. and later with Fred
erick Haywood of New York city. Miss
lehman Lehman, sang "Elsa's Dream" by
Landon Ronald; "a Dream Fancy" by
Marshall; The Little Red Ribbon" by
GILBERT; Gathered Roses" by Spross,
and Were My Songs With Wings Pro-
xlded, by Hahn. Another interesting
formal talk on The Necessity of the
Study of Harmony" by Miss May
Eleanor Smith. and piano numbers were
credlta bly, rendered by Mrs. Kerfoot
beth Jobe. Miss Catherine Dyer, Miss
.F,reda Ring, Miss Catherine Towers
MISS Martha Dyer, Miss Hermonia Ellis
and Miss Louise Ryan.
joint recital by Edith Marmion
5cf
Gibson, classic dancer, furnished a de-
lightful hour for guests of Miss Rosa
Virginia Sands Saturday morning at
the Sands School Mrs. Brosius played
alternately on her concert harp and
on the little Irish harp. using the lat
ter mostly for Scotch and Irish ballads
and folk music and giving the selec-
tons requiring more scope and tech i
n 1hq 1o on the larger instrument; Among
and "Priere," all by Hasselmans: Song
of the Folga Boatman" by Cady: Ma
Zurka." by Schuecker: "Chanson de
Pecheur,' by label; ''Minuet." by Mas
senet: Am Spring by label
and "Marionettes," by Tedeschi. Miss
Gibson was accompanied in the major
number of her dances by Miss Julia
Huggins at the piano, interpreting
Sinding's Rustic of Spring" and Schu-
bert's Moment Musical" besides Civ
ing an Egyptian dance.
| The first of the service recitals under
the auspices of the District of Column
bia Chapter of the American Guild of
| OrGanistS took place Monday evenin e
a the First Congregational Church and
was well attended. An address by the
dean. Harry Wheaton Howard. ex-
planned the objects of the guild and
musical numbers were rendered by n
combined choir from several churches
and Oscar Franklin Comstock, Miss
/ Charlotte Klein. Lewis Corning At
water and j. Willis Conant. with Will
| liam Stansfeld and Albert w Harmed
accompanying the vocal selectionsat the
organ. Rev. Robert W. Coe made the
invocation and Rev. Charles Wood the
| address.
| The evening choir of Hamline Metho-
| dist Church. under direction of H. H.
| Freeman. will sing this evening Come
Unto Me All We That La Dor" by Shipper.
and 80 Paradise, o Paradise" by AM
broSe.
The Nevin Quartet. composed of Myra
| McCathran. Ruth w Simpson. Nellie y.
Shore and s. Elizabeth Kerr, with
Florence King Salin acconpanist. scored
a success last week at concert at Rock
| Vile. Md. both solo and ensemble num-
bers meeting with the favor of the audi
ence The quartet was assisted by Mrs.
w. +. Chamberlain, reader. who gave
group of short poems by Paul Laurence
| Dunbar. Two Little Boots Candle
Lighting Time and The Colored Band"
and Before the Curtain Goes Up" by
Barbee. The musical numbers included
The soprano solos Somewhere Voice Is
Calling by Tate. Mrs. Simpson: Love
| Has Wings" by Rogers. Miss Meath
ran: contrato solos. a Birthday" by
| Huntington Woodman. Mrs Shore Good
| Night. Little Girl by Macy tby re-
quest>. Mrs. Kerr; piano solos. Condo
| liera," by Nevin; '.Serenata," by MosZ-
| kowski, and "Pas DIES Amphores" by
Chaminade. Mrs. Salin: quartet. Morn
| Rise" tiavotte Stephane). by Czibulka.
| Rosary" by Nevin: Garry Me Back to
Old Virginny. by Bland: Santa Lucia"
| (Neapoitan air. 80 Soil Mo" by Di
| capua When the Leaves Are Turning
Cold by DonZetta 'Da Coppah Moon.'
| by Shelley The quartet has also been
singing each evening during the week at
the National Theater for the Elsie Fer
g,Ison company. giving two numbers,
while Shepherds Watch Their Flocks'
and Hank. the Herald Angels Sing" be-
hind the scenes at the ending of the third
and fourth acts.
| of New York. was heard in recital last
evening at the Westminster Memorial
Presbyterian Church, the affair. which
was well attended. being for the bene-
fit of the choir fund. Miss Herzog was
| the recipient of enthusiastic comment
after the concert for her rendition of
the songs "Fruehlingse by
lLeoncavallo: "Quel Ruscalletto." by