Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-12
MUSICAL MENTION

Through the efforts of Miss Finley
and Mr. Bell, who are the active mem
bers of the committee on entertainment
for the soldiers camps, under the au-
spices of the Y. NJ. c. A, the men in the
camps about Washington are having
weekly entertainments. at which the
leading artists and entertainers of the
city are offering their services in every
way. And the soldiers are showing
genuine appreciation.
1t was a novel experience Tuesday
evening for those who had never been
to Camp Admiral before. when the little
company went by train to Annapolis
Junction. and then three miles in an
army truck over a road that the men
handling the truck said beat any
thing they had ever encountered on
the Mexican border for roughness:
landed in four inches of dust and sand
burs. to do their bit on stage that
was the covered, unfinished portion of
the first floor of one of the shacks.
These conditions We're soon forgotten.
however. in the genuine enjoyment of
the evening by the artists and the vast
army of men gathered around the i'm :
proVlsed stage The artists were o w
Goodwin. in Rotations: J. Lewis Mon
away, in dialect monologues; c. w.
oConnor. in some of his taking songs.
and Miss Margaret Gates and Brooke
Johns IN popular songs with ukaleie
accompaniment
The artists at Fort Myer FRIDAY
evening were Mrs. -Kincheloe, in comic
songs; Mrs. Erylawski, in cabaret
songs: Miss Carter. in negro stories:
Mrs Lawson, in vocal selections.
Misses Murray and Hoar, in dances. and
the Nevin Quartet
The following musical program has
been arranged by Claude Roheson o.
ganist and director, for this morn:nr.s
service at the Mount Pleasant Conere-
gational Church.: Organ prelude
AdaSio Religioso." Mendelssohn; So
prano solo. Il Heard the Voice OF Jesus
say. Rathburn, Mrs A L. Haycock
onertory, duet for soprano and bass
Forever With the Lord" Gounod, Mrs
Haycock and James S. Hicks: organ
postlude. B Flat Major. Ropartz
Miss Edna Wolf. organist, is substf-
tuting at the Douglas Memorial Meth
odist Church today.
The special musical service at the
Church of the Covenant tonight will be
given by Mrs. Robert Fatt, soprano:
Herman Rakemann, violinist; Richard
Lorleburg. cellist: W. s. Blanchard. pre-
centor. and Claude Robson, organist.
Preiimlnary program. beginning at 1:45
soprano solo, My Redeemer and Ny
Lord, Buck: violin solo. Meditation -
from That's" Massenet. During service
Trio for violin. cello and organ.
"Gavot," Leclair; soprano solo, The
Voice in the Wilderness. Scott; cello
solo. "Hymnus.' Hotter.
Gertrude Lyons assisted on the pro-
gram given for the soldiers at St
Asaph camp. Alexandria Monday
What's in the Air Eden: You'd Bet
ter Ask Me" Lohr: viii o. the Wisp."
Spross; The Crows Egg" Wells, and
Sing. Smile. Slumber." Gounod. with
violin obligato played by Ruth Bron-
son. Mrs. Lyons also sang an addi-
tional number. Comm Thro the Rye"
Miss Bronson played Souvenir" Drdla,
and "Berceuse." Luigi Mosso Claude
Robson played the accomplishments.
Mrs. Howard Lesley Holt. who has
De Soto, has been removed to George
Washington University Hospital
Claude Robson. organist of Mount
Pleasant congregational Church, Of
hciated at the organ of the Immacu-
late Conception College. the Dominican
House of Studies. at the Catholic Uni
versity at the recent celebration of
the feast of St Dominic Brother Bar
tholomew and Father Farley were the
cantors. and the music of the service,
in plain chant. was beautifully rem
dered by the community choir of Fran
ciscans from Mount st. Sepulchre the
Monastery at Brookland. thus fulfilling
a long established reciprocal Courtesy
between the two orders.
Miss Elizabeth Howry. soprano. who
is in charge of the entertainments pro-
vided for the soldiers and sailors in
training in the vicinity of the city,
sang last evening at Whiteholme. the
Newport villa of DR.. and Mrs Henry
Parton Jacobs. for the benefit of the
Newport Chapter of the Red Cross So
ciety. Mrs. George Peabody Eustis. an
accomplished pianist of this city also
contributed to the program.
Nine Schumann- Heink who though
an Austrian by birth. has long been a
citizen of this country, was
recently elected honorary colonel of
the 2lst Infantry. L. S. A., receiving
the insignia Of the rank the eagle,
from the hands of Col j. p. ONeiI
Officer OF that regiment.
The ceremony took place after a solemn
mass celebrated in the expo-
sition grounds a San Diego. Call be-
fore 1000 soldiers and sailors from the
United States, Great Britain, France
and Mexico.