Evening star., 1917-01-07

Notable among the arrangements for
the celebration of the centennial OF
old st. Johns church Lafayette
Square) will be the elaborate programs
of music arranged for the weeks func-
tions by Henry H. Freeman, organist
and choirmaster of the church. Miss
Meta Craig. soprano soloist of the
Church of the Covenant, and Miss Har-
riet Harding. contralto. will assist at
the morning service, opening the series
of events today and also next Sunday.
which brings the celebration to close.
The music will be rendered by the reg
ular vested choir of forty-two men and
boys and the soloists among them will
be Milo Atkinson and Richard Allen.
boy sopranos; Paul Bleyden. tenor. and
Arthur Chester Gorbach, bass. The or
gan accompaniments will be supple
mented by an orchestra of strings, di-
rected by Anton Kaspar, violiniSt. The
musical portions of the services today,
termed in the list of events "Histori-
cal Sunday" will include Communion
g." by Warren; incidental solos by Miss
Craig and Miss Shaw, and duet by Miss
Shaw and Mr. Bleyden; anthem. Praise
the Lord. o Jerusalem" by Hall: in
den; Magnificent" and "Nunc Dimittis," "
by Williams. Next Sunday the choir
will sing Festival TIE Deum." by Kotz-
schmar: "Jubilate Deo." by Hadley:
"Magnificat" and ''Nunc Dimittis." by
Fricker; introit anthem. How Lovely
Are the Messengers from the oratorio,
"St. Paul." by Mendelssohn; Com
munion Service In c." by Hall. and
"Hallelujah Chorus" from ''The Mes
siah," by Handel.
At the Mount Pleasant Congrega-
tional Church today the music. under
direction of Claude Robson. organist,
will include, this morning: The pre-
lude. "Offertoire." in D minor. by Du-
bois: contralto solo, recitative. Behold
a Virgin Shall Conceive" and air. 30
Thou That Tellest Good Tidings in
Zion" from THE Messiah" by Handel.
tet. Festival TIE Deum." by Clough-
Leighter; organ postlude. "Cortege," by
Debussy. At the evening service the
music will be in charge Of the Mount
Pleasant Chorus. directed by DIR. Will
liam r. Buchanan, and the numbers will
be an organ prelude. incline Thine
MacDowell; anthem, Incline Thine
Ear" by Hummel. sung by the Mount
Pleasant Chorus; offertory quartet,
Heaven-Life," by Mozart-ShelleY; or
gan poStlude, ''Festal March," by West.
Madeleine Won Unschuld entertained
at reception the afternoon of New
Years day for the pupils of the pre-
Unschuid University of Music.
Miss Augusta Hill, contralto soloist
for several seasons of the Church of
the Covenant and other churches of
this city. now of New York, completed
series of seven concerts at The
Breakers. at Atlantic City. in time to
come to Washington to be the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert II. Dalgleish for
New Year week. Mrs. Dalgleish enter
tanned company of former student
friends Of Miss Hill Tuesday at an in
formal gathering, a program by the
honor guest and her friends being one
of the enjoyable features of the occa-
sion. Among those participating in the
musical portion of the affair were Miss
Viola Schippert, Miss Elizabeth Yung
Kwai, who was home from Wellesly
College for the holidays: Mrs. Jesse Kes-
ter, Paul Hines. Miss Vera Budd, Mrs.
Geo. Corbett. Miss Frances Scherger. Miss
Emma Cohen. Miss Freda Steffens and
Miss Edith Graham. Miss Hill was enter
tanned Thursday afternoon at lunch
con by Mrs. Kester and Thursday even
ing was heard in recital at the Burling-
ton, Mrs. Sue Burrows Jennings ac-
companying. She will return today to
New York, where she and her mother
make their headquarters between her
professional trips.
The following musical program has
been arranged by Mrs. Charles Brooks
Smith for the eervices at the Washing