Evening star., 1917-03-18
MUSICAL MENTION

pleted. March l, service OF twenty
five years as organist of Temple Bap-
tist Church, was the guest of honor
Wednesday evening at a reception and
banquet given by the congregation of
| the church to celebrate the rare event
| of silver jubilee of an organist and
| choir director. Covers We're laid for
100 guests Fred B. Rhodes. chairman
of the committee of arrangements. act
| ing as POSTMASTER. Tributes were paid
in the short addresses by c. +. Vroo-
man, representing the deacons: r. l.
! Davidson, chairman of music commit
! tee: DR.. ]. T Curry, superintendent of
the Sunday school; William Gottlieh.
| treasurer: II. NJ. Lowe and Mrs. Ruth
| Horner. Christian Endeavor Society to
| Mrs. Browns accomplishments as
musician and to her gracious person
| ality a woman, to all of which she
responded with characteristic modesty
and tactfulness. At the close of the
speeches Mrs Florence Barksdale,
daughter of the pastor Dr. Muir, pre-
sented to Mrs Brown, for the congre
CATION a dozen each. of solid silver
spoons and forks in Lady Fairfax pat
tern, and the church quartet, composed
of Mrs. II. l.. Parkinson, soprano; Miss
Nan Field. contralto: Joseph Conner,
tenor, and MIR. Parkinson. bass (sub
stituting for Arthur Guilford). sang
| Garry Me Back to Ole Virgiuny'' and
Aud Lang Syne." Mrs. Brown is a
native Washingtonian, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. oliver Dufour, and received
practically all her training here having
! studied under Clara Krause, the late
J. W. Bischoff, Carl Richter. Theodore
, ingalls, kink and Or. Anton Gloetzner.
! and during one summer at the New
| York Chautauqua, took n course on
the organ from c. V. F1agler. and piano
from the late William Sherwood. Her
! first professional engagement was as
! SuDStltllte Thand0ra
at the Tabernacle Congregational
Church in South Washington.
/ Her first regular engagement as or
ganist was at the First Baptist Church.
| located at that time on 18th near G
! street, now on 18th street. After two
years there she played again at the tab
| ernacle this time for two years, then al
| Wesley for year. Since concluding her
service at Wesley she has played continu
| ously for the congregation of the church
entertaining her Wednesday. called first
the E Street Baptist Church. located in
| the building now used by the Knights of
| Columbus. since 1902 worshiping in, the
new building at 10th and n streets and
| known as Temple Baptist Church. Dur
ing her long service she has had as MEM
bers OF her choir some of the most promi-
| ment of Washington singers among them
Nine. Annie Roemer Kaspar. Mrs. Per-
kins. Mrs. Annie Louise Powell. Mrs.
| Carrie kidwell Stewart. Mrs. Luce, Miss
Matte Wade, now Mrs. Woolls; Miss
| Mabel Latimer. Mrs. Ivy Herriott Shade.
Miss Florence Macdonald, Mrs Arthur
| Glanville Dunn. B. Frank Meyers.
| c. V. Blakeney and DR.. A. ]. Brown, her
husband, who was tenor soloist for twelve
years.
| Mrs. Ethel Holtzclaw Gaw1er will
sing this morning at Gurley Memorial
Church The Cross" by Douglas, and
a duet. "Wcnderful Love for Me-" by
Towner, William E. Braithawaite sus-
tanning the other part. This evening
Mrs. Gawler will be heard in the aria,
Il Will Sing of Thy Mercies," from st.
Paul." by Mendelssohn.
Mrs. Fannie Shreve Heartsin, So
prano: w. Walter SorreI. tenor, and
Miss Helene Woytych, violinist will
give the recital this evening at the
Burlington, with Mrs. Sue Burrows Jen-
nlngs accom- panying as usual and di- |
recting the program. which will include |
the soprano solos. Song of Thanks i
giving" by Ferrata: Moon of the
Rainbows.." by Novello; "Fadeless
Rose" by Sans Souci. and "a Little |
Damozel." by Novello; tenor solos, |
Spirit Flower" by Campbell Upton:
Loys II y.;,,t, in SPRING" by Borowski; "Vesta
Leoncavallo: SPRAY of Roses" by Sam
derson; violin solos. "Allegretto" and |
sobn n,lesr9 o,nr;.. m9lto v. vXivaee." by Mendels-
Drdla; "Adoration.' by Borowski. and |
Go,si Go,sl . duets, let ,,'i7, "B.yond the Meadow
Heart" by Lohr: Somewhere Voice |
Is Calling" by Tate; Where My Cara |
van Has Rested" by Lohr. and 20 That |
We Two Were Maying." by Nevin.
meeting Of the board at sibley Hospi-
tai Thursday morning, as arranged by |
Mrs. Duncan Richmond, was given by |
Miss Viola schippert. soprano, who
Sing. Sing. Bird on the Wing" by
! Godfrey Nutting, and His Buttons Are
Marked U. $ A.. by Bond. and by Mrs |
Florence Price. contralto. who gave
| MacDowell, and THE Birth of Morn"
by Leoni. Mrs Jennings assisting as ac-
companist.
The Mount Tabor NJ. P. Church was
| the beneficiary of a musical and dra-
| matio entertainment given Wednesday
evening at Linthicum Hall, George
| town. under direction of Mrs. Pauline
i;a barnes " &Woodruf. The dramatic por-
dietta. "A Case of Suspension" the
roles being filled by Miss Mildred Os-
mond. Miss Virginia Menetee. Miss
Harry Myers. Melville Bogley. Miss
Helen Spencer. Claude Chamberlain,
Miss Elizabeth Walden and Kenneth
CogsweI. c. w. OConnor gave some
dramatic readings. and his own story,
I'm Nentra1."' for encore. George
O'Connor sang several numbers, and,
as it was the first time the two O'Con-
nors have appeared on the same pro-
gram. there was a touch of realism in
Georges first solo. He Amt No Rela-
tion o Nine" that greatly appealed to
the audience and brought the usual
number of recalls to this popular sing
er. He gave also in his inimitable
way. I'm Going Back to Dixie Land"
When He Comes in I'm Coin Out"
and Misery" Mrs: Wallace Hangar's
soprano vas %s heard to advantage in
lette: Mrs. Joseph NJ. Stoddard was in
good voice and gave Whats in the
Air Today?" "Will o the Wisp.' by
Spross; encore. The Elf Man; Thomas
| Donaldson gave effectively 'Invictus."
by Bruno Huhn: encore. "If 1 Were
King Of Ireland: H. Alvin Lake, bass.
proved acceptable in Tho Pipes of
| Gordon's Men" Somewhere a Voice Is
| Calling" by Tate, and. upon being re-
called, "Moiher O. Mine," by Tours.
Miss Virginia Chappell showed dra-
| matte abi1ity in some recitations, and
Miss Esther Balser gave the piano solo,
! The Robins Return" and accompanied
Miss Grace Balser in the violin solo.
("Cavatina."
| The program given recently by Miss
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