Evening star., 1917-05-27

songs will be one Of the specially It
tractive features of the various func-
| tions of the twenty-seventh reunion OF
the United Confederate Veterans. Sat
urday noon upon the arrival of Gem
Harrison and his staff at the New Will
| lard he will be greeted by the Southern
choir. which. under direction of Mrs.
Elizabeth C. Fred. will sing 1.-The Star
| Spangled Banner and other patriotic
! songs. Saturday evening at Mount
| Vernon Place Methodist Church South.
when the crosses of honor will be pre-
| sented to Confederate veterans, Miss
] Lillian chenowith. contralto. will sing
! The Little Bronze Cross" to the music
| of The Old Oaken Bucket; sextet
| composed of Mrs. Fannie Shreve Heart
| sill, Mrs. Lillian Chenowith, Messrs. F.
| p. Heartsill. Charles Moore. John Mar
! tyn and Ralph Cady will render Use
Gwine Back to Dixie" and "Tenting on
| the Old Camp Ground" and the choir
will give "Old Time Confederates." the
words by DIR. Wharton. adapted to the
afternoon at the Confederate Memorial
day service at Arlington the sextet will
sing Praise Ye the Father" by Gou-
nod. and ."The Vacant Chair" and the
| companied by the U. s. Marine Band.
the personnel of the choir includes
Miss Emily Thompson. Mrs. Frank Nor
rison, Mrs. William Fred, Mrs. Robert
Benjamin Soule Gantz. Mrs. Viola Fell
lows. Mrs. Ida Q. Trenio. Miss Marjorie
Scott. Mrs. NJ. C. Bowie. Mrs. A. N.
Mitchell. Mrs. w. c. Killenger. Miss
Margaret Cockerell. Miss Eta Taggart.
Miss Blanche Cooksey. Miss Cecil Nor
TnWnSan6 MpSSrg
bert Sink and Claughton West.
The choir Of the West Street Presby-
terian Church will sing its closing musi-
cal services of the season at o'clock
this evening under direction Of George
Herbert Wells, who will also preside at
the organ. The program will include 20
Praise the Name Of the Lord" from
Tschaikowsky; "Sanctus.' from Gounods 8
est. Cecilia Mass: quartet. Protect Us
Through the Coming Night" by Cursch-
man: Love Divine, All Love Excelling."
lord" from Mendelssohn's Elijah; /;
THE Lord Great Wonders for Us Hath
Wrought" by Ferdinand Hitler. The
solos will be sustained by Mrs. Paul A.
Ewing. soprano. Mrs. Helen Macleod
Cliff. contralto; Paul A. Hines. tenor, and
S. Theodore Howard. bass.
Charles T. Tittmann returned Sunday
night from two-week tour with the
New. York Symphony under Walter Dam
rosch At the Spartanbury festival he,
with Nine. Matzenauer. were the soloists
for the artists night concert, Mr.. Tit
mann singing 'Wotan's Abschied"
through ugh the Magic Fire Scene" June !
June 27 will give a recital for the music
teachers convention at Grand Rapids.
Mich.
The triple quartet of the Church of
the Covenant disbanded last Sunday
for this season, and this afternoon
special chfldren's services will be held
and the music music will be provided by the
one hundred voices will sing for
the last time this season tonight. and
beginning with next Sunday special
services will be held in the church,
preceded by a musical program. an
nouncements of which will be made
next Sunday. The afternoon services
will be abandoned until the first Sun
day in November. The evening choir
Wednesday in October. and sing again
for the first time next season on the
hrst Sunday night in November. Mr..
Wrightson has engaged special solo
services until October and the Sunday
night services Of that month will be
rendered by the double quartet OF the
evening choir. The following are the
musical numbers that will be sung at
this evenings service at 8 o'clock, un-
der the direction of Mr.. Wrightson,
with Harvey Murray at the organ:
Organ solo. Prelude in G." by
Parker: anthem. Lead Me: Lord" by
Harper: 'contralto solo. 'Litany." by
Schubert. Mrs. Dunwoody: anthems,
"An Praise to God" by Wagner. in
cidental solo, Fred East. and Seek Ye
the Lord" by Roberts. incidental solo.
nd IN o
fiat" by West.
At St. Johns Church. Georgetown. to-
day. the musical portion Of the services
under the direction of Samuel A. Leech
organist and choirmaster. will be as fol-
lows: .Kyrie Eleison" and "Gloria Tibi,"
by Leech; "oh. For a Closer Walk With
IN FoTtsc Ese:,s ea chant by Leeeh snG
Evening: 'Magnificat.' and 'Nunc
Dmittis In F." by Simper: "Oh. For
Closer Walk With God" by Foster. with
Miss Mary Virginia Ross sponsor for
the second Mississippi division, u. S.
c. ". will be the guest of Miss Lillian
street during the reunion of the Con-
fedefate Veterans. Miss Ross, who Is
an accomplished musician and comes
from Miss Chenowith's old home-Holly
opFiHH, MiSs.-ls graduate OF Ma
tional Park Seminary, Forest Glen, Md
Mrs. A. NJ. Blair. conductor of the Ru-
binstein and of the Y. w. c. A. Choral
clubs. has concluded her season here
and left Friday for Atlantic City, where
she will spend a fortnight At the
close Of her stay there she will join
her son Percy for a short visit in
Boston. Mass. previous to his departure
for France. where he expects to serve
in the ambulance corps. Mrs Blair will
younger son. Francis P. Blair
The quartet of Vermont Avenue Chris
tian Church. consisting of Mrs. Mabel
Foote Whitman, soprano: Miss Jessie
Masters contralto: e. r. Whitman, tenor,
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