The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-19

Music in the Home," Kitty Cheatham,
 New York; Music in New Hampshire"
 Mrs Mcdowell, New Hampshire; Opera
 in English" Reginald de Koven, New
 York; "The Artist and the Club John
 Powell, Virginia; Music Extension" Ray
 Edwards, Florida What Would Like
 to See in the Public Schools Henry
 Purmont Eames, Illinois; A state or-
 chestra," J. Lawrence Erb, Illinois.
 COMMITTEE REPORTS
 This morning at 9:30 o'clock reports of
 chairmen of department committees will
 be heard at the Jefferson theatre, followed
 by a musicale at 10 o'clock at which
 representatives from various states will
 give the following programme:
 California-Songs by Mrs. William
 Jamieson Los Angeles. Violin strings. Banjo songs
 Mammy's Lullaby. The First Blue Bird. Sung by Sylvia Sindng. Mississippi-Th legend of the Bi- | loxi Indians.
 | Mrs. Grant, pianist, Meridian; Df. !! Brill, reader, Meridian. West Virginia-Songs of the Ma tions, Mrs. Flora Williams. Nebraska-Genevieve Rose, pianist Lincoln.
 Hungarian Rhapsody. No. 6.... Liszt Traumeref .....-............. strauss Etude de Concert ......... Mcdowell Oklahoma-Mrs. Jessie Duke Rich ardson, reader pianist. Romance-In Music. (a) Aufschwung Robert Shumann (b) Nachtstuck .... Robert Schumann In Verse. (a) Apple Blossoms. ................ .................W. Wesley Martin With Incidental music by Mendells- shon As originally arranged and pre- sented by Mrs. Jessie Duke Richard son.
 (b) Old Plantation Days "Befo' de Wah."
 Ohio-NIrs. Frank A. seiberling, so-
 prano, Akron.
 Melisande in the Wood. Alma Goetz
 My Heart at Thy Sweet voice-From
 Samson ct Dalila" Saint-Saens II Niege ..,................ Bemberg An Open Secret Huntingdon Woodman Tennessee-Miss Susie De Shazo pianist, Memphis. Prelude. sharp minor. .Rachmaninoff l Etude. Op. 25, No. S........... Chopin Carlllon :.-.'............ .Oldberg Scherzo, B flat minor ....... Chopin Indiana-Hazel Simmons Reid, so- prano.
 Wisconsin-Mrs. Quick, pianist, Mil waukee.
 Tambour1ne ................,... Raff On the Wings of Love. ...,.............. Mendelssohn-Lisz
 La Campanella ................ l1i5zt ELECTION OF OFFICERS Election of officers of the fedora ii on will take place Friday morning. It is | understood that Mrs. Ochsner will be unanimously reelected, and that prac- tically the entire national board will be reelected with her. The nominating committee is composed of one delegate from each of the states represented, as follows.
 Mrs. H. J. Whitley, Los Angeles, Cal. i; Mrs. J. E. Kinney, Denver, Col. Mrs J. c. Hancock, Stuart, Fla; Miss Sara Throckmorton Meigs. Indianapolis. Ind. ; Mrs. F. w. Nickles, Houghton, Mich. i; Mrs. w. D. Steele, Sedalia, Mo-: Mrs Frederick J. Sheppard. East Derry, N
 H.; Mrs. F. L. Bradford. Albuquerque, N. M; Mrs. A. c. Potter, Passaic Park N. J.; Mrs. J. Norman Willis Greens-
 boro, N. C.; Mrs. Wilifred B. Collins, Akron, O.; Mrs George c. Arnold, Provi- l dence, R. l.; Mrs. Jason Walker, Mem phis, Tenn; Mrs. Edna Saunders, Hous- ton, Tex. Mrs. Amos Payne Clarksburg w. Va; Mrs. George Mars, Ashland Wis.
 Yesterday two business sessions were Heiu dt tle IutWlleT AL the morning session the report of the credentials com
 mittee was heard. together with reports of state presidents. The reports of in dividual club presidents was postponed due to the mass of business to be dis posed of yesterday. Yesterday afternoon Henriette Weber of the Chicago Art institute gave lec- ture on American Music and the Music Club and Albert Farwell of the South ern School of Music of New York made a talk on community singing. The feature of the afternoon meeting was the singing of Miss Leila Holterhoff, blind soprano of California. Miss Hotter hoff received quite an ovation and re- l sponded to several encores. Last night the Russian symphony or chestra made its first appearance, fea- l turing Lada, concert dancer. The programme for the concert to Be given this evening at o'clock at the Jefferson featuring Kitty Cheatham is: TONIGHTS PROGRAMME | Russian Symphony orchestra, Modest l lAltschuler conductor. Sooists, Kitty Cheatham, diseuse. John Powell, pianist. PART I. New England symphony. .Stillman- Kelley | l. Lento maestoso. Allegro appassonato. 1 ?. Larghetto misterioso | 3. Lento ma non troppo Crheme, New England Hymn and variations). Ed l gar Stillman- Kelley, conducting.