Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-13
MUSICAL MENTION.

The Y. W. c. A. Choral Club. directed
by Mrs. A. NJ. Blair, will give its an
! nual concert tomorrow evening at the
be assisted by the Musurgia Quartet,
consisting of Mrs. Ethel Hoftzclaw
Gawler, Mrs. William T. Reed. Richard
P. Backing and Earl Carbauh. with
and director. Each member of the
quartet will give solos, in addition to
the ensemble numbers. and the Choral
Club will sing Greeting" written for
and dedicated to the club by Charles 5:
Fall on Me Like Silent Dew" and
The Viking Song" by Coleridge-Tay-
lor: "Amoroso." by Boex: when the
Daylight Goes" by Neidlinger; Song
Of the Thistledrift" by Fay Foster. and
for women's voices. in two parts. of
the Coronation March," by Meyerbeer,
in which the incidental solos will be
sustained by Mrs. Caviar and Mrs.
Reed. THE Star Spangled Banner" by
chorus and audience, will bring the af-
fair to close.
The annual business meeting Of the
Rubinstein Club took place Wednesday
morning at the Raleigh Hotel. Pre-
ceding the reading of reports. Claude
Robson, who has served so efficiently
as club accompanist this season, was
presented with unique souvenir as
mark of appreciation of his work for
the organization. The little tribute
consisted of ring of nugget gold sur
mounted by setting in miniature OF
the design of the club pin. This was
followed by the usual reelection or
officers, the board remaining the same
as last season. Mrs. Elmer Curry was
reappointed chairman of the examining
committee, the designations of the
heads of the room, press and program
committees going over until fall.
The choir of the Kendall Baptist
Church. directed by Mrs. Isabel GarvIn
Shelley, gave concert Friday evening
at the church, the ENJOYABLE program
including the singing of america" by
audience and choir at the opening and
the following: Chorus. Loves Old
Sweet Song" the choir; reading,
"Squire's Bargain" Mrs. Gardiner; so
prano solo. "one Fleeing Hour" Miss
Crowder. violin obligato by E. Lado-
vich: reading, "Hezekiah Bruce" Mrs.
Spencer: song. Blue Are the Heavens.
Kendall Glee Club; violin solo. r. Lado.
vich; soprano solo, The Waking, of
reading. widow Spriggin's Daughter"
Mrs. Gardiner: soprano solo, Dream
ing" Miss WILDER; piano solo, Trol-
siene Meditation" Mr.. Garner; song.
mixed quartet. Gust a-Wearyin' for
YOU" Misses WILDER and Faunce and
Messrs. Corder and Wakeman: baritone
and tenor duet. who Knows" Messrs.
Wakeman and Conner; male quartet.
EARLY Spring. Messrs. Conner, Corder.
Wakeman and Elkin; chorus, "Old
Folks at Home" choir; male quartet,
"Star of Peace Messrs. Conner. Corder.
Wakeman and Elkin, soprano obligato
by Miss WILDER; reading, "Rosalind's
Star Spangled Banner" chorus and
audience.
Fred East. baritone. has been en-
gagged as member of the quartet of
the Church of Our Father Universal
is), to fill the place left vacant by Mr..
Matson. recently resigned. Mrs. sgd
ney P. Hollingsworth, soprano of the
Miss Lillian Chenowith. Mr.. Blanchard
and Mr.. East, with Mrs. Dorothy Bax-
ter. organist, Monday evening, the oc-
casion passing pleasantly with music
and cards. Mr.. Blanchard sang Look
Down, Dear Eyes; Miss Chenowith
gave Memories" by Minerva Bailey;
Mr.. East was heard in THE Horn" by
Flegier and 'Davy Jones Locker;
Mrs. Baxter contributed two piano so
los. Rachmaninoff's prelude in Z
sharp Minor" and Sous Bots" by Vic
tor Staub, and the hostess sang Spring
Is Here" by Edith Dick.
Mrs. Jeanne Woolford. contralto, and
Richard Lorleberg, violoncellst. will
be the soloists with the Rubinstein
Club at the concert to be given We'd
nesday evening for the war relief fund,
under the auspices of the d. A. r. The
affair will be given in Continental Me
mortal Hall and rehearsal of the
choruses will take place Tuesday after
noon at o'clock at the hall. Among
the numbers by the club will be Kiser-
ling's Spring Song" In May" by
Parker; Poldinis Dancing DOLL" "Si-
lently Swayine on the Waters Quiet
Breast" by Chadwick, and "Mammys
Lullaby" an adaptation of the Dvorak
"Humoresque." Mrs. A. NJ. Blair will,
as usual, WELD the baton and Claude
Robson will play the Accomplishments.
At First Baptist Church this morning
the music will include the organ pre-
lude. In the Morning" by Greig; an
Hills" by Baldwin: soprano solo, Light
in the Darkness" by Cowen; organ
postIude, Finale" by Turner. The
quartet consists of Mrs. Florence How
ard. soprano and director: Mrs. Arthur
Whaley, contralto; Henry Kruger.
tenor. and Wheeler Wilson. bass. with
Mrs. Edmund Barry, organist.
A recital by Mrs. William T. Reed.
contralto; Mrs Margarita Spaulding
Gerry. author and reader. Miss Elsa
Raner, violinist; Miss Ruth E. Jones.
cellist, and Paul Whitney Fishbaugh,
accompanist. was given Wednesday
evening at the Hotel Powhatan. under
the auspices Of the Indoor Outdoor
Club of the Y. w c. A. Mrs. Reed
opened the program with the solos.
"A Morning in SPRING" by Matthews,
and JEAN" by Burleigh. and the re-
mainder of the program consisted of
an original reading. by Mrs Gerry:
"Intermezzo." from the "Atonement of
PAN" by Hadley, and "Extase d'amour."
by Roze, Miss Raner. Miss Jones and
MIR. Fishbaugh; "Lamento." by Faure,
Miss Jones; "Mazurka." by Borowski,
Miss Raner: "Andante." by Grimm, and
Hungarian Dance" by Brahms. Miss
Raner, Miss Jones and Mr.. Fishbaugh.
At the Mount Pleasant congrega-
tional Church this morning the music.
under direction of Claude Robson. will
include the organ solo. prelude" by
Flagler: cello solo. "Arioso,' by Bach,
Mitchell Bliss; offertory quartet. IF l
Go Not Away" by Adams. Mrs. A. l..
Haycock, Miss Florence Steffens,
Charles D. Church and James S. Hicks:
organ postlude, "Solenaelle,' by Le-
maigre At the evening service the
music will be in charge of the Mount
Pleasant Chorus. directed by DIR. Will
liam r. Buchanan. the numbers being
an organ prelude, Melody" by Par
ker:: anthem. Mount Pleasant Chorus;
offertory quartet, Lamb of God That
Takest Away the Sins of the World