Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03

conducting, will give the second of this
seasons concerts Wednesday evening
at the Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church. Miss Alice Barbe, soprano, Of
New York will be the assisting soloist
and will sing Romance" by Debussy;
"Chanson Triste." by Duparc; lies
Files de Cadiz," by Delibes; 40 son
Titania," from '.Mignon," by Thomas;
Golden Thought" by Gertrude Ross;
Dearest. Sleep Sound" by MacDow-
ell: "Blackbirds Song" by Cyril Scott.
and Love Is the Wind" by MacFadyen.
The numbers prepared by the club are
unusually attractive and will include
four negro spirituels, harmonized by
1T H. =: Burleigh; Go Down; Moses NO
"Weepin Mary" and Deep River;
Mohr's I'm the Temple Of Muse: 'The
Water Nymph," by Rubinstein; indian
Mountain Song" by Cadman: Strauss
Harris; The, Four Winds" by David
Stanley Smith, and "Chanson Proven
Gale" by Del Acqua. Claude Robson
Will be at the piano.
The Oratorio Section of Washington
now has membership of 34s singers,
and Mr.. Wrightson. musical director,
announces that no more sopranos will
be accepted after the rehearsal next
Wednesday evening. The greatest need
now in the chorus is for tenors, but
tenors. contraltos' and BASES will be
admitted to the chorus at any of the
rehearsals during March. after which
ing concert: The soloists for the
oratorio, "Elijah.' to be given the
middle of May. will be as follows: Miss
Netta Craig. soprano; Miss Mary
Jacobs. contralto; Richard P. Backing,
tenor. Dh
mann, bass. Harvey Murray. will be
at the organ and Claude Robson At
the piano. The performance will take
tentstive date n BEING May MsS - e0f f1 ada
ton to the solos, the quartets. tfios
and double quartets will be sustained
by Mrs. Jewell Downs, soprano; Mrs.
H. E. Bolton, Mrs Lenore Fuller and
Henry Kruger. tenor, and Wheeler
Wilson and Fred East, BASES.
At Foundry Methodist Church this
by Mrs. Mary sherier Bowie. soprano,
beginning at 7:45 o'clock. will precede
the service. Among her numbers will
be Rejoice Greatly,S from The Mes.
from The Ten virgins" by Gaui, ana
awake. Thou that sleepest," from
Light of the World" by Sullivan. Dur
ing the service the guartet-Mrs.
boWle, MIS- Anna brett SUNNY, CON-
Charles w. Moore. bass, will sing
Dudley Bucks 'Jubilate," and Anton
Kaspar choir director and violtnist.
and George Wilson. organist. will each
contribute solo numbers.
The musical numbers at the enter
tainment for soldiers at Epiphany
Chapel Tuesday evening were given by
Mrs. Mary Sherier Bowie. who sang
'My Laddie." by Thayer; Comm Thro'
the Rye" and Deep River" by Bur
ginia," and The Battle Hymn Of the
Republic" with George Wilson at the
piano. Mrs. Mabel Kipp-Lewis gave
humorous stories in Scotch dialect.
Mrs. Lorimer D. Miller. violinist and
Club. and Miss Harriette Klein will
give the half-hour program Tuesday
evening, from $50 to Z o'clock, at
the Y. W. c. A. Mrs. Miller will play
"Madrigal," by simonetti; "Cavatina."
by Raff; La Cinquaintafne." by Ga
Ethel Barnes. an American composer.
Miss Klein. who will be accompanied at
the piano. by Miss X. Blaud, will
whistle 1.-The Little Grey Home in the
West" by Lohr ana 'The Perfect
Day" by Bond, the latter with violin
OOt1gatO. MIS-. Miller Will De accom-.
panied by Emile Margaret White. who
arrahges these programs.
Dr.. William stanfield, organist and
choir director of the First Congrega-
tional Church. has arranged the fol-
lowing programs for. the service this
morning: Organ prelude. "serenade."
by wider: anthem. The Lord Is MY
shsphsrd 10 BY sisch Se,t; Mo sfe IT I:
Go" by Berwald. Mrs. B. H. Smart, Miss
Marian Larner. Herbert F. Aldridge
and ]. Walter Humphrey: organ post
Jude. march. "Pomp and Circumstance"
by Elgar.
ANNOUNCEMENT is made of the engage
ment of Miss Margaret Ryan as soprano
soloist of st. Joseph's mixed choir
Miss Ryan will be heard today at the
offertory and in the incidental solos
in Mozart's First Mass
conductor. will give a public rehearsal
tomorrow evening in the lecture room
of the Keller Memorial Church. with
Miss Vera Budd. Miss Josephine Mon
Weber as soloists. Admission, as usual.
is free. and music lovers are cordially
invited to attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Winston of Madison Hall
Seminary. will give the recital for the
blind at the Library Of Congress Tues
day evening. Miss Winston rs a scho1-
arship pupil of the Peabody Conserve
tory, Baltimore, and a most accom-
plished pianist. She was heard re-
Gently in recital at the United Service
Club and at the National School of Do
mestic Arts and Sciences, achieving an
unqualified success on both occasions.
Her program Tuesday evening will in
clude numbers both from the classics
and from works of modern compos-
ers.
Announcement is made by Samuel A.
Leech. organist and choir director of
ST. Johns Episcopal Church, George
town, that the resignation of Arthur
l.. Simpson. tenor soIoist of the choir,
recently rendered. has been accepted
with great regrSt, Mr.. Simpson having
received a comb ission in the United
States Army. George Anderson, who
has been engaged for the position, will
assume his new duties today. The mu-
steal portion of the services this morn
ing will include "Kyrie Eleison" and
Gloria Tibi." by Lloyd: anthem. "Ho,
Every One That Thirsteth.' by Martin.
Charles Bright: "sanctus" and "Agnus
Del" by Lloyd; Gloria in Exceisis,"
Gold chant). This evening the choir
will sing "Magnificat" and "Nunc Dim
ittis." Ito Gregorian tones). and the
morning offertory number will be re-
peated
Miss Helen Belt, young violinist of
this city. who has been studying for
several years in Philadelphia. was
heard there recently at concert given