Evening star., 1918-02-17

Mrs. Clarence B. Rheem has rendered
her resignation as president Of the Rubin
stein Club, owing to the fact that she
found it impossible at present to keep
up with the duties of an active member.
The resignation was accepted with reluct-
ance by the board, and. in accordance
with Mrs. Rheem's request. her name
has been transferred to the ron Of asso-
ciate members. Mrs. R. 81. Dalgleish, first
vice president, will serve as acting presi-
dent for the remainder Of the season and
announces the next concert of the club to
take place March In the Mount Pleasant
Congregational Church. ALE Barbe,
California singer, who is heralded as
lyric soprano Of extraordfnary attractive
ness, win be the soloist-
Edgar Priest. organist and choirmaster
Of the Washington Cathedral EpiscopaD,
announces a recital this afternoon imme-
diately following the service which begins
at O'Clock. Owing to many enlistments
of members of the Cathedral choir, Mr.
Priest is also busily engaged Just now in
reorganizing his choir. which has several
vacancies in both the tenor and bass sec
tions Applications for these positions
may be made to the director at the close
of any of the services. Perhaps these an
nouncements may serve also to put
quietus on various rumors that have been
current for some time that Mr.. Priest
had retired from the musical field. a no
tice of which was published recently in
an out-of-town journal
Soon after the entrance of the United
States into the war Mr.. Priest was
called to do some special work for the
government and felt it his duty to put
aside his personal preferences and in
terest and do his Bit The cathedral
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few of the less important of his duties
for the duration of the war. and his
teaching at the Cathedral School for
Boys is. for the time being, in charge
lotte Klein Mr.. Priest, however. still
presides at the organ and directs the
choir of men and boys, as in previous
seasons, and he has prepared an es-
pecially attractive program for the re-
cital today.
The National Quartet, composed of
Elizabeth S. Maxwell soprano; Lillian
Chenoweth. contralto; w. e. Braith-
waite, tenor: Harry NJ Forker. basso.
was the entertainment feature at the
recent annual banquet of the Traffic
Club of Washington. The quartet pre-
sented program varied in character.
eral selections of well known songs of
its own arranging.
The twelfth students concert Of the
Washington College of Music served to
attract large audience Thursday
evening to the Central High School.
when a well rendered program Of vocal
and instrumental numbers met with en-
thusia.stic appreciation Among the solo
numbers were the songs, MY Mother
II Came Between Glad Green Hills by
Whelpley. Miss Dorothy Schaaff: violin
solos, Air on G String by Bach, and
"Serenade," by Drdla, Henry Chris
tiani; piano solo, Second Hungarian
Rhapsody" by Liszt, Miss Eme Drexil-
ius. soprano solos. 1.-THE Nightingale"
by Ward-Stephens; pirate Dreams" by
Huerter, and "A Spring Morning" by
Carey. Miss Mary Thompson: cello
s9los sx sou5 BY A1asn GSaaTs nole aaa
piano solo. first movement from Con
certo in B Fiat Minor by 'Tschaikow-
ski. Miss Katharine Bouck. with or
chestral compartment; violin solos
capricieuse." by Elgar. Harry King;
soprano solos. "Airetta" and Under
the Greenwood Tree" by Buzzf-Peccia.
Miss L4ael Rose. In addition to these
numbers the college orchestra. directed
by c. E Christiani contributed the fol-
lowing selections: symphony. No. !. G
Major" by Beethoven; "Semiramide"
by Rossini: -Andante." by Tchaikowski.
and Wedding Day at Troldhaugen." by
Grieg.
George Dixon Thompson was the ac-
companist and the personnel Of the or
chestra includes
First violin-Harry King. Frieda
Haul, Israel Oooperstein. Kathleen
Groot, Henry Christiani. Margaret
Crosson. H. n Fryxell. Regins Vande-
veer, Catherine Bowles, Rena Green
burg, J. Louis Finkelstein. Margaret
Mansfield, George Eberly, Marie Men-
eel, Fred Y. Raud.
yiola-Robert Stearns. Albert s. Coo
hdge.
W. Hawthorne, Alden Finckel.
Double bass-A. C.. Hayden.
Bassoon-A l. Bodwel1
Second violin-Samuel Luber. julius
Mestesky, Abe Golden, Pedro Perdigao.
Abe Luber, Samuel Amato, Joseph Dan
ko. Mrs ]. r. White. Leona Mellen. John
ick, Sarah Buchalter, ]. Wells Jones,
Wilhelm Busck.
Flute-H. w. 7. Jenner, Hyman Ches-
ter.
clarinet-H. H. Meiners. W. S. Hughes.
French horn-Dr. w. E. Dieffenderfer
Trombone-G.uyW Winkjer.
Cornet-W. f. Rupprecht.
Piano lin charge of Frank Norris
Jones)-Miss Isabel Jarvis Primm, Miss
Agnes Terrett Miss Maude Dunlap, Miss
Announcement is made of the re-en-
gagement of Sydney Lloyd Wrightson
as musical director of the Church of the
Covenant for another year. Mr..
Wrightson's present contract does not
expire until June. and the new con-
tract will place him for the sixth con-
secutive year in charge of that depart
ment of the churchs activities. He an
nounces also the engagement of Mrs.
H. E. Bolton. contralto. as a member
of the triple quartet. to succeed Mrs.
Lenore B. Fuller, resigned, and c. B.
Starr, who succeeds H. H. w. Helwig,
also resigned. Mrs. Bolton comes from
the First Baptist Church, New Bedford.
Mass, and Mr.. Starr from the First
Baptist Church, Binghamton. n. Y.
sonnel is composed of Mrs. W. S. Cline,
Mrs. E. N Burgess, Miss Marie de V.
Knap, Miss Ann Tuohy, with Mrs.
Charles Salin, accompanist, gave a
second recital at Fort Myer Friday
evening, assisted by Mrs. Duff Lewis,
violinist, and Miss Miriam Larking,
cellist, with Miss Lucy Brickenstein
accompanying the stringed instruments.
Owing to an attack of grip, Mrs. Chme's
place in the quartet was taken by Mrs.
Burgess. Mrs. Florence Pizzini. singing
the second soprano part
The quaret gave nine numbers. three
of which were given with cello obli-
cato, and Mrs. Lewis and Mrs. Larking
played together "Serenade." by Victor
Herbert; "Minuet." by Beethoven;
"Serenade," by Widor: March Mill
taire," by Schubert. and Miss Larking's
solos Were "Nocturne." by Goltermann: