Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-13

the Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church, who is now in training at a
nearby camp, will have leave We'd
nesday evenings to act as conductor
of the Rubinstein Club. Mr.. Robson
has for two years past served as &C
lcompanist of the Iclub. position
which will be filled this season by
Mrs. Howard Blandy. Mrs. Blandy is
Jennings, her marriage to Mr.. Blandy
having been an event Of the early
,summer. Mrs. Herndon has accepted
the position of chairman of the room
lcommittee, SO that the board of OFF,
lcers is now complete. with the eXcep-
ltion CT chairman of the press COM
mittee. Mrs. George Johannes, who
was appointed to that position at the
last business meeting in the spring,
twas obliged to relinquish the work. as
delphia, where they will make their
future home. In addition to the con-
certs and members day recitals to be
given by the club, tentative plans are
already under way for several social
events. The first regular rehearsal,
which under normal conditions would
| have been held this coming Wednes-
day, is postponed until the ban on
public gatherings has been lifted by
the authorities.
! H. LIE Roy Lewis. newcomer
among war workers from Indiana, has
been engaged to fill the position of
bass soloist at the Georgetown Pres
byterian Church, where the music IS
! in charge of George Herbert Wells,
organist. Mr.. Lewis, who was until
recently of the faculty of the College
| of Musical Art and soloist of st. PauPs
Cathedral, Indianapolis, has a voice of
beautiful quality, which he handles
with fine art. and he is likely to prove
| a distinct acquisition to Washington
musical circles. He succeeds S. Theo-
dore Howard, who, with his twin
| brother, D. Austin Howard, have serv-
ed as bass and tenor soloists at this
church for the past seven years. They
are now in the Army and Navy serv-
ice. respectively, SO it is necessary for
Director Wells to fill their places for
the period of the war. The position
of tenor soloist is not yet filled. Mrs.
Leod Cliff will again sustain the So
prano and contralto parts at the serv-
ices.
Among announcements of the week
causing keen regret in Washington
music circles is that of the death of
Mrs. Florence Shaler, widow of Gen.
Charles Shaler, U. S. A. Mrs. Shaler
died Wednesday at Johns Hopkins
Hospital, Baltimore, and was buried
membered by musicians of a decade
ago as Florence Stidham, having been
a prominent contralto in church and
local concert fields, and holding the
position of Soioist at Epiphany and
other churches. She was also a men,
Der of the Philharmonic quartet, the
other members being Anna Craig
Hills. now Mrs. Elmer Curry, secretary
of the RubinStein Club; Grace McCul-
| Tough and Eleanor Simonds.
Word came from Chicago last week
of the appearance in concert there of
the talented little violinist of this
city, Sylvia Lent. daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Lent. Sylvia played last
Saturday at an affair at the Chicago
concerto by Vieuxtemp in such excel
lent style as to call forth warmest
commendation from the great master
violinist, Leopold Auer. She will re-
main in Chicago until November,
when she will return to New York to
join her sister, Margaretta, who is
there pursuing her studies in art.
Recent successful events include the
"Trip Around the World given for
the benefit of the West School Com
munity Center. Each country was
represented in turn by some charac-
teristic entertainment, Italy by sing
ing troubadours and by Signor J.
Ghiera. organist; who gave some old
England and John Bull" Scotland and
Ireland. with songs and national Co.'S
| tunes; France by some of the officers
of the French high commission, who
gave some national songs, and Miss
Marie Becker, who also gave French
songs, while French pastry was served
by girls in native costume. Mrs. Nc
kee FRANKIE, wife of Maj. FRANKIE, now
in France, interpreted Serbia, pleading
for freedom in a rhythmic dance to Ser
n MN Iry
Marie Becker; Anna Brett Sunny, as
columbia" sang 1.-THE Star Spangled
Banner and Sergt. Riemer led the
chorus singing and pleaded for lib
erty bonds.
Japan, at the home of Mrs Newton
Collamer, was beautifully represented
by unique gardens, with fountains,
bridges, lanterns and typical decora-
tons, in which the mikado and geisha
girls sang, danced and served tea and
this unique affair were Mrs. Henry Hunt
Mckee, general manager and president
of the community center; DIR. Battle,
vice president; Mrs. Theodore Tiller,
| second vice president: Mrs. NJ. S. Par
ker: third vice president; Mrs. John
Walker. wife of Representative Walker
Of Georgia. fourth vice president. and
Mrs. John Holmes. secretary. Tourists
were conveyed by automobile to the diff
ferent countries, Mrs. Frank Bleakmore
DelnS hostess 1Or Great Britain, pupils
of the Lucia Gale Barber School for
France. Mrs. Marcus Spencer for Italy.
Mrs. Parker for Serbia, Mrs. Collamer
for Japan and Mrs. A. Ruth for the
United States.
Miss Katharine McNeal. who has
just taken up her work in the piano
department of Miss Cowles' School
for Girls at Hollidaysburg, Pa, where
she is associated with Oliver Denton,
contributed to the program of
faculty recital last week, scoring a
pronounced success and winning en-
thusiastic commentator from the
audience, as well as from local musi-
cal critics. Miss McNeal, who spent
the months of August and Septem-
Der here, was heard before her de-
parture in some informal musicals
displaying sometimes a strongly con-
trasting but always musical tone
quality, combined with originality
and intelligence in interpretation. At
the concert last Saturday she played
Liszt's Concerto in Flat Major"
for two pianos. with Mr.. Denton, and
Romance in D Flat Major" by ST.
belius, and Lotus Land" by Cyril