Evening star., 1918-11-17

u. X. No, ElAlDLlc IL
Stark. This afternoon the double
quartet will sing the anthem, "Fear
Not Ye, o Israel" by Lansing. incl
dental tenor solo, Richard P. Back
ing; contralto solo. God, That Madest
Earth and Heaven" by Harker. Miss
Mary Jacobs; anthems, Tarry With
Me- dents Ny hyxs snc Wnes1s1 ~ W,lson
BE Merciful Unto Me, o God" by
Steane. Il
The first rehearsal this season of
the Rubinstein Club was held last
evening at the rooms of the Chamber
of Commerce, on 18th street, sixty
members being present. Claude Robe
son, who has served as accompanist OF
the club for the past two seasons,
made his initial appearance as con-
received with enthusiasm. The occa-
sion served also to introduce Mrs.
Howard Blandy, formerly Mrs Sue
Burrows Jennings, as club accompa-
mist. her appearance also 6e1ng greer.
of the club will take place the first
week in January, and among the num-
bers rehearsed, under tentative. con-
sideration for the event, were: Ihe
Dance" by Moszkowski; Before the
lDdy bTedkS. ny NetlH, W
Harris: "Snowf1akes.' by Cowen;
"Wanderer's Night Song" by Rubin
stein; From the Green Heart of the
Waters" by Coleridge Taylor: "Asra,
by Rubinstein, and "Springtime, by
Donnizettf Any one desiring to join
the club may apply to the chairman man
of the membership committee, Mrs.
A. L. Haycock.
At the Gunton-Tempte Presbyterian
Church this morning the triple quar-
tet, under the direction of John G.
Klein, will sing the anthems. Praise
the Lord" by Randegger: Prayer of
Thanksgiving" CDutch). Consider and
Hear Me-" by Pfuger; incidental solos.
: Miss May Norwood, contralto. and Mr..
Ives, tenor; soprano solo, MY Re
deemer and My Lord" by Buck, Mrs.
Ruth Money Cruickhanks, with MIS-.
Klein at the organ.
Miss Katharine Rich, who has been
the mezzo soprano soloist for the past
two years at the Church of the In
carnation, has resigned her position
to accept that of soloist at Christ
Episcopal Church. Georgetown. Miss
Rich sang with the latter choir for
the first time last Sunday. making a
pleasing impression in the offertory
solo, Love Never Faileth,' by Fred
erick Root.
Miss Florence Steffens, contralto,
whose return from a two-year abb
sence in Seattle was announced last
Sunday. will be the soloist today at
the Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church. where she was a member of
the quartet before leaving Washing
ton. Her selection this morning will
be Great Peace Have They That Love
Thy Law" by Rogers.
Miss Lillian Chenowith is in charge
of the musical programs inaugurated
Monday evening at the Soldiers Con-
ValeScent Home as part of the gen.
eral scheme of doing everything pos
sible for the mental as well as the
physical we'll being of our wounded
soldiers. The home, which is being
financed by the Interior Department,
under the supervision of Mrs. Lane,
takes care of ten soldiers at a time,
and the musical evenings were
planned to Begin the lst OF October,
when the National Quartet gave one
program. Nothing further was done
on account of the epidemic until last
week. when the guests of the house
were delighted by an evenings en-
tertainment by Mrs: Jack Bowie, so
prano: Miss Ritchie McfIean. con-
tralto: Mrs. Kinsella. pianist, and
Miss Foot. reader.
Tile musical program at Rock Creek
Episcopal Church (old ST. Paurs)
will be given this morning by the
Hulme Taylor. orSanist, the numbers
Including "Jubilate,' by Nevin; "Te
Deum." by Barrett, and anthem, Even
Ne" by Warren. George r. Hales,
tenor, is singing in place of J. l..
Mitchell, recently resigned, other-
last season.
! Mrs. John w. Daniel. jr.. assisted
by Benjamin Austin. tenor, and Rlch-
ard Barnes. baritone. with Mrs. wa.
liam c. Thierlin. musical director, at
the piano. gave the program at the
! November meeting of the missouri
Society. Mrs. Daniel sang "A Bunch
| of yiolets." by d'Hardelot. and ne
gro spirituel by H. T. Burleigh. Mr..
| Austin gave "At Dawning." by Cad
man. and responded later to re-
quest, giving a group of songs at the
close of the regular program. Mr..
Barnes gave new war song, On
the Fields of France" by Zamecink.
so effectively, that it became the
and, for encore, sang Absent by
Metcalf He will give the song as the
| final number in a patriotic operetta at
West Falls Church, tomorrow even
ing.
The monthly student recital at the
studio of Louis A. Potter, jr.. took
! place Friday evening, when the fol-
| lowing program was presented "Gyp-
| sizes (Smith). Carl Brockway: by
| the Spring" (Gurlitt). Dorothy Thom-
as: "The Ni!ler's Song" and Festival
F, Waltz" (Margaret Becker), '"The
| Breakers from Robinson Crusoe
! Suite Athlyne Spohr; "Tarantelle"
/ Pieckzonka). Mildred Spohr; ''Valse
! Lente'' Dolmetch, Harry Robb:
"Reverie' (Strauss) and Warriors s
Song (Heller), William Montgomery;
''Pas des Amphores" (Chaminade) J,
Miriam Jones; "The Dragon Fly
! (Smith. Margaret Rhodes; Can
zonetta" tschuetD. Dorothy Green
baum: Consolation" Niszt): and
''Mazurka" Gesche tizky), Mabel Pear
| son: Autumn" (MoszkowskD. Mrs.
Lille Petersen; Tarantelle" (Heller).
Minnie Johnson; "Revery" Debussy)
and "Marche Mignonne" (Poldini),
Ruth Thomas: "Witches' Dance
| (MacDowelD, Melba Jones. Herman
Hoffman, violinist, assisted. giving
! the Grieg Sonata. in G Minor and
Mr.. Potter also contributed one solo,
"Etude en- Forme de Valse," by Saint
SaenS.
| The hour of music next Friday at
! the Washington Club, under auspices
J of he Eri6ov N0rnipO Mncio Cl,,1y