Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-15
following a dramatic recital by Mis-
Emma Messing of Indianapolis.

Emma Messing of Indianapolis.
features at the meeting Of the six
teenth Street Heights Citizens Assoc
citation. held Tuesday evening at the
home Of Selbie D. Grove. Miss Eliza
Fase s sn the s9 @nS 1y PEI ,I Rsso
derson. and God Be With Our Boys
Tonight; Mrs. Edwina w. James of
Takoma Park gave a group of read
ings. and a small Jazz band played
several selections. closing with 1.-The
Star Spangled Banner"
The weekly musical. given Tuesday
evenings. from $50 to Z o'clock, at
the Y. w. C. A., will be presented, this
week by the Liberty Singing Club
of the Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church 1Si.s ~, directed e by Mrs: Henry
Edna Albert. who win sing, Where
My Caravan Has Rested" by Lohr,
and The Years at the Spring" by
Beach. and by Katharine Rich. whose
numbers will include 1.-THE Flag" by
Hadley; ITS a Mighty Good World"
Song" a Kentucky mountain ballad.
the last. by request. The ensemble
numbers will be. Now the Day Is
Past and Gone" by Mario; Morning
Song" from 1.-The Magic Flute" by
Mozart; "Hark. Hark. the Lark" by
Shelley. and "a Paradox" by Bassett.
Helen Harrington will act as accom-
PIANIST for the club, and Miss Ire
maine and Emile Margaret White
for the soloists.
For the benefit of many who were
unable to gain admittance last Sunday
evening to. Ingram Congregational
Church to hear the soldiers from the
Alta Boy" 'comany, thirty-f1ve men4r
bers Of the company will appear again
this evening at Ingram Church with
an entirely different program. under
direction of Sergt. Harry Carson. Pri-
vate Jack Cook of the Y. NJ. c. A. staff
Of entertainers, who has just returned
from lover there" will lead the COM
munity singing and relate some of his
experiences while overseas. Two vio-
linists from Camp Meigs will assist at
the morning service.
Anton Kaspar. violinist, was heard
In recital last Saturday evening at
the Washington Missionary College,
and delighted his hearers by a we'll
arranged program. in which he was
assisted by Miss Richie Mclean. con-
The program opened with Beethoven's
Sonata in D." for violin and plano
and was followed by the aria. my
Heart at Thy Sweet Voice." by Saint
Saens. by Miss Mclean; violin solos.
Gypsy Dances" by Sarcastic; can
dante" by Hbuay: 1.-The Bee by Schu-
bert; Slumber Song by. Jarnefeldt.
Mr.. .Kaspar; negro spirituels, Weep
IN Mary and Il Want to Be Ready"
Song of the Desert" by Ross, and
Wind Song" and THE Star" both by
Rogers, Miss Mclean.
Miss Beatrice Goodwin returned
during the week from Atlantic City.
where she went to recuperate from an
attack of influenza. Miss Goodwin is
director of the Y. w. C. A. Choral
Club this season. succeeding Mrs. A.
M. Blair. who is spending the winter
in Detroit.
Owing to the fllnesS of w. E.
Braithwaite the National Quartet has
been compelled to cancel practically
all OF It's engagements for the past
three weeks. Mr.. Braithwaite has
been seriously i'll with influenza, and
IS now slowly convalescing at his
home. on Park road. Friday evening
the quartet furnished a. musical pro-
gram at the sixty-seventh anniversary
Of the Rebekah degree in Odd Eel
lows Hall, A. Clifford Wilkins substi-
tuting for Mr.. Braithwaits: and an oc-
casional camp engagement for the Ma
tional War Work Council of the Y. NJ.
c. A. has been filled with substitute
voices.
The quartet has planned a busy sea-
son. and in connection with other en-
gagements is completing arrange
ments for a tour of several weeks
through Virginia. West Virginia,
Maryland and Pennsylvania.
The musical program for today's
services at the Metropolitan NJ. E.
Church is as follows: Morning.
Nevln; tenor solo. My Soul Is Athirst
for God" by Gaul. Evening-Quartet,
."Tarry With Me, o My Savior.
by Osgood; solo. "And God Shall
Wipe Away All the Tears" by Gounod.
The quartet choir is comprised of
Helen Marie Koontz, contralto: John
W. Martyr, tenor; Arthur N. Gardner,
bass; with Minerva Bailey, organist.
concert was given Monday even
ing for the benefit of the American
Red Cross Woman's Club. when
There were selections by Myra Nc
Cathran Marks. soprano: Nell Marks,
tenor; Mrs. Henry Charles Stein,
mezzo-soprano; Effie Drexilius Gabel,
pianist. and William Santelmann.
violinist. The program was brought
to close by rendlt1on OF The
American Come" by Fos;er, and THE
Star Spangled Banner" by Mrs.
Marks.
The parlors of Madison Hall Semi
nary were filled last Sunday evening,
when Mary Helen Howe. director of
the vocal department, presented a
program of operate arias and songs
and selections from THE Messiah"