Evening star., 1919-09-21

poihtnents In schools and choir circles
ana as each change necessarily brfngs
others in the readjustment no Other
matter Is just now Of such widespread
interest. Today.s announcements in
clude the resignation of Mrs. Heller
Macleod Gift from the Georgetown
iPresbyteria Church, in order to accep
, the position of contralto soloist at Trini
ty M. E. Church. Mrs. Cliff has beer
SINKING at the Georgetown church fol
severa! years and will take part Tor the
| first time at the services of Trinit,
Church the first Sunday in October
She received her early training in this
city, studying later with Ferguson ir
Berlin, and this summer has spent three
months coaching under a prominent
| The two hundredth anniversary Of the
founding of old st. Pau1s Church, Rocl
Creek parish, will be appropriately cele.
quartet consisting of Miss Ancella b
Fisher. and Miss Ida O'Neil, sopranos
Mrs. Charlotte Gardner Lippitt and Mrs
| Charles Parkman, contraltos; Messrs
| Swttzer and Tuller, tenofs, and George
Rollins and John Jones, bassos. unde,
| direction Of William Hulme Tailor, or
Deum," by Kotchmar, "Jubfiate.,''. BY
Schilling. and the o:fertory anthem
! '-The Souls of the Righteous" by Rob-
erts.
| The choral department Of the War
Camp Community Service, under direc-
| ton of Otto Torney Simon. with George
| H. Wilson. as accompanist, will hold its
first rehearsal Monday evening. Sep
Memorial Church. Mr.. Simon announces
that arrangements have been made
| to hold the rehearsals at this time and
place throughout the season and singers
interested are cordially invited to join
any Monday evening and are request
mont Avenue. There are no dues;
Handers oratorio. "The Messiah" will
be taken up for study at the first re-
hearsal in preparation for presentation
during Christmas week and the spring
concert will consist Of the oratorio.
''St. Paul." by Mendelssohn.
Mrs. Charles w. Fairfax, chairman
OF the music committee Of the Arts
Club announces the opening musicale
Charnstrom. contralto. October IL. and
the second will be a chamber music
prosram BY Miss Ruth Bronson :na
Der 2s., Miss Charnstrom is one of
the war workers who came to Wash.
irlgton about 4 year ago and who will
probably remain permanently. She
comes from Lindshorg. Kansas, and Is
the possessor OF contfalt9 cont & voice & OF
ises to. make her one of the most
successful Of the younger musicians
Of the city.
pected to return to Washington today
after two months visit to her old
home at Upton. Ind. =
recently been honorably discharged
from the service. and is now living In
New York city, has been engaged as
tenor soloist at the Church OF ST.
Vincent Ferrer, in charge Of the De-
eminent for his musical attainments.
is organist Of the church and the ap-
pointment Is most f1attering to SO
young a singer and a tribute to the
training he received here.
Miss Josephine Montague, soprano.
left Tuesday for q visit to relatives
in her former home in Creseo,/ Ia.
She viii return about the middle of
October.
Miss Meta Craig. soprano; Herman
Rakemann. violinist; Richard Lorle-
berg, vioioncellist: Herbert F.. AL
bridge presenter, and Claude Robe
son. organist, will give the program
1T this evenings special service at
Craig viii sing the old favofite. "Flee
as d Bird to- Yon Mountain" by Dana,
and, ''The Twenty-third Psalm" by
Lidd1e. There will be two trios, "a
Love Song" by Flagfef, and Inter-
mezzo." by Macbeth; violin solo. "Air. =
by Bach, and Mr.. Robeson will play at
tt,a olooo nd fvhnol,r hv F2n1kaQ
Mrs. R. Il. Daigleish. president .ot
the Rubinstein Club, has called
board meeting for Wednesday, eysni
ing at her home on Harvard street
The meeting was scheduled for Wed;
nesday, but was. postponed On account
Of the various festivities Incident I'd
victory day" , -. ~
The quartet of the First Baptist
Church. composed Of Mrs. Florence
Howard, soprano and director; Mrs
Beulah Harper Dunwoody, contralto;
Alden A.: Potter, tenor, and John
walker, bass, with Mrs. Edmund Bar
~, organist,. will present the follow
ing numbers at today's services:
Morning. organ prelude: :a Msditation,. s
tSe by Buet tenor song soe
Lord Is My Light by Allitsen; organ
postlude, "Fugue," by Bach. Even
ing, organ prelude, Even Song" by
Schurnann; quartet, ut Is a Good
Thing." BY. Potter: bass solo, 1.-THE
Voice in the Wilderness" by Scott;
SrEap %sEs9 solo, Priests March," by
Mrs Charlotte Lippitt has returned
from her vacation spent with rela-
tiveS In England and will be in her
place today at st. PauIs Episcopal
Church.
Mrs; Wayne 3 Wheeler. soprano
Presbyterian Church. will leave to-
ords for phonograph company.
Miss Elizabeth Yung Kwai of the
younger musical contingent. has re-
which she visited at the homes Of
some of her Wellesley College mates
in Chicago and vicinity.
The choir Of the Mount Pleasant
Congregational Church will not re
siime singing until the first Sunday
in October, when the o'clock ves-
per service will be inaugurated for
the season Today Today .cis Giaqde d. Robsson
by Dubois: at the .offertory. "Offer-
toire," by Hall, and postlude, Fan
fare" by Lemmens.
Armand Gumprecht viii. again bs
the conductor Of the Washington
Saengerbund when it resumes its
Gumprecht reports move in the
right direction in the fact that the
directors have sent all the music for
merly used by the Saengerbhnd to
ed into English. the text up to the
present time having been always In
German.
Charlotte Gardner Lippitt, a member
of the Rubinstein Club, has been
engaged as the tenor soloist at Christ
Ic,,lrnnnal fI6,,rnh aoifhAalf. and hal