Evening star., 1919-05-04

gas Thunder Song" "seng Of the
| Death Voice" and "Old Mans NLove
Song; cycle from "Wigwam and Te-
pee by Cadman: "The Place of
Breaking Light" From the Long
Room of the Sea- "Ho, Ie Warriors.
on the Warpath," and The Thunder
; birds Come from. the Cedars": song of
! different tribes. arranged by Bimboni;
Song of the Sun Dance" (Sioux); MY
| Lover Has Departed" (Chippewa) and
! Red Day" (Sioux).
/ The community sing" Monday
! evening at the Presbyterian Church
in Takoma Park was one of the best
i of the year, the distinguishing fea-
ture of the evening being the presence
of about seventy Red Cross nurses in
uniform from Walter Reed Hospital.
who occupied the platform and joined
enthusiastically in the singing. led by
James Dyre. Patriotic and old songs
were given from the song book and
from the screen. among them being
| The Rose of No Mans Land" the
verses sung by Mrs E. clyde Shade
. of America. with accompaniment of
3, piano, by Mrs. j. NJ. Sylvester. and
Torgan by Mrs. f. NJ. Seaman
The soloist of the evening was Miss
Marion Greene of Hamline NJ. F.
Church choir. who was heard to ad-
!
/ Woodman. with "The Cuckoo Song" as
encore. Miss Greene and Mrs. John
Humphrey. the latter also of Hamline
Church choir. gave a fine renoitio on of
the duet. Whispering Hope" and, for
/ encore. Sing, Sing, Bird, on the
Wing" by Nutting.
/ Mrs. Edwin w. James supplied. on
! two hours notice, the place of the ex-
,pected reader and delighted the audi
ence with selections from James
Whltcomb Riley and other authors.
| A short drill by Boy Scouts, Divi-
sion p. was followed by a brief talk
from Fred w. Pearce. former deputy
commissioner of Boy Scout work in
Boston. Mr. Pearce called attention
to the Importance of the scout drill
and urged parents to increased inter-
est in this movement.
An unexpected pleasure of the even
ing was the presence of Mai. William
| Wade Dyar, who had arrived the same
afternoon from eighteen months
service in France land who gave an
INFORMAL tax on his experiences.
| The program closed as usual, with
The star Spangled Banner
The Rebew Orchestra. under di-
! rection of H. w. Weber, will give
+! it's final public rehearsal of the sea-
| room of Keller Memorial Church. Mrs.
+, Henrietta Flynn. contralto: James p
kehoe, clarinetist. and Harry Gill
mans Hawaiian Octet assisting in
giving the program. About fifty of
| the Walter Reed boys will be the
i special guests of the evening Ad-
mission is free and the general pub
| lie is cordially invited.
| Musical events at the Arts Club for
! the month include a violin recital this
evening by David Nemser. piano re-
! cital May II. by Helen Corbin Heinl
and joint recital May 25, by Arthur
Chester Gorbach, bass, and Leila Stsl-
! ton Sanborn, violinist.,
Mrs. Helen Macleod Cliff, contralto
/ soloist of the Georgetown Presby-
I terian Church, left Thursday for
brief visit with friends in Massachu-
! setts.
! Ernest kahlert, will be the offertory
soloist this morning at the Westmin-
/ ster Memorial Presbyterian Church,
when he will sing God and God Alone
! Is Love-" by Ward Stevens. The choir
will render the anthem. Sweet Is the
Mercy" by Barnby, with Miss BernIce
| Randall sustaining the incidental So
prano solo and obligato, and Mrs.
| Byram presiding at the organ. Miss
! Thelma Brown. promising young
| meZZo-soprano, was the offertory so
| loist last Sunday, when she was heard
in "Hosanna," by Granier.
NOVEL; Swaine Ferris will give an
organ recital May 13 at st. Paul's
| Episcopal Church, Washington circle,
assisted by Master Edward McCaf-
| ferty boy soprano, of the choir. The
| choir, under direction of Mr.. Ferris,
will sing this morning: Communion
| Service" by Calkin; the motet. Jesus
| Christ Is Risen Today" by Gaul, and
| ''Magnificat" and "Nunc Dimittis,, by
i J. Wood.
| Miss Elsa Steiner. soprano, of Pitts
burgh and Miss Marie MenZel, violin
/ ist. of this city We're the assisting
| soloists at the recital at Wallace Me-
mortal Church recently, when Miss
! Frances Gutelius presented class
| of pupils in program of piano num-
bers. Miss Steiner sang Loves Com
i ing" by yucca; "Melisande in the
| Woods" by Goetz; "The Vow" by
-; Grosvenor. and Massenet's "Elegie,"
! the last, with obligato by Miss Men
eel, whose solo number was "Valse
| Trieste" by Sibelius. The numbers
! by the students included "Gavotte"
| (MartinD. played by Bob and Sam
Detweiler; "To a Wild Rose" Mac
DowelD Alice Holmes: "Goblin's
Frolic' (HelIer), Theresa farrell;
"Bagatelle" Beethoven). Wilhelmina
Guide; "Oriental Dance" (FrimD,
| Cenerentola" (RossinD. Eugenia Gu
;. s,N,ss.