Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-12
MUSICAL MENTION

Weldon Carter has been engaged by
the board of directors Of the Washing
ton College of Music to be director OF
the piano department of the college
MIR. Carter will fill the place in the
teaching force left vacant by the un-
timely death of Frank Norris Jones, but
Mr.. Jones' position as president of the
college will not be filed until after the
spring meeting of the board. Mr.. Car
ter is a young pianist from New Eng
land, who for four years previous to the
war was an assistant teacher to Gus
tave Becker in New York city. He is a
former pupil of Mr.. Becker and was re-
leased from the military service only a
few weeks since, when he came here to
visit his mother and sisters, who have
taken up their residence in Takoma
Park recently. He has already as
sumed his duties at the college.
Memorial services for the late Theo-
dore Roosevelt will be held at the First
Congregational Church in place of the
regular. services today, and appropriate
music has been arranged by the organ
list and choirmaster, DR.. William STAINS
field, as follows: Morning: Prelude for
:"The Holy city" by Gaul, Miss Bere-
nice Thayer at the piano; anthem, "AH
Hail the Power of Jesus Name, by
Galbraith; incidental contralto solo, Miss
Marian Larner; offertory, bass solo,
Crossing the Bar" by Behrend. J.
sermon, Dead March in SAUL by Han
del Evening, 1880 O'Clock: Organ vol
untaries, illustrative of the four epochs
in life; "Berceuse," by Nevin; Spring
tale by Dubois: Funeral March and
Hymn of the Seraphs," by Guilrnant;
choir anthem, God Shall Wipe Away
All Tears" by Field; anthem, Nearer
My God to Thee by Schneider; offer
tory quartet. Days and Moments sn
lude, Let Their Celestial Concerts"
from Samson" by Handel.
Mrs. Charles w. Fairfax, chairman of
the music committee Of the Arts Club,
announces a program this evening to be
given by Mrs. F. 2. Harrington and
George Julian Zolnay- Mr.. Zolnay will
give talk on French art, tracing its
development from the earliest times,
and Mrs Harrington will give songs
from both the old and modern French
schools.
The weekly musical program on Tues
day from $50 to Z O'clock will be given
this week by Miss Katharine Rich,
mezzo- soprano soloist of Christ Episco-
pal Church. Georgetown. with Emile
Rich's numbers will include Grade
Song" by MacFadyen; 1.-THE Heart o.
Ye." by Dichmont; ''The Little Bird, I"
by Bainbridge Crist; two old English
Blue" by DR.. Arne. and '1t Was a
Lover and His Lass" by Osborne; THE
Rosy Morn" by Landon Ronald: 1.-THE
Fairy Pipers." by Brewer: Autumn
Song. by Salter. and The Open Sc.
cret,'' by Huntington Woodnaan. All
persons Interested are cordially invited
to these musicales.
At the Gurley Memorial Presbyterian
Church this morning Mrs. BeuIah Har-
sing HE That Overcometh." by Nc
Waters, and God That Madest Heaven
and Earth" by Harker, and w. e.
Brathawaite, tenor. win be heard in the
solo. Behold. the Master Passeth By
by Hammond.
Miss Florence Steffens. contralto solo,
list OF the Mount Pleasant Congrega-
tional Church, has recovered from her
recent illness and will be in her place at
the church at both services today The
Mount Pleasant chorus will sing this
morning Awake, Ye Saints" by Ham,
mereI, and at the 5 o'clock vesper sery-
ice, in connection with the address of
the pastor, Rev. DIR. Morgan, on 1.-The
Passing of Theodore Roosevelt" the
emn Thought" by Ambrose. directed by
Norton N. Little. with Claude Robson
at the organ.
DR.. Ham1in Cogswell announces va
cancy in the musical force of the public
schoc $. Any one capable of giving in
struc lion on string and wind instru-
mer s should make application to DR..
Co. swell at the Wilson Normal School
Mary Helen Howe. coloratura So
.,rano. will sing this afternoon at Gem
trail High School at the community
gathering. She viii be heard in an aria
from .~rraviata.. and group of Ameri-
mand during the holiday season, doing
the soprano solo work at Calvary Bap-
list and Holy Comforter churches at
their Christmas services. She was also
soloist at 4 the veterans night celebra-
ton OF Gushing Camp, No. 20, Sons of
Veterans.
Mrs. Henry White, choir director, has
arranged the following numbers for this
mornings service at the Church of the
BY stephens: .'Jubilate in A Major" by
Garrett: offertory anthem arise,
Shine, fos Thy Light Is Come by Sir
George Zlvey. Emile Margaret White.
at the organ. will play for prelude
'.Chorale and Andante." from Fifth
lude, "March in A Major by Guillnant
At Ascension Church today the
music, directed by Elena Y. Hall, Or
ganist. will include this morning the
professional, To-day Thy Mercy Calls
U.s. tie Deum." by Woodward: in
cidental solos by Miss Mildred Lash
horn and Arthur e. Middleton; litany
hymn, Saviour, When in Dust to
Thee: children's hymn, Brightest
walk With God" BY Foster; incl
dental solo, Miss Helen Jacobs; recess
sional, 20 Jesus, I Have Promised"
At this evenings service, Rev. Harvey
also direct the music and lead in the
congregational singing.
Mrs. Maurice X. Peck gave a talk
on "Technic'' recently to the women
the piano the various kinds OF tech
nical exercises. This was followed
by a program of compositions by
Handel. Chopin, Matthews. Kul1ak.
Lavallee. Pacher. Liszt and others,
briught out in Mrs. Peck's address.
A talk will be given by Mrs. Peck
Thursday on musical forms, embrace
ing the old English suite. the mod
ern suite, the sonata, berceuse, al
bumbIatt, nocturne. etude, mazurka,
waltz and polonaise.
At Studio Hall next Sunday even
ing there will be q lecture recital by
August King-Smith and his pupils,
and the presentation of a play. The
Child OF Belgium" by dramatic pu-
pills of Caleb w. O'Connor. This will
be the first OF a series of four lecture
recitals by Mr.. King Smith on '"rhe