Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05

| Church, John Marshall place. there
| will be heard for the first time at the
! morning service today an original
! composition, entitled Morning /
| Chimes" tribute to the chimes OF
| the Metropolitan Church. by Glenn
| Willet. who is the author of the
| verses. which will be sung as a duet
| by Fannie Shreve Heartsill and Ar
| thur N. Gardner, soprano and bass
| soloists. The musical setting. is by /
| Minerva Bailey, organist of the |
! church, who has already contributed |
| several compositions to the roper
toire of Washington church singers.
A unique feature of the affair will be |
| an accompaniment to the Morning !
| Chimes" played on the chimes by |
! Prof Johnston. The program to be |
| rendered by the church quartet, con-
slsting of Mrs. Heartsill. Helen Marie |
| koontz, contralto; John w. Martyr, |
| tenor, and Mr.. Gardner. bass, will in
| clude also the anthem. Blind and |
| Alone from The Conversion" by |
Matthews, and two organ solos by |
i tet will give '"Tarry With Me- o My |
| Savior" by Osgood. and there will
! be solo, 80 Master, Let Me Walk |
| With Thee" by Matthews.
Gilbert Wilson. song leader at |
| Quantico, Va. assisted by Miss Eta |
| Schmid, pianist, led the community |
singing at the Washington Club at |
! the weekly meeting of the Friday |
| Morning Music Club last week. Next |
Friday morning the hour of music |
| Will h given by Mrs. Winslow. who !
Will be heard In some old Dutch |
| songs arranged for violin soil; Miss
Lucy Brickenstein, who will sing |
| some old English ballads; Mrs. Wal /
son, who VIII play Schumann's Car
| naval" and Miss Steffins, who will |
. contribute some songs
Cther announcements for the month |
i lnciude program to be given Janu-
| airy - by Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe,
pianist and composer and Mrs. Flora J
McGill keef, who will sing a number
OF French songs, and group from
mrs HoWe's pen; January "a. Miss J
Alice Burbage, with Miss Duncan.
VINO VIII give a sonata for piano and
cello by Grieg; some Grieg songs by
Mrs Beulah Harper Dunwoody, con- |
tra!to, and solos by Miss Duncan:
January 81, Miss Elizabeth Winston.
pianist who will play compositions
by Liszt. Albeniz and Leschet, with
Mrs. William T. Reed in contraIto
solos and Anton Kaspar in violin
numbers.
Announcement is made that the an
nual presentation of the oratorio,
The Messiah" by Handel. by the Ora
torio Section of Washington, will take
place January 20, in the auditorium
of Central High School. The soloists
win be Miss Meta Craig. soprano;
Miss Mary Jacobs. contralto; Martin
richardson, tenor, and Fred East,
bass. The chorus now numbers $50 |
voices and no more members will be |
experienced male singers who are
already familiar with the oratorio. |
Any such may join at the next two
rehearsals, held Wednesday evenings
in the chapel of the Church of the
Covenant. Invitation cards issued for |
the affair will be good until 8;l5 |
o'clock. after which the general pub
lie will be admitted, and collection !
will be taken up to defray the neces-
sary expenses.
s. NJ. Fabian won many new friends |
and admirers last Sunday evening
when he consented to fill in the gap
caused by the temperance Of |
one of his delightful programs of |
compositions by Chopin and Franz
Liszt; Among his numbers were the
| "Eolienne Harp" the Revolutionary
Etude." 'Ecossais" and one of the
List rhapsodies.
Elsie Reid Forester, contralto, one
of Uncle Sans war workers from
Pittsburgh. will sing this morning at |
the First Baptist Church. In place of
Miss Mary Jacobs. who is the victim
of a sudden attack of influenza. Miss
Forester will be heard at the offer
tory in out Of the Depths" by
Rogers. Miss Mary Beiser. another
newcomer, from, philadelphia. will
services today at the Church OF the
Covenant.
night mass at Walter Reed Hospital.
which was celebrated in the Knights
of Columbus building, was in charge
OF Miss Mary Louise Sullivan. A
ers rendered an interesting program,
as follows: 80 Holy Night" (Adam). |
Dudley Buck arrangement; cornet |
solo, "Adeste Ffdeles";- =. est. Cecilia
F'ideles' (Noyellol; communion, Isl
lent Night" (Grueber). string quartet.
Among those participating were Mrs |
w. H. Gilchrist, Mrs. ]. De Fontes I
Misses Bessie T: Hickey. Charlotte
Pairo. Minna Pairo, Katherine Fen
nell, Mrs. l.. F. Randolph and Messrs |
John II. Nolan. William H. Parker.
Lawrence Downey. William Gilchrist |
Lucius F. Randolph and J. De Fontes |
the solos being sustained by Mrs. Gill
christ and Messrs. Randolph and No
Ian. An orchestra composed of MEM |
bers of hesCamp Meigs Band assisted |
Under the direction Of Mr.. Randolph !
Miss Sullivan presided at the organ.
Evening services will be inaugu-
rated today at All Souls Unitarian |
Church and will be continued through !
out January and February, with the
music a special attraction as arranged |
| by Lewis Atwaters organist. This
evening the musical portions of the
service will be given by Mrs Beulah
Harper Dunwoody. contralto, and Miss
Ruby Stanford, viofinfst- Mrs. Dun
woody will sing an ancient Christmas
lullaby, and Evening and Morning
! by Max Sptcker. and Low at Thy
Feet" by Spross. the last named with
obligato by Miss Stanford. In add,
will play Maternal Caress," by Plot.
Mr.. Atwater wi1l render. for prelude,
'Berceuse," by Guilmant; "Pastorale."
| by Scarlatti, and "Hymne." by Mas
cagni This morning Miss Marie Culp.
contralto, will sing ITO Thee, o Lord,
by Tschaikowski, and "Faith," by,
Gounod.
The harp recital previously an
| nounced to be given by Edythe Mar
| mion Brosius this evening at the
| Arts Club has been postponed until
| a later date, and the program will be
| given by Bronson Doane, secretary
| of the Y. NJ c. A. at Fort Myer. who
! is q member of the club. and Mr..
| Westbrook, who will give several
| songs; Mr.. Wilkinson. who Will as
| sist at the piano, and Mr.. Roulon, who
| will contribute some violin numbers.
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