Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-18

bers: Aria from Madame Butterfly
.'one Fine Day" (Poccini), Song Of
spirituais" CBurieigh). la Swing Low.
Sweet Chariot" (b) Didn't 1t RAIN"
: The work of the finance chorus was
last year under the leader
ship of Lieut.. Hollis Davenny. who
scored a notable success here in Com
munity Opera, singing leading parts
now singing with the Metropolitan
Opera Company of New York.
Last Tuesday, in addition to the
finance Office force, who with Gen.
Lord, chief of finance, and his STAN
were in full attendance at the sing,
hundreds of other officers and civil
ians of the War Department., in their
eagerness to see and hear. the dis
tinguished soloist, filled the stair
ways and halls and crowded third
floor center" which was appropriate
ly decorated with flags and potted
plants.
cension has been reorganized for the
coming season. and the new organlza-
ton will commence its work at this
service. Miss. Elizabeth
Patterson, graduate of the Burnan
Conservatory, Gainesville, Ca, has
E. Murray, as the baritone soloist; Mr.
Bayles, as tenor soloist and director
and Mrs. Francis Thompson, who has
been singing with the choir for some
time past, will continue as soprano
soloist. The new organization will in
clude second quartet, the personnel
of which is not yet complete. Mrs.
Thompson will be acting director I'M
til the new director can take charge.
the numbers for this morning
will be Dudley Bucks FESTIVAL TIE
Deum" and Seek Ye the Lord" by
Roberts. the Incidental solos being
sustained by Mrs. Thompson. Miss
Kanode. Mr.. 'Bayles and Mr.. Murray.
The anthem to be sung by the chill;
dren's choir will be Come Unto Ne"
by Chandler. At the evening mission
18th street side Of the church. Mr..
will conduct the congrega-
tional singing and will also be the
sofoist. The Misses Young viii sing
the vesper duet, Mr.. Tracy will play
the cornet and Miss Patterson will
him.
Other changes in choir circles Of in
terest concern Miss Mary Beiser, con-
tralto soloist of the Church Of the
Covenant, who has been engaged for a
similar position at the First Baptist
commencing October 1. Miss
Beiser will sing at the morning services
during the present month and in Sep
TENDER, with Miss Blanche. Bolln, So
prano, substituting for Mrs. Florence,
at both services during August.
Henry Kruger. tenor, is singing at both
services this month and John Walker,
with Miss Bolln, will supply the music
during August. Mrs. Beulah Harper
who sang with the quartet
OF the First Baptist Church last sea-
son, has been engaged. as contralto So
lOist at the First Congregational Church,
and will take up her duties there Octo-
Der l. -, '-,e
In the announcement last week Of the
newly elected officers of the Rho Beta
MI Phi Epsilon, the name of
Miss Nellie Neel was inadvertently
omitted. Miss Noel was elected chap
lain of the chapter.
Mrs. John j. Stahl. soprano soloist
and choir director of the West Wash
ington Baptist Church, will leave to-
morrow week for a months vacation
in the west. She will go to Denver,
stopping en- route in Chicago to visit,
and will spend the month of August
with her sister, Mrs Harry Drayton,
who has taken cottage for the sum-
mer at one of the resorts on Lookout
At the conclusion of last
enter
tanned Mrs. Stahl at a supper and
presented her with a large basket of
roses. She will be- joined by Mr.. Stahl
at the Colorado resort the middle of
August and will return in time to
resume her work at the church the
first Sunday in Septemb Der.
Miss Gladys Price,. soprano, will be
the sofoist this morning at the
Memorial PRESBYTERIAN
Church. when she will sing, Forever
With the. Lord" by Gounod, and the
choir anthem will be a setting of
Nearer Ny God to Thee" by Ash
fora. nth Mrs. Frank Byram at the.
organ. Last Sunday morning a dou-
BILE quartet gave effectively God So
Loved the World" from Harold
Moore's cantata, In Darkest Hour
with Mrs. James Stephenson sustain
ing the incidental soprano solo and
obligato. = :; =
AT Hamline Methodist Church to-
day the music, as arranged by Edith
b. Athey, organist, will consist, this
morning, Of the organ prelude, Fan
TASTE, by Douglas; anthem. Let God
Arise" (Young), with Incidental bass
tory. trio for soprano. alto ana tenor.
Marian Grethe. Mrs. John Humphrey .ss
and Clarence Lewis; organ postlude.
''Triumphal Song" (Diggle) Even
solos, Might Song (Vogt}s
and Chant de Bonneur' Lemare) =
anthem. Let the Word OF My Mouth
Baumbach): offertory anthem, with
incidental. alto solo, Crossing the:
Bar" (Schnecker), and organ. postlude.s
march from Third Symphony"
(Widor).
Washington has lost :. one Of IT'S
tenor singers in the departure OF;
DR.. Carson p. Fraileyz for Phfla-3
delphia, where he will reside. in the
future. DR.. Ffailey was tenor soloist
at the Luther Place Memorial Church-i
for the past five years, and as a tes-
timonia1 of their APPRECIATION the
presented him with a
gold watch at reception given in
his and Mrs. Frailey's honor
Previous to coming to Washington
DR.. Frailey. while student in the
scientific department OF the Uni
of Maryland. sang for several
years in St. Michael and All Angels
Church, Baltimore. of which
the present Bishop of Maryland, DR..
John Gardener Murray, was then rec
tor. and in the Roland Park Episcp-
pal Church.
After coming to Washington, DIR.
Frailey sang for a part of a season
at the Church Of the Ascension. He
was secretary Of the Motel Choral
and also of the Apollo Glee
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