Evening star., 1920-02-22

tet at this afternoons service at the.
Church of the Covenant. beginning a.
| Kruger will be the soloist with the
chorus choir. numbering 200 voices.
both services being under direction of
Mr.. Wrightson, with Harvey Murray
at the organ and Mr.. Robson at the
piano in the evening. The programs
| Tollow: Afternoon. prelude, "Medi-
/ .tion' Gabriel Marie); anthem
Crossing the Bar" (Behrend): Incl
dental solo, Miss Beiser; solo. There
Is Green Hill Far Away" CGounod).
the Shadow" CWesD; solo. Calvary
rodney. Mr.. Miller: anthems. Come
Weary Pilgrims, Come" (Tozer), Incl
dental solo. Mr.. Backing: offertory
Il 1 Go Not Away" (CaldicotD. in
cidental solos. Messrs; Backing a.ln
| Dialogue" tGigoutb. Evening. pre-
lude. "Cavatina' tRaf) anthem. Love
Divine All Love Excelling" tStainer-
ReesD: tenor solo. Come Unto Him
| DUNN. Mr.. Kruger: anthem. Love
ly Appear" from THE Redemption
fertory, Now When the Dusky
Shades of Night" (Burwald): post
lude. "Marche Solenelle" (Mailly).
| TIu" MuelleT, OrEdn1St
and choir director of the First Con-
gregational Church. will play at the
pre-service recital this evening Pre-
lude in D Fiat" (Glazounoff).
"Fancies" tBellairs) and "Cantabile"
| tSaint Saens), and the numbers at
the service will include the anthem.
Thou Art My All' (wooIer). offer
| tory. The Traitor at the Table" from
Gaurs Passion Music; postlude.
''Marche Russo" tSchminke): This
1 m ha ,v.1 la
the organ prelude, ''Pegend" (Stough-
toni. choir anthem, II Will Give You
Rest" (West); offertory. Il Will Men
ton the Loving Kindnesses" (SuIli-
van), and postlude, Allegro Jubi
lante" (Federlein).
! Emmanuel Wad. pianist. was heard
| in recital Thursday evening at the
| Washington College of Music. giving
| compositions by Schubert. Beethoven,
,Grieg. Sinding. Staub, Leschetizky and
Chopin.
The Rho Beta Chapter Of the Mu
Phi Epsilon, national honorary musi-
cal sorority. spent A most enjoyable
evening in it's chapter rooms at the
Washington College of Music Friday
evening. when it initiated Miss Co
rine Wolverson, Nine. Marguerite
Sylva's accompanist, as an associate
imember of the organization. of which
Nine. sylvia is an honorary member,
Mr. Paul Bleydon and Maj. Bernard
NJ. Smith (Mme. Sylva's husband)
were initiated as patrons of the WASH
ington chapter. Nine. sylvia enjoyed
| immensely the "goat-riding, as she
had never seen anything of that kind
before. The auxiliary to the chapter,
known as the Good Walters Club.
was invited later in the evening TO
enjoy some light refreshments and
| the party broke up, unwillingly, in
the wee sma' hours of the morning.
| The second of the series of cham
ber music recitals of this organization
will be given tomorrow evening, when
the subject will be Spanish Compos-
of honor.
Mrs. T. s. Lovette. mezzo-soprano,
will be the soloist at the Women
gram will include "Se Flarindo e
Fedele" (scarlattD, 80 del milo dolce
ardor" (Gluck). Psyche" tPaladilhe).
WAS I Not a Blade on Dewy Meadow
Ground" (Tschaikowsky9; .SE: u,,,Ia Ihs {,
written by her husband, DR.. T. S.
Lovette: by the Waters of Mime
itonka" dieurance). and The Deeps
o. the Daisies" (Hawley). Mrs. Frank
Byram will be the accompanist.
Miss Helen Nye McGehee, wife of
DR.. W. H. o. McGehee. dean of the
dental department of the Western
Reserve University of Cleveland
Ohio, is spending several weeks with
her mother, Mrs. L. Blodgette Nye.
Mrs. McGehee was a well known so
prano of Washington before her mar
riage and takes an active part in the
musical life of Cleveland as singet
teacher and lecturer. Her husband -
one of the Best known organists OF
that city.
Recent events Of interest must in
clude the recital given at the FRIDAY
Stahl. soprano; Miss Daisy Ficksn-
scher, violinist, and Miss Mary Kelly,
pianist. Miss Kelly is well known
here for her accomplishments both
as solo pianist and accompanist, and
her playing of Paul corder's Pre-
her former teacher; "Fabel." by
Schumann and "Scherzo." by Brahms,
but added another to her former sue
cesses Miss Fickenscher, who Is
also well known as one OF the talent
ed members of the younger con-
tingent, gave Vieuxtemps' "Reverie,
On. %, No. g." and Ave Maria" by
Schubert -Wilhelmj. Mrs. Stahl is one
of the newcomers who has elected to
make her home in Washington, and
she was received with much favor by
the discriminating audience after ner
numbers. which included 'Se Florin-
do Fedele," by Scarlatti; An Afri-
can Love Song" by Nevin; The
Sleep That Fits on Baby's Eyes, by
Carpenter; Love Is the Wind" by
MacFadyen. and the aria. 20 Don
Fatale," from Don Carlos. Miss
Linton assisted as accompanist.
Gertrude Reuter- Miller and George
II. Miller were the assisting soloists
at the Tuesday evening recital last
week by Edith B. Athey at Central
High School. Mr.. Miller sang the
solos, THE Horn" by Flegier: wi
sion Fair by Massenet. and. with
Mrs. Miller, the duets. % That We
Two Were Maying." by Smith. and
Miss Athey's numbers included Bo-
rowskfs Sonata, A Minor" Tau
merei," by Schumann: TDragonnfes."
by Shelley; Meditation" by Harker;
| Evening Song" by Bairstow, and
| "Pomp and Circumstance" by Elgar.
The next recital will be given
March IL.
| Thursday afternoon the organiza-
ton committee of the Washington
iOpera Company met at the home of
Mrs. Pearle Moore Gray, Mrs. Gray
being temporary chairman of the COM
mittee, and the other members are
Mrs. Newton Baker, Mrs. Wilbur Jonn
Carr, Mrs. Charles w. Fairfax, Mrs.
| Walter Bruce Howe, Miss Elizabeth
| Oyerton Lea, Mrs. John Dillon, Mrs.
Henry Robbins and Mrs. Edouard
| Albion.
LABOR GREETS MIR. RIGGLES.
lCondidate for ConpresS Speaks at