Evening star., 1921-09-11

"reminiscences of Caruso grow
rather than decrease with the passing
of the weeks, and one OF the most
cs Me,sn among Miss comes so .ane
many times with the great tenor at
Covent Garden and counted him
among her friends. asked him. short
ly before he was taken III. for his
photograph in the role Of Samson.
as she felt that the Interpretation Of
achievements of his career. Caruso
promised that she should receive the
picture on a certain day. The day
passed and 1t did not come. But on
ceived from him a package contain
ing'a little leather box and a letter.
The letter explained that he was out
Iof the Samson Photographic, He was
not sure how long 1t would take to
get others. Would she accept this as
sire to grant her request? Miss Mel
sen opened the box and found within
a tiny microscope exquisitely mounted
in gold. And when she looked in the
microscope she saw the face Of Caruso
enlarged by the glass to the s,, size of, Of a
sen. was the Caruso that all of 0s
who sang with him knew. He was as
considerate in his friendship as he
was great in his art
With the passing of Labor day va
cation season with the musicians has
drawn to a close and the week has
teen the reopening Of studios and the
resumption Of musical activities in
practically all the church choi.s. An
their personnel come from day to day.
one of the most imr ortant of the week
being that Of Charles E. Myers as
tenor soloist of the first quartet in
the choir Of mixed voices at ST. Pat
rick's Church. where he took up his
bers Of the quartet are Mrs. Edna
Hillyard Howard, soprano; Caroline
Manning. contralto. and James Nolan.
bass, and the second quartet for this
season consists of Emma Lowell.
sopranos: Mary Fitzgerald. coRtralto:
Frederick Price. tenor. and John Rede-
ker. bass. with Miss Jennie Glennan.
as formerly. organist and choir di-
rector. This choir will sing at the
IL O'Clock mass during Sentember. the
sanctuary choir furnishing music at
10 o'clock mass until October l.. when
| the regular winter schedule viii! be
| resumed. A quartet OF voices from,
the mixed choir under Miss Glennan
will sing this morning at the S:3d
o'clock mass ct the Catholic Church
time for the service at st. Patrick's
Church. -:
! Mrs Henry Hunt Mckee has com.
pleted the reorEanizs ton Of the choir
! of Ingram Congregational Church, OF
which she is organist and director, by
engaging Roydon Dixon as tenor
| soloist and Howard Bailey to sustain
the bass part. Mrs Hazel Bach.
schmid, soprano, and Mrs. Flora Bry.
/ lawski. contralto. will complete the
quartet, which will sing for the first
time at the services next Sunday. The
offertory number Of today will be rem
dered by Mrs Philip Addison. who
| will give 20 Ewes That Are Weary
by Bracket. Mrs. Mckee is planning
! for series of special musical serv-
ices at the church during the season
at which she will present cantatas
and oratorios. and consequently will
! be glad of additional voices to en-
large each section Of the chorus
| which supplements the work Of the
quartet at the Sunday services.
Fulton B. Karr. .organist of EN-
i manuel p. E. Church. ,Anacostia. has
returned from his vacat tion spent in
! the Blue Ridge mountains and Allan
tic City, and will resume his duties
at the church today.
! The Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church announces the engagement of