The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-16
MUSICAL CLUB
 ANNOUNCES ITS YEARS PROGRAM

One of the most important things
 to be done this year by the members
 of the "Wednesday Afternoon Musical
 club will be- the introduction into
 the Bridgeportp ublic schools of the
 musical memory tests This will be
 an important innovation and has
 great success. Two committees will
 be appointed by the president of the
 club, one representing the pubic
 school system and one the Weones-
 two groups will work together in
 planning the tests.
 The club program for the year will
 include ten concerts, seven to pc
 given at The Stratfield, one at the
 First Presbyterian church and two
 at the homes of members. The con-
 certs will be presented at various 1n- tervals after the presidents CMrs. H. c. Ives) reception to the active and associated members at The Strat- field on October 12.
 Paul Althouse, tenor, and Rudolph Bochco, vioIinist, will appear at the This will Def o11owed by a musicale
 by club members on Nov. 9. Miss
 S. Belle Blackstone has been chosen leader for the affair.
 The opera La Boheme" will be the theme of an opera recital at The Stratfield on Dec. 14, when Miss Marion Fowler, pianist. and Miss Ser enice Nettleton, reader. will partici- pate.
 The second musicale afternoon | with a program furnished by club | members will be held at the home of Mrs. DeVer H. Warner on Jan. II, 1922. The Thaddeus Rich String Quartette has been secured to appear | in the hotel ballroom Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 25. The members Of theg roup are Thaddeus Rich, first | violin; Harry Aleinkoff, second violin; Romain Verney, viola, and Haus Kinder, cello-
 and one by artists of national repute,
 will be given during February at The Stratfeld. Mrs. A. M. Engelhard will be the leader on 1.-two piano day." n the sth, while Erwin Myire- gyhazi, assisted by Miss Dephine March, contralto, will give a piano l recital on Washington's Birthday, | Feb. 22.
 | hostess at a recital of Indian and negro music by the members on ! March s. Mrs. Howard Speer will | be the leader for the day.
 An illustrated lecture on the sub | ject of '1The Development of Church | Music will be given at the First Presbyterian church on May 2Srd at | IS D. m., by Rev. c. E. Silcox. This will cover the topic of church music | from the origin of the very first | chante up to the present day Mrs | Frederick Burr will be the leader.
 
 | meetings will be held at the Strat- 1 field hotel on April 18th and will con | sist of three parts, first a concert by a number of artists, second a joint
 recital by Miss Evelyn Scotney, so- prano, and Edward Lankow, baritone, | and a third a song cycle in which l Miss Scotney, Miss March, contralto, | Paul Lyman, tenor and MT. Lankow | will participate.
 | The above splendid program has | been planned by a program commit | tee consisting of Mrs Henry l.. | Bishop. Miss Jessie Hawley, Miss | Mary Louise Peck, Mrs. DeVer H. l Warner and Mrs. Louis Snyder. | Mrs. H. c. Ives is president of the | Wednesday Afternoon Musical club and the other officers are Mrs. John
 Sterling. 1st vice president; Mrs. Fred | erick B. Grannis. End vice president; | Mrs John F. Fay. recording secre- | tary; Mrs. Frederick Burr, corre- | spending secretary and Mrs. Jennie | Wilcox, treasurer.
 | The oratorio committee which is a l branch of the club is composed of Dr. l Arthur Mees, director; L. T. Warner, | president. 1st vice, Jonathan Godfrey; l End vice, Charles D. Davis, secretary, | Mrs. Frederick B. Granniss and | Leonard M. Allen, treasurer.