Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-01-08

A recent announcement contains the
Interesting Information mat the Socie,s
vi 1Ai..e. ican rIieIiuo ot 3due.cidns LAT
+ rance mas deciueu ~ eapenu t,s ener-
sIes ana nnaIees iarSciy curing ne
plesenL year IN aiuiiIs american SUI
ueH.S 20 dttenu the .,i,eIican SChOoi vi
NLuslc IN rVnLalneUieau ana Ill tne sup
pofL OF me AAuLiviiIdi Music Schooi Vi
i.fielnlS. inns u.CisiOn wds made at d
reg ulaf mee,ing oi the socie,y neiu d.
liie fcsIuencr waller Dain, oSc.i, one
OF the moving spirits of the olSdnlZd-
lIOn. MRS. 1eOlee montgomery 1uttie,
chairman OF the fon.aihcpieau Music
s,c,.vvi una, declared ma. IL WAS the
PURPOSE Oh ner cOinmiItee TO ana nnah-
Giaiiy American niasIc stuucn.a o. AL
enI who were desIrous oI going TO the
school. Their qualifications Tor TINS AID
viii pe Determined by All examination
Wherever such a course Is possiUie. An
ADVISORY DOaru, Qualified 10 cOnduct
these tests, WIN members III All pai Us
OF The UniLed States, ~ now being as
semDieu ny Inc 1unu committee.
Thomas Whitney Suret,e, it IS s,a.eu,
mas OIIered ner comIHi,Iee tnree scnoi-
arSnIIIs d year TO The scnooi, and also
offered To ma POSITIONS Tor me holders
On graduation. Apparently there are
iar more positions open lor nlusicians
In public ana private schools IN lnls
country than there are competent men
and women to fiii them. AIRS. futile
s.a,cs that the t'ontaIn-bleau school 10
making excellent progress and fulfilling
the hlSheSC expectations.
The rheims fund will be used solely
as a continuation OF the AID already
extended the Municipal Music Scnooi
over period of three years. Tine
building whIcn formerly housed the
scnoOl, like most OF the city, wac
completely destroyed during the war.
81 ref
hrst IamIIles after the armIstice,
Jules Hansen, director of the scnool,
VINO lost his personal fortune IN the
war, went back 10 rc-cStapiisn his
wCtk. Since then. with the aid Oh
scvcral good instructors of vocal and
Inst, umeiiIai music, ne mas been teacn-
ing some three hundred boys and
gn1s IN classes held at night In the
RhtIms Grammar School building.
Inc structure during the day IS de-
voted to straight educational courses.
MIR. DamrosIn stated at the recent
| meeting that this work, which was
i uplifting, not alone to the morale OF
| the children, but to the entire city
az well, was made possible through
| the CUTS OF the Society of American
| Friends OF Musicians in France.
, Thus lar the organization has Con-
| tributed $4,000 to the scnool and II
| is hoped tnat the society Will be
| able this year TO aid IN the con
| struCrIUn OF permanent home tor
| the school. The necessary site has
| already been PROVIDED by the city
directly opposite the public library
| established by the Carnegie Founda-
rion. In brief review of the So
ciety's activities during the war MI.
| DanurCScn SAID 1t had contributed
more :nan 100000 francs to the aid
| of needy French musicians. Part OF
this sum was Distributed throusu
I ,rst
| ya.t given directly TO those in need
by Blair Fairchiid. Paris representa-
/; ave UI the society.
/; Judas Maccabaeus," a cantata ar
ranged from nusSIan music by Lewis
! Atwater, will have Its nrst presenta.
! ton at the regular service of the
| Eighth Street Temple next friaay
| evening at 8 O'Clock. The regular
: quartet, composed of Mrs. Ethel cav
! .er, soprano; Mrs. Flora BryIawski
contralto: Louis Thompson, tenor, and
| George Miller, baritone, will be as
! sisted by Mrs. Gladys Thomas. so.
| rrano; Mrs. Gertruue Miller, con.
!; traito; Warren Terry, tenor, ant
/ Charles 7. Tittmann, bass, under the
; direction of Mr.. Atwater, organIsl
/; The public is cordially invited.
! Announcement is made by Mrs
! Charles w. Fairfax of the following
| artists to take part in the hour oil
F.; music given each week at the Cosmos
| Cub, by the members of the Friday
! Morning Music Club during the pres.
| ent month: January 10, Mrs Ruby
! Potter, soprano; Albert Sheffermar
and Dorothy bennett, pianists Jan
| uary 20. Mrs. John ]. Stahl. soprano
| Miss Katherine Riggs, ,harpist. anc
| Miss SADIE Styron. pianist. Januar!
! -. Miss Elsie Edwards, Miss Beatrice
Goodwin. sopranos: Mrs. Samuel " ms
| low. violinist; the Misses Finckel
pianistS.
by Miss katherine Thompson, VIII.
(: sang Chant Hindou" (Bemberg)
| .'L'Heure EXCUSE" aIahn). Pas
| terale" tBizst). with Miss Niemann a
played "Etude c Minor" "Nocturn.
in F Sharp Major" Waltz in 1
/ Flat" and "BalIade in A Flat" all b,
Chopin. Estelle Thomas. violinist
who played "Legende' and "Ro,
Souvenir" by Drdla, assisted b,
Mrs E. w. Thomas at the piano. ant
Mrs. Ralph Barnard, who gave {
| group of vocal numbers with Mis-.
Brickenstein at the piano.
+; Philip Dimon, violinist and vanc,
3Caskey. cellist. assisted at the recita
;given recently by Virginia Besto
and her pupils. at the residence o
Mrs. J. ]: Dimon: The program in
! cluded: "Marche" (Weber). ANN
iDimon and Mary Gunnel; Dance
i OPresser). and Song of the Brook
/ (Smith>. Eugene Hawley. jr.; Min
!uet'' tBeethoven). Hattie Wise
i"Barchetta" (Nevin). "Nalse" (Rein
:hold), Anne Dimon: "Barcarole
(Jensen), .Nalse'. Chopin; Mar:
tGunnel; "Hongroise (David-Liszt)
| "Aragonaise" (Massene), Elizabeth
ivan Beakle; Moment Musicale
(Schubert), 'Liebestraum" Giszt)
lJessie Brandenburg; Romance