Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-17
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MISS META CRAIG, popular Wash
WI ington soprano, left Friday for
Elberon. n. j., where. she will be the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Gayler.
During her stay she will sing at St.
Andrews by-the-Sea, Allenhurst. N. j..
where she has been engaged as SOLO
ist during the summer months. Miss
Craig will return early in the week.
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Walter G. Nash, 'cellist. and Mrs.
Nash. pianist, have sailed for Europe
on the Partisan. They are going
directly to Paris and expect to spend
their trip entirely for pleasure and
rest.
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Albert Coates. the English conduc-
tor who was so popular with Wash
ington audiences at his appearances
here last winter with the New York
ductor, has just accepted the position
as director of the Rochester phil
harmonic Orchestra of the Eastman
School of Music.
Mrs. Henry White and Emile Mar
garet White, director of the choir
and organist. respectively, at the
Church OF the Incarnation, corner of
18th and n streets. have rendered
their designations after fourteen
years of service and will be in their
places for the last time this morning.
Mrs. White and Miss White had re-
signed early in the fall but at the
request of the rector and vestry re-
manned until the end of the season.
The latter part of the week they
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attend the biennial convention OF the
III Beta Phi national college soror-
lty. of which Miss White is mem
Der and will spend the remainder or
the summer in southern California.
returning to Washington the, first
part of September.
While In Los Angeles. they will
visit Florence Steffens Scott who
was SO popular in Washington must
cal circles as contralto soloist at
several Of our prominent churches.
Grace Cramer of New York city.
formerly Of Washington. has just
closed a successful series of concerts
Of New Jersey, The final concert
was presented last Wednesday at
Ridgefiald Park. y. j. These con-
certs have been presented in addi-
tiCn to a number OF more formal CON
certs In Newark and Jersey City.
Miss Cramer has announcde that she
already has a. number OF engage
ments sch eduled for next fall.
The Navy Department enjoyed
unusually attractive music In the
Flag day program presented last
Wedne sday on the lawn before the
building The Marine Rand gave
most Of the numbers. including a
comb OF the band. Their selections
included Our Countrys Flag
stars and Stripes Forever" The
National Emblem" and My own
United States"
The vocal solos on the program
were given by Mrs. Gertrude Lyons.
accompanied by the band Her num-
hers included The Star Spangled
Banner and Our Coun'ry's Flag"
Miss Mabel Garrison. the American
singer who gave program in
Washington this winter that is a
delightful memory; has received a
from the southern city Of Louisville
that Miss Garrison has been termed
the Peter Pan of music The Louis
willie Times says: There is kind
of Peter Pan charm about her-the
charm Of sincerity, Of A desire to
please and a wish TO do perfectly
the thing she has to do
While IL requires some stretch of
the imagination to picture Miss Gar
rlSOn as Beter ran. there are rev. IL
any. who will not agree that she has
all the other qualifications attributed
to her
Merle Alcock. the popular America
contralto. long recognized as lead
ing concert and oratorio singer. who
will be one of four American singers
to make her debut with the Metro
politan Opera Company next season,
twill sing in opera in Germany this
summer Mrs. Alcock is scheduled to
tappear as guest artist in several
leading German opera houses in i'm
portant roles
Mrs. Edna Hillyard Howard and
Miss Carolyn Manning, soloists of st.
Patrick's choir. have been compli-
me mt ed on their singing In the radio
CONCERT last Monday evening. when
they assisted the knights of Column
bus band at Woodward and Lothrops
station. During the concert they
compiled with requests by telephone
to give several selections not on the
program.
They were accompanied on the
piano by Miss Jennie Glennon organ
list and directress of St. Patricks
choir. The concert the band gave
was broadcasted over the entire east
ern section of the country and many
Knigh of Columbus Councils lis
tened In" on the program.