Evening star., 1924-03-30
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ICY GATES. popular American

OH over tnlS country and Eu-
rope, delighted large and distin-
suished audience with her rich, full
!voice at the Congressional Club last
Thursday night. Miss Gates was the
soioist at the annual reception for
the Speaker of the House and Mrs.
IGillett. She sang the BELL Song" from
"1-akine"; Eckert's "Swiss Echo Song"
La Farge's "Out Where the West Be
gins" America For Me" (words by
| Henry Van Dvke) and Garry Me Back
| to Ole Firginny" Her voice seemed at
| its best and won enthusiastic com
ment and applause. Louis Potter was
| her accompanist.
Charles T. Ferry, composer and pi-
! anist. was host at "a delightful in
tformal musical tea in his studio last
Saturday afternoon, when he played
! his new sonata for the first time. 1t
! is an interesting work with sonor-
!ouS first theme, an unusually lyrical
second theme. an adagio of soft beau
! ty in minor tones, and a vivid, bril-
! liant finale. 1t was received by the
small group OF musical folk present
with marked interest.
! Mr. Ferry also played three of his
shorter compositions, including
l"Point au Jour ''Moonglow and
l"Danse Eccentrique."
| Mrs. Henry White entertained in
, formally at mid-Lent musical at her
studio Saturday evening, at which she
was assisted by Katharine Rich
Fielder. Lucy Dunwoody Higgins,
Florence Daniels La Covey, Lucille
Forrest Hastings. Ruth Vesta Pope,
! Olga krumke, Wilbur c. Fielder and
August j. La Covey. in q program of
songs, with Emile Margaret White at
the piano.
Alta Smith has been engaged for
the remainder of the season as So
prano soloist at Waugh NJ. Il. Church.
Mamie Carolyn Giles will be the
soloist at Wesley VI. Il. Church, Chevy
| Chase. today and win sing How
Lovely Are Thy Dwellings" by Lid
| die.
Frances Gutelius presented Thelma
Callahan in Il WRC radio program
last Wednesday. Miss Callahan play
| ed two Chopin preludes, c major and
G minor; Country Gardens" Grain
ger). THE Musical Snuff Box" CLia-
dow) and Concert Transcription of
Turkey in the Straw" (Guion).
Mrs. William T. Reed, cpntralto,
will give two rccitals this week. She
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be given tomorrow evening at the
Franklin Square Hotel in honor OF
Adam z. Ruth, when Mrs. William g.
Stierlin will be her accompanist, and
will give a. recital Thursday evening
to be broadcast by WRC. Charles It.
Ferry will assist at the piano in the
second recital.
Mrs. Reed also gave a recital last
Thursday evening at the Arts Club
Of Washington. Her numbers included
Italian. German and American songs.
Par rticularly interesting was group
. of five songs by Charles L. Ferry.
| The composer was at the piano as
accompanist.
Caroline Eggleston Shaver will give
a short program of descriptive music
at the Homer Kit studio at AIS next
| Tuesday afternoon, which she has
| termed a Musical Stroll" Well
! known classics based on the motive
of springtime will be included in the
numbers.
FranceSka Kaspar Lawson. soprano.
assisted by Josef Ka-spar, Isaac Mino-
vich and Jean Westbrook, vioiinistS;
Dora Minovich and Mabel Finch
gram of music that delighted an at
tentive audience at Sidwelrs Friends
School last Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Lawson's numbers included
the aria Una Voce POGO Fa," from
of charming old English ballads
Dargomyzsky Three Cavaliers" :"
Mendelssohn's "On Wings of Song
and the Swiss Echo Song" sung
after the manner of Jenny Lind
vote and Waltz" Isaac Minovich
gave two solo groups. De Beriot's
Ninth Concerto" and Bohm's Per
petual Motion" and Rimsky Korsa-
koff's Song of India"
Julia Culbreth Gray, Washington
contralto. gave a costume recital as
singer, impersonator and entertainer
under the auspices of the Alathean
class and Junior department, at
Broad Street Community House, in
Richmond, Va, recently.
On March she gave one Of these
recitalS, assisted by Katherine Led
ford and Hugh Alley, with Paul Sau-
nier as accompanist.
Mrs. Ida Willis Seaton. lyric So
prano. entertained at the weekly
luncheon in the parlors of the
Young Women's Christian Associa-
tion on "Wednesday last, with Il group
by Case, Logan and NeidIinger. Mrs
Seaton was accompanied by Mrs.
Elsie Harvey Weaver, pianist, who,
by request, gave the instrumental
number. Venetian Boat Song by
MacDowell.
A feature of the program at the
Americanization School Association
meeting on Thursday at the Columbia
Junior High School was the group of
baritone solos given by Jack Heifetz.
Mr.. Heifetz is a student of Nine. Ma
rie Zalipsky, formerly professor of
music In the Imperial Acadamy Of
Petrograd. His voice is of unusual
quality. Interpretative ability and
wide range were shown in his num-
bers, among which were "Thora" and
"Serenade," by Schubert.
Mr.. Heifetz has appeared on sew
eral occasions before Washington or
ganizations and his friends predict
"a great future for him.
The College women's Club an
nounces the fourth in it's series of
afternoon musical teas, arranged by
Mrs. Henry White, for the last Mon
day in each month. The program to-
morrow afternoon will be given by
Ravalee Newell, violinist; Helen G.
Crouch, pianist, and Emile Margaret
White. mezzo-contralto. Miss Newell
fred White, I'd, and Mrs. Crouch will
be at the piano for Miss White.
The Otis costume recitalS. under the
auspices of Abraham Lincoln Circle,
No. 8, Ladies of the G.. A. r.. will be
held at the New willard Hotel We'd
nesday and Thursday at Sis pm.
the evening will be a group of Rus
sian songs illustrated with slides
made by the reclamation service.