Evening star., 1925-01-18
Club and School Notes

assisting sololst and give a group Of
songs.
The monthly recital of the EstelIe
Allen Studio was given last wednes-
DAY evening, when the following took
part: Mr.. kinsella, Mrs. Eckman, Mrs.
HALLE. Miss Drake and Miss Gift.
The Cecilia Singers will sing for
inc nrst time this season at the Coll
lege Women's Club Wednesday eve
ning. The personnel of the quartet.
Whlch is under tho direction of Mrs.
Henry White, is Katharine Rich
flelder, soprano; Emile Margaret
Whlte, contralto; Wilbur c. Fielder.
| tenor, and G. A. Johnson, bass. Mrs
John Alfred White. Sd, pianist, will
ASSIST WIN group of solo numbers
ana as accompanist for the singers.
The Sunday evening musical at the
grace lodge Hotel today will be un-
usual. Carla Pasvolska. Russian
| fnezzo-soprano, will sing a Rroup OF
songs in native court costume. JeweII
Towns WIN be her accompanist.
MISS PasVolska sang with Chalia-
pin In Russian grand opera. in Chi
cago.
Louis Thompson, tenor, will sing
John Marville will accompany him on
| the piano. ann 0i'
W. E. Braithwaite is directing the
series of musicals and much credit
Is due him for their unusual success.
The January meeting of the rnusic
sectloh OF the District Lea que of
American Pen Women will be held to-
| morrow night at o'clock in the
! music division of the Library of Con-
gress. The organization has been
fortunate in having a special dis
pensation for the opening of this divi-
sion at night, so that they may view
the manuscripts of compositions and
| souvenirs of famous composers and
| other things of rare interest musi-
| cally. Carl Engel, chief of that divi-
| sion, arranged this special exhibit
and, in addition, Will talk informally
| about the things displayed.
All members of the league and
guests are invited to enjoy this ur-
usual treat. They are asked to be
| present little ahead of time, If pos
| sible: Those who have heard Mr..
| Engel talk realize what a privilege
| this meeting will afford.
| Announcement is made at this time
| that the February meeting will be
| held from 4 to 6 o'clock on Sunday.
February Is, instead Of the usual
Monday following, so as not to con-
| met with the concert by the New
| York Symphony Orchestra. At this
meeting the works of American wom-
an composers will be featured. Some
| of them will be sung and played by
members of the Monday Morning
| Music Club and short talk concern
| ing the composers whose works are
| presented viii be given by Helen
| Fetter of the Evening Star.
| Josef kaspar presented a group of
violin students in an hour OF music at
| his residence Friday night. Those who
took part included Mary Park Clements,
Jean Westbrook, Robert Lawrence, jr :;
| Virginia Hefty, Paul Brightenburg
Josef kaspar, Isaac Minovich, Myer
| koonin, Gladys Cowsill, and, as accom-
panist, Dora Minovich
The selections included a caprice by
! Josef Trousselle. the second movement
from Double Concerto in d Minor" by
Bach; a movement from Grfeg's Son
| alta in FV' for the violin, the first move
ment Of the Mendelssolln Concerto in
e Minor" and works by Oswald,
Weitzel. Kreislers arrangement of
Gluck's Melody Gossec and Lach-
mund.
A program that created consider
able interest during the past week
was p. Z. o. recital given at the
homo Of Mrs. Slerns. Robert Y
Rarkley sang several groups OF songs
Of which Danny Deever'' CDamrosch)
and Rolling Down to Rio" CGerman)
were received by an appreciative au-
dience. Mr.. Rarkley has a baritone e
voice of rich quality and sings with
| a great dramatic effect. He was ably
| supported in accompaniment by Mrs
Barkley, who also played several
piano solos, including three of her
| own compositions. Mr.. and Mrs.
Barkley sang two duets. and Mrs.
the music of which she has Just COM
pleted. The last group of the eve
ning's recital portrayed two concep-
tions Of the toreador, one a popular
opera number and the other Bizets s
famous aria from Carmen" Mr.. and
Mrs. Barkley were both in costumes
characteristic of the opera Carmen
for the last group. Miss Alma Ber-
thof, reader, and Mrs. FELTON,, So
prano, accompanied by Mrs. Greene,
gave two selections
The music section of the Twentieth
Century Club gave a quaint costume re-
cital with music such as was played at
| the court of Louis XIV, under the direc-
| ton of Mrs. Duff Lewis, at the home of
| Mrs. Eugene Byrnes recently.
Those taking part included Mabel
Linton Williams, pianist and accom-
panist; Beatrice Goodwin, soprano ::
Mary Bruce Mackall and Ruth MARROW,
dancers, and Mrs. Lewis, violinist.
| Works played or sung were by Bach
Glucl, Boccherini, Sacchini. Martini and
| Rameau.