Evening star., 1925-04-19

R.; Heart of Cold" by Manney, and.
the Swiss Echo Song"
Phyllis Price, soprano, sang a group
of songs at a banquet given Wednes
day night at 2400 Sixteenth street by
the members of the Coast and Geodetic
Survey in honor of the tenth anniver-
sary of Col. f. Lester Jones as direc-
tor of that bureau.
The nineteenth concert of the Mount
Vernon chorus and the last of this
season will be given Wednesday eve
ming, April %, at the Mount Vernon
Place Methodist Episcopal Church
South, under the direction of r. Deane
Shure. The program will consist of
excerpts from famous oratorios and
the chorus of 80 will be assisted by
Richard Lorleberg, cellist; Mrs.
Frank A. Frost, organist, and the
Mount Vernon Quartet, w. a. Mccoy.
first tenor; A. Clifford Willlin. second
tenor; Howard p. Bailey, baritone,
and James p. Schick, basso.
Franceska Kaspar Lawson left
Washington Thursday to sing a re
cital that evening at Mount Union,
Pa. Tomorrow Mrs. Lawson will give
a recital at Manassas, Va. Mrs. Ma
bel Finch Rawlings will be at the
piano.
The Bach Quartet, composed Of Ha-
eel Bachschmid, soprano; Stella
Eames Nelson, contralto; Paul L.
Bachschmid, jr., basso, and ]. W.
Kerns, tenor, sang in Baltimore, at
the Hotel Southern. Tuesday night
for the Castleberg banquet.
The cantata "The Story of Easter
by Stultz, presented last week al
Ingram Memorial CongregationaT
Church, was so enjoyed that request6
have been made for its repetition to-
night. 1t will be given at the evenins
service. The quarter will includ-'
Stella Eames NSIson, contralto; Mrs.
Otis SWEET, soprano; j. w. Kerns.
tenor; G.. A. Johnson, bass, with Lois
Stuntz at the organ.
Miss Nelson and Mrs. SWEET WI
give the solo numbers this morning.
Meta Craig, soprano; Mildred d.
Hart, contrato; Edward Lippitt.
tenor, and Fred Eden, bass, form a.
solo quartet engaged to present the
music at the memorial services Tues
day at the annual Congress Of thc
ID. \. +. Mrs. j. Shera Montgomery
will be the accompanist. She Is Off
cial accompanist for the weeks pro
grams. Numbers will include de ko-
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rangement of Lead, Kindly Light.
Word has been received from Paris
that Mary Lewis, former Ziegfe,d
Follies star, who started so auspicioUs-
ly on an operate ecareer in Europe,
has abandoned her career Temporarily
to star in the revival begun last Tue
day Of The Merry Widow in the
French capital She is quoted as say
H. -.
are arriving abroad with fat purses
to buy the honor of singing roles in
Paris, London, Vienna and Berlin.
"As a result" said Miss Lewis,
girls like myself. with real ambi-
tions, are finding it harder and harder
| to get engagements. In my own case
| l managed to make ends meet b.
living in an attic and economizing on
clothes. l return to New York next
season.
! Miss Grace Kanode, pupil Of r.
| Deane Shure. director Of music of the
Mount Vernon Place Methodist Epis-
| copal Church South. will give an or
| gan recital in the church tonight at
| service. Miss Kanode's program will
| be as follows: "Berceuse," from
| "Jocelyn" (Godard); 'Elegie" (Masse-
! net): ''Kammenoi-O -Ostrow' CRubin-
! stein), and "Offertoire" Lefebvre-
! Wely).
The second annual series of organ
| recitals for children will be given dur
ing May in church auditoriums in
| different sections of the city. They
| will start at 3:15 pm. and last for A.
minutes. The organ numbers and eN-
| planatory notes will be supplemented
| by community singing by the audi
| ence and special solo numbers by
| pupils representing schools invited.
! Detailed information will be sent out
| later through the schools.
The instrumental department an
| nounces two demonstrations to be
| given in the near future The first
! will be on June 4 by pupils enrolled
| in classes studying violin, violoncello.
| cornet, saXophone and drums; the sec
| ond. on June 10, by pupils enrolled in
| piano classes, both demonstrations 10
be held at the auditorium of Thorn
| son School, Twelfth and L streets
! northwest, at $3.50 pm
! ing critics. They seem to be modern
| in tendency VET fT1eIOdic