Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
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I,ttEs DlStllct OF COlpmDla DrdnCH Oh
:. the National Federation of Music
Clubs is launching a drive for new
members. to close April j. All senior
musical ORGANIZATIONS. including clubs,
choirs. orchestras. and, cnoruses, are
eligible for membership. The dues of
only - cents per ,member: per year
cover membership in both the local
and national organizations.
The. national organization. Mas
membership of $500 clubs, with
branches in all but two States. The
local branch has a, membership of %
senior organizations, Junior clubs!
and % artist and associate members.
In order to carry on the work as the.
local board wishes to do more. funds
are needed. Publc-spirited people i'm
Washington interested in Music are
given AN opportunity to contribute TO
the work :. or 'else become members
either through Il musical organization
or as. an individual musician or assoc
ciate member Single memberships
are s. per year. All money con-
tributed is used for the work; as no
salaries ARE paid.
IrstrumentaI. teachers are urged to
form clubs and, federatc.' Junior club
dues are only 10 cents per member
per year. Mrs. May Brooks Rdusdell,
director of extension: Miss Frances
Gute1ius, chairnHh~.fQr junior clubs,
or Miss Esther Linl<ins, local presi-
debt. Willie gl4d..to finnish further
information about the work upon re.
quest. Cheeks SHOULD he made out to
to.th District Of. Columbia Federation
OF Music Clubs and mailed 10 Home
l.. Kit, treasurer.
Several lines of work are being sue
ceSsfullJ conducted this year, ;promi-
! nent among them being. the hymn
memory. contest Of Sunday schools,
| iuni6r Christian EndeaVGr Societies
homes. INSTITUTIONS and settlement
houses undes the direction of Miss
Beatrice s. Goodwin.
Directors and shut -ins Of. homes and
| institutions are enthusiastic in appre-
ciato1i of thc' Chr1stnlis G,holing and
| the many concerts given .the1l during
the last three months under the diref-
| ton Of . Miss Pearl Waugh and
| through the splendid Co-opeTation. Of
| nearly. 90 local. musician and musical
organizations These concerts will
| continue. through the Spring months.
a shccessful junior concert was
given in December, with representa-.
! tives Of nearlv all the jlplior Clubs bars
making plans for another. concert do
/ be given soon :after Easter. - .
! IarmOniCl classes are We'll started
! in two of the settlement Houses un-
| der I fe direction OF. Isfac POllan. but
| this Wprk * greatly ha:pdicapped be-.
cause Of, lack of funds and teachers.
| Should any one reading this and com,
petent To teach the. hafmonica .be'
willing to volunteer an .ieveninG' II
week please communicate with Miss
Linkps immediately.
Percy y. Cox, 'organist of St.-Agnes'
Church and assistant nrsanist at the
Washington. Cathedral. will give the
second Lenteu Organ retItaf at'Epiph-
any Church Wednesday, at 4:4j pm. i.
l. Ills program. is as follows. j. :.
Bach, two chorale prelUdes, In. Thee
Is Gladness..' 20 Man, Bemoan Thy
Fearful Sin; Nierne. Scheraetto; Kars.
Ebert, two approximations; Frank
fqale. :.
The other organistS for this series
are March 10, Helen Crouch: March
l.. Thomas .Lfoss, March n. Wa.ren
Johnson.' 80.
90 Fair and Sweet q" Il. song written
by Kari 'Holor local musician. and
dedicated 70 Beatrice Seymour GOOD
win. soprano. was sung on two pro
grams d]IrinG her recent southern tour
with great success. a :.
Edith Nliiscr Flaring. soprano, sang
n group OF Songs 1T. the "wednesday
luncheoR of. tbe ..I.ioips' club at NE
Mayfiower tIotel recently Miss Cath
| erin" Benson Was The accompanies.
Some lnonths ago; when it was de.
cided that the Limited States Army
! Band would play for.the convention
of,the National Education Association,
capt. Stannard found that .there was
Il real need ror.a REPRESENTATIVE col
lection OF American college songs No
sucif collection being available, a can
( Vdss' Was made the songs secured and
specially arranged for the Army. Band
by Carl II. Schmohl This selection is
respectfully dedicated 10 Dr.. t'rank.W
, Ballou. stbhrintendeut.o f schools. Dis
trict Of Columbia. The thematic ma
terial IS taken from the fatprite songs
of the following colleges: Penn State.
! Georgetown. california. United states
/ Naval AcadeuiN,. George Washington.
! Harvard, United States Military Acad,
; envy, Princeton. Columbia. Cornell. Hi
/ stale. Ptn'nSy IVauia, Vale. Michigan.
! NcbraSlIj. amherst. Chicago. rs we'll
! as. "My Bonnie Lies oyer .thc: Ocean, =
! "Good Nigh. Ladies: and. Claude
mus. 1@uVr." which are common a. al
! the schools.
The Meri.v :ltcIpcas' club Of the
Grace Reformed Church recently pre-
/ scented jean Wilson: reader. TO cole
hrate The thirty fifth ANNIVERSARY Of
It's orSanzatiou. ASsittipS Miss WI
! son were Joanna Best Russell SO
1 pI'auo: and Mary Apple, Contralto. The
! accunlpa nists We're Dorothy. Russell
! Todd and Christopher Tenley.
The Junior members of the Mister
/ school of. the Piano. d, GEace G.. Gil
/ christ. director. held their regular
monthly meeting last saturday after-
Among those present were Marie
I Adams. Frances Cai'nes. Gertrude Gil
| christ. Arthur GilGhrist. Mary Rather
/ inc Burke. Mary Louise Cassidy. Her
I bert WoGley. Richard 'Woolev. James
/ Sprout. Jack Murphy. Bernice Stein.
! Doris 'Itlesner. Iiilda FjeEel, Leo OfcJ!-
stein, Gerald Sloan and Amerij'o Pit
| tiglo.
Marion. Talley; the i9-yearold Kan-
! sas City girl whose 6pCratjc debut ag
| the Metropolitan recently was one of
| the most OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in Amen-
can grand opera history. and who re
peared the success Of her debut with
| her performance in Lucia ut. the
! Metropolitan. at last Mondays MAJ