Evening star., 1928-12-16
4 PAGEANT entitled THE First
\ Christmas" will present a musi-

~ Christmas" will present a musi-
n cal story of the Nativity, with
tableauY in the new clubhouse
of the Woman's Club of Bethes-
da. Md, this afternoon at o'clock.
The leaders sponsoring this event are
Maude Howell Smith, chairman; Mrs.
Thomas w. Pyle, head Of the dramatic
group, and Mrs. Henry w. Classic,
chairman of the music group, depart
ment of fine arts.
The cast is composed of people in
the Bethesda community and carols
will be sung by students Of the Bethes-
da-Chevy Chase High School, Miss
Geneva Bordeaux, director.
Elodia Martini -Rivero will be the Ma
donna and Elena de Sayn, Washington
violinist, will accompany her student,
Virginia Groomes, In the violin over
ture.
The performance is open to the pub
lie and the Offering taken up will be
used for Christmas opportunities for
the Social Service League of Mont
gomery County.
The Rubinstein Club announces the
appointment of Adele Robinson Bush,
accompanist, and Ianthe Smith, assist
| ant accompanlSt. Mrs. Bush assists Mr..
| Robson, the director, at the Tuesday
morning rehearsals, while Miss Smith
| plays for the evening group.
| The chorus is making excellent prog
| reSs and many new voices will be heard
| this season.
Membership in the club Is still open,
| but applicants are advised to make
| appointments as soon as possible with
Mrs. Elmer Carleton Smith, chairman
| of the addition committee, 3945 Con-
|
| ment 307, in order to sing at the first
concert.
The Madrigal Singers, Mrs. John M
Sylvester, director, appeared In another
of their unusually successful concerts
of Christmas carols, with paper read
by Mrs. Sylvester on the subject OF
carols, Tuesday, at the residence of Mrs
S. D. Grove. for the Sixteenth Street
Heights Club.
The Harriet Boulter Missionary Guild
presented Mu Phi Epsilon's local chap
ter, Rho Beta. in concert program at
Gunton- Temple Church Tuesday night
The soloists participating included Cath
crime Benson, Clara Young Brown, Ev-
elyn Scott, Frances van den Bogert
Tamara Dmirrieff, and, as accompa-
nists, Burrus Williams, Clara Wolfe and
Dorothy Todd. The club appeared in
the finale, Our Triangle"
The Tuesday Evening Music Club
| Florence Howard, director; Ruth Thorn.
/ as, accompanist, will give a program oi
Christmas music at the Arts Clut
| Thursday night at $50 and at the an.
| nual Christmas tea given tomorrow al
5 o'cls,k at the American Association
of University Wonnen's Cllh
Tomorrow the assisting soloist viii
be Rose Maxwell Dickey, violinist, with
Mrs. c. w. Frei ag, accompanist. Mrs
Dickey will play Dream of the Virgin,
/ Massenet, and Alteration" by Borrow.
ski.
Thursday at the Arts Club the assist.
| ing soloistS will be Katherine Riggs
harpist; Evelyn Scott, violinist, anc
! Marjorie Davis, pianist.
The choral numbers on both pro.
| grams will include three choraleS from
Bach's Christmas Oratorio," old French
noelS and German, Dutch and Czech
carols. ending with "Christmas Day II
! the Morning" as arranged for capells
chorus by Percy Granger.
Miss Riggs will play works by Tour
nier, Prokofief and Daquin, ending
with the traditional "All Through thl
Night" Miss Scott and Miss Davis viii
play The "Adeste Fidelis.'
| Both programs will be given in cos
tunes of old English carolers.
The Christmas program for the Fri
! day Morning Music Club will be giver
in the auditorium of the Cosmos Clul
| Friday evening at Sis o'clock. "Tht
| Child of Mary" a pageant by Miriam
Hilton. will be presented, Florenc'
Howard, Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler, Mrs
Paul Bleyden and Berenice Randall An.
| gelico are assisting with scenes anc
music. Ka herine Riggs, Evelyn Scot
and Charlotte Hartman also are as.
sisting, and Miss Alice Edwards ha:
| charge of the costumes. Louis Potter
will sing the leading masculine role
| and Maude Sewall, as the prophet, will
| be the reader Other members of the
club and the Wilnor Choral Club make
up large cast.
/ Mary Alexander, pianist, is a new
conner to local music circles. Miss
Alexander has established her studio al
2100 Nineteenth street northwest. She
graduate of the Richard Platt Studio:
of Boston. and has spent several years
Of study abroad. where she studied
with tho well ',ncwn F-en~'l nedog9gue
and concert pianist. Alfred Cortot
| A special musical program at Takoma
Park Baptist Church features Lawrence
F.. Murray. baritone-bass. who assisted
/ the choir under the direction of Mrs
| Frances Cureton Hubbard.
| Chevy Chase Chapter of the Eastern
! Star made q feature of music at the
meeting at the home of Mrs. Adam
Schneider. December Z. Elizabeth
Gardner CoombS. guest SoloiSt. gave a
short program of piano selections. Mrs.
Nathan Wallack, meZZo soprano, sang a
group of songs, accompanied by Mrs.
Coombs
The program of the Optomists' Club
luncheon last Wednesday at the Hotel
Hamilton was presented by Mrs M. Dell
Sale, soprano, accompanied at the piano
by Kathleen Perry, and on the violin.
by Frank Perry of Alexandria.
The Institute of Musical Art an
nounces an informal musical evening
at the institute building, 83l Eighteenth
street northwest. Friday at $50 pm.
The occasion will be partly social and
partly musical All friends of the
school are cordially invited.
The addition hour" recently in
augurated at the Institute of Musical
Art by Frank Gebest, dean of the piano