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leave Washington June 80 with
her husband, Maj. Rawls, and their
three children to sail in August for
Honolulu. where they will be stationed
for three years.
For the past four years Mrs. Rawls
has been organist at the Georgetown
Presbyterian Church. Her final en-
gagements as accompaniSt for the sea-
son just closed were playing for Emily
Coville, soprano, in two groups OF songs
at the commencement exercises of Sid
wells Friends School June 8, and ac-
companying Ruby Smith Stahl, soprano,
in a program given for the Canadian
Club banquet.
Mrs Rawls has certainly made
niche for herself in local musical en-
deavors and will be missed.
The Corey Opera Ensemble gave one
of its operate revues, scenes from
famous operas in costume, June 6 and
at the home of the director, Gurle
-, Louise Corey. Miss Corey gave brief
explanation preceding each scene. Ma
rion Lawson Leonard gave artistic sup
port at the piano.
Singers appearing in scenes from
Faust" Carmen" "Rigoletto." Cav
alleria Rusticana," "HanSel and Gretel,"
"Orpheus and Eurydice," Martha" and
Lucia di Lammermoor" we're: Mar
garet Slattery, Gayle Hunt, Eugenia
Slattery, Elizabeth Hume, Rose Sokol,
Gladys Hunt, Josephine Soukup and a
group for the sextet from the Donizetti
Opera, called THE Overtones."
Olga Krumke, who has been soprano
soIoist at Grace Church, Georgetown,
this season, gave program Tuesday
evening at the home of Mrs. A. J. At
kinson, who made it the occasion of a
shower In honor of Miss Olga Helphen-
stine.
Last Sunday afternoon Miss Krumke
sang at the annual Spring concert and
dinner at the Rupert Memorial Home
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Schutt of
Georgetown on the occasion of their
| golden wedding. Mary Ross, organist
| of Grace Church, was her aecompanist.
Thomas N. Leef, bass soloist at Grace
Lutheran Church, will sing for the
Lutheran meeting in the Clarendon
! Theater at 1880 pm. today.
Mr.. Leef will be accompanied by Ma
rion st. John Aldridge, organist of the
same church.
The Gamma Tau Music Club pre-
sented a recital Tuesday in the assembly
room Of the Y. w. C. A. Those partici-
pating included Dorothy Woodin. Min
ME Hoxsey, Alice Neal, Harriet Tall,
Louise Ryan McNerney, Helen Smeltzer,
Lillian Harmon Burke and Helen Bury.
Mildred F. Pullman, pianist, and Alice
| Hall, singer, presented program over
Radio Station WJSV, Mount Vernon
Hills. Va, recently that was very sue
| cessful.
Last Saturday Miss Pullman and her
brother, Ernest H. Pullman. jr, both
Of Manor Park, gave concert at the
Red Cross Hall, Walter Reed General
Hospital, for the soldier patients. Mr..
Pullman gave saxaphone selections.
A special musical service for Trinity
Sunday will be held at both the German
and the English services at Concordia
| Lutheran Church, Twentieth and G.
| streets northwest where John r. Mon
roe is organist and choirmaster. At
| the German service at 10 am. the Davi-
son Glee Club will sing the following
numbers:
| "Cantate Domino" Ca cappella Won Haser
| ''Cherubim Song" "a cappellab .Rachmaninoff
Vereint' from Samson .... G. p. Handel
At the English service which follows
/ bG. IL 10 Tile Iull CI1OTuS CEOlI Oh more
than so voices will sing:
| Chorale. "Sanctus" from 'Missa As
sumpta eS Maria" "a cappells), PsleStrina
Anthem "Cherubm Song "a cappelal
! ofertory, "ssnctus" from st. Cecile
sOloist, Howard Bursiey. tenor. ,'''''O
The quartet from the Church of the
! Ascension = Lucy MacMoreland, So
prano; Kathryn English, alto; Leslie
! Coyle, tenor, and Gilbert Clark, BARI
! tone, with Mrs. Henry Hunt Mckee as
| director and accompanist - presented
| several selections on the program OF
| Joint memorial services of District Of
! Columbia lodges of the knights of
: Pythias at Pythian Temple Tuesday.
| Mrs. Dell Gilbert Sale. with Mrs. Sin
! clair Booth as accompanist, was the
soloist of the evening, singing O'Hara's
/ There Is No Death
Hugh Ramon, tenor, assisted by
Elizabeth Gardner Coombs, pianist,
sang a group of songs following the
! luncheon of the Lions Club at the
/ Mayf1ower Hotel Wednesday. He sang
| "On the Road to Mandelay," by Obey
| Speaks. which proved the most popular
number with the club. Mr.. Ramon has
come here recently from Seattle, Wash,
where he is known as a concert and
radio artist.
Mary Dowd Of this city is studying
with Mime. Luella Melius, noted Amerl-
| can coloratura soprano, taking lessons
with her in New York every week until
the middle OF July, when Nine. Melius
will sail for Europe to spend the Sum-
! mer.
| Martin A. Dowd. pianist, took les
son with Edwin Hughes, teacher and
writer on music, formerly Of Washing
| ton, but now living in New York, when
Mr. Hughes stopped in this city with
the Dowds for a week end the first OF
June on his way home from Havana,
F.! Cuba.
Amy Alki Dustin. dramatic soprano,
will be soloist at the reception given
by the National Woman's Party Tues
day evening This will close Mrs. Bus
tins Winter season of engagements.
Blanche Ramon of Seattle, Wash,
will BE- the second soprano soloist, as
sistant to Ella Mintz at the Church
of the Ascension during the Summer
months Miss Ramon is said TO have
voice of dramatic quality.
The vocal program Of the Elks' Flag
day exercises at Central High School
this afternoon will be given by the
Lovette Choral Club Nellie Barber
Brooks, lyric soprano, will be the soloist
The accomplishments will bekpiayed by