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ASHINGTON this week welcomes the Shrine convention with music that will rival the Egyptian decorations in brilliance and the programs of Music week in volume. Every day in the after- noon there will be concer horns placed at short intervals the will send blasts of invigorating meloedy to greet the crowds in a lull be- tween sightseeing and the evening’s banquets and more pretentious, music # programs. * % 'OMORROW three distinctive programs of music will be presented in An organ recital will be given in Epiphany honor of the visitors. Church at high noon by Adolph To: church. Carmela Ponselle, sister of Rosa Ponselle of the Metropolitan opera, who is herself a favorite star lovely soprano voice, will give a concert in the Belasco Theater at 4:30 p.m., At 7:45 the Almas Glee Club Felicien David, at Central High School, assisted*by Almas Orchestra, and followed by a joint concert with the 5 * ok NOTHER musical program that this week, and, also in honor of ing chanters in the auditorium of th * % S W. J. Henderson has remarked in the New York Herald, “this is the time of year when the conservatories of music all over the coun- try prepare to launch upon the worl vouthful Mozarts, Paganinis, Liszts and Pattis.” ‘remarks that there are probably ha United States, and it would seem, after the programs offered in Wash- ington in connection with the annual erous percentage of this number are Last week many local music teachers and organizations presented pupils on interesting programs cither at the local high school buildings These programs by children did much to add to the or in private halls. general success of the week. In fa. tuation in what was undeniably grams, the serenade to President local children at the bail park. All looked forward to this event, and par at but not definitey mentioned on the program. And they were not dis- appointed in getting the “surprise.” All through the early part of th trained volumes of song the famili adults alike, under the supervisior community music in Washington, and E. department of the public schools. the program when—but then, it is an what happened. %the children got s presenting their carefully gathered and Mrs. Harding that they forgot the presidential citadel by storm with a brisk bombardment of blossoms, and, in spite of all efforts, could not be marshaled into order again for the remainder of the program. The affair will undoubtedly go down in history as one of the most unusual combinations of serenade and juvenile indifference to the eternal fitness of things. * X LL of the programs of last week Parker’s beautiful “Hora Novi by the Army Band, the Marine Ban Mr. Lawrence’s interesting talk on the Indian princess, and her charming Indian fairy tales; the Estelle Murray dancers; the lively Nordica “Pan and the Shepherdess,” and all t of memories. Best of all, perhaps. apd popular with a large audience was the con- cert which was so delightfully prese: three guest artists. intriguing personality that the audit, interesting explanations of modern Falk, violinist, is also an artist whi whose “fiddle” gives forth a merr: volved the composition that he plays. and last Tuesday he was forced to give several encores. Cowles proved a skillful pianist. Sh companist for Mr. Falk, and also won admiration as a composer of orig- inality and ability. Her two compositions given' were among the most charming on the program. It is to be hoped that Washington may have as interesting guests to honor its Music week next year as attended this past week. Music School a Miss Jewell Downs has issued cards for a song recital which she will pre- sent at Rauscher's on Wednesday evening, June 13, at 8:30 o'clock, Events of Music week of Interest to both educational and musical circles must include the recital given Wed- nesday evening at Trinity College by Miss Reglina Curley of Boston. The young artist, who will receive her B. A. degree tomorrow from Trinity Col- | lege, displayed natural gifts and mu- sical attainments that can hardly fail to bring her distinction =hould she elect to enter professional flelds. Her | most pronounced success was in the numbers calling for bravura playing, | such as the Linzt "Sixth Hungarlan Rhapsod and the Schutt paraphrase of Strauss’ “Fledermaus Waltz," which #he rendered with great brilliancy and freedom. Quite In contrast with these numbers was the “B Minor Prelude” of Chopin, to which she lent a fine singing tone and much‘sentiment. She ed also Beethoven's "Sonat No. “Scherzo, Op. 5. : “Etude, Op. 25, No. y Chopin; Rubinstein’s “Staccato Etude” and Moskowski's “La Jongleuse.” Numbers by the Eurydice Club, con- wisting of violin,, cellos, cornet and piano, gave the necessary variety to 2 well balanced program in the rendi- tion of “Serenade,” by von Blen, and “Berceuse,” from “Joselyn,” by Go- dard Miss Ella Arnold Ellis presented the following students in a plano recital in Studio Hall last Sunday afternoon: Alice Woronow, Alma Bean, Frances Hummer, Edith Baker, Nellle May Neff, Cornelia Norfleet, Elizabeth Fer- tig, Mary Jane Brown. Alma Willlam- son, Paerl Mae Nichols, Mary B. Nichols, Marie Eckert, Anita Anessi and Bessie Cannon. 3 Arthur Kettner, baritone, sang a &roup of songs in a delightful man- ner, accompanied on the plano by Miss Elils. Two of Miss EIlis' own compositions—"Slumber Song” and “Russian Dance”—were among the numbers on the pro Dr. Sigmund Spaeth is a speaker who has such an ’ ts all over the city, and at night the full length of Pennsylvania avenue ’ * % rovsky, the popular organist of that of the concert stage, and possesses a will present the symphonic ode by Rubinstein Club of Washjngton. * % promises to be unusually interesting the Shriners, is the concert by visit- e New Museum Thursday afternoon. * d their thousands upon thousands of Mr. Henderson also{ If a million students of music in the 1 Music week celebration, that a gen- studying in the Capital city ct, the children quite dominated the the climax of the Music week pro- and Mrs. Harding offered by 8000 the early part of the week people ticularly the “surprise” feature hinted e afternoon the children sang in well ar musical favorites of children and n of Robert dawrence, director of . C. Barnes, head of the music They had gotten half way through cient history now. Every! sdy knows o excited over the great privilege of | bouquets of flowers to the President everything except thu:c. They took * % are pleasant memories now. Horatio ssima”; the splendid concerts given d and the Army Music School Band his experiences in music; Nacoomee, Clubs’ concerts; the quaj it operetta, he others form a harmonlous medley nted Tuesday night by the group of or feels he could easily listen to his and old music ad infinitum. Jules ose individuality is fascinating and irresistible tune, no matter how in- His music appeals to the public, Miss Cecil e was an extremely sympathetic ac- | HELEN FETTER. nd Club Notes. ing. She was assisted by Miss Anna King, soprano. Those who gave piano numbers in- cluded Virginia Chism, Catherine Jardine, Berta Norton, Elizabeth Chambers, Dorothy Zepp, Dorothy | Nesline, Margaret Cook, Edwerta Bever, Louise Moore, Ruth Con- stunti, Butler Walker, Lois Dearoft, Ann Chambers, Phoebe Gale, Marion Lowlinz, Irving Bowker, Louise Vo- gel, Mercedes Berry, Helen Bruce, Milton ~Scrivener, Stanley Fraser, Augusta Postles, Tom Simpson, Amy Norton and Car van Sickler. = i Ambrose Durkin, bass; Helen Ger- rer, violinist, and Adolf Torovaky, planist, will present a recital to the Sisters of Mercy in Holy Trinity Hall this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The program will Include: “Veni Creator Spiritus” (Monti), AV Marfa”, (Italian) (Luzzi), “O 'Rest the Lord,” from “Elijah” (Mendels- sohn); “Consume Them AllL" -from ‘St. ' Paul" (Mendelssohn), bass; “Romance,” D minor concerto (Wi niawski), “Obertass” Mazurka riawski, violin: dent” (Dvorsky), A “Spring Breeze (Boyle), “Country Gardens” (Gral ger), plano; “O Isis and Osiris, from “The 'Magic Fiue” (Mozart); “The Ships of Arcady” (Head), “Duna” (McGill), “Under the Lan- terns” (Sanderson), “Three” (Ayl- ward), bass; “Melodie” (Gluck- irelsler), “Waltz" ~(Brahms-Hock- ein), “Scherzo” (van Goens), violi octurne in F Sharp,” “Mazurka in D" and “Polonaise in A Flat,” the last by Chopin. |the beginning of the program, | beth van Brakle and Eugene Hawley. | following participated: | Meyer, Mary E. Freeman, Allen Jones, THE - SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D..C. Church Music for : Shriners All Week WEERK of music is planned at the Mount ,Vernon Place Methodist Eplscopal Church, South, for visiting Shriner: Starting today, the church is prac- tically turned over to the Shriners, as the admission will be limited to them until the hour of the beginning of the varfous services. Tomorrow “The Atonement,” writ- ten by Rossell Edward Mitchell of this city and R..Deane Shure, direc- tor of inusic of the church, will be sung at 8 p.m. The soloists will be the same as at the performances at Easter at the church and Keith's Theater. They will be Miss Helen E. Howison, soprano; Mrs. Flora Me- 1l Keefer, contralto; W. A. McCoy, tenor; B. Louls Goodyear, temor; J. Benton Webb, baritone,and Howard P. Bailey, bass. Mrs. Frank A. Frost Will be ‘at the organ and Mr. Shure will direct, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights Mr. Shure will play a half- hour ‘organ recital, to be followed by a sermon by Rev. Dr. Clovis G. Chap- Ppel, pastor of the church. Friday night the May music festi- val program which was given in the church last Friday night will be repeated, with some changes. Admission will be open to all on each evening after the hours set for the” seats being held for Shriners until that time. loist of Hamline Church, who sang “T Passed by Your Window” and “Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses.” An_interesting program was given. The pupiis showed careful training in technique and expression. At the International Association of Art and Letters last Monday Gertrude McRae Nash contributed several de- lightful piano solos, and also proved a capable and sympathetic accompanist. William A. Sweet, tenor, sang “The Kashmiri Love Song,” “Lets Than the (cello obblij " and Gibbs, soprano, san| Open Secret” and “The Serenade”; Dr. George Dudley sang & group of famous coster gongs: Maj. Charies Ferris gave several monologues; Mrs. Gibbs sang “1 know a Lovely Garden,” “Tes Doux Baiseri,” Connals Tre le Pays” and A musical program was given re- cently at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Turner under the direction of W. J. Oates. Piano solos were given by Miss Katherine Heflin, Miss Mattie Beale Belfield, Miss Lols Nichols, Miss Louise Turner and Miss Helen Bovd. Violin solos were played by Miss Hil- da Wine, James Matthews and Julius Ochs, accompanied by Karl Ochs. Vo- cal solos were sung Ly Miss Marion McCarthy, accompanied by Miss Helen Boyd. recitatibn was given by Miss Irma Matthews. Martha Horton, Helen Johnson, Elizabeth Johnson, Helen Boyd and Alexander Boyd and Julius Ochs sang. Orchestra’ selec tions were also given. Miss Virginla Bestor presented a piano recital at her studio last night. The assisting artists were Miss Gene- vieve Crist, violinist, and Vance Cas- key, cellist. The other pianists on the program were Ruth Gillette, Eliza- | One of the most enjoyable features of the insurance class banquet glven at the Y. M. C. A. Thursday evening was the community singing, led by Miss Esther Linkins, with Miss’ Flora M. Linkins as accompanist. The Girl Scout Glee Club repeated its concert given recently at the In- terior Department Friday evening at Mount Alto. Miss Esther Linkins is director of the club and Miss Mary Louise Cockerille accompanist. They were assisted by Marian Rugth ana Muriel Glavin, dancers, and the or- chestra’ of Boy Scout Troop 27. H Mrs. Routt-Johnson-Manning pre- sented ~Constance Russell, “baby planist”; her older sister, Florence Russell, and Margaret Hester, a mem- ber of the piano-teaching staff of St Hildas, in an unusually Interesting recital at the Wilson Normal School | last night as one of the features of | Music week Mrs. Marning herself gave explan- atory illustrations of world-famous paintings which she had collected in Europe, with plano accompaniment by Miss Hester. Miss Flora Addison, reader, gave some selections. Both the Russell children play very well. Little six-year-old Constance is considered quite a prodigy, as she | gives her numbers an amazing matur- ity bf tone and shading. Miss Bessie Wild presented an in- | teresting recital at the United Breth- ren Sunday School House last Friday evening, when Miss Martha Lavisson acted as the accompanist on one of the many delightful programs which filled Music week to overflowing with work by clever young music students. Those on the program included Flora Lavisson. Carl Fischer, Helen Deffenbaugh, Mary Gastrock, Evelyn Miller, Margaret Falconer, Mary Har- dest: Jane Marshall, Catherine Schmidt, Lora Patton Tvah Shear, | Margaret Padgett, Marv Horn, Gladys “ockerille, Mn‘gflret Tolson, Lucille Robey, Effie Collamore, Dorbthy Cor- son. Beatrice Allen, Kenneth and the Bischoff Chorus Club. Texter | Among the more pretentious of the many programs offered Music week by local musical organizations was the recital presented by Ernest Lado- vitch of the Washington Conserva- tory of Music at the Business Hilhi School last Thursday night, when the | Helen Hunt, Helen Henry, Beatrice Thom. Hazel Boss. Vivian Allen, Blanche Allen. Chariie Hyder, Khiva { Manchester, Francis Rapler, Bennie Manchester, Richard Myers, Felx Cordova Davila, George Mondell, Peter Louchessi Raymond Maza, Dick Finnel Estes, Frank Cook, Fritz Maile, John L. Smith, Fred L. Camp- bell and Mary McAnich. The accompanists included Prof. Frank Schoedler, George Cordova Davila and Mme. Mildred Echols. Mrs. Noyes 'gave Liszt's “Twelfth Rhapsody” as a piano solo. The fourteen-year-old pianist. Mad- eleine Lazard von Unschuld. daugh- ter and pupil of Mme. Marle von Unschuld, gave a program Friday night in the Willard Hotel. Miss Lazard, von Unschuld showed sure- ness and brilliancy of technic, as well as artistic interpretation and feeling unusflal for so young a child. “The Funeral March” of Beethoven's “So- nata” and Chopin's “Nocturne” par- ticularly revealed a fineness of tone i Mrs. Helen Corbin Heinl, pianist, was soloist at the Arts Club spring recital last Sunday night, for the fourth eonsecutive year. Mrs. Heinl was a pupil of MacDowell, and fea- MaeDowell's “From Uncle Re- and “Hungarian.” ), Mre. Heinl was assisted by Mrs. Lucy Dickinson Marx, soprano, whose charming voice has been heard on many local club programs this past season. Mrs. Florence McDonell Hamilton presented a plano recital at the John Dickson Home last Friday night. Those who participated included Kathryn Brown, Brownley Leesnitzer, Margaret Winters, Doris Harter and Mary Shoemaker. Josephine Newell and Vera Trabold were presented in recital by Glenn C. Gorrell at the Washington Club last Friday night. Among the master composers some of whose works were layed were Beethoven, Bach, Mac- well, Rubinstein, Scarlatti-Tausig and Moszkowski. Miss Zelda L. Miller presented an interesting program at the Wilson Normal School last Wednesday even- . MOUNT VERNON * and ALEXANDRIA, round trip, 8¢ ‘Arfingten, side trip, 10¢ additional e Rusaiag Time—S38 Minutes At Business High School last night a program of vocal and instrumental music, {llustrated with picture slides, was presented by Mrs. McKee. Among those taking part were Leo- nora ‘Mitchell, Bonnie Holmes, Pete Ruth, Katharine and Janette McCaf- frey, Doris Hartshorn, Lucille Fluckey, Mary Havell, Leslie Coyle, John Giil, Gertrude Sherby, Erma Stom, Vir- ginia Mitchell, Sylvia Sherby, Helen Lancaster, Bessie Alford, Ruth_ Bell, Mary Cook, Mary Shfelds and Eliza- beth Pyle. A medal was awarded to Virginia Mitchell for improvement during the year In the senior music class. " In the junior music class medals were awarded to Elizabeth Pyle, Ruth Bell, &ry Shields and Katharynie McCaf- Mary Cook recelved a teacher's cer- tificate, having completed the course, re- quired to qualify for this position. Rev. Maurice White of the Commu- nity Church of Brightwood conferred the medals and certificates. Miss Mary Tipton Talbott nted her piano pupils [n recital before a large_audience at the Friends Church last Tuesday evening. The students were assis Kaniah Molntosh Boteler, color. Her technic showed especlally in Bach's “Fugue,” Saint-Saens “Con- certo” and Weber's “Invitation to the Dance” The audlence enthusiasti- cally recalled the young player. Following the recital the Von Un- schuld University of Music conferred upon her the degree of bachelor of music with distinction in the group of the artist course and the teachers’ She also was presented 0ld medal of honor.” Madeleine returned only recently from a concert tour with her mother. She received favorable commendation and requests for return engagements. A charming recital was rendered by Miss Nina E. Trussel in connection with her graduation from a training lcourse Tuesday at the Von Unschuld Unlversity of Musjc. She had proved very successful as an assistant through her last two years of study. She received at the commencement exercises last Friday at the Willard the degree of bachelor music in the piano teachers' training course and the teachers’ training course medal of distinction for practical teaching. —_— Frieda Hempel gave her first Jenny Lind concert in London last Sunday afternoon. The following cablegram tells the story: “Frieda Hempel's Jenny Lind con- gcert at Albert Hall today sensation of London season. 'ven thousand in audien xes occupled The Swedish nightingale was a favorite of Queen Victoria and greatl; beloved Oirv\l hout England, whicl she-made her home after her tour of America in 1850-18| Miss Hempel is spending the week with friends By . the Bngaaine: Shere nor , up in e En ine, tather will joln her, - =, - - JUNE 3 Carmela‘lf’onselle, Who Sihgs for Shriners, Chosen Soloist for “Aida, 2 7/ EW YORK CITY music ' lovers | remarkable gifts, she has given her will be glven a chance, on the|Vvoice freely and unstintingly to many 20th of this month, to enjoy an inno- vation in music in that city, when Verdl's “Aida” will be given at an open-alr performance at the Field. The artist selected for this Poto | performance is Miss Carmela Pon- | selle, soprano, who will be heard in concert in this city, at the Belasco Theater, tomorrow at 4:30, in one of | the leading Shrine concerts. During the past year Miss Ponselle has become a favorite singer In the Empire state. Possessing a _voice of luscious auality, rich, capable of in- finite shading, and one which charitable affairs, notable among which are the many concerts she has volunteered to sing for Masonic or- ganizations in the New England states, which, needless to say, has added greatly to her popularity. Keenly alive to the growing musi- cal taste in this country, Miss Pon- selle believes that American audi- ences are appreciative of the best ex- amples in operatic and song litera- ture, and he cept programs i clude not on rias from the class and standard operas, but also the beautiful songs being produced by our own con ers Gifted with musical insight to a re- lends | markable degree, inherent feeling for itself to varfed dynamic effects, she |the melodic line and perfect intona- has firmly established herself as a |tion, Miss Ponselle is able to bring to great artist and is of the first rank | her interpretations a rare combina- in the concert world. Added to her ! tion of voice and art MUSIC IN THE CHURCHES ARRY ROWE SHELLEY'S new anthem, written for the choir of the First Congregational Church, “When 1 Survey the Wondrous Cross,” as sung for the first time in this city by that cholr made a deep impression on the audience which filled the clurch last.Sunday night The cholr will repeat the anthem at the Sunday morning service today. The composition is typical of Harry Rowe Shelley. It is tuneful, with a skillful handling of both solo and chorus parts. Mr. Shelley's own choir in Brooklyn and the choir of the First Congregational Church were chosen from the entire country to render this anthem in its manuscript form. The other music at the morning serv will include an anthem by the choir “When the Lord Turned Again the Captivity of Zion" (Fanning): organ, “Choral In A _Minor” tFranck) horus in D" (Guilmant). The evening service at the First Congregational Church will be a wel- come to the Shrine convention. and the Nemesis Temple Band of Neme- sis Temple, Parkersburg, W. Va. composed of sixty-five pleces, under the direction of George J. Dietz, will give a thirty-minute pre-service band concert. The band will give the fol- lowing program: “March Religioso (Chambers), “Frieschutz” (Weber), “Reverie, the Wayside Chapel” (Wil son): “Hungarian Fantasia’ (To bani). “Novelty-Sylvan Echoes’ (Mackle-Beyer), “March” (selected). 1At the 8 o'clock service the Za Ga Zig Chanters of Des Moines, Towa, composed of eighteeen male volces, under the ~direition of George J Ogden, will furnish the music. These chanters have gained a reputation all through the middle west for their ex- | munion cellent music, and will assist in the service with the following: Lord is My Shepherd (Johnson), Rose of Sharon” (hymn tune), the solo part sustained by Frank Prunty; “Land of Mine" () Dermid), and ‘the “Pilgrims’ Chorus™” from “Tannhauser” (Wagner). A special musical service at Ver- | “The | Night? | Gertrude Ly, | Shore, contraito: W. | male tenor mont Avenue Christian Church at 8 o'clock this evening will have the following program: Chorus, “Fear Not, O "~ (Spicker): violin solo, haikowsky): women's trio Hope and Love" (Shel- ley); memorial sextette, soprano obbli- gato. male quartet and bugler, “Taps' (Custance): chorus, “Across the Sea of Life" (Herbert): voilin solo, air from ‘“‘Concerto” (Goldmarck); male quartet, “Rest, Peacefully Rest" (Gelbel). The choir will be a isted by man R. Hoffman, violinist, a soprano mnel includes: W. E. Braithwa director: J. E. Sparks, organist; solo mixed quartet—>Mrs, Ruby Potter, soprano; Mrs. F. M. Braithwaite, baritone; and uartet- G. Ledig.’ first W. E. Braithwaite, second ten- or; W. & Haynlie, first bass, and B. Lineback, second bass. At the Church of the Incarnation this morning the music. under the direction of Mrs. Henry White, will consist of introit, trio. “Father, Lead Me by Thy Hand” from “Belshazzar.” Mildred Maxwell Smith, Lucille Forrest Hastings 20-contralto) (tenor); “Communion Service, becke. and at the offertory er Faithful,” by Smith. G- A. Johnson bass, will be the solo- ist at the evening service, when he will be rd_in “How Long Thou Forget Me.” by Pueger. othere musical numbe f nificat” and “Nunc Barnby. The choir pe tenor; W. Haynie, Paul by Mer- My Heart Bach, sung by Miss Dimities, At Christ Church, Alexandria, Va., morning service, 11 o'clock. the mu- sic will be: Organ prelude, “Com- in G” (Guilmant); anthem, Watchman, What of the (Sullivan), and organ post- lude, “The Heavens Are Telling,” from “The Creation” (Haydn). At the evening service, at 8§ o'clock, the _music gvill include: Organ recital at 7:40, “Minuet tn and “Overture to Samson” (Handel); adagio and march, “The Occasional Overture” (Handel); “Andante in E Flat" “Say, AMERICAN COMPOSERS -DUDLEY OTHER of the New England group of really famous American mooscrs was Dudley Buck, whose sacred music has caused him to be accorded even the Bighest place among all our composers by critics who are also true musicians. Born at Hartford, Conn., March 10, 1839, of New England ancestry, his | desite to follow a musical career was_greatly frowned upon by many of his relatives and friends. He studied at Trinity College until his junior year, and it was not until he as nineteen that his parents cn- sented to his taking up musical studies. He thefi went to Leipzig and studied in the conservatory. He studied composition with Hauptmann and Richter, orchestration with Rietz and the piano with Moscheles and Plaldy. After three years of study in Germany, including Dresden, where he studied the organ with Schneider, Dudley Buck spent a year in Paris and then returned to Hartford in 1862. He was organist at Park Church in Hartford and later accepted the position of organist in St. James Church, Chicago. At the time of the great fire he lost many valuable com- rositio but had no difficulty in se- curing:_another position. He played in St. Paul's and on the famous old organ of Music Hall, Boston. Then, in turn, he was organist at St. Anne’ the Church of Holy Trinity a Plymouth Church, Brooklyn. He w director and organist of the Apollo Club for a quarter of a century. Dudley Buck was appointed by the Dudley Buck was appointed by the nited States Centennial Commis- sion to write the cantata, “The Centennial Meditation -of Columbia, using the poetry of Sidney Lanier. The -cantata was first sung at the -opening of the Philadelphia ex- position by_a chorus of 1,000 voices, with an organ and an orchestra of 200 pleces. under the direction of Theodore Thomas. In 1875 Mr. Thomas, whose orches- tra had performed many of Buck's compositions, offered the composer a position as assistant conductor at the Cincinnati music festival and at a series of concerts in the Central Park Gardea in New York city. Buck ac- cepted and made his home in Brook- lyn until his death in 190 Dudley Buck was the author of many organ solos, sonatas, marches, etudes and concert transcriptions. He holds a foremost place among writers ' of cantatas, and his two motet collections are among the most opular compositions of, religious grot.flul mndc‘ - Mr. Buck was al to the United States in the sélection of most of ths 1 poems and prose which he set to music. Where many other composers showed preference for the old classics of Europe, Buck. gave marvelous musical embroidery to exquisite things by American writers. He favored particularly the works of Lanier, Stedman., Longfellow _and Washington Irving. Among Amer- ican literature which he has set to music are: . “The Legend Don Munio,” from “The Alhambra”; “King Olaf's Christmas”; “The Nun of His ‘gest work was “The Light of Asla.” composed in 1885 and based upon Sir Edwin Arnold's epic poem. His symphonic overture, YMarmion,” is one of his most popular works. His latest compositions included “The Christian Year’ and “Deseret,” the latter belng a comic opera. Mr. Buck also wrote much chamber music, songs and male voice pleces. He pol sed the happy faculty of writing music of the highest stand- ard in its musical qualities, yet giv- ing it the touch that made it appeal to-the public in general. In other words, he possessed the genius of writing popular classics. In religious music he stands as & supreme ex- ample. of dignified grace, combin ‘with fervor in his works, and_B. Ralph Cady | Wilt | the | _PART 3. Musigraphs. Mr. and Mrs. John Philip Shaddick, popular in muslc circles of Tampa, Fla., have come to Washington to make their home here. Mr. Shaddick, who has a bass-baritone volce, has sung on the professional concert stage and was director and soloist of the chorus and choir of St. Andrew's Eplscopal Church of Tampa. He will be solojst with the Bhrllno Glee Club at Central High Sochool tomorrow night and also at the entertainment in honor of the women of -the Shrine to be held Tuesday night at Ward- man Park Hotel. Mrs. Shaddick was also a chorus director in Tampa for seven year: and was soprano soloist of the Fri day Morning Club of that city. Sh has already affiliated with the Rubin- stein Club.of Washington. Frances Lloyd, pianist, gave several numbers on the program of the state historical committee at a recent meet- ing. Her technique was fine and her tones were particularly good i Liszt's “Hungarian Rhapsodie, No. Last Saturday Miss Beatrice Sey- mour Goodwin gave a small reception at her studio in honor of Mrs. T. De Witt Krebs of New York. Among those present were Mrs. Couper, Mrs, McRoberts, Mr. and Mrs, Walter Nash, Myron Whitney, Mr. Atwater, Horace Lake and Fred Schafer. An interesting program was fur- nished by the guests and much en- Joyed. Bessie Latham Gibson closed her studio last Friday, as she is leaving for the west to organize classes to study science of breath and tone therapy. 3 . Miss Rella Winn, a former Wash- ington girl, sang “Christ in_Flan- Accompanied by the Marine Band, at Arlington Memorfal day, following the oration of President Harding, and was personally com- plimentcd by him as he lefr the 2mphitheater. Miss Winn has a lovely lyric so- prano voice and a charming per- sonality. _ Hazel Gibson Wood entertained last Sunday afternoon in honor of Char- lotte Kleir. who sailed Thursday for Irance for a course of study in niano and organ at the Fontainblau L rvator: {lel who is a graduate ot Conseryatory in_ the rgan and piano, is director and or- i nist of Thomas' Episcopal Church and is considered, one of Washington's most gifted musiclans. _Miss Klcin is a member of Mu Phi Epsilon National Musical Sorority. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Henney of Portland, Ore., after an absence of several years, will be visltors to ‘Washington for the summer. They will be accompanied by Mrs. ien- ney's mother, Mrs. Emma J. Carpen- ter. For many years Mrs. Henney was well known in musical circles. | She has an alto voice of unusual mellowress and beauty. Since going to Portland she has been elected su- perictendent of music in the city schools, a position she has filled with nuch credit. Mr. Henney was tenor oist at the New York Avenue Pres- byterfan Church for a number of 1ears. S. Ernest Philpitt, owner of a musie store in Miami and active in musical projects, is leaving soon with Mrs. Philpitt and daughter Evelyn for his former home in this city. Mrs. and Miss Philpitt will juin Mr. Philpitt at Jacksonville and from there they will proceed to Washington. where Mrs. Philpitt and her daughter will spend two weeks, while Mr. Philpitt will go on to New York and Chicago. He will stop again in Washington on his return. —_— (Kuhlau); i Prophete Unto Me" (Coerne) ley: solo by Mr. Kaye: “Priere et Berceuse" and “Canteline Pastorale” (Guilmant): solo, “The Lord Is My Light" (Allitsen), Mrs. G. ickett; anthem, “Say, Watchman, { What of the Night?" (Sullivan). and organ postlude, “Cornelius March" (Mendelssohn). The urganist and choirmaster George Middleton, A. R. C. O. “Cgronation March,” “Le (MByerbeer) ; At Luther Place Memorial Church, | Thomas Circle, the music for today | will be: Morning service, 11 o'clock— Andante” (Schubert): an- How Long Wilt Thou Forget (Pflueger); solo by Miss Eva mezzo-soprano; offertory, Moderato” (Mendelssohn); solo, ave Me. O God” (Randegger), L. M. Leisenring, tenor. and postlude, ‘Swedish March” (Sodermann). Even- ing service, 8 o'clock—Prelude, “An- dante in C” (Sllas); anthem, “Angel Bands” (Wiegand): solo by Miss Myrtle Patschke, soprano; offertory | Kreizowski): solo. “The ' Penitent" (Vandervater), Miss Eva Bright, mezzo-soprano: anthem. “Unto Thee, O Lord" (Shelley), and “Postlude in C" (Ashford). o At the morning service at the Mount Pleasant _Congregational Church the Mount Pleasant Chorus | will conclude ‘its season’s work. Un- {der the direction of Norton M. Little, with Claude Robeson at the organg assisted by the solo quartet, com: posed of Miss Frances Scherger, so- {prano: Miss Cleo Scanland, contralto: William P. Shanahan, tenor, and Ray- mond Moore substituting ' for Her- (man Fakler, bass, the chorus will render “Hold Thou my Hand,” and !“Hymn to the Saviour,” soprano ob- bligato by Miss Scherger (Kremser). The vesper services have been dis- continued for the summer, and will not be resumed until October 1. | _The choir of Immanuel Baptist | Church will give a musical program {this evening, under the direction of Mrs. Emily G. Dickinson, consisting of the following numbers: Anthem, “Unfold, Ye Portals” (Gou- nod); soprano solo, Mrs. Hazen Beuh- ler, “How Beautiful Upon the Moun- (Harker): anthem, “The Day Past and Over” (Marks); male chorus, “I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say” (Rathburn): anthem, “God Shall Wipe Away All Tears” (Coombs: quartet, “God So Loved the World" (Stainer): anthem, “My Faith Looks Up fo Thee” (Schnecker), with violin obbligato, played by Mr. Sturtevant. The incidental solos will be given by Mrs. F. B. Lord, Mrs. Anna Carter, Miss Richie McLean, A. A. Potter, W. H. Whiteside, and L. H. Macomer. The members of the choir are: So- pranos, Mrs. Lord, Mrs. Carter, Mra Beuhler, Miss Lang; altos, Mo Lean, Miss Gessford. Mrs. Bole: Yocum, Mrs, Boggley; tenors, Mr. Potter. Mr. Macomber, Mr. Ricé, Mr, Braden, Mr. Fleharty, Dr. Murphy; basses, Mr. Whiteside, Mr." McCurdy, Mr, Vocum, Mr. Sturtevant, Dr. Four. * Music today at the Church of the Atonement will be: Prelude, “Simple Aveau” (Thome): quartet, YIncline Thine Ear” (Gounod) (solo by Mr. Escher); solo, “Recessional” (Kipling- De Koven), Miss Dally; voluntary, “Cujus Animam,” from “Stabat Mater”; choir, “The Lord' Our God” (Adams) (incidental solo byeMr. Beach); post- lude, “Onwzrd, Christian Soldlers.” This evening, at thé Church of the Covenant, the evening choir will sing for the last time this season, when a special service complimentary to the visiting Shriners will be given. Thg evening choir, Claude Robe- son, ‘director; Harvey Mu organ- ist; Mrs. Howard Blandy, planist, with the solo quartet, composed of Miss Ruth Peter, soprano; Miss Richie Mc- Lean, contralto; Ross Farrar, tenor, and Raymond Moore, substituting for Herman Fakler, bass, will sing “Hold Thou My Hand,” “O Lamb of God That Takest Away the Sins of the ‘World” (““Agnus Del Communion Serv- ice in G') (Shakespeare); “Glory to God in the Highest,” “Gloria, St. Ce- cilia Mass™) (Gounod). Mr. Farrar will sing “O Savior, Hear Me” (Gluck). The evening choir will be disbanded after today for the summer months, and will not resume its work at the church until the 1st of October. ‘Those desiring to join the lvtnlnl‘ choir for next season may communi- cate with Miss Blanche H. Stoddard, 2131 13th strest northwest, telephone Cqlumpia 1903, LD AROUND THE C By Nannie COUPLE sat on an Avenue stand at Sth street the other night to watch the town go by. At that point the crowd: coming and going, had recovered from the ecstatic jolt handed them by the gold-starred roof and were reveling in the novelty of walking all oVer the street without fear of juggernau- tical results. As the couple watched, the woman said to the man: “The big asphalt {s making first ac- quaintance with a class of natives who never show up at inaugurals and the like." The man, being a stranger, asked why. And the woman, being Barru- meandered on—as garrulous women will: * “At all previous celebrations the populace has been a suffocating jam of nudges, elbows and ejaculations penned up on rope-limited pavements, while the street was a pandemonium of automobiles, making it & hair- breadth escape for every pedestrian who had to cross to get a street car. Never before, at such times, have I seen a sight like this—go-carts and roling chairs, crutches and feeble dear ones who have to be engineered by the tenderness of strong young arms. Look at the bits of children and the bables in arms—all of them safe to enjoy the splendor of this golden night. “What_strikes me as its greatebt feature is the family-like sociability and self-respect of the men and wom- en and the variation of class. Wouldn't it be a good Idea if your city fathers were to give regular, informal dances to the music of amplifiers? It would make a dandy playground on the| greatest ballroom in the world." It remed a pretty good Sugges- tion, but the woman was otherwise interested—mostly in comments made by people passing within the roped | aisle at the foot of the stand—be i ginning with Sue and her Aunt Lizzle: “No, Susie, we better keep right in here. It's got to be a habit with me to ook out for automobiles and I don’t want to get out of training." “But, Aunt Lizzie, everybody outside—these ropes aro just parade day “I know It, but y, honey. you | get out there with the girls and I'll keep right along inside and you can pick me un somewhere. " Susle obeyed and Aunt Lizzie kept‘ inside the rope. She was fear-bound. | A _chummy couple—the woman's | black dress set off with a garnet| bead chain and the man carrying his coat over his arm—were interested | in the financial end of the illum- | ination. My land, Joe. these lights must burn a lot of money—I only used the | hall bulb last month and it cost a dollar. It's a good thing Uncle Sam owns the Treasury—why, it must, cost him a hundred dolla a night.” ‘Sixty thousand dollars”—and the man accented his information with a chuckle of humorous derision streak- | ed with the sort of affection that makes the world go round. ‘Another man and woman, stroll- ing inside the rope line, had paused to look upward, both getting fresh thrills from the chains of golden fire sparked with green and ruby jewels. Tt was the opinion of both that its) equal for beauty had never been seen before on this earth—an impression amended by the man, whose eves were uplifted to a glory that shone above the canopy of fire: he moon looks pretty good tb is for me. What the thousands talked about as they strolled in coubles. groups and family parties on the gray breast of the Avenue is, of course. another story. as Homer said before Kipling and. doubtless. Adam first of all, but this is what the woman re- | marked to the man beside her on the stand: “The most wonderful thing to me about this illumination is that it! gives so manv cld and crippled people. and to 8o many. many baby- burdened mothers the privilege of enjoying its beauty.” * % % | ATS have their critics, but most | humans warm to the tricksy play- fulness of a kitten. florist exhibited a And when a| number of thel small things in his window the other day naturally people paused to watch them. The reception kept up until | the sun retired to give the dusk its| turn, and after that some stars and | a moon came out and a pretty girl! happened along. At that time the | few others before the window in-j cluded an oldish gentleman whose in- terest was of such enjoyable intent- | ness that he outstayed relays of| sightseers to watch the kittens, and | the girl lingered on to watch him. | After he had kept his post until| common sense must have told him it was time to move on, he went off into tree shadows where the moon couldn’t get at him, and the girl was starting on. when: Back came the oldish gentleman: went in the shop, bought a flower, slipped it in his coat and then began to watch the kittens from the inside. And the pretty girl, who was likewise clever, said to her escort—being young, as well as pretty and clever, she naturally had to have ‘He just went in and bought that flower 80 that he uouhli ,t'ouch those kittens—funny, wasn't {t?" Had she extended her investigation to the point of asking for his reason the oldish gentleman might have told her that when the ice-age period of loneliness comes to a life bereft of loved ones, a man—meaning also a woman—may hunger for the compan- ionship of anything that is alive— and not cruel. * * x % ITTENS naturally lead to cats— and of all the forlorn cats, from fairyland to Poe—allowing also for the historic stray that helped to make Dick Whittington lord mayor of Lon- don Town—there never could have been any creature more forlorn than the mangy, yellow-furred thing that a fat foreigner swung by the tail be- fore his food shop the other morning. Hunger and theft represented the cause and effect of the free show, for, of course, the usual street erowd inged around. The man, having Eiaigged the cat until it formed & succession of vellow circles. gave an extra swing for g0od measure and pitched it toward the gutter. The, cat fell in a dazed heap on the bricks, and the fat avenger, inspired by good company, made a hop, skip and jump effort to crush the thing before it could escape. He missed out. { A young fellow, whose good suit, and fresh linen betokened a pros-| perity that allows for books and travel, led in a chuckle of derision, and as no sport could be expected fo stand for a call-down from his peers, the man performed the kangaroo ef- fort of his life and In two jumps landed on a yellow tail and smashed it as flat as a banana peel. A gent with a waistline ten years! too big for him slapped the victor's shoulder with a pulpy pink hand garnished with two set rings, and | somebody else ripped out a tribute, calculated to put a shiver in any| ious spine. e while the laurels wefe being passed, the cat, by that inscrutable sense of preservation we call instinct, had dragged its way behind a pro- tecting pole. - “Betcher couldn't do it agal The challenge, being of knee-pants size, was too callow for notice. “Betchera nickel you can't” Business is business. The valinnt one aimed at the target with squint- ed one eye and jumped—but ""A passing man got in his way. Perhaps he had failed to notice that he wi spoiling sport. Perhaps again he felt that suffering has its rights and that evem a cat caught stoaling is entitled to fair play. Any- how, it gave the fugitive a chance to Awd. despite the homing instinct accredited to the-feline species, it sl |and 'HE CITY safe to infer that there is ons cat, anyhow, that will never come back. * K k& HE had kept step with her decades until at last they had come to a road called the seer and yellow, only she wasn't aware of it, being one of those stubborn fighters who never know when they are licked. Her saflor hat winked gayly at old age, her shortish skirt seconded the mo- tion, and, deflant of the dooming fact that a withered neck is the furlad banner of youth, her dress showea a stringy V, fastened with a cameo framed in twisted gold. as old and battered as If Father Time had cut his teeth on it—the sort of breastpin that 4e elther priceless or junk, ac- cording to the valuation you put on & memory thing. This heirloom was given a juvenile finish by a bunch of artificial blos- soms, such as we girls are wearing Just now—and her poor little old wrinkles were painted something flerce. She just hated to put on glasses—of course, even children have to usa them for reading, but, you know how doctors are! Her oculist had been trying to make her get distance glasses for years—and years—just fancy that—for years—but, “as I told him, what difference did it make. as long as I didn't need them. But, of course, I have to glve in to him— on account of headache, you know Glasses make one look so old—why @iy friends tell me I have the figure of a girl; a regular flapper, and, real- ly, it seems as If I were bragging, but—when you see me with my granddaughter—the youngest one— it is hard at a little distance to tell one from the other—my friends have told me so. All this while, an opticlan was fit- ting the ordered lens to her eyes, and because of his kindly air of interes without the lightest hint of ridicule another customer, who s waltin: for specs. said to hersel f such is the kingdom of heaven! If you are acq nted with stark tragedy you will know just how that woman suffered as she looked at herself in the counter mirror. The optician must have known what was to happen, for he turned away fter the first gasp of astonished horror the frenzy with which she pped the glasses off! Her vanity dying a hard death. It is told of women that they have no sympathy for their sisters, but there must be some exceptions, for a customer, who was waiting for specs, tried to mend the other’s an- guish with a lie. She told her that as soon as she got accustomed to wearing glasses she would find that the rested eyes would really make her more attractive, which wasn’'t such a whopper after all, see- ing that no woman ever gets ac- customed to wearing glasses. But there is always resignation—after we get acclimated into seeing our- selves as others see us. Myrs. Bond in Costume Recital. Genevieve Bond, wife of Rollin Bond. director of the Washingtonians, will be soloist at two entertainments this week in honor of the Shriners. Tonight Mrs. Bond will sing at the Raleigh Hotel and tomortow night at a banquet at the City Club. Mrs. Bond has a dramatic soprano voice of mezzo quality. Her program will be presented in costume, with an ap- propriate change for each selection: Mrs. Bond will sing “Oh. You But- terfly,” and “She Came FKrom Bag- dad,” both of which have:the music originated and arranged by her hus- band. Mrs. Bond herself wrote the lyrics for the two songs. Mr. Bond made an adaptation of the Turkish number originally written by Falitis Effendl, a clasdmate of Dvorak, who played the viola under Richard Wag- Der at the first presentation of the “Niebelungen Ring.” Faltis Effend} was bandmaster to the Khedive of Egypt for twelve years and while serving in this capacity wrote this melody in the form of an instru- mental composition. Mrs. Bond's third number will be Lieurance's popular “By the Waters. of Minnetonka,” sung in Indian cos- tume. The costume which she will wear for the Turkish song will be decidedly “Shrinish” in design. Almas Glee Club gave a speclal con- cert last Monday, assisted by Miss Ruth Mae Hansford, soprano, and Warren W. Grimes, baritone. MUSICAL INSTRUCTION. EDNA BISHOP DANIEL Teacher of Vocal Art. Studio: 1210 G _st. n.w. Main 2183. wa 17th St.| OI ot pa. Ave Established Co ege Fr. 4491 o of Music,n Offers exceptional advantages to begin| ners as well as advanced students, in al| branches of Music. 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