Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1926, Page 22

SOCIETY (Continued from Page Nineteen.) Causey, Mr. H. G. Chase, Maj. George A. Paddock and Capt. C. A. Rogers. Dinner and Bazaar at St. Margaret’s Church. Today and tomorrow, from 3 to 10 o'clock, the Rector's Ald Soclety of St. Margaret's Church will con- duct the annual Christmas bazaar and turke{ dinner of the parish at the parish house on Connecticut ave nue hetween Bancroft and Leroy places. s 3 The dinner will be served at 6, 6:30 and 7 o'clock. In addition to the dinner there will be mapy b tables, including fancy worl ) grab bag, ice cream, cakes, cookies, doughnuts and so on, and there will also be gift tables, fortune. tellers and other forms of amusement. Among the ladies conducting the fair are Mrs. Joseph S. Wall, Miss Carolene Smith, Mrs. Paris ngle, Mrs. R. Winston Holt, Mrs. Charles K. McDermott, Mrs. Alexander M. Bull, Mrs. James .Maxwel' Durrant and Mrs. Edward McCeney Jones. Tomorrow afternoon, at 4:30 o’clock, the first of a series of musical teas will be given-by the American clation of University Woren, clubhouse, 1634 T street. The subject on this afternoon will be an opera- logue on “Pique Dame,” Tschaikow- erpiece, by Mme. Rim . niece of the comp Albion. This is the Gillette, Mrs. Charles J. Bell, Mrs William J. Harrs, Mrs. Adoiphe Gude, Mrs. Frank Hight, Miss Laura Har- lan, Mrs. H. M. Lord, Mrs. Frederick C. Grant, Mrs. W. D. Carmicael, Mrs. W. L. Pitcher, Mrs. Edwin F. Puller Mrs. E. R. Stitt, Mrs. Harry B. Den- ham, Mrs. Franie R. Hagner, Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins, Alexander Stewart, Mrs, F. E. Martin, Mrs. E. L. Hall, Mrs. M. 1. Weller, Mra.. W. 1 A. Skinner; Mrs. George Talbot and others. Miss Belle Perkins of Richmond, Va., is spending a few days at the New Willard. Phi Sigma Epsilon Sorority will give an informal dance -at the Southern Club, Seventeenth and Massachusetts avenue. Saturday, December 4, from 10 to 1 o’clock. G. B. Pierce, chalrman of table at the Christmas Mrs. U the utility haznar of All Souls’ Church, Pierc Hall, Fifteenth and Harvard streets, has & unjque collection of articles. Hand-woven rag- rugs, old-fashioned sllk hook rugs, silk patchwork quilt and other useful household articles. The bazaar is under the auspices of the Womer’s Alliance of All Souls’ Church and will continue tomorrow. The Music Club of the International ederation of Catholic Alumnae is giving a musical on Tuesday at the residence of Mrs. Frederick J. Rice, 1502 Columbia road, at 8:15-o'clock pm. A program has been arranged under the direction of Dr. Alexander Henneman. Miss Margaret Mey llister is chairman and will be 1 charge of the refreshments. The alks to be given | members of the board of the federa- Club by Mr. Mrs. Edouard Albion on each of the several operas to be given during the weason, making, if pessible, a fuller appreciation and understanding. The bridge party for the benefit of Casualty Hospital, which is being held tomorrow afternoon in’ the ball- room of the Willard Hotel, promises | to be one of the smartest charities of the season, judging from the de- | mand for tickets The party is being given under the auspices of the hoard of lady mana- gers of the hospital, and a sale of fancy work, homemade candy, cakes and aprons’ will .be held in connec- tlon with the bridge. _Attractive prizes have been provided for each table. Mrs. Coolidge heads the list of tronesses, among whom are Mrs. and | tion will be the guests of honor. 6,000 DINNErl.iS PLANNED. Salvation Army to Ask Public for $25,000 by Christmas. Within the next 23 days the Salva- tion Army hopes to raise enough money to provide 6,000 needy persons of this city with Christmas dinners and to have a “Christmas tree on which there will be gifts for 1,000 poor children. The drive was opened today with 000 as the goal and with the de. termination to expend the entire amount during the holiday season and throughout the severe Winter months in caring for widows, orphans and the sick. DAYTON WESTMINSTER CHOIR. That remarkable choral organiza- tion, the Westminster Choir of Day- ton, Ohio, John Finley ~Willlamson director, gave its second annual .con- cert in Wasl orf before an audience that filled large auditoriurp at Central High* School last night. To those who heard this choir last year there was no surprise, only deep enjoyment, in the marvelous accuracy in” pitch, portamentos in pianissimo tones and humming effects, rich organ notes in the bass section and general excellencies in @ictiori and in crescen- do and diminuendo work in this vocal .svmphony. But tRere were many choir members and directors of Wash- ington in last night's audience who %| had not heard this group previcusly and they enjoyed the perfection and ease of this choir's singing. It may prove of additional interest to know that Mrs. H. E. Talbott, head of the | board of directors and chief patroness: of the choir, said.last night that {ere were 42 in this group of 60 who never sang with the choir until September of this year—they had only three months of work under Mr. Willlam- son—and that this was the choir’s nineteenth concert on this tour. The ever-dominant feature about this choir s the fact that those in the organization are there not for financial remuneration, but for love of singing, and, more than that, they are Amer- fcan citizens, just everyday working folks earning their own livings in trades and professions, not tempera- mental “artists,” as the word is so often misused. They have learned un. der Mr. Williamson not only the e: tials of fine choral singing, the knack of perfect relaxation and forgetfulness of self in their attitude while singing, and their cheerful face: reflecting so completely the message their song, evidences that their sing- Ing comes from within and is not ju: surface-taught. / ‘The real beauty of death, not its grimness, is shown In the rejoicing ¢hoir -~ sings ut also wing Low, Sweet Charlof Lorean Hodapp, the soprano with bell- like high tones, excellently covered low tones and perfect command of word- rama, sang the solo part in these and also in the beautiful old Catalonian Nativity, harmonized by the Rev. Romeu—"The Three Kings.” Eliza- beth Cecil, who has a mellow contralto voice, showed equal skill as a singer in the solo part of the old thirteenth century “Crusader’s Hymn,” which followed Dickerson’s “Noel” in the list of final encores. Mr. Evans, baritone solaist, also showed a fine gift, intel- ligently developed. The audience was so fascinated by the choir’s work that not one rose to go at the conclusion of the printed program, which contained such gems at Palestrina’s “Hodle Christus N e Not Afraid” (especially well sung by double chorus), Greig's ‘“Jesus, Friend of Sinners,” Brahms’ “Fifty- first Psalm, Opus 29,” Arnold Men- delssohn’s “Easter Motet,” Burleigh's “Were You There?" Samuel Richards Galnes’ “The Lord's Prayer” (a beau- tiful arrangement dedicated to this organization and sung for the first time on this tour), Dickinson’s “List to the Lark” and Christiansen’s “Praise to the Lord. . As a final encore, Mr. Williamson conducted ‘‘Jesus, Lover of My Soul,” that familiar old hymn, and he asked “The A Patent with the New Sna) Fastenette. ache,” a e Strap No. dierice to be or his chorus and hum. the accom- paniment, giving a wonderful effect for the final memory of this cholr ;cond excellent program in the Capi: CLAUDIA MUZIO. Claudia Muszlo, one of the most charming of Italian opera singers, a prima donna with the Chicago Opera Co. and formerly with the Metropoli- tan Opera Co., gave a song recital in Washington yesterday afternoon be- fore an unusually appreciative audi- ence. According to available rec- ords, it has bgen nine years since this singer appeared here in formal, pro- fessional recital. She has a beautiful voice of undoubted operatic timber, marvelous contral over pianissimo tones in the exquisite, rounded high notes in her voice, obvious ease and polish in all the “tricks of the trade,” and charm of personality when she chooses to show it—which = came through, oddly enough, more fre- quently in her encores than in her program numbers. Her fault singing seems to be a lack of “covered tones” for her lower register, which fre- quently resulted in a jarring effect, with harshness and lack of buoyancy in her tonal descent during a number begun beautifully in the higher register. Yet, she is a charming artist in all else, and her program yesterday was real joy. * The -opening number was Veracini's Pastorale,” followed by a slightly mechanical singing of “Placeri Fan- ciulleschi” by Mozart, Pergolesi’s *‘Se tu m'ami,” and Donaudy’'s love song, exquisitely sung, “Spirate pur, spi- res, and the Mexican folk ‘Estrellita.” The aria ‘“Pace, Pace, Mio Dio” from Verdi's “La Forza del Destino” began with softest singing of the opening phrase a capella, and was generally very well in French, came Cesar ful “L’heure. Delicieuse” with excel- lently sustained notes, and as a most intriguing encore, an old “Bergerette’ by Recli. In the old French “C'est Mon Ami,” the singer omitted some of the trills customary in this song. Koechlin's *Tse Temps des Fees® was followed - by - encores, “La Coeur de m’aml,” an old French song with pat- tering grace in its giib phrases, and the well known “Daughters of Cadiz, given unusual interpretation with the use the singer made of the laughing phrases. In English, Bainbridge Crist's “Yes- teryear,” so popular for concert work vas well done and Richard Hagemai Charity,” a loVely song, and Watts ‘The Little Shepherd’s Song’’ brought the unusual to what is often a me. diocre group. “Flow Gently, Sweet Afton” and Liza Lehman's coy “Cuckoo” were encores. The last aria, “Mia_ Piccirella” from the opera “Salvator Rosa” by the Brazillan com- poser, Ggmez, was a dramatic number well pregented and Buzzi-Peccia's “Co- lombet was the colorful encore. Charles Lurvey was an excellent acl companist at the piano.—H. F.. e Static electricity which can be gen- erated in the human body has been sufficient to start fires in the presence of alcohol -or gasoline vapors. THE .| died at his Saratoga Springs, N. Y., %, s, exel DR. JOHACP: DEVLINDIES. [~ Prominent Dentist of City Suo- cumbs at A‘e‘of 56. Dr. John P. Devlin, 56 years old, for 35 years a prominent dentist, here, homeon Tuesday, his relatives here have been notified. Dr. Devlin's death followed a nervous breakdown sev- eral months.ago, which forced him to retire from practice, Graduated from the Columbia Den- tal School in 1890, Dr. Devlin estab- lished an .office here. For the past few years he had offices in the Mc- Lachjen Building. He was member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, and took an active part in church and dental societies. H€ has written sev- eral important papers on dental science. s He' is. survived by two brothers, James H. Devlin, this city, and Rich- ard - E.~ Dévlin, Saratoga Springs; three sisters, Katherine C., Nellie E. and Mary M. Devlin, Saratoga Springs. Funeral will be held at Sara- toga Springs tomorrow morning at 9:30 o'clock from St. Clement's Church. 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