, 1862-02-03
The Church Cloffa of CHICAGO.

1he NnufcA EAo1TA OF Chicago
Among numerous letters that VIC have re-
cciycd the past week, We select the following:
Mn. KEEr DAEf.-Dfar Sir: knowing you to
be better Informed tl:an aHv other man in america
upon 'ill subjects. we wish your opinion upon the
following:
Has any salaricd singer who docs not ALWAYS
wear patent leather boots cultivate moustache,
live Oh Michigan Avenue or Rusll street, any right
to presume upon cnltivatins the acquaintance Of
any Of the congregation With whom ht sincs THIS
Thought has been suggested to me upon sec1ny our
irr annrm, -*tip his Tie to our baritone ~ Who
ehly receives Two hundred and fifty dultnrs per
year. CONSCIENCE
In reply 10 s. Conscience VIC say that owing to
the fac! that there are not more than enough good
choir singers 10 fill the situations at the Vest it
j: necessary to treat them ias matter Of policy
ilke ladies .s: ard gentlemen But re s,rs1;aously
eicrs, man hisSly ccns,1abe. Ne are sorry : 10 % Be
| squ0ndcr their money in supporting their wives
| aud children. *. D.
! The choir Of thc Round Church WAS visited
last Sahbath- It is said to bc the bust in the
country. Such, 1T least, is tho opinion Of the
t choir themselves They arc no doubt sincere
for to judge from their singing you would
| imagine they never heard any one sing
Tie choir Of this church is under tic dircc-
tion Of Afr. Barrcntone His voice registers
| from c c C to A Il, but is weak in the lower
tones His principal musical characteristics
| arc scratching lis head and performing vari-
Gus .ambidcxtrous Prestidisitations, By
placing lis digits at the end Of his nose and
| vibrating them in 4 very unpleasant manner
when any member Of anothcr choir enters
| the church.
/ Mrs. Trebles, the soprano, has 4 compass in
; iwu volumes. She is evidently u,,accu5tomed
to solo singing, which units her for the high
order Of music performed By tho choir. Her
! husband is an cy-coTporal Of the Marine Light
Guards, to which fact is owing the present
proficiency Of the choir,
The contra1to, hrs. Scott, has magnificent
waeerlcy voice. The first Sunday she sang,
most Of the audience were quito sea sick, but
| now since braces have been added to the
building and seats rendered dr,ncr, the results
are very happy
las only been associated with the choir seven
years, ard they lave not yet determined
| whether hc sings well enough to be retained
He is undoubtedly the best singer III Chicago,
but we desire to hear him under different cir.
cumstanccs before deciding upon lis abilities,
Fl. Foster school He has dcscvcdly a world
wide reputation. His temperament Is Diaton-
1e. while Fosters is Euphonic. lie Diapason)
AZ s1eor, Roster very tame Hc (Diapason)
slow and clumsy, Foster brilliant and clear.
7 say that they are both of the same school,
because both have reached eminent positions
by being entirely unlike each otlicr. Dia-
pason can draw more stops than any
in America; Foster can put thcm ia
as 1ast as Dialnson can draw them.
FerhaI's It IS proper to state that I never
heard the choir Of tic Round Church as I ar
rivcd just as the sermon commenced but I
got MY Information from the young gentle
man who engineers the bellows.
Ipromised to give the public complete
history Of music since the food, but The Ed,
tors Of the TRIBUNE very ungcncrously re-
fused to add thirteen columns to their Sunday
morning edition. I have received scventS-nin
letters The past week aud will cndeavor to
antwcr tbcnl in due courEe Of time mean
| to make everything clear, concise and complete
.. aE 1 proercss, under the old proycrh that {
A.ncw broom sweeps clean" The Broom
E above mentioned is manufactured from the
| test OF broom corn furnished by OUT fHcnl
sgaScrus. LII view Of the above truths let III
| all KEEP DARK
:. Found DEAD.-Mrs Louisa Dichler, wife 0
), John Dichlcr, living on Lincoln near Reesl
street, in the North Division, Was discovered
:. dead in her tcd Saturday morning at thrc.
o'clock, by her husband An inquest was hell
= by Coroner James, which established the fac
tint the WOMAN died Of heart disease.
:, BRA1THwArRs' RETROSPECT Jaauax
Il number Of the Braithwaitos' Retrospect ha
= been received BY Jno. 3. Walsh. corner Mad
soa s.-cc: and Custom House P1see.