Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-17
40 CHOIR GIRLS wlSIsss
CURED FOR CHURCH se so% g.

'SHscts
eA'a"ce Of the Nina
y""'"s'' and pl.aa,sn, NV cA'''-
e Cha. s Girl. Who s1ss = ..
ne" York Pew Place. -. f'ss
there's cheerful no,e, :"
souhg woman TO the writ, 'a -, atssh
hch that after next Fac atnna
where =, have sung for u. ne ne eAna
years WIN do away with :, n,, 'aa 'hrs
ahd employ boys and men on ,I,Aed ett
churches are going thai un. y Aid
when a girl who gets ba, ~ !, And ID
church singing talks Of io oa, lying J.
opera company. there l. sV o Z a con-
among her friends, who a. ~. 'ernatiaa
one might sing in Church J" y escEia
oo-aI1-so gets $1,000 - ,a eholr LID
Blank s church on Fifth year at b
you ,.,,, Say y! good word for siNn Chi
s Ioaiu 'ihe 70 earn their living Is Sio
slnglhs, but are unable 10 ~ ~ iehara
owing to the demand for ~ ~ una sat
came to New York five ye svs ch9rs
nave managed to support ,ers o ago. srd
fashion, ever since hy sjng;saas ~ aura
ana giving music lessons Az ~ y, eiluHi
least dozen other girls w Ja Know
the same thing. "' nave dou
..rI Dnn4MS OF THE pRovINegns
mere IS not a successful chnraI
m any small town in the inter Il.n ssinga
state who does not dream - S''or q thu
New York in order to earn - ooilng %
ana perfect herself in her ART to, ~ aloHeg
that she can hear good nna T. she klovs
trilie' that schools are plenty a ndi 81, iTs
an idea that the churches Of th KY a sle laa
brooklyn are always ready r. ~ ~ sid
salaries to singers. They b |" Wy By
now Miss Emma Abbott be~a 's pad
late Or. Chapins church we ssa !, a a tie
ana oiossomed out into an oner J., q
= ney are not averse to singing in or me-
good engagement offer 'pel ~
comic opera is something too d,l Da
iui 10 thlnk Of; that never .s usdl
INTO their calculations. Tia '.'els
OF this popular deIusion 'sas
scores OF clever young women conc ula
thelr country homes to New YorL ~ o ,iya
year to reap disappointment n WI
lo9iiiS excellent chances at hone n d'
meantime. A change in fashion ~
eliminated the woman singer frar, u. II
church choir. Go to the organist AZ ~ y. V
big church where chorus girls sra a y
ploYed, and he will tell Won sam ~ ~
1t is worth while utterino a az ro ~
warning to the score who are now ,hi.9
ing Of trying for fame and fortune No. w.
a few hours visiting among oreoni.,
showed how true was this plaint To-
years ago almost every Protestant =.
copal church employed large Charm !
men and women, the best Of whom !.
ceived salaries. Today the chm.
where mixed choirs are emnloyod -
PAID may be counted on the fingers 4
one hand. In great many Prssbr.A
rlan. Methodist and Baptist cbnrch.
the members OF the quartet Of sipo.r
are paid to lead the congregational M
ing, but the choir, if it exists, is a vl-s
teer one. In the leading Epigom
churches great pride used to Be- taE~
with the choir, and there was eopT,r,
rivalry. With high church" or ritual
istic services began the change.
THE VETERANS VIEW.
A veteran organist, who did not viii
his name used because the church wbi5
employed him might object to his h
marks, said:
The disappearance Of the church
choir, and the consequent disappearance