Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-05-07
SING SUITABLE SONGS.
rLONG METER TUNES FOR SHORT
METER WORK..
.che Key 10 MINISTERIAL. But tho Tims
Should be Like That Of "Rory o. =
More Rather Than ssSweet
HOme"-A Love Song.

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noticed that it took her a whole FORE
noon to scrub the kitchen, piece OF
work that should have been accom-
,plished in an hour. The girl accom-
rpanied her scrubbing-brush with a
song, and the mistress listened to the
slow music she made:
mid pleasures scrub an palaces
scrub-tho' we may-scrub-roam,
BE it ever so-scrub-humble there's no
-scrub-place like home.'
Hannah" called the mistress, I'm
tired OF hearing Sweet Home;" sing
..Rory O'More."
Nothing 10th the girl did So and fell
into the trap so cleverly set for her.
MIer brush flew over the boards, and
when she had finished the song the
floor was scrubbed as white as snow.
The poetry of motion had made swift
work.
IN farm houses in tho west Of Eng
land where they still use tho old-fash-
toned churn and dasher. the women OF
the family have a rhyme which they
teach to the maids who do the churn-
ing. 1t is supposed to make the butter
come quickly and is used as a charm.
The secret lies in the fact that the
churner keeps time to the rapid music
Of the words, and so brings the butter.
1t can be heard at this day on many Q
farm house stoop:
""Come butter, come,
Come, butter, come,
Peter stands at the gate,
Waiting for butter cake
Come, butter, come"
The song of labor always acts as a
charm. The poet finds inspiration in
them as theme, and sets them to the
music of his rhyme.
SIN very humble cot
I'm q rather quiet spot
In the suds and in the soap
Worked a woman full of hope,
Working, singing all alone
In q sort of undertone
tWith-a-Savior-for
He - will eep-ine-to-the-en !"
The "yo-ho-heave-ho' of the sailor
makes the labor of handling the heavy
windlass, or the rope, almost a pastime.
And the wet-browed slave in the old
plantation days sweetened his toll with
the measured chant in a minor key
Sang of Israers victory
Sang of Zion bright and free"
1T was the privilege of the writer t.
attend chapel service one afternoon
in the House of the Little Sisters of the
Poor. There was one voice in the
CHOIR Of sisters that filed the little
chapel with its melody and reused all
hearts by it's sweet service of praise.
It was cultured as well as sweet
voice and the wonder was to hear it in
such a place.
The writer begged to see the sister
who owned the beautiful voice, and
the request was granted. After a tour
of the house and visit among the
aged poor for whom this great charity
was devised, we came to the kitchen.
"A young and delicate sister was ladling
.out soup for the old people. Her
black dress was turned up and fasten-
ed around her waist. She was intro
duced to me as Sister Agatha, the
singer who had charmed me.
But. sister," l argued, show car
you keep such voice in place like
.sthis? You should sing to the listening
crowds and hear the plaudits of thous
sanfls."
~Oh. madame" said the little French
sister, 'C'est pour lie bon Dieu, pour Il
bon Dieu." For the good God.)
There is humorous anecdOte of !,
song that helped in a matrimonial
venture. In this particular case tn
lover suffered so badly whenever h
ATTEMPTED to pop the question, that h.
made himself ridiculous and would rul
:. away. At last the young lady suggest
ed to him that If he could not say wha
he wanted to express he could sing it
Happy thought. He at once burs
forth:
ssD-dear NJ ISIS M-mary-if you'll be my wit
I'll t-t-t-ake good care of you all my life.
Miss Mary, who had so generousl
helped him out, gave him propitiou
answer.
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