Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-03-02
NEW-CENTURY CLUB.

An interesting session of the Current
Events Glass was held on Tuesday
week; an instructive article on
German Choral and English Hymn
was contributed by Miss McCaulley
with frequent illustrations on the piano
by Miss Cause. She traced the history
of the German chorals, many Of which
were frankly taken from the melodies
of the people in their folk songs The
famous tune of "Old Hundred" first
appeared in 1865, yet it was of very
ancient lineage and had been I'M
doubtedly handed down from genera
tion to generation by the living voice
There is no grander hymn in the Ger
man tongue than Luther's Zine Feste
Burg list Unser Gott;n it has all of his
ruggedness, trust and ma jestic courage.
If the term indigenous can
be rightly applied to any school OF art
the English school of church music
might put in strong claim to it; its
individuality was favored by Eng
lands insular position. In its hymns
| Germany possesses a decided advantage
in that the words of given hymn are
there always associated with the same
tune while in England every tune to
given metre is available for every other
/ hymn in the same metre. Isaac Watts,
| whatever partly ludicrous associations
he may suggest. can be called the in
ventor of English hymns. We
have the heritage of the hymns of the
Puritans, which are robust in tone and
profound in feeling, even if rugged in
| form and sometimes obsolete in diction.
These will remain as models of sense
and solidity and their place in the
religious life may be likened 10 that of
the patriotic songs in the nations.
In notes on art Miss Lore told Of an
other series of war scenes by Verests
chagin, representing the retreat of the
Grand Army from Moscow, which is
now being exhibited in London and
will doubtless be brought here. His
terrible realism In picturing war was
gained by actual service with the Rus
sian Army where he received for
bravery the highest military decoration
in the gift of the Gar Like our
young literary men in the Cuban cam
paign he was willing TO risk life 10
order to realize what he paints. These
impressive pictures of the horrors OF
war have timely interest in view OF
the Cars coming Peace Congress.
| -lloS lAbIG htScE4Jtu IluBN vi new
pictures in the exhibition now open in
the Academy of Fine Arts in Philadel.
phia, but which will close tomorrow.
Mrs. Cope Of England told informally
about her experiences in II years
: residence in Japan. She found thu
Japanese q quick, clever little people
filed with desire of initiating every
thing European or new, but, especial,
among the lower classes, not to b.
relied upon, neither moral or truthful
they have a sprightly. Frenchy polite
l ness; indeed they are quite too polite
The European, which includes tn
American, residents OF Yokohama liy
in their own little town, governed b,
their own consular court, but thi
: court is about to be given up whel
t they will come under japanese law. @
: rather under their adaptation of tn
: Code Napoleon. which has supersede,
the terrible old japanese laws of whic
y she twice encountered victims. one
n woman who had been crucified and wa
e dying lingering death, the other
S man buried to his neck, VINO wa
allowed no food and whose head wa
black with flies that were torturin
him. Although the newy code is a
J. improvement on the old. still European
IS will have to come under its administri
tion by Japanese officials which SCENE
y to think would be most undesirable.