New-York tribune., 1902-03-14
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

In order 70 test the acoustic properties OF the
new Roman Catholic Cathedral in London. Car
dInaI Vaughan has decided that musical per-
formance a large scale shall be given early in
Juno. The total number OF performers Will be
about two hundred and nifty. and will include the
combined choirs OF the Oratory and that OF the
new Westminster Cathedral. together with or
chestra- The programme as at present arranged
includes Wagner's Holy Supper Of the Apostles"
Purceus Ito Deum" for chorus and orchestra,
Palestrina's Surge nluminare," and the "Agnus
Der from Byrd's nve part mass.
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A girl in Maine who is a church member re-
Gently oficiated at the ceremony OF naming her
uncle's yacht. and. being an ardent Prohibitonist.
used bottle OF water instead OF a bottle OF wine
Curiously enough, however, the church OF which
she a member took the view that the bottle
of wine she didn't probably made some weak
young drunk. whereas 1t would have harmed
nobody had she used 1t in the ceremony. There
fore it voted to censure her for putting tempta-
ton in the path OF n young man. a delightful
touch TO this story. which Is not told as a Joke
though II reads like one is that the young woman
successfully appealed from the action OF the
church on two grOunds-hrst, because out OF the
millions Of bottles Of wine in the world the church
had failed to designate the particular bottle which
she might have used, and. even II II did So she
would thereupon decide that she would have used
other bottle; and. second, the church had not
proved either that the wine drunk by a young
that a young was drunk by tho wine
In rebuttaI she asserted that the wine was actu-
ally consumed by an old man. who being a sea-
soned PrOhibiuonist. therefore able to stand
it, and she challenged the church council to dis
prove her assertion.
He's moved away from Avenue A
Relieving that bad street
FOR Yo one e%d whose 5f, pile lev permits I. more style;
-CPhiladelDha Press.
Some four years ago. when the Holy Shroud I,
the Cathedral of Turin exhibited along with
other relies. a photographer obtained permission
to photograph it. On coming 10 develop the plate
he was amazed to find that the shroud bore an I'M
mistakabe human image, which was invisible to
the eye while the relic exposed The plate fell
into the hands of of the lecturers French
Academy of Sciences. His explanation the
miracle takes account of the fact that bitumen
and other substances used in the East in preparing
dead bodies possess photogenic properties-that is
they reproduce images under the influence OF
light. Linen treated found to give clear
Photographic reproduction of coins that had been
wrapped in it. The experimenter does not neces-
sarly dismiss the idea OF recent human interven-
tiOn in the production of the phenomenon. Mean
while steps being taken induce the Arch
bishop OF Turin to authorize further photograph
Of the shroud to be taken.
Mrs. Towne-Have you any close neighbors,
Mrs. Subbubs-Yes; they are all close So close
that you couldn't borrow a hatiron or a cup of
sugar to save your fe.-(Philadelphia Record
At the first annual meeting OF he trustees OF
the Carnegie fund of $0OOOO0O given for education
in the Scottish universities the report showed
that out OF six thousand applications for grants
from the fund large percentage had been dis
allowed, but nearly twenty-five hundred students
had received assistance, at total outlay OF about
sl5OOo for the winter session of 19O1-O2. Condi-
uons may change later. but that expenditure rep-
resents not great deal more than l per cent on
the principal At that rate the fund would go on
steadily becoming larger.
The question of food adulteration is a prettv
serious one" said produce dealer yesterday ..Of
course We intend to keep pure food, but some~
times We get fooled we'll customers
very hard to detect, and that is honey Thev can
manufacture honeycombs now that would deceive
the bees themselves. and then they I'LL up the cells
with a cheap glucose syrup. and often IL sells for
the pure article. No one is going to take readily
TO strained honey for the very sound Of tbat
sayors OF adulteration. but comb honey Is orits
a different matter. There Is one wav bov,evar
10 detect the fraud, and that is by smell Natural
money has certain peculiar fragrance that can
not De duplicated even though the taste and an
pearance seem almost perfect. Buckwheat honey
OF course. smells different from clover honey: hnt
yet there is certain popularity in both which
eouhterieiters cannot initiate. and housekeeners
VINO nave once applied the of smell 10 the
IDelng deceived by counterfeits. s."-(PhiladeIn