Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-15

one of them follow up the dog ana see IL
there was any reason Tor ms GEM u9ti a
tons In less than two minutes the man
was hack on a run. shouting 1or ropes
and holm IT seems that a fisherman VINO
was working on the docks hau Sippeu
overheard and the Admiral alone knew
of the accident. When rescue reacneu nm
the unfortunate one was almost eNhaus
ed He was clinging to the cracks OF the
slippery timbers, and in a rev moments
must certainly have gone down. but tnS
Admiral was equal to the emergency anu
proved that he was not such a 1901 as ne
looked. ., s
Sandy, but these are enough TO prove MS
The Largest Organ Company.
Tho largest organ in the world is in Fes-
tival Hall, at the ST. Louis exposition put
- &c y temnorary affair. and / have not
hoard that any arrangement has been made
for it's sale The largest permanent organ
is in the cathedral at Harlem, Holland,
ouaint old town given up to music ana
,ulins and visited by thousands of tourists
The next largest is in the tabernacle at
Salt Lake and was built in the carry sew
entities by Joseph Ridges, WeIsn Morhlon
and later improved by Nlels 1ohhsoh ~
Shure Olsen, both Swedes. FROM the liIs'
II has been considered a wonderful ihsuu-
ment the finest in America, ana mas peeh
visited by musicians of every natioh, Wito
have admired it particularly because Oh it 20
tonal quality Two or three years ago IL
was rebuilt by the w. w. kimball Com
many and is very much improved IL mas
more than five thousand pipes, rang ng IN
length from one-quarter of an men u
tbirty-tWo feet; ITO stops and five Key
boards 1t comprises five complete organs
with the tones of an orchestra and mill
tary band in addition to ordinary organ
tones 1t is operated by ten-horse power
electric motor. r..
Free public recitalS are gwen TWO dltei
moons in the week by Professor Mcclellan,
the tabernacle organist, and every sunday
afternoon at 2 clock choir OF Goo voices
sings a program of selected sacred music;
This choir is as famous as the organ, ana
for drill ard discipline is one of the most
narfect musical organizations in the United
States Professor Evan stephens Is the
director Although the tabernacle Will seat
over 5000 people, II is always CROWDED at
these concerts
The acoustic properties of the building
are marvellous. They are demonstrated to
every visitor. The man who shows you
around will take you to the extreme corner
of a gallery and tell you to listen mo-
mont When he raps on the back OF a seat
with his pencil another man near the pul-
nit begins talking to him In an ordinary
tome of voice, which he gradually moder-
ates until it becomes whisper, but you
can hear distinctly every movement of his
Inns Finally he says in an ordinary con-
versational tone:
~ am going to drop pin. Listen"
And. sure enough, you hear the pin drop
mon the preachers desk, just as distinctly
as If you stood beside it. instead of 80 feet
away. s-.i.,- 49,
THE tabernacle must not be confused with
the temple because they are two very diff
ferent buildings. The tabernacle is built of
wood and is a single auditorium, always
open to the public Jew. Greek. Gentle and
Mormon alike while the temple, which is
an imposing structure of granite, costing