The Washington times., 1905-04-22

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| cloth and ashes will be at an end and
the joyful Easter time will have come.
Even with all the good cheer of Christ
mas and its manifestations or peace
| on earth and good will to men there Is
no season in ell the year that brings
the same joy to the human heart as
! Easter.
| The cold of winter has past and the
happy spring time heralds the season
! of joy. In the churches of the Christian
world the commemoration of the resur-
| rection of Christ from the dead forms
the greatest celebration of the year and.
| coming after the season of Lent. it
opens up a new life. as 1t were, to all
| humanity.
| Washington churches will celebrate
| Easter tomorrow, when specially pre-
pared hymns Of praise will be sung. In
many cities of England it is the custom
| for the choirs to ascend the beifry early
| Easter morning and at the break OF
dawn burst forth in songs of praise
| while the chimes ring out an Easter
| anthem. The custom is very pretty
one and one which. it is said. several
| Washington choirs will follow this year.
Sang Christmas Carols.
On Christmas the choir of Christ
| Church, Georgetown, went through the
streets very early in the morning sing
| ing Christmas carols and it was one Of
the prettiest and most appropriate GUS
| toms Washington has ever known. 1t
! brought to those who heard 1t a new
| sense of the season and closer realiza-
| ton Of the significance of the feast
| In many instances the choirs will be
augmented by additional singers and
| by orchestras This will be done in
Protestant and Catholic chures alike,
| and the musical programs in all promise
| to be of an unusually interesting char
acter. The affairs of Catholic churches,
which for the three preceding days have
| been stripped of everything in the way
| of decorations, Will be ablaze with hum
| dreds of candles and banked high with
palms and great clusters of Easter lilies
! and other flowers.
| To Sing Gounod's Mass.
The choir of Immaculate Conception
Church will sing Gounod's mass to st.
Cecilia, with an augmented choir. aided
by players from the Georgetown Or
chestra- The offertory will be Stewart S
i''ViCtimae Paschali, and before the mass
the choir will sing Novelties '.Vfdi
lAquam-" Solemn vespers Will be sung
at o'clock The soloists will be Miss
| Bessie F. Hickey Miss Eta Wilson,
Harry NJ Crowell and William H. De-
lacy Harry Hall is the organist. and
the regular director of the choir, Harry
| Wheaton Howard, will be In charge of
the music.
Solemn high mass will be sung in the
Shrine of the Sacred Hea~' at 1890 a.
m, Rev. James A smyth, eelebrant;
pax- nh
the church. will preach on Christ Is
Risen" The choir will sing Haydn's S
"Imperial Mass in d. and will be as
sisted by an orchestra. Giorza.s Re
Vespers will be sung at 4:3O o'clock. with
the psalms from Mercadante, in D. F.
A Mackiin Is organist and director,
ST. Augustine's choir has prepared
Haydn's third mass for its Easter pro-
gam, with Hummers Alma Virgo at
the offertory; soloist, Mrs. Martini
irving. Millard's vespers will be sung
e. s o'clock in the evening.
Music at St. Patrick's.
An orchestra has been engaged to as
sist the choir of St. Patrick's Church
which will give Haydns Sixteenth
Mass and Mascagni's Regina Coeli' al
the offertory. Dielman's "Vidi Aquam'
will precede the mass, and at the
gradual the choir will sing Wiegand' $
.-Haec Dies Dr. Anton GloetZneI
will preside at the organ, and the music
will be under the direction of the regu-
lar organist, Armand Gumprecht. The
soioists will be Mrs. Annie Grant
Fugitt, soprano; Miss Mary Grant. con-
ltralto; Melville Hensey, tenor, and
Charles Goodchild, bass.
| Haydn's Third Mass will constitute the
priacipal feature of the program at ct
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southeast, when the choir, under the di-
rection of Miss Hattie NJ Ritchie. with
Miss Katherine McKenna. organist, will
sing the Easter music Dlabelli,s
pers will be sung al 4 o'clock.
The Church of the Holy Comforter
Fourteenth and East Capitol streets, the
youngest Catholic Church In Washing
gram for Easter under the direction OF
its organist. Miss Alice Farrell. The
masses Will be at Z, 9, and II o'clock
string orchestra will assist the choir
which will sing the mass and also the
| Easter hymn, He Is Risen
| The cardinal has authorized state
nlent that the parish of the Holy Com
forte;. is not to be moved nor the
boundary lines changed. A rumor has
been curren. in Catholic circles to this
effect, but the cardinal has denied it.
i Easter at st. Joseph's.
ST. Joseph's Church will sing Mario s
Third Mass. with Giorzas Regina
Coeli" at the offertory. The soloists
will be Miss Grace Thornet. Miss Anna
Rogers, Miss Helen McDermott. Miss
Eunice Warner William Sardo. Albert
Shulteis, and Dr. Schaeffer.
La Hache's mass will be sung by the
choir of st. Mary's Church Alexan-
dria, with GiorZa's ''Reginal Cecilia" al
the offertory The choir is under the
direction of Mrs. Jacob Brill
} ST. Johns Church, Sixteenth street Is
maintaining its reputation for fine
Easter music in the program which the
| director, Mr.. Freeman, has arranged
holy Communion will be given at 7:3C
!: o'clock, and at II o'clock Holy Com
munion, morning prayer. and a sermon
Will constitute the service. A choral
| a.r ensnni. and childreu,s choral service