The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-27

work with them as well as 1 did. So !
treated them as would any other
choir singers, and they never IN any
way abused my trust. The main dit
ference between these rehearsais and
ordinary ones was. that guard ut
tended them to preserve order and 10
relieve me of Responsible Sosf
81 found on investigation that there
IF them were s:lifers.;V One Of them
a German who had sung in mems chor-s
uses in Germany; another Swcde With
delightful voice and ability az.
reader. In addition there were me
barytone and good tenor. Among the
prisoners were six as good tenors aas
could be found in any city choir. go
We gave such selections as Tine
er i !. Sanctus, y Gounod; "Gloria,ns
from Mozart g Twelfth Mass, Sane:
,tus, Haydn, in latin for Catholic Sum
day; Shelley's Resurrection, Gran
ier's HHosannao; Beethoven IS Grea-
.tion Hymn and similar selectiohM
The baritone sang The Perfect Life, ~
,"The Lord Is Ny Light, - Allitsen, and
he and the best tenor sang Faure 9
teCruciix, and Gabussi 3 FishersIs
gave the best singers the beneftsof
special practice in italian exercises. and
sacred and secular music. .nA9
When these men who sang as III they
enjoyed it, rooled out, the bright little
song, " O Happy Day, !" by Goethe, 4
felt repaid. = ;. 80, - '.'sA
ss s;1s Leave the Band in the Lurch.aI
~ Meanwhile the warden told me the
band and orchestra were clamoring for
rehearsals, and wished me to drill them.
7 was confident I could rehearsssB
readymade band, but an embryo organ
ization Of that kind rather madesms
pause. The band was started inlfhs
/ snow, to keep the ranks filled. Men
will persist in leaving the band when
their sentences are completed withoue
caring much how it Inconvenience fhe
band leader or how it affects the rendt-
tion Of selection In the choir. p II
f. One day I asked a bass singer TO
sing solo the following Sunday He
told me he was going out on Saturday,
and l., could mot persuade him to
main another day. 81 r. tsso
rs Whe1a& Z took charge of the band ID
could not play. a single tune correeflg
With, the assistance Of a third graast5
who could play a little on q cornet, and
two or three others who knew hoHH to
play the scale, I succeeded in. grinding
out two tunes by Christmas. The Ser.
man 90 lifern played the cornet, asohs
could be depended upon to stick
Z" Butch; the meat carver, played tho
tuba for the same reason, and the two
negroes chose the trombones, playing
them by guess, but doing very well Is
was a proud day when we cleared;aths
chapel floor and tried them marching
and playing at the same time: 5e3s
! The orchestra gradually Developed
From squeaking, hideous eonglomsra-
ton of sounds, to the fairly bearable
EEendition of a march from, the Us q = !,
i tune Teller, by January. Ny abie
4 assistant in this department was Hau-
stefan unfortunate enough to get into
the. clutches of the law, and was par.
doned out, justly, after few monthss
4 detention. - e. -+;sss
. We may depend upon 1t, that while
stone and iron, stripes and somber gray,
/ discipline and routine, the "solitaTK,
the hospital, the Irvine shop and shoe
j factory seem to be the sum totaISo
| life in the1 Minnesota prison, nothing
j is left undone to assist the conviets, to
4 better hvingsif they are SO disposedl