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St. Peters. These are all pulled by ropes
and are rung for the usual services, the
angelus, the New Year and funerals
Among the Episcopal halls of worship
may be found several bells. Christ Church.
near the navy yard, had the distinction of
having the job of the hanging Of its old
bell superintendent by commandant OF
the navy yard who brought along bunch
of marines to do the work. This church
is one of the very oldest in the District,
having been organized In 1905, and where
it is said. that George Washington. La
Fayette, Alexander Hamilton and other
tended worship.
Christ Church, 31st and o streets.
Georgetown. is another of the very old
religious edif1ces with very old bell
which still calls the faithful to service.
st. Johns, on street between sd and
SD streets, has been using the same bell
for nearly sixty years. In order to prop
erly and securely set it in place the tower
had to be somewhat shortened, as the
bell was a large one.
Grace Church of Georgetown is using
the same old bell which was put over the
old mission house by Gov. Henry Cook in
1850. st. Johns 18th and II streets. per-
haps has a history unequaled by any
other church in Washington In regard to
the distinguished personages who have
worshiped there and the number of we'd
dings of national and international inter
est which have been solemnized within
its portals. still clings to its original bell.
The Unitarian All Souls Church. corner
of 18th and l. streets. where President
Taft attends regularly. is the proud pos
SCISSOR Of the first church bell brought
to Washington 1t was cast in Boston
at the foundry of the famous Paul
Revere and brought here In 1922. 1t
was subscribed for by John Quincy
Adams. John c. Calhoun and other nota-
BILE citizens Of that time. When in the
old church. 9th and d streets, afterward
used as the Police Court. it was rung
as a fire alarm and upon other pubic
occasions. 1t Is still in perfect condi-
ton, and continues to be rung every Sun
day and for other services.
Among the Baptists the two most nota-
BILE bells are the Calvary. corner sth and
II streets, and the First Baptist. 10Th
and o streets. Calvary's bell is seldom
used except on New Year eve, and the
huge bell at the First Baptist Church re-
poses on the floor in an alcove on the
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WEST STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH GEoRGE TOWN

Church, which was located on 9th street
just above G street, had bell which be-
came cracked, and consequently was I'M
popular with the congregation. 1t was
decided to sell it. DR.. Smith, then the
pastor, sold the bell to Father Matthews,
the priest in charge of st. Patrick
Church.
In the archives OF Georgetown College
there is bell whose antiquity entities il
to mention. 1t came from a church in
ST. Marys, Md. where, instead of being
hung in belfry, it was suspended from
the limb OF a tree. The bell was brought
to this country by the first emigrants.
The claim is made that the bell was
from the Spanish armada. Despite the
fact that nearly four centuries have
passed since its construction. its tone is
as clear and sweet if it had just left
the foundry.
Since the PARKWAY days OF Jubal, the
'.sire of harmony to whom the harp
and organ owe their origin. bells have
been the universal method of appeal to
every emotion. from the regular orderly
stroke of the clock calling the hour and
it's divisions to the wild tumutuous
Shrek of the fire alarm, which sends "a
thrill of terror through the startled lis
teners. The joyous marriage chimes, so
full of happiness and promise. the
as 1t tolls out the age of the departed
with condolesnce for the dead and SYM
Iathy and warning for the living. the
solemn call to arms with the ominous
prophecy of war and destruction, the
reverent adieu to the old year and the
CHEEKY blast of welcome to the new, are
all tuneful echoes of the joys and sorrows
of the human heart Bells of some sort
have always been associated with re-
ligious observances. Among the Greeks
those who made the nightly rounds OF
the camps and garrisons used to ring
d bell at each sentinel box TO make sure
that the soldier on duty was awake. Bells
were also put upon the necks of criminals
to warn people to move out of the way OF
such an i'll omen as the sight OF a criml-
nal or his eXecutioner.
The Romans announced the hour of the
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Refined RaiIIery.
Lal B ough." said an Z

HPooR Lal ough." said an actor a.
1 the Lambs, had a great liking for
London bus drivers and conductors. He
was always telling quaint yarns about
them.
He told me once that, as he sat on
bus in High Holborn going toward Tot
tenham Court road, an Elephant ana
Castle hus went by the other way, and
Brough's conductor took off his badge and
dangled il by its cord in the Elephant anu
Castle drivers face.
1.-The driver, at sight Of the dangling
badge. turned purple with rage. lie
swore and shook his fist and went on ter
ribly, while the conductor on Broughs
bus held the badge by its string and
laughed as if he would bu. ST.
"Brough had watched the odd incident
with a puzzled smile.
What was the idea of that perform
ance@ he asked, as the conductor pinned
on his badge again.
why said the conductor, pointing his
thumb desisively al the driver, who still.
from a distance. shook his fist and swore
why. We see, is father was Jung.
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Not Appropriate.
, ENATOR BEvERIDGE was r,

g ENATOR BEvERIDGE was replying.
= at a dinner in Washington. to a de-
fender of the sugar trust:
when you say that" the senator cried
you say something ludicrously uneX-
pected and malapropos
You remind me OF a man at his
brothers funeral This man bent over
the grave, and closely watched the lower
ing of the coffin down into the clean-cut
rectangular chamber prepared for IL. lie
heaved a sigh as the coffin came to rest,
and said TO the undertaken heartily:
It's the neatest fit / ever saw I'm my
life. Come and have a drink on the
head - il :"
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founded Celtic union last year. with
the object of uniting representatives OF
every Celtic nation in a common EFFORT
for the advancement of the Celtic cause.
Brussels was chosen as the headquar-
tiers of the Celtic union, because there
the readiest welcome is given to So
cieties formed for racial advancement:
and for the spread of knowledge.
i
The Belgians are among those who
boast of their Celtic descent. One-half
the population of the country, the
Walloon. is purely Celtic; the other
half, the Flemish, though claiming TO
be of Teutonic origin, admits a large
admixture of Celtic blood by intermar
riage, and has wide Celtic sympathies.
Walloons and Flemings alike have en-
tered into the spirit of the Celtic move
ment. The Belgian government looks
on it with favor. and the new Celtic
union, known on the continent as
LUnion Celtique. has obtained its of
fetal patronage for great pan-Celtic
congress whish it has arranged to hold
in Brussels during the holiday season
of 1910.
The Celtic Association. union of
Irish. Scotch, Welsh, Breton, Manx and
Cornish Celts, presided over by Lord
Castletown Of Upper Ossory. in Ire
u,
LUnion Celtique to cooperate in or
ganizing the Celtic congress. The as
ISOLATION already has held Celtic con-
crosses in Dublin, Edinburgh and Car
narvon. each of which was success
and it is anticipated that the congress
of Brussels will be a still greater sue
cess than any Celtic congress which
has been held up to the present time.
L'Cnion Celtique, which will organize
its sittings with the assistance of the
Belgian government, which has placed
one of the Brussels palaces at its dis
posal does not mix in the war of sects.
1t makes no political profession; but 1t
realizes that all living movements must
be national, and ii will give full play
TO the great national sentiments OF
every Celtic nation represented at the
congress.
In addition to the congress it is Or
ganizing a great Celtic historical eX-
hibition to be held in Brussels in 1910
as a separate but chief part OF the
Brussels international exhibition Of that
year. The Belgian government again
coming to its aid. it's exhibits will be
This exhibition will be the first purely
Celtic exhibition ever held. 1t VIII be
illustrative of the development of Celtic
civilization and of the Celtic character.
most interesting exhibits connected
with Celtic history, will be gathered to-
gether at it. The splendid illuminated
manuscripts of Ireland and the fine ex-
amples of Celtic goldsmithS' work from
that country will be shown, as Will the
arms and armor of Irish chiefs. and the
portraits of Irish heroes from Brian
brought from the County Clare home of
his O'Brien descendants, to O'Connell.
and to men Of Irish blood who won
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ground floor of the building. This bell
was formerly very active when in the old
Thirteenth Street Church. 1t used to
ring on all possible occasions, fires in
particular. 1t was cast in 1856, and five
hundred silver dollars were thrown into
the melting pot to produce the resonance
for which 1t is famed. One peculiar fact
in connection with this bell is that 1t was
never allowed to swing. rope was tied
to the clapper and the sound produced
by striking the sides in this manner
When the present church was finished
the bell was never put in place. 1t has
been stated that the tower was not
strong enough to sustain the weight OF
the swinging OF bell of l,6ol POUNDS.
and that the neighboring community
would not stand the sound of melody of
such penetrating powers
The inscription on the bell is az follows:
Presented to the Thirteenth Street
Baptist Church of Washington. of Wash
FELTON, Esors of Hartford, n. c."
Among the Presbyterians there are
very few who use bells. The West
Street Presbyterian Church, organized IN
1880. the first Protestant church built In
Washington. is still using the bell which
Bridge street, to the erection of which
Vice President Jefferson and Secretary
Gallatin were contributors. In 1871 the
old building was replaced by mucii
larger structure. which in turn was dis
mantled in 1872 and the present structure
erected.
Gurley Chapel still calls the members
to service with the bell which was put
up when the church was erected In 1881
The Western Presbyterian also clings TO
it's old bell, which has been In use about
forty years. This is also quite, a large
one. weighing 1900 pounds. 1t. like many
others of its contemporaries, was hre
alarm.
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distinction for themselves by their
bravery on American battlefelds.
A special feature of the exhibition
will be the section devoted to the Irish
in the United States, in which all that
tive of their achievements there in
every branch of learning and industry,
in religion, In science, in law, in the
state service, civil and military, and in
commerce.
The exhibition will be illustrative in
a like manner of Scotland. Wales and
every other Celtic land. During it spe-
cial concerts OF Celtic music will be
given. Irish jigs and Scottish reels
will be danced, and Celtic subjects will
be the theme of lectures.
The congress will be attended by
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cessity and dependence upon the clock in
the steeple to call the community to rise
and to work. The mighty rush of modern
civilization and the strenuous pace set by
Americans above all other nations has
relegated the general use of large bells
20 the background and the small villages,
except in rare instances where the bells
possess more than ordinary historic value.
The Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal
Church AZ and c streets, takes the lead
in this city in the matter of chimes, it
having been supplied with them since
Thanksgiving day. November 80, 1871.
when a chime of eleven bells was dedi-
Gated. These are in the key of ID, with
two accdentals and an above the
octave. This melodious addition to the
church equipment was due to the efforts
Of Mrs. Newman, wife of the late Bishop
]. p. Newman, and the generosity OF
Thomas kelso of Baltimore.
The following are the inscriptions upon
the bells:
Mrs Newman having personally col
lected the money for this chime, the fol-
lowing inscription was ordered by the
trustees of the church to be placed upon
this bell:
"a Ensign Newman, wife of DR.. j. F.
Newman, first pastor of the metropolitan
Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church-
She hath done what she cou'u 'N'a' ~
1i:s).
Mrs. Clemence S. Lozier. NJ; D.; New
Yosk city. Holiness unto the Lord
Mrs. Drake Mills, Williamstown,
Mass. The poor shall hear thereof and
be glad ,- .;.,.
20 come, let us worship and bow down.
Julia Dent Grant, wife of u. S. Grant.
President of the United States of Amer
Nellie Wade Colfax. wife of Schuyler
Colfax. Vice President of the United
States of America.
Mrs Governor Cooke. wife Of H. d:
Cooke, first Governor of the District OF
Columbia.
Can't A Grant. Remember now thy
Creator in the days of thy youth.
Mrs. Ellen Y. Daniel, Baltimore, Md
4 was glad when they said unto me, Let
Us go into the house of the Lord
..Infant class of the Metropolitan Meth
odist Episcopal Church. OF such is the
kingdom of heaven
Flags which bore these inscriptions ana
which represented the bells during the
ceremony of dedication are still preserved
in the church. The chimes were played
for fifteen years by Frederick Widows,
then by Prof Gibson and in 1897 Nh. X.
II. Johnston became the carllioneer. Inc
chimes are rung every Sunday morning
to announce the service and tol'ed for
throw out echoes of Thanksgiving.
!. x
These bells have been tolled for many
prominent persons, among whom were
President Mckinley. Mrs. Grant, Mat
thew Emery and Bishop John Fletcher
Hurst Upon the occasion of the tolling
for Mrs. Grant an old lady climbed up to
the steeple and wanted to help. Ere
quently bars of the Dead March" are
played, and when ringing for weddings
some portions of ''Oh, Promise Me- are
rendered by the bells.
The little sanctuary of ST. Adams is
another of the churches having chimes.
These consist of peal of fifteen tubular
bells, given by Mr.. and Mrs. George
Bowdoin, in memory of Fannie Bowdoin
and Fannie Hamilton Kingsford. In the
little sanctuary Is the tomb of the Right
Rev. Henry Yates Satterlee, d. D., first
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20 Tara, for no granular limestone Is
found in the locality.
The greatest of the many buildings
which the Irish monarchs erected on
Tara was the Banqueting Hall. an i'm
mense building in the shape OF a snip
Its length. according to the measure
ments of its foundations made by the
photographers for the ordnance survey of
Ireland. was 759 feet and its breadth 80
feet. These must have been the dimen-
sions OF the hall and the chambers at
tached to it. OF the banqu ting hall it
self the Book of Glendalough says:
Three hundred feet is its measure
mert, six times five cubts its height,
habitaton of king (king over Erinp.
three times fifty imdahs tbedrooms) in
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Bishop Of Washington, and also the
Jerusalem Altar, the Glastonbury Cathe-
dral, the Canterbury Ambon and many
other objects of sacred interest Accord
ing to the wish of Bishop Satterlee. the
little sanctuary has been assigned by
Bishop Harding to the Cathedral School
for Boys. which opened this year for the
first time, and the chimes are now rung
every day by the boys of the school for
the morning and evening services. Upon
special occasions they are played by MIR.
Johnston of the Metropolitan Church, as
was the case at Bishop Satterlee's fu-
neral.
The beautiful chapel of the Dominican
Fathers In Brookland uses a set OF tu-
bular chimes to call the community to
services seven times day and for the
requiem mass of Saturdays as we'll as all
church services.
These are kept in the cloister and con-
sist of ten bells in the scale of d. and
two accdentals "A" natural and 'G'
sharp. They were given to the chapel in
1908 by Il Mr.. Snyder of Ohio in memory
of a child. They are rung by tapping them
with a metal mal!et or hammer and may
be heard throughout the entire building,
the tones being unusually rich and FULL
ST. Aloysius possesses a clock and far
sounding peal of four bells, which strike
the hour. the halves and the quarters. and
also ring the angelus and announce the
Sunday and weekday services. These
bells were donated by Messrs. Provost,
harvey ana savage ana the SUNDAY
school children and were blessed with
great ceremony before a large concourse
of people, September, 1885. by the Arch
bishop Of Baltimore. Each bell had a
sponsor-the one given by the Sunday
school was represented by six little girls
dressed In white, wearing wreaths and
wells. The midnight mass of Christmas is
announced by the peal of bells and also
by cornetist in the belfry
The Trinity German Lutheran Church,
4th and streets northwest, also pos
sesses peal of three bells, which are
rung every Sunday and for other services.
They were donated by member of the
church and his funeral was the first one
to call for the tolling of the bells.
Quite a few of the Catholic churches
are provided with bells of very fine quail
ity and remarkable sweetness. OF these
are St. Dominic's, st. Paul's, St Patricls,
Old Trinity. ST. Marys. ST. Joseph's and
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The Head Rest.

TTENRY r. DIXEY at a New Year
! supper was offered a cigar by a
young lawyer.
1t is easy to see,' said Mr.. Dixey, ex-
amining the cigar, that you are not
married. but only engaged.
Il am engaged. But how did You
know? It's a secret" cried the lawyer.
Il knew, said Mr.. Dixey, because you
have frequently offered me a cigar from
your vest pocket and IL has always been
broken.
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Irish nobeman, who is president of the Celtic
Congress.
it. fifty heroes with swords in each inn
dab of these. Grand was the host thus
stationed, the glittering of gold on their
weapons. Seven cubits without any spar
ingness was the measure OF the fireplace.
Seven also fair chandeliers of brass
Twice seven doors of doors. 1t was the
law of that king to drink before that
host should drink. Great. very great
that number. Three hundred drinking III
that drinking Fifty noble Iawgivers,
fifty also truly fine festive companions,
with fifty chief distinguished heroes.
fifty heroes standing up to attend on the
warlike king while he was feasting. that
no mischief should befalI him. Three
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0 the revival of
Celtic learning,
which is the most
notable feature of
Welsh and Irish
life of the present
day. is due the
rise OF a great
pan-Celtic move
ment on the CONT
nent of Europe.
Continental peo-
pies, who called
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Descendant of the great liberator, who is hon
orary secretary Of next New Year Pan-Celtic
congress at Brussels.
great Celtic scholars, as we'll as by
Celtic patriots Before them reports
will be laid showing how far L'Union
Celtique has advanced in its great
archaeological enterprise-the excavation
of Tara.
Tara became the seat of the mon
archs of Ireland in the dawn of his
tory. The ard-righs--high kings-of
Ireland had lived and held their courts
there for centuries when Patrick came
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ring out the requiem for the ola ana tue
jubilation for the new do We really ac-
eept the truth of the fact, ana then, IN
-.5Iime belief in the infallibility OF the
toll of the bell, serenely seek our
rouches and repose. Wherever there is
a church. bell and a man to pull the
ropes. hammer the tubes and manipulate
the keys. there is a combination of SYM
pathy which sends out message TO all
Of the expectant watchers which f1nds lis
echo in their responsive hearts.
AT no other season or upon no other
casion is the sound of the bell so eager
IL awaited and so enthusiastically re-
ceived To all it means fresh page in
our year book and casting off of the
mantle of old mistakes, the end OF osd
strifes the burying of old SORROWS and
the renewal of our faith in ourselves
The art of bell ringing must be born
with a man. 1t is seldom acquired. 10
be able to give expression to deep-root-
cd pessimism OF heart full of good cheer
by so unwieldy a vehicle as great metal
bell seems incredible. but one has only
10 listen to them to know the mood of the
man in the belfry.
In olden days bell rining was n heri-
ta-e from father to son. but for some
The famous chime players of the old world
are recorded having taken up other
vacations This is said to be true or
Bunyan. who was a bell ringer at Elstow,
but abandoned it "for the good of his
soul.
Here in Washington. among 323 churches
of all denominations, there are less than
fifty which have bells and only three are
provided with chimes. while in only two
instances may be found peals.
While the attendants at the various
watch meetings in the different churches
on New Year eve. the aimless pedestrian
and the lonely fireside watcher will Ger
tainIy all hear a clamor of chimes and
peals at midnight. they will find that there
is neither the volume nor the wide diffu-
sion of sound which might be expected OF
a city of this size and Importance. In
most cases it is the church sexton who
is the man behind the rope, and on New
Year eve he takes more satisfaction Ill his
bell than at any other time.
While the fact remains that Washing
ton in comparison with other cities Is
very poor in church bells, the visitor to
the city would still be able to distinguish
a Sabbath from other days by lonely
tinkIe here and there throughout the city.
The reason of the doleful Sunday silence
is that the old mouthpiece of Father
Time has become obsolete with the march
of progress and the universal use OF
clocks and watches has removed the ne
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bishops of Armagh and Malines. The
Earl of Dunraven. a great Protestant
noble, is its president. and descendant
of O'Connell. its honorary secretary.
o,onvrirbt in the United States and Great Britain
by Curtis Brown. All rights strictly reserFedo
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NATIONS Which Called
/ " Themselves Latin or
Teutonic Now Proud to Find
a Strain of the Blood of the
Ancient Race Which Still
Survives Unadulterated in
Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Great Celtic Congress to
Be Held in Brussels Next
Year, at Which 1t Is Hoped
Announcement Will Be Made
of Important Discoveries by
the Excavators of Tara, the
Ancient Home of the High
Kings of Ireland-Descend-
ant of O'Connell Secretary
of the Congress.