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St. Paul's P. E. Church Choir.

ious homes make the best singers 1
and cheerlessness produced by poverty
az home often. very often. lend a pecui-
lar sweetness and sympathy 10 the voice
that brightness and luxury cannot always
give. Some Of the most suIlen, hard-to-
get-alohg- with boys are those brought
up amid refined surroundings. On the
other hand. some Of the sweetest dis
positioned lads 1--we in the novels"
Cathedral Choir school.
The Episcopal Church In Washington
is especially fortunate in having here
the great National Cathedral of SIS.
Peter and Paul A Cathedral Choir
School for boys has been founded there
for choir boys who will sing in the ca
thedral choir. The school is endowed for
this purpose by Mrs. Harriet Lane Johns
ton. and after il is properly on its feet
viii offer scholarships 10 boys with un-
usual voices who viii be willing 10 give
their voices 70 the cathedral choir in re-
turn for an education in the choir
school A high mark in boy choirs is
sure 10 be set by this choir school, and
it is proposed that only the most ex-
quisite voices will sing in IT.
At present the choir of the cathedral
Is made up OF pupils from the choir
school who. assisted BY the famous Ma
rine Band. in vestments. furnish the
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EXHIBIT PREHISTORIC BONES.
Discovery Dates from Period Earlier
Than 5000 b. C.

London. July 22-To people so utterly
opposed to progress as are the Londoners,
everything prehistoric appeals as greatly
interesting, and it is a long time since
they have been as interested in any
thing as in the bones sf a prehistoric
man now on exhibition 'at Kings Col
lese. after being Pvt together by a fam
Gus London surgeon.
THIS prehistoric man was one of the
discoveries made by the little band OF
explorers who have just returned from
Egypt after a five months tour on be-
half OF the Egypt Exploration Fund.
According TO experts. the discovery dates
from period earlier than 5000 or 1000
B. c.
The explorers and native workmen
were digging at Abydos, Upper Egypt,
about nine miles from the Nile. when
the found an oval crouch" grave in the
sand. In it was A figure on its left side.
doubled up with the knees to the chin.
It proved TO be the skeleton of man in
a fine state Of preservation.
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the boys a certain salary. according to
the percentage attained in attendance
and department. There are three grades.
those in grade one receive Si.25 a month;
those in grade two. 81; while those in
grade three, but o. cents
During the months in which Easter and
Christmas occur the salary is doubled.
including a present in money from the
rector. The boys have three weekly re-
hearsals. and in the weeks preceding
the Easter and Christmas festivals at
tend daily rehearsals.
System of Voice Training.
The boy choir of St. Marks Church.
formerly the Pro-CathedraI, was instl-
tuted during the rectorship Of the late
Rev. Mr.. Steele. The first choirmaster
was Charles S. Wake. ably assisted by
Miss Mildred Johnston. as organist.
This was in 1888, and the male choir
has been maintained ever since with sue
cess. The system of voice training is in
accordance with English Cathedral use.
with a care to avoid any unnatural. arti-
fetal tone or sacrifice Of enunciation or
tonal quality.
There Is no cash compensation given
the boys. bur 95 per eentage OF
attendance at the two Sunday services
and the three skly rehearsals are re-
quired to endtle a chorister to join the
annual choir encampment. which takes
place in July. The boys spend three
weeks in their camp near the mouth OF
the Potomac. under the charge OF their
choirmaster and faithful eholrmen. and
the essential service Of an accomplished
cook who understands the boy appetite.
Historic St Johns Church. the Church
OF the Presidents, was the next 10 adopt
the vested male choir. In 1881 the mixed
chorus Of men and women was abandoned
and the choir moved from the west
side of the nave TO the chancel
and a choir Of boys and men was sub
stituted Since then its high standard
of excellence has been kept UP and under
the present dictatorship OF H H. Free
man. has gained a wide reputation among
American male choirs. To-day the Choir
us consists OF upward of fifty voices.
Given Vocal Training.
From October TO May Is four rehearsals
are held weekly, two for the boys alone
and two with the adult members Be
fore each rehearsal the boys are given
careful vocal exercises for the proper de-
velopment of the pure tone quality,
known as the thin or head register.
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debt 10 fancy in appointing him to this
high Office. and that this was the most
extreme example Of the spells system.
The ages of the several chief justices
at the time of their appointment were
as follows: Jay. forvy-four: Rutledge.
fifty-six; Ellsworth, fifty; Marshall, for
ty-six; fancy. ffty-nine; Chase, fifty
six; Waite. fifty-eight. and Fuller, fifty
five. Should Gov Hughes be appointed
next December, he would enter upon his
duties at an earlier age. forty-eight, than
any Of his predecessors save Jay and
Marshall. fancy, who was the oldest at
the time OF his elevation. was eighty
seven at the time Of his death. For sew
eral years previous he had not, however.
been very actively engaged in his duties.
Marshall was eighty at his death three
years older than Fuller.
There have been three instances OF
chief justices serving in other capacities
while retaining their places on the bench.
Both Jay and Ellsworth were sent on
diplomatic missions. And Marshall pre-
SIDED at the winter term OF the court in
1901. although he still retained ttlre Office
Of Secretary of State. and continued to
act as such until the close of the Adams
administration. in March
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Summer Outings but
One of the Joys of
the Youths Who
Aid Musical Serv-
ices in Catholic and
Episcopal Churches.
By ELISABETH ELLIoOTT POE.

By ELISABETH ELLICOTT POE.
There is one class of local youngsters
who are assured OF jolly summer vaca-
ton in camp, at the seashore or at the
mountains. and this class comprises the
singing boys" OF Washington church
choirs Through the long season they are
faithful in chancel and at rehearsal. and
in summer they reap the harvest They
represent the Oldest, most ancient, and
historic church music in the world. for
the boy voice through its singular
timbre and sweetness of tone has been
the medium of human praise since the
earliest times.
TO describe adequately. II must be heard
20 be fully appreciated. But It's glorious,
clear notes. with ali the innocence Of
the child combined with the exquisite
tone-beauty of the feminine, have moved
all hearts. At the court OF Queen Car
oline nothing impressed some stolid
Flemish visitors as the singing boys Of
81. Paurs."
They returned home enrsptured with
icle. "They sing with the voices Of an
gels" For generations these st. Paurs
singing boys have been famous both as
a nursery for great musicians and for
e training-school for Englands most
beautiful voices.
Songs on Easter Day.
All great church festivals are beahtf-
fed by magnificent anthems sung by the
boy choirs. Take, for instance Easter
Day. It is about the hour whsh in that
far century. which marked the dawn OF
the Easter Hope, the three Marys has
tened on their way, silent and SORROW
full trio, to the place where He lay"
Through the stiffness of the early dawn
floats a peal of boyish laughter il is the
singing boys" OF Washington churches on
their way to sing the first mass of
Easter, the early carol celebration.
The churches are dim with the growing
light. Shadows are thick through nave
and transepts. But the altar and sane
tuary are ablaze with beauty and light.
Banks OF flowers are overtopped by the
stately Easter lily. The blossoms ex-
hale a fragrance that is rarer than the
incense of the censor. The candles CLEAN
out like golden fairy lights from among
the multi-colors OF the Easter blooms.
out OF the stiffness, unbroken save by
the resurrection carols Of the birds, play
ing in out the ivy on the exterior Of
the church, comes from far choir room a
softly sung Amen"
Voices of Easter Cheer.
A pause, and then the triumphant Choir
us OF the Easter morn rings out faint,
distant, but growing louder, clearer, and
sweeter as the procession approaches
near. II is the famous Palestrin. hymn
with the traditional three Alleluias hal
lowed by centuries Of church devotional
usage:
"Aleluia Alleluia Alleluia
The strife is Ger the battle done.
The victory Of life Is won
The song Of triumph has begun-Alleluia,
Through the open choir doors the gold
en- professional cross appears, borne By
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beautiful music for the open a even
songs and other services Of the National
Cathedral.
Musical Tradition of the Church.
A splendid boy choir Is that maintained
by 81 Adams Church, Rev. G. F. c.
BratenahI. rector. the Little church
within the cathedral gate The St AL
b., IS boys have had careful training,
and often augment the cathedral choir.
It is a voluntary choir and many of tho
boys have splendid voices. The best
musical traditions of the church are lived
up to at St. Adams In the afternoon
at evensong the choir is made up of boys
and girls from the two cathedral schools.
The choirs of st. MichaePs, Ascension,
and St James are doing good work in
the boy choir field. At ST. James the
English hymnal. Hymns. Ancient and
Modern" Is used, and the boys render
the stately tunes magnifieently. Ad-
vanced in doctrine. it allows the finest
productions Of the masters IN the mass to
be utilized. The dress OF the choir boy
is faithful to church tradition and COM
mon sense. A long black cassock OF
serviceable cloth. reaching to the feet, Is
partially covered by a Gotta of white
linen reaching a short distance below
the waist This robe is symbolical, for
the cassock signifies loyal and loving ser
vice and the Gotta OF snowy white the
purity Of heart and mind demanded from
those engaged in the Offices Of the choir.
The Gotta should never be worn outside
the church proper, but the eassock. IS
permitted In the church yard and
grounds.
The boy voice usually lasts until the
sixteenth or seventeenth year That Is.
with careful training. There is no dan
ger for the mature voice in its use IL
the tones are properly placed and the
organ never taxed beyond endurance by
too aTduous singing. II is as delicate
as the bloom on a peach and disappears
in night when youth creeps over the
boy.
The boy chorister has been the unfail-
ing theme of story and song. and a re-
cent rather questionable innovation has
been his Introduction in modern stage
drama.
The boy chorister is the nursery Of the
nations musicians. The fancy IS kindled
and awakened to music and all its pleas
ures and privileges in the formative hour
of boyhood. In England. Sir Arthur
Sullivan and Barnaby in Germany. Men
delssohn and sehumann, and In America,
Dudley Buck, were all choir boys singing
with sweet voices and pure inspiration
the hymn and anthems OF the church.
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a white-robed crucifer After him come
the eheristers, manly little fellows. sing
ing with vigor and yet. withal. sing
ular purity and delieaey OF tone. The
boy faces are grave with their impor-
tant mission. Secured fast in the Gotta
of each is an Easter blossom, too, telling
its message Of Resurrection and Life
The procession passes into the chaneel
and choir stalls. and Easter Day is be-
gun.
objection 10 Women.
The exclusive use of boys and men as
singers is peculiar 10 the Hebrew. Roman,
Greek. and Anglican churches. Their use
primarily arose from the objection these
churches entertain against women Of
ficiating in the church services. Then the
unequaled beauty and quality OF the boy
voice soon rendered their services de-
slrable
The choir boy was first introduced in
America at Trinity Church, in New York,
when Edward VII. then Prince OF Wales,
visited here in 1860 Il was esteemed a
compliment to him to thus establish the
English custom. The innovation spread
about the country and was soon adopted
in large parishes. One of the early
churches to adopt it was st. James Epis-
eopal Church, Hartford, Conn. Rev John
T. Huntington, rector, which has been
noted ever since for its splendid boy
choirs, augmented by the manly voices
of students from Trinity College,
Old ST Pants Church on Tyenty-fhirf
street northwest the church home on
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CHIEF JUSTICES WERE SEVEN
If Hughes Is Appointed He Will Be Second New Yorker to
Head Supreme Bench.

II Gov Hughes is made chief justice
OF the Supreme Court by President Taft.
he will be the second citizen OF New York
TO be appointed to this Office. says the
New York Post The first was John Jay,
the FIRST chief justice. appointed by Pres
ident Washington on the organization OF
the court in 1889. AS the record now
stands. Ohio leads, two OF her residents,
Chase and Waite. having been named as
head of the highest Federal court. The
other States that have contributed chief
justices are South Carolina (Rutledge),
Connecticut ELLSWORTH. Virginia Mar
shalD, Maryland (Taney). and Illinois
CFuler). II place of birth is 20 be con-
sldered, however. Connecticut leads both
Ellsworth and Waite having been natives
of that State. Nor was Ohio's other
chief Justice a native. Chase having been
born in New Hampshire. -Four Of the
eight chief justices, therefore, it viii be
seen, were New England born. although
Massachusetts have furnished none.
Marshall and Rutledge were the only
chief justices who were not college grad
yates. Yale has educated one Waite.
while jay was educated at Kings College.
now Columbia; fancy at Dickinson.
Chase at Dartmouth Ellsworth at
Princeton, and Fuller at Bowdoln. Rut-
ledge studied law at The Temple IN Lon
don, England before the Revolution.
Harvard, however has a chief justice on
her alumni roll. as Fuller was a graduate
of the Harvard Law School
Had Served I'm the Cabinet.
Three Of the chief justices had served
previously in the Cabinet, Marshall hav-
ing been Secretary OF War and Secretary
of state under Adams. fancy Attorney
General and Secretary Of the Treasury
in Jackson's Cabinet. and Chase Secre-
tary OF the Treasury under Lincoln.
Rutledge had previously served as gov
ernor Of South Carolina. and Chase had
been governor OF Ohio. jay was gov
ernor OF New York for several terms af-
ter leaving the bench. Ellsworth and
Chase had both been IN the United States
Senate before they were appointed.
Jay. Rutledge, and Ellsworth, the first
three Incumbents of the Office. resigned
and lived for SONS years thereafter.
Since Marshall, who became chief justice
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CANNED WHALE THE LATEST.
Captain MacOmber Sails from San
Francisco on n Novel Quest.

Vn ~ quest
From the Baltimore sun.
An expedition which is expected 10 deal
a few Jack Johnson blows to the meat
trust will sail shortly from San Francis
CO to Northern Pacific waters. 1t COM
prises a whaling schooner and its crew.
and is to start on voyage in search Of
whale meat
The whaler, Capt Macomber declares.
VIII return with 10000 pounds of canned
whale meat. which he afirms is as palat-
able as veal and should play the merry
mischief with the prices Of beef As the
vessel will carry a miniature. but COM
pIete. canning outfit along. the products
of the chase viii be preserved for Amer
ican markets.
II the new food meets with the success
he thinks II VIII. Macomber intends 10
form a company, install large canning
plant, charter vessel. and make a bus
mess of following the whaling fleets, in
the Rering and arctic seas. buying up
the whale careasses after the blubber
has been stripped and canning the meat
for American consumption.
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many old Washington families. is Justly
proud that It is the pioneer in the mat
ter of local boy choirs. The first vested
male choir IN the District was organized
in this church. Since then the church
has retained its boy choir. but for a time
it included a small number of women.
Mr.. Ernest T. Winchester. a pupil OF
John White the master organist. was
one Of its noted organists. and achieved
wonderful success as the chOirmaster OF
ST. Pauls. Some years ago he left 20
become the choirmaster Of ST. Paul 5
Roman Catholic Church. which was the
first sanctuary boy choir in the diocese
Of Baltimore. organized IN 1904 by Rev.
Father Finn.
Ritual of "High Church.
The ritual followed in St Pauls Church,
is what is commonly known as High
Church" and all the services are fully
choral, thus lending opportunity to
render particularly impressive music.
There are few choirJ in the country
where finer ensemble work is produced.
the hfty choristers singing like one voice,
The hymns are peculiarly beautiful for
they are sung in such manner that the
words are understood and the meaning
OF the stanzas clear.
St Paurs Protestant Episcopal chofI
is now under the direction OF Mr.. Edgar
Priest, an English churchman Of modern
ideals and unqualified success in the
training of the boy voice. The choir is
conducted in a thoroughly systematic
way. It's policy is. first of ALL to pay
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in 1Sm. however. all the chief justices
have died in Office
Jay Was the Youngest.
Jay was the youngest man to be sp-
pointed TO the post. being forty-four
years old when washington placed him
at the head OF the new Federal court.
In 1900, after his retirement, he was
asked by Adams to resume hts old Office,
but declined. Marshall also refused an
associate justiceship offered him by
Adams two years before he was appoint
ed chief justice.
The facts in connection with the ap-
pointment of two of the chief justices are
interesting. Rutledge was one OF the
original appointees Of Washington TO the
Supreme Court bench in 1878, but he
resigned after two years service as as
sociate justice 10 accept the post Of chief
justice OF his native State. Subsequently
he was named, In 1895, chief justice. He
accepted and sat at the August term OF
the court without being, confirmed by the
Senate when the Senate met IN Deem
Der Of that year he had become insane
and bis nomination was rejected. New
ertheless, he had served as chief justice,
and is included in the official lists as hav-
ing occupied that post.
fancy, In 1888, had been made Secre-
tary Of the Treasury by Jackson for the
express purpose Of carrying out his plan
OF removing the Federal deposits from
the United States Bank. II was a recess
appointment. and when the Senate met
in 1884, the nomination was rejected.
fancy thereupon straightway sent his
resigna ton TO Jackson. and. the work for
which he was appointed having been
done, it was accepted. In January. 1885,
Jackson nominated him for a vacant as
sociate justiceship on the Supreme Court
bench, but the Senate, still hostile. again
rejected him. During the next year the
political complexion of the Senate chang
ed, and after MarshalIs death Jackson
nominated him for the post OF chief
justice.
Fight Over fancy.
There was bitter fight over the ratif-
cation led by Henry Clay, by the NOM
nation was finally confirmed by a vote
Of q to Is. 1t was openly charge at the
time that Jackson was simply paying his
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From the Philadelphia Record.
Figures just complied by the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad system show that. al
though in 1908 and 1909 its various lines
carried total OF 2s9, 762. SIS passengers on
its 24.O00 miles Of track, only one passen-
ger was killed as q result of a train
wreck. In other words. the chance of a
passenger losing his life In an accident
on the Pennsylvania Railroad system
was one out of about 100000.
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The Simple shepherdl

From Tf-Biis.
A eockney. while spending his holidays
In the Highlands. met. an old shepherd
driving a flock Of sheep. Wishing 10
show of q. bit, he said:
Now. IL / were a shepherd. I would
teach the sheep TO follow me-"
''Oh. ave. said the shepherd. and
hiv nae doot We wild manage. for If they
saw anither sheep in front they wid be
sure to follow"
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FnntfdiouE.

From the Pittsburg Post.
They were having tea on the lawn.
How many humps of sugar inquired
the hostess.
Two Jumps" answered the young man.
and only one caterpillar. If you please. :"
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Contrasting the Truth.

From Life.
The count-Ah! Do not refuse me,
sweet angle of my dreams. for cannot
live without you.
The Heiress (refectiveIy)- That's just
what l was afraid of
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KAISER STANDS GODFATHER
Any Subject May Ask Favor for Sew
enfh Successive SON.

Berlin, July Bone Of the quaint Gus
toms of the German eo'.rt is that the
Kaiser stands godfather to the seventh
successive son Of any of his subjects
who asks for the favor.
The succession Of sons must be unbroken,
for If girl comes between the claim
cannot be made. What happens when
twins are born, and one of the twins is
= - question that has had to be
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From London Opinion
Tailor-It is an extraordinary fact. sir
perhaps you already know it-you have
apollo Belvedere.''
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It will take 100 men two years to break
UP the old British battleship Thunderer,
which has been condemned for the metal
she contains.
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From the Yale Record.
Nick-What good is an asbestos cur
tain, anyway?
Nax-Keeps the show from being roast
ed
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The New York State botanists claim 200
species Of edible mushrooms for that
Stats.
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Fight over Taney

There was bitter fight over the ratif-
cation led by Henry Clay, by the NOM
ination was finally confirmed by a vote
of % to Is. 1t was openly charge at the
time that Jackson was simply paying his