The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-30

There was an explosion of gas which
burned his face badly. a. o. Iver-
son and Glenn Humiston were there
with automobiles and Mr. Humiston
| Immediately took Mr. and Mrs. Will
cox in his car and brought them to
Mankato DR.. J. w. Andrews was
called and Immediately dressed the
wounds. Mr.. Wilcox is resting fair
ly well at the home of his father,
w. H. Wilcox, today, and his wounds
are thought not to be serious.
From Saturdays Daily.
Changing the name of the Prot
estant Episcopal church by striking
lomt the word Protestant and in
sorting the word Catholic" will be
one of the most important matters
discussed at the fifty-sixth annual
council of the diocese of Minnesota
at the Church of st. John the Evan
gelist in st. Paul next Wednesday
and Thursday. The question will
be settled at the general convention
in New York October 8. Four cler
gymen and four lay delegates from
Minnesota will attend this meeting
Among the clergymen mentioned
for the honor are Rev. l. P. Johnson
of Minneapolis Rev. James E. Free
man, Rev. e. D. Woodruff and Rev.
]. A. Schaad of ST. Paul. Rev. f.
Lofstrom of Faribault, Rev. A. e.
Knickerbocker of Redwing, and
Rev. A. E. Fillmore of Fairmont.
The Laymen Mentioned.
Laymen mentioned, among Others
are w. H. Lightner of st. Paul and
]. R. Vanderlip and ]. A. Peterson
of Minneapolis.
The council is composed of Bishop
Edsall of Minneapolis, and Bishop
McElwain of Faribault, eighty-fve
clergymen and two hundred and fifty
lay delegates.
The bishops will read their ad-
dresses Wednesday evening, after
the council has been called to or
der, and an organization will be
perfected Thursday holy commun-
ion will be celebrated in st. Johns.
church at a. M At 8 a. m. there
will be morning prayer and at $50
a. m. the council will convene.
The defegates from ST. Johns
Episcopal church in this city are f.
r. Brown, B. F. Pay and DIR. G. II.
Nerbovig. Rev. p K. Edwards, the
rector of the church, will attend the
council. He does not, expect the
name, of the church to be changed
materially.
"Joan of Area Triumph.
Joan of Are" was sung by the
Mankato Choral society last night
as the closing event of the society's
season, and it was a fitting finale
for any musical organization The
chorus composed of nearly sixty. of
the best voices in the city sang the
difficult and beautiful cantata in a
most acceptable manner The Choir
us had been directed by Mrs H. A..
Patterson. and her most excellent
work was shown i'm the wonderfully
we'll handled chorus work during the
singing of the entire cantata, and to
her is due a great deal of credit for
very delightful evenings program
Mrs. Mary Brett Taylor as accom-
PIANIST deserves with Mrs. Patterson
the prase of every one who heard
the cantata last night, as she has
rehearsed with them every week
and by her excellent playing at the
piano assisted the singers to do
their best
Three soloists appeared in the
cantata, Mrs. Clara Gerlich Edwards,
soprano; 0. T. Morris of Minneapo-
lis; tenor; and D. M. Jones, bari
tone. Mrs. Edwards and Mr.. Jones
have been heard before in Mankato
and it is needless to comment upon
the excellence of their voices, but
Mrs. Edwards delighted everyone
with her capable handling of the
part of JOAN Mr. Jones' voice
was excellent last night; he sang
delightfully."-, and scored another sue
cess. So,
MI. MOTIFS, who IS not so we'll
known, in Mankato, sang his way
into the hearts of the people who
had not heard him sing before, and
his excellent voice added greatly to
the beauty of the cantata. Mr..
Jones and Mr.. Morris, in duet Sc
lections, made a particularly pleas
ing impression, ON the audience and
won for themselves deserved ap-
plause. Their voices blended to
gether beautifully. This was also
the case in the trios in which Mrs.
Edwards and Messrs. Morris and
Jones. sang. Mrs. Edwards posses
ses soprano voice of peculiar.
sweetness and range
The accompaniment for the sing
ing was worthy of special consider
alton. A twelve piece orchestra
played, including the piano, organ
and harp. Miss Mamie Skuse ac-
companied the chorus in one section
of the .cantata on the pipe organ
with beautiful effect.
The chorus work was indeed a
most pleasing and inspiring feature,
The chorus was perfectly trained
and the various sections were even
ly balanced The cantata as a whole
was beautifully sung and warmly re
ceiyed IL is only RI he honed that