Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-04-12

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where Old Father Time had unmis-
takingly left his mark-in the ruined
castle, the cathedral cloister, the ba-
ronial palace and antiquated build
ings too numerous to mention. Ed
ward A. Freeman. the Oxford profess
sor who wrote the Norman Con-
quest" wes the cicerone of the occa-
sion, and among the distinguished
guests were Charles Dickens, Charles
Darwin, Sr., George Eliot miss
Evans), Mr. and later Sir Henry Irv-
ing, Miss Ellen Terry, Sir John Lub-
book, the trainer of ants, and Mr..
John Walters, proprietor Of the Lon
don Times, and during the four days
jaunt Prof. Gilmore could not but be
impressed with the happiness that
flows from commingling of cultured
minds with broad understandings
The guests were sumptuously enter
tanned from mansion to mansion and
castle to castle. and there was not
wanting that eXemplification of cour-
tesy and kindly spirit contained in the
words:
Tho squire's wide hall
Hath room for all,
No cold distinction fear"
The thought (by no means unkindly
expresscd) was in taking stock of
the outward and visible appearance Of
Mr.. Darwin, whose physical make up
was indeed suggestive that it was
quite impossible, after all, that we
sprang from monkeys or monkeys
sprang from us. In his intercourse
with mis- fellow-man Mr.. Darwin is
indeed most lovingly gracious, and
the defects of the man physically are
lost in the beautiful character exem-
plified.
Experiences On This Side the
Atlantic.
Prof. Gilmore's activities in the do
main of Uncle Sam can be approxi-
mately gGuged, at least, by the fol-
lowing extract from a volume pub
lished in Detroit, under the title of
Educators of Michigan"
80 In England Mr. Gilmore
enjoyed unusual musical and literary
advantages, holding important church
organistsh,ps and contributing regu-
iariy to the columns of the London
and provincial press. For some time
he was associate organist in England,
with Walter b. Gilbert, Mus. Doc,
0xon, now organist of Trinity chapel,
Trinity parish New York, and was
the first to see in manuscript that
fine composition, Maidstone, set 10
the words, Pleasant Arc Thy Courts
Above and used now, probably, in
every church in Christendom. While
in Canada Mr. Gilmore was connect
ed with Trinity College School One
of his choir boys at that time was
Whitney Mockridge, the now we'll
known. American tenor. whom Mr..
had the pleasure of first in
to tho musical public At
Racine College Wisconsin, and the
Heathcote School, Buffalo, ~ Y, Mr..
did excellent work as a
teacher, and while organist and choir
master of st. Paul's Cathedral, Buf /
falo, compiled, in association with the
Rev. c. l.. Hutchins, the first musical
setting the hymnal of the American
Episcopal church ever received as
list met publication. Mr. Gilmore is
well known for his critical
literary work and successful training
Il vested church choirs the following,
.mong others, owing either their ori-
,in or q large measure OF their sue
ess TO his panstaking efforts, viz;
It. Luke's Bishop Neolys) Cathe
ral, Portland. Nc; Trinity church. I
N. Y Calvary church,
iemphls, Tenn; st Phillips church, {
ltlanta, Ca. St. James church, WI {
N G., and All Saints
hurch, Windsor, Canada.
The Clough & Warren, the Estey I
.tlanta branch, and the Farrand 4 |
'otey Organ companies have each in I
lrn, had the benefit Of Mr.. Glmore's 2
lusical and journalistic services" a