El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-25
Great Bell Tower May Commemorate
Peace For United States With World


This bell tower project is being
pushed BY the Arts club Of Wash
Iington. one Of its leading sponsors
Is William Gorham Rlce, who has
made life study OF ben music in
general and especially Of carIllons. as
the great tower chimes are called.
I It is intenGed TO raise 5000, 600 for
building tie tower
.What is s5.000000 in America p
said one OF the promoters. we can
raise & with ease. OF course. We
: could build and maintain tower ard
carlton for great deal less. but IL
america Is going TO have q bell tower
az an, i must be ihe Ereurest bell
tower In the world This he'll tower
viii be the highest sn the world. ID
VII have more bells than any Gther
~ the world ana IL VIII be played l5v
--l greatest uell11asler IN the world.
Sweetest Music In World.
1t is said that the music OF the
cariilQn IS the sweetest that can be
played. and il Is a music which carries
Tor miles and miles. Hundreds Of
thousands can hear e at once And
= cannot be confined, no che can
be charged q price for hearing IL. 1T
Is the true musical democracy
The carlton originated and reached
It's finest development in Belgium
and in Holland. so that this bell tower
which it Is proposed 70 erect in
washington viii be in some sort q
tribute to Belgium and to Belgium
. nero, -sll- Asaln, the oell tower say
nose Who know, is a symbol Of
democracy The first ones were built
IN those dark ages when common men
Elrst dared TO strike against the op-
pressions OF their overlords. They
were then merely the means OF call
H|H d al NHaaHH
grew IN size, and the wonderful
musical properties Of bells were dis
covered and developed. First came
the chime, then the carlton.
a carlton. It should be understood.
Is mammoth musical instrument
upon which any sort or music may be
playea- II contains from 40 TO 30
bells and each Of these has several
cloppers or strikers. operated by
power The carlton is played like an
organ from q room below the helfry.
and has a keyboard ike an organ or
Many IN Europe.
IN Belgium and Holland nearly
every town and CITY has its carlton.
usually located Ia tower near the
center OF the city and often 10 the
market place. The bellmaster is
munlcipal cticer, usually musician
OF high attainments. and une OF the
most valued and respected Of civil
servants.
The bell towers usually play q Few I
bars CT music Ct the hour the half I
hour and the quarter hour This Is 4
done by machinery and does not re-
quire an attendant But at regular I
intervals. usually about once a week I
a concert IS held and the hellmaster I
renders regular musical program !
Some Of these European bell towers I
are very old The one OF Client. for 4
example. rang In 1914 to celebrate I
the making Of peace between the Z
United States and Great Britain after
the war IN 1872 and it was planned ]
to hold q centennial celebration Of
this event there in 1914. but the
world war interfered-
The use OF the carlton spread i
from Belgium and Holland 10 France,
ltalT and finally TO England, where
the carlton IS recent years has be-
come very popular. The English bell y
founders are now recognized as the f
best in the world. and 10 is with an
English firm, which mas been maxi +
ing bells for several generations that