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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-21

700 years before the appearance
Of Guido dArezzo. the reputed in.
ventor Of the staff.
Nearly every city the world
over has . ~. Cecilia club.
chorus or organization Of some
kind, and probably not one In
so can even spell the name cor
rectly. There are many stories
concerning her life and one more
will do no harm.
There Is somewhat copious COM
n1ent upon her msrtyrdom for
Christianity. when she was placed
In kind Of cauldron and horribly
burned until the executioner be-
headed her. Her home in Rome
Is now marked by beautiful
church built in sal and rebuilt in
1899.
Strangely enough. however.
writer's prior TO 1894 do not even
sllude TO any musical ability she
may have had. II IL known that
In 1902, when a group of music
loving people In the Belgian city
Of Louvain sought 10 name q
recently formed musical society
they selected job as the patron
saint. The magistrate decided
that II would, however, look TO
ST. Cecilia.
BY 1871 St Cecilia day (Novem-
Der 22) was celebrated by a must
cal festival. Thereafter this Gus
tom Of celebrating ST. Cecilia with
music became general. Many poets
and musicians have contributed
masterpieces TO the honor OF her
name. She was credited with the
invention of the organ. While IT
is impossible to prove that St Ce-
ella did not invent some part of
the organ, it ia also impossible to
prove that she did. The evidence
IL purely legendary.
Pope St Damascus. in the fourth
century composed long epitaphs in
her honor. For her former abode,
which in the fifth century had be-
come cardinslitial bssilics. fin
ancient Rome a hall or church of
rectangular shape. used for judicial
assemblies. the Roman church
signed TO special mass certain
texts which could easily have as
sumed a musical coloring sppro-
pirate to her patronage of music.
The sixth century is represented
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-21

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-21

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-21
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-21

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-21

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-21
CAMERA sTOLEN

Theft o. a motion picture cam
e-s valued AZ S165 was reported
n police Thursday BY Parker }.
Buck n 30i3 No. 18th g He sad
his nome was entered since March
nv 8 burglar who used > neigh
bort ladder N enter through .
seoond story window.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-21

greatly admired
that many often
ssk what mus.
ca knowledge
she may have
had IN the year
22a when she
Is reputed to
have died This
II must h re-
memberd was
1900 years be-
fore the birth
81 Palestrina.
and more than
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-21
New Company TO Hold Open
House Tomorrow Afternoon
Personal Finance In KsYss Building;
Just Above the Beverly Thsotsr

Every man ard child IN ths Tacoma i IN
vicd attend the "cp<n house celebration which yin be
held in the offices q Personal Finance company 81 the
arrivals in business community frum usioek
IN the afternoon until y Saturday. Personals effee
Is located soi ksyes building eit.a broadway above
the Beverly sheater
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-21
Tacoma Thsaisr Guild Cast Announced Isr
'Candlslighi. A P. G. Wsdsheuss Comedy

The well known comedy hit Candle Light" scheduled In
open Wednesday and Thursday evenings Msrrh - and
2s at Neyerhasuser hall viii present Of the most
perieneed actors shown IN Guild play Candle Light
Of the best of the many successful plays written by
= G. Wodehouse. Curtain time h s.is
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-21

Yarn Wort for Be,.

After conference % IA. Pierce
county agriculture isoor commit
tee ard high pchogi officials =
placement bureau has been set up
whereby boys available for Sork
ln The bsrry flsids o. Saturdays
may 10 obtained TIE bureau "A
under the direction 81 Dick Oissa.
head - The schooi Agriculture 10
partmsnf ard Ess orr nIzsd foT
ne pafposs - helping Local farm
srs am high sch1<l hoys get To
gsther On Saturday "a means II
siies8ating - a certain extent ths
sn0rtsg. Of farm help m tn area
caiiF Tor tnis assistance may -
placed a. tbs high school
Or the Chamber o. Cenmsres III.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-21
~ J. " RINFI.

The beautiful musical legendary
an pictorial literature that has
grown " around ST Cecilia 1. .o
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-21
Puyallup Farmers Group
Elects New Officers

at the kiwanls club luncheon
Thursday noon. giving a talk on
bird life. with limitations lie said
there are more than 400 varieties
OF birds in this state and that %
per cent Of all birds are more use
ful than harmful. being natures
balaneewheel against insect pests
The speaker was introduced by
Harry Hansen.
Burr Gregory introduced the
musical program which consisted
Of selections BY "a trio composed Of
Mrs { r. Richie. Mrs Frederick
l. Seheyer and Mrs Newell Hunt
who sang songs written by their
accompanist. Mrs. Kay Logan
Mrs ". C. Reeve whistled the
obligato In one number. Club
guests WIRE Hugh Clark. Bob
Gleason and Jim Cook. all q Ia
coma.
A peaoh-pruning demonstration
will be held at the George Russell
orchard on Linden drive BY DIR.
John c. Snyder. extension hort.
culturast. state college, on Tues
day at 10 n m. Those interested
are urged to attend.
Scout. ad.sno.
At a monthly board OF review Of
the Puyallup district OF Roy Scouts
sponsored by the advancement
committee held at the Methodist
church Thursday night. four noys
were given higher rating In scout
ing.
Bin stoner Of troop ~. vas sd-
yaneed from second DO first class.
Walter Dunlap. troop IS. went
from a tenderfoot 10 second class.
Charles Woodwork. second 10 fist
class. and Bruc. Hunt. a first elsss
scout. was awarded q merit badge
In hAndicrsft. Vernon I'm pre-
SIDED and Harry Tweed acted "a
clerk with Dr. Nathan Wilson and
c. NJ. Alexander forming the rest
~ the board. David Wisehsmann
was the bugier.
The study club Of IN. high
school PIT. A. will meet Thursday.
March 20. with Mrs W g. Col
man. It0i 27th at. n E A pot
luck lunch will be served 81 noon
and thoss attending ar. requested
10 bring their own table service
The Afternoons discourse will BE-
on The Importance Of Being I'm
dsrstood."
A group ~ members ~ Rhode
dendron court No. q Order 81
Amsranih. went n Seattle Thgfs-
day evening TO attend the three
day session Of the grand court Of
the state Of Warrington T1s
party included Mrs Hazel Ohrnsr.
royal mstron of RhOdodsnoron
court, Peter Jochimssn. royal pa
tron. and Mrs. Joehimssn. Mrs
John Reynolds. Mr.. ard Mrs.
Robert Hs1ton. Mrs.. Grace Owens
and William Sharp. royal patron
Of sunllRht court. ssaitls
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-21


In some OF my previous articles
on wonderful memories, We dwell
especially on Mozart. Today We
come somewhat nearer 10 our owl
time. This In a subject that should
appeal especially to students Of tn,
art Of music.
II is said that Pagsnini. the
great Italian violinist of the 18th
century. carried all his compost
tions In his head, Just a. Wendell
Phillips did his lectures. When
Max Heinrich, the great song
recitalist. began his concerts he
would frequently play thirty or
more songs by different compos-
ers on the same evening, and
always from memory.
Moreover, Mr.. Heinrich always
played his own Accomplishments
a feat in itself. for many of these
songs were OF the most free char
acter, and often the instrumental
work WAS more intricate than the
vocal All this was done without
so much as looking a single time
at the program to remind the art
list of the order in which the songs
were TO be given.
Sir Charles Halle could play. nj
a moments notice. any compost.
ton Of Bach. Beethoven or Chopin
On more than one occasion he
played from memory, during q
cycle Of performances. the whole
of Beethoven's 80 piano >onatas. al
ternating them with the IS pre-
ludes and fugues OF Bach's well
tempered Clavicord
II 10 claimed concerning bsnE
Richter that his acquaintance with
the leading composers was % com
plete that. should the entire scores
have been lost, he could havs re-
stored them all from memory.
To these names Hans Won Bue-
low should be added He was fond
Of directing orehestrss without the
scores. and for years conducted all
of the symphonies IN this way He
knew all the operas as well a. all
the piano music. Many times in
giving piano recitals. no programs
were printed. and ne played what
the peopl. called for.
Rubinstein's exhibition 81
memory. during h,s tour Of
America (Is72-7s) seemed more
striking 10 the audiences ~ that
day because the habit mp 10 that
time had generally been 10 nae
notes. In fact. Rubinstein's en-
hibition Of memorizing no doubt
started the fashion which has
since come into vogue. During
his engagement II IL stated that
Rubinstein PLAYED over . thou
sand compositions without once
making use ~ the scores In the
VfFf'~ VI us hboiFSN~-
The operate tenor Campsnini,
was gifted with q remarkably
quick and retentstive memory OF
operate parts, and could depend
on his recollection for every role
which he had once learned and
that was many II IL related that.
although ne had not sung the part
Of Don Ottawa IN Don Giovanni
Mozart, for more than too years
he. a. a moments notice. CALAMITY
stepped into the breach caused BY
the unexpected absence q another
artist who mad expected 20 sing
the part. and. tr4sing entirely -
his rstentstivs memory sang the
nusic a. correctly and brilliantly
as 70 had done Ten wears before
vhsn just fresh from study and
rsrasrEsE
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-21

Your postmaster ean tel yoi
mn ~ invest n e. =. Defense
Bonds
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-21

nsnss~hv's pspsssseins lunpsonn1
fvom 1.est.aee n feoo - 1no4nuI
N lea
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-21
YOUR SATISFACTION GUARANTEED

A. added pse<sssea sr-<S
every -lh hat fs say
.os entirely satisfied saA se~ds.s.s ~ s s~
s.<<sssd ~ ss
eng .si-s a.ys s~d s.~si hs e-. ~she-
s-y eoa va@so.y~.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-21
TO Tacoma

We're new here In Tacoma and believe that folks
In this honest and have right 10 get needed
cash without having 10 put lo Of special security
or asking their friends 10 sign With them. We make
loans just your signature without other security,
your furniture We don't ash for ee-siEnsrs.
Your promise 10 pay Ia good enough for You
served promptly and with courtesy In private office
and you can take long n IA months 10 repay In
reasonable monthly instasnfs which select 10 ~
your purse. Everything 10 q bnsnsss.Iks basis and
don't embarrass you by asking credit questions Of
friends % employer.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-21
r. Probe Foundation for Legends About
Muslcs Supposed Patron 81. Cecilia
Mystery Shrouds Mortyred soints
Alleged Interest in the Arts

BY the -ries q no<sics n tire
essiiics q 81 Apollinsris 81 Rs-
VIENNA where s.. Cecilia was placed
among > martyr, there oommem-
GRATED
Coming down % TIE isth cen.
tury We meet A. elaborate fr.sco
= the hsSihea ~ Ire saint a.
Rome, N which she u painted SIM
ply ~ = richly-olsd raAiden. An
other mosaic in the spse tchoir
rooml Il the same church repre-
sents the saint in = cloak and rohe
n gold. holding IN her hands a
crown with double oirelets q gold
pearls, and standing beside = heav-
lily fruited palm tree
There are many other paint
ings Of the 18th and 18th cen
turie~ of the saint. hut tire 18th
ocntur, VAS the great one for
art and display. II was the BE-
ginning Of musical symbolism
which every succeeding age has
copied and emphasized 80 thor
onghly "a Ia have associated the
saint In our minds almost en-
eiusiveis with her (suppe>edD
patronage of music.
Van Eyek introduces the musical
feature, an organ. From that time
TO our own day. this or some equiv
alent musical instrument has been
esteemed a necessity in any pic
torial representation Of the virgin
martyr. Thence has arisen a ira
dition. universally held by art anna
teurs, that 81. Cecilia WAS either
an instrumental musician or At
leaSt a singer That she WAS not
cannot be asserted. but that she
Was cannot be proved
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-21
Speaks on Birds

Or. Charles b. Hutehins. Bird
man Of America" was the speaker
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-21

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Evening star., 1942-04-08
1n Mrmnrta11t

HENDERSON, ROBERT J. In loving
e I eeoysd %be 6ssSssnd ROE
one year ago. April 8. 1941.
My lips cannot tell how I miss him.
My heart cannot tell what to say
God alone knows how, miss him
In home that is lonesome today
HIS Svb boVING oVNG WIFE. GEoRGIANA HEN
PoTEAT. SYLVESTER. Today recalls
snd Sfa ahsf II 9HE Po
passed away two years ago today. April s.
No one knows how much we miss him.
No one knows the bitter pain
We have suffered since he left us.
Lille has never been the same.
DEVOTED WIFE. EVA. AND SON, GEORGE.
ROYCE. MARGARET. In sad but low
MARGARET ROYCE, who &c departed par ''t1i this
life seven years ago today, April 8. 1885.
Gone is the face we, loved so, dear.
It's sad. but true. we 0 wonder Why Why.
HER DEVOTED HUSBAND AND Chill
ToULsoN. MARY S. A tribute of love
and devotion in memory of MARY P
IoULSON, our beloved wife, sister and
year ago today, April s. 1871.
precious one from US is gone.
A voice we loved is stilled
place is vacant in our hearts
That never can be filled.
HER DEVOTED HUSBAND. REV. CHARLES
H. TOULSON, AND FAMILY, EUGENE
E. WAYMAN AND EDNA W~PINKARD
WEISMILLER, GEORGE. In remem-
brance of our dear husband and father
GEORGE WEISMILLER, who departed this
life one year ago today, April 6. 1941.
God called you home. it was His will.
But in our hearts we love you still;
Your memory is as fresh today
As in the hour you passed away
DEVOTED WIFE. SONS. DAUGHTERS-IN-
LAW AND GRANDCHILDREN.
Evening star., 1942-04-08
D. {. Boy, Z, Playing
'1arzan,' StraneIed
By Rope Swing
Victim Believed to Have
Slipped; Body Found
By Two Youths

A 12-year- boy, believed to have
been playing Tarzan. late yesterday
was found strangled at the end of
40-foot rope attached to a tree
limb on a wooded tract, known as
the Cox estate, near Ninth street
and Marietta place NV.
The victim, Gerald Pearthree, was
pronounced dead by a physician
after resuscitation efforts of police
men and fire department rescue
squad failed. He lived at the home
of his grandmother. Mrs. Lottie Nc
Govern, 825 Longfellow street NV.
Acting Coroner Christopher j.
Murphy issued a certificate of ac-
cidental death. He expressed The
opinion the boy slipped while using
the rope as a swing, permitting the
moose at the end to grab him by
the neck.
The body was found by Herbert
Goldberg, 10. of 600 Florence street
NE. and Paul r. Robbins, IL, of 83l
Marietta place NV. Paul ran to
his home and told his mother, Mrs.
Maurice Robbins, who sent another
son. Walter, Is, to confirm the story.
Police were then notified.
Policeman H. A. Deaner of No. 6
precinct cut the rope and a part
ner. Policeman j. R. Stone. applied
artificial respiration until arrival
Of the rescue squad.
Mrs. Robbins said later she had
feared such an accident. Neighbor-
hood boys had used the rope fire.
quently and had fashioned a ladder
in order to reach a high point of
the tree from which to swing out
on the rope.
Police today removed the rope.
Evening star., 1942-04-08
Mrs. Mary |. Meriwether
To Be Buried Tomorrow

Mrs. Mary L. Meriwether, resi-
dent of Washington for 10 years
who died Monday at the home OF
her daughter in Charleston. w. Va.
will be buried tomorrow in Wood
lawn Cemetery here, after services
at the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian
Church at pm.
Mrs. Meriwether was graduated
from Oberlin College in 1873 and
was one of the founders Of the
Eighth Street Home for Destitute
Colored Women and Children, in
corporated by AMI tact Of Congress
more than so year5 ago. She taught
in the first colored high school at
Seventeenth and NJ streets NV.
She gave a great deal of her time
to the development of the first
colored Y. M. c. A. and, with her
husband, the late James H. Meri-
wether, helped establish the Fiji
teenth Street Church.
Mrs. Meriwether is survived by
her son, Robert H., Of Michigan;
three daughters, Mrs. N. E. Hender-
son of Falls Church. Va; Mrs. S. N
Nutter of Charleston and Mrs. E. E
Washington of Tuskegee, Ala. and
a brother. E. F. Robinson. of Well
ngton. Ohio.
Evening star., 1942-04-08
Anunios Davis, First Messenger
Of Civil Service Here, Dies

Ananias Davis. 50. first messenger
employed here by the Civil Service
Commission, died last night at his
home, 2253 Eighth street NV.
Death was due to the infirmities of
age.
A familiar figure in the Govern
ment for nearly As years, Davis, "
as he was known to thousands of
officials and employees. retired in
1882 after serving as personal mes
senger to many members Of the COM
mission, including Theodore Roose-
welt. He always rode a bicycle to
work and observed the same hours
7::30 am. to 6 pm.-despite the fact
that the regulation day at the COM
mission started later and ended
earlier than the time he set for
himself.
Veteran employees OF the commits
sion today recalled many anecdotes
Evening star., 1942-04-08
Body Of Surety Official
Found in Hospital Yard
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, April s.-The
body of Bernhard Simon. "a, super
intendent of the Kentucky Central
Life Insurance Co., who occupied
a 18th floor room at Jefferson Hos
pital, was found in a courtyard last
night.
DR.. George Taft of the hospital
staff discovered the body. Mr..
Simon's nurse. Claire Maxwell, had
reported her patients bed was empty.
Mr.. Simon entered the hospital
Sunday after spending some time at
the naval hospital here He had
suffered from heart ailment for
several years.
Evening star., 1942-04-08

Of his long service there. On one
occasion a member of the commits
sion, wishing to be undisturbed, told
him to say to visitors that he was
"out." Shortly afterward Senator
Voorhees, Of Indiana arrived and
asked to see the commissioner.
He says he's out, but III go ask
him If he is," Davis said.
Then there was the time when
he was told to put some papers in
the files. He reported back that he
had put them in fire Just as you
said"
Once when a group of commission
employees was called in to take the
oath for promtion Davis joined
them of his own accord. In expla-
nation he said that he gone a long
time without a promotion" The
commissioners rectified that. The
veteran messenger never married
and made his home with his nephew.
Evening star., 1942-04-08
Services Planned Today
For Charles H. ConIey

Charles Harold Conley, employe oi
the General Accounting Office. who
died Monday at his home, 3725 Ma
comb street NV, was to be buried
privately today in Glenwood Gene
terry, following services at pm. at
the S. H. Hines funeral home, 290l
Fourteenth street NV.
Mr.. Conley. native Of New York
City, came to Washington IS years
ago and has lived here since that
time, except for six years in Miami
Fla. He is survived by his widow, q
daughter, Mrs. F. w. Fischer OF
Miami; son, James r. Conley of
Washington, and three grandchil-
dren.
Evening star., 1942-04-08
Rites Planned Tomorrow
For Il. and Mrs. Jones

Funeral services for 1t. and Mrs
Don Kenneth Jones, jr., killed Sun
day when their plane was in collision
with another in Florida, will be held
at IL am. tomorrow at Fort Myer
Chapel. They will be buried in
Arlington National Cemetery.
1t. Jones, son of a prominent
Chicago attorney, was attached to
an intelligence unit. He was a
graduate of st. Johns Military
Academy at Delafield. Wis, and
attended the University of Michi-
gan and University of Arizona
where he met his. bride Of three
months.
Evening star., 1942-04-08
Catholic Peace Group
Honors Two D. G. Men

Two residents of Washington were
elected to high positions in the
Catholic Association for Interna-
tional Peace at the close Of its 18th
annual meeting in New York yester-
day.
DR.. Robert Connery. director of
the Commission on American Citi-
zenship of Catholic University, was
named treasurer; the Rev. R. A.
MCGOWAN of National Catholic We'll
fare Conference was made acting
executive secretary.