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I42 THE INDIAN ADVOCATE enly strains of music it has ever been our pleasure to en joy. Here were not "the wise daughters of the Muses" of whom the Greek poet speaks, but the holy daughters of Charity expanding their souls in prayer and chant before the Divine Healer of all human miseries. Two fine singers from sunny Italy were joiningthe choru3 with the best voices of the City, it being a grateful and touching homage of the Catholic people of Washington t3 give assistance to the Sisters at the religious services at the Chapel. It see med to us that Palestrina and Victoria were the authors interpreted by the choir, as we had a faint recollection of having heard the same compositions at the Gregorian feasts in Rome. Our mind went back to the great Basilicas of the Eternal City and our soul lingered again among the Catacombs, the martyrs' graves, the early churches and majestic temples of Christian Rome. Genius is, indeed, universal, since, at centuries- of interval and in a new Continent,the Italian Palestrina and the Spaniard Victoria move man's rebellious mind to the highest acts of faith and hope and inspire the purest souls of creation in their sublime work of Christian charity. A large number of pa tients attented services and never did I better realizo the extraordinary comfort and relief that unfortunate man derives from prayerful contact with his God. I left the institution deeply impressed with the perfect order and shining cleanliness prevalent everywhere and the gentle, mystic atmosphere which always betray3 the presence of these Angels of Charity. The first thing I usually inquire about in strange quar ters is the location of the Catholic church where the best rendering of religious music is to bi heard. St. Patrick's was designated to ma as best answering my wishes, and Sunday after I was in that church, eagerly anticipating an artistic treat. It was a good chance of mine to hear Gou nod's St. Cecilia Mass rendered by the choir at the re quest of some visitors from Boston. Gounod joins in his art the sympathetic and charming traits of Italian genius with the deeper and more virile characteristics of German