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NATIVE SONS HOLD
MEMORIAL SERVICE
EULOGIZE DEAD MEMBERS OF
THE ORDER
Patriotic Addresses Are Made and Mu
sical Selections Materially Assist
Good Program — Decoration*
Lavish and Beautiful
Commemorating the dead and de
parted of their order the Native Sons
and Native Daughter* of the Golden
West congregated In their hall at 211%
East Second street yesterday and fit
tingly observed the occasion with sim
ple yet appropriate ceremonies.
Eulogies od those who have gone to
their last rest, as well as the duty
mankind owes to Its progenitors, were
expressed in addresses by F. A. Ste
p hen son and Rev. F. C. Dorrls and
vocal and instrumental selections were
rendered by Mrs. M. W. Everhardy,
Miss Opal McCleary and Carl Darattl.
The hall was tastefully decorated
with the national flags and the bear
flag, the insignia of the Native Sons.
Ferns and sweet peas covered the
piano In their tender simplicity, and
around the platform were strewn
lilies, smllax and ferns.
"Nearer, My God, to Thee," sung by
the entire assemblage, opened the pro
gram, and then Miss Opal McCleary,
accompanied by Miss Ethel Belcher,
rendered a selection in her tender and
deeply pathetic voice.
F. A. Stephenson, who was the first
to address the assemblage, dwelt with
emphasis on the reasons for Memorial
day. "Custom has brought about a
desire to honor our dead and those
who did so much for us," said Mr. Ste
puenscn. "The patriotism of thos? Nt
us who are still here brings with It a
realization of what we had handed
down to us from our fathers, and what
all they accomplished meant to the
present generation.
Custom Uniersal
"This custom has grown to be uni
versal all over our broad country. It
is not confined to any one district nor
to any one people, for it is no longer
a personal feeling that pervades the
ceremonies of Memorial day. And
neither is the use of flowers a local
custom. It has grown and spread until
everywhere in our country the tribute
of the fields and gardens is exacted
to glorify those who have left for the
great beyond.
"Symbolic not only of sweetness, of
purity and of grace, flowers are also
symbolic of man himself. In the spring
of life he flourishes and blooms, and
when the winter comes with its serled
years of toil and sustenance he departs,
as does the flower.
"But as the spring returns and
brings with it a rejuvenation of the
flowers which passed away the pre
vious year, so also does man bloom
again. That other life, the one beyond
the grave and the coldness of mortal
clay, is ever present in our memories,
and who here knows but that the one
so gone from our midst Is not with us
in every thought?
"We who are here today should be
broader than locality. Not alone should
we think of those whom we have
known as dead, but we should also
think of those who made the past, and
made It so we might live in our pres
ent state. Not so much to our own
efforts as to those of our forefathers
do we owe the present, and it is to
them that we must offer up prayers
for the commeoration of this day."
Rev. Oorris Speaks
"The Rosary," that soul-inspiring
composition by Nevin, was tunefully
rendered by Dr. Carl Darattl on a
cornet, and the Rev. F. C. Dorris oc
cupied the platform. Rev. Mr. Dorris
spoke of the duty we owe those to fol
low and how we should strive to do
as much for posterity as has been
done for us.
"Sons and Daughters of the Golden
■west," said Rev. Mr. Dorris, "we are
together today to hallow the memory
of those who have gone before us.
Their work is all around us, and even
in our thoughts we must give them all
honor for the present.
"It Is fitting that we should do so.
One of the four tokens of lmmortality
is the fact that we hold in our memory
those who have departed. This world
Is not all, and those who have gone
have but changed places. Life would
be futile were this not true.
"We are but the product of those
who died before us. All the conquest,
both of nature and human nature, has
but served its purpose in making us
what we are today, and it is to them
that we owe all honor.
"We hear some one say, 'I am a Belf
made man.' This Is true In but one
sense. The man who so boasts but
takes the material in hand and by
adaptation and assimilation makes
himself. The material is woven into
the fiber of the soul and bullded Into
the tissue of brain.
"But, on the other hand, there is no
self-made man. He is but a product
of the past, and into every nerve and
brain cell of his being is poured the
achievements of a past generation.
We are but the products of past gen
erations, and with such being the case
we owe all to our forefathers.
Reason for Being
"Our entire reason for being lios in
the past, and it is our sacred obliga
tion to honor the dead. AYe ran do this
in no better way than to achieve as
they have achieved, and when we go
to our own rest there will be something
that the following generation can
grasp and say, 'He did that.'
"Washington and "Wellington and
Lincoln and all the other illustrious
men who did so much for posterity
were great because they burned with a
flre of fierce sincerity and ever-present
righteousness. Their passion for truth,
duty and love of fellow men never fal
tered.
"There is still room for us to do like
wise. Possibilities and material are
at hand, and if love for humanity, for
truth and for righteousness ever per
vade there Is no reason why our names
should not also be enrolled along with
those of other days.
"We of California have excellent op
portunities. Our environment, our life,
oyr every surrounding tends to fill us
with love toward all and a superior
sense of righteousness. Our nation
should come first, but after that the
state. Put Into your hearts the sun
shine of the day and the ruggedness
of the mountains and keep on working
to be what your dead before you were."
After Rev. Mr. Dorris had finished
Mrs. Everhardy sang "Abide With Me,"
followed by "Auld Lang Syne" by the
entire assemblage and a benediction
pronounced by Rev. Mr. Dorris.
♦» > — ,
A Narrow E»*Hp«-
Q. W. Cloyd, a merchant of Plunjc,
Mo., had a narrow escape four years
ago, when he ran a Jimson bur Into his
thumb. He says: "The doctor wanted
to amputate It but I would not consent.
.1 bought a box of Bucklen's Arnica
Salve and that cured the dangerous
wound." 25c at Dean Drug company.
LOS ANGELES, May 22, 1907.
PERRY W. WEIDNER, ESQ.,
Chairman Owens River Campaign Committee.
Dear Sir: The necessity for a greater water supply has been crowding
In on the city for years, at least ever since 1900 when the city commenced
to expand so rapidly that even the most sanguine were astonished at Los
Angeles' progress and advancement. Shall this advancement be checked by
MAKE-SHIFT water experiments, which in the end would cost us far
more, both directly and Indirectly, than the estimated cost of the Owens
river enterprise? In addition to the greater water supply which the Owens
river project will furnish us, must be emphasized the permanency of this
supply having its source amongest the eternal snow caps and peaks of the
Sierra Nevada mountain range.
I hope to see our supply so ample after this aqueduct is built that
there will not be a dry spot in town, and the development of semi-tropic
cultivations — one of our many drawing car 4s — will not be handicapped by
the lack of water. Ample water will give us perfect sanitation and will put
the finishing touches upon this city's justified claims of being the hand
somest and best home city in the world; nature gave us our superb climate
let man do his share toward shaping our climate and other resources so
that both combined will henceforth make our city the greatest tourist and
residence city of the United States, and last, but not least, the manufactur
ing center of the west.
As I do not care to see the growth of this city endangered by a shortage
of Its permanent water supply, or be a party to expensive experiments for
temporary make-shift additions to our present system, I shall vote and
work for the proposed bond issue, considering it one of the best invest
ments which the citizens of Los Angeles have ever made, for water is king
in Southern California. S. G. MARSHUTZ,
( Marshutz Optical company) 133 South Spring street.
OLO VETERANS
HEAR BURDETTE
TEMPLE BAPTIST PASTOR DE
LIVERS ADDRESS
Preacher Givet Vivid Word Picture
of Battle from Personal Expe.
rlence— Patriotic Alr« Ren
dered on Organ
Five hundred veterans of the Civil
and Spanish wars congregated at Tem
ple Auditorium yesterday morning at
the big memorial service held under the
auspices of the United Spanish War
veterans. Comrades of the blue and
the gray sat side beside, while one of
the Union boys. Private Robert J. Bur
dette, preached the sermon.
It was an inspiring service, and time
and again the grizzled wardogs nodded
their heads in vigorous approval, or
their eyes dimmed at some dear mem
ory th° speaker's words recalled.
Instead of the usual hymn tunes
Prof. Klngsley played the grand old
hymns of the republic, "Just Before the
Battle, Mother." "Maryland," "March
ing Through Georgia," "Bonnie Blue
Flag." "Tramp. Tramp, Tramp,
'Rally 'Round the Flag" and "Dixie.
As an organ solo Prof. Kingsley played
Mendelssohn's "War March of the
Priests," from Athalie.
Mrs Bessie Ives Harrison sang the
solo part in "The Vacant Chair," tho
quartet accompanying her in the
chorus. Her clear, sweet voice as she
sang the well known song, dear to the
veterans of both sides, brought tears to
the eyes of many.
Tells Own Experience
Dr Burdette took for his subject
"The Lost Fort," telling graphically of
the capture of a fort which he helped
take. He said:
"So far away— away in the advance,
and far on another road— so faint and
dull that it scarcely seems to be a
sound, but rather a sensation that runs
past the unguarded portal of the war
to touch the brain— the echo of a
dream— boom! And yet it is deadly
clear; fearfully near. Every listless
head In the weary ranks is lifted.
Questioning eyes answer each other.
Every soldier has read the message,
shouted so far away by a tongue of
flame between black lips.
"Unconsciously the marching ranks
are locked. Instinctively the step is
quickened. The man with the whiten
ing face drains his canteen to the last
precious drop. He Is going to have
strength to get to the front with the
regiment. Then, if he dies, he will die
in the line.
" 'Chuck-a-chuck,' the very battery
wheels put a defiant tone In the old
monotony of the wheels. 'Clipplty
clippity!' Another galloping trooper
goes down the column In a cloud of
dust, but this one is garlanded with
cheers, and his face lights with a grim
smile. 'You'll find somebody that'll
make you holler when you ketch up
with the cavalry:' floats back over his
shoulder. 'It's his deal,' laughs a sol
died, pulling his belt a buckle hole
tighter. Tramp, tramp, tramp.
"A single rifle shot. Sharp, pene
trating, anger and surprise in Its de
fiant Intonation. A score of excited
echoes clattering after it from hill and
forest. A thrill of nervous tension runs
through the column that closes the
ranks In orderly formation. Quick,
terse orders. Absolute discipline in
every movement. The crooked rail
fences on either side the road are lev
eled as the hands of the men touch
them. The column double quicks out of
the road to right and left: the curtain
ing woods swallow it. The men drop
on their faces. They are lost from
sight. The skirmishers, deploying as
they run. swarm down the hill slope to
the front like a nest of angry hornets.
Pictures Battle
"A handful of shots leap Into the air.
They have found the pickets. A fitful
rain of skirmish firing; a shot here; a
half dozen; a score; silence; another
half dozen shots: a cheer and a volley.
Far away, ringing in clear and close,
drifting away almost nut of hearing;
off to the right; swinging back to the
left; coming in closer; more of them;
gathering: in numbers and increasing In
their intensity; a few field guns
feeling the woods; a long roll of mus
ketry; ringing cheers; thunders of
awakening batteries on right and left;
the line leaps to Its feet and rushes
with fixed bayonets to meet the on
coming charge; the yellow clouds have
changed to blue and gray; sheafs of
flre gleaming through the trees; sickles
of death gathering in the bloody har
vest: shouts of defiance and screams of
agony: shouting of 'the old-fashioned
colonels' who ride with their men;
bayonets gleaming about the smoke
grimed muzzles of the guns; men
fighting men swarming like locusts Into
the embrasures; saber and bayonet,
sponge staff and rammer, lunge, thrust,
cut and crashing blow; men driven out
of the embrasures and over the parapet
like dogs before lions, turning again
with yelp and snarl and fighting their
way back again like blooded bull dogs,
holding every inch they gain; hand to
throat and knife to heart: hurrying re
inforcements racing to the crater of
smoke and flame from every direction;
a long wild cheer, swelling Into fierce
exultant cadences over and over and
over— the reversed guns, like the hounds
o?%kctaeon, baying at the heels and of
the masters rending the bodies of tho
masters for whom but late they fought:
a white flag fluttering like a frightened
dove amidst the smoke and flame, the
fury and anguish, the hate and terror,
the madness and death of the hell of
passion raging over the sodden carth —
the fort is ours!"
A two-dollar hat and three-dollar shoes,
And a flvedollar suit of Jeans—
"I bought that suit." he said, "to make
My extremes Just equal my means."
—Chicago Tribune.
LOS ANGELES HERALD:. MONDAY MORNING, MAY 27, 190?.
BISHOP CONATY
ASSISTS AT MASS
FORTY HOURS' ADORATION IS
BEGUN AT CATHEDRAL
Rev. Joseph McManus Preaches Ser
mon, in Which He Reviews Origin
of Devotional Period Now
Being Held
Yesterday morning the forty hours'
adoration opened at the Cathedral of
St. Vlblana with a solemn mass in
which Bishop Conaty assisted. Kuv.
Joseph McManus preached the sermon,
In which he said, in part:
"Three hundred and fifty years have
rolled over the history of the church
since the devotion we share In today
took shape and form in the mind of
an Italian priest. It was in the days
of the great desertion of the sixteenth
century. The storm which had lons
been gathering now burst over the fair
lands of Christendom. Baneful heresy
seemed to strike deep root in many
hitherto faithful lands.
"The beliefs and practices of the
church, which practically all Christian
lands accepted for 1500 years, were now
bitterly assailed. The most sacred of
all her doctrines, that which surround
ed the blessed sacrament, was attacked
with special malice and profanity.
"In the midst of this general desola
tion, a humble priest of Milan resolved
to throw open the door of the taber
nacle and place the Lord of Hosts
upon a humble throne for the adora
tion of his yet faithful followers. For
forty hours that adoration was con
tinued in honor of His forty hours'
sojourn in the tomb.
"Four years later in the year 1580
Plus IV approved of the custom of
having the blessed sacrament exposed
for forty hours. In 1592 Clement Vltt
Introduced the practice Into the city
of Rome and so arranged that the ex
position was commenced In one church
when It had ceased In another. Little
by little the devotion spread through
other countries of Europe, and today
it has won the allegiance of every
Catholic land.
Stir Slumbering Faith
"What does the church expect of us.
her children, on this occasion? She
calls upon us to stir up our slumber
ing faith, to enliven our hope and in
fluence our love. We ought to stir up
our faith by every consideration which
Catholic teaching suggests to us. Here
upon the altfcr is the Babe of Bethle
hem, the Child of Nazareth and the
transfigured Lord of Thabor. We are
lnj^he presence of the Man of Sorrows
whose body was broken and whos?
blood was shed. We have In our midst
none less than the God who created
us, the Savior Who redeemed us, the
Christ who will Judge us.
"This Is our faith. Who, then, shall
place limits to our hope or our love?
In the blessed euchrist Christ is pres
ent with infinite graces and favors for
each one of his children.
"You stand by the seashore and look
out on its vast expanse. You know you
can draw forth its waters at will and
never visibly diminish It. We come
to Jesus in the most holy euchrist and
faith tells us that there is no limit to
the graces we may receive. It is not
merely something which seems bound
less as the ocean, but Is the Infinite
himself.
Strength for the Weak
"If we are weak, we can here find
strength. If we are faint-hearted, hera
Is the source of courage. If temptsi
tlons assail us and seem to engulf us,
then there Is he who stilled the wind
and the waves and brought a great
calm.
"Brethren, let our love be in pro
portion to our faith and hope. Let us
rally around the God of the altar and
show him we are still capable of re
turning Borne little love for the Infinite
love he has shown to man In the
most holy sacrament of his love."
Rev. Francis Conaty preached at the
vesper service last night. The adora
tion will close with a solemn mass
Tuesday morning.
SENTENCED TO BATHE
FOUR TIMES AN HOUR
Special to The Herald.
PHIADELPHIA, May 26.— "Hully
gee, Judge, you don't mean dat, does
you?"
"Yes, I do, most emphatically, and
when you are through with it you will
certainly be clean for on°e since your
birth, at any rate."
This bit of dialogue occurred in the
Twenty-eighth district police station at
the conclusion of the trial of Ton! To
basco on the charge of being a worth
less bum.
This morning he was taken before
Magistrate Rau and the magistrate was
shocked by his appearance.
"When did you have a bath?" asked
the magistrate.
"Not since last summer," was the
reply.
"When did you wash your face last?"
"About six weeks ago."
"When did you wa: h your - ands?"
"I don't remember the last time.*
"Well, I guess you'll remember the
next time," said Magistrate Rau, "for
I am going to send you to the house
of correction with positive instructions
on your commitment that you have
a bath every fifteen minutes during the
day for the first week, and every day
thereafter during your stay. 1 guess
that will make up some little for lost
time, and It may jet you in the habit
and teach you that you must be clean
to bi healthy."
Ton! went weeping to the cell room,
where he was given a little warm
water, soap and towel as a starter.
As the water touched his face he
winced, but he had to take his med
iclm.
EXPECTS PROPHECY
TO BE FULFILLED
RESULTS MAY COME FROM
THE HAGUE
William Horace Day Preaches Memo*
rial Sermon to G. A. R. Pott and
Woman's Relief Corps
on Peace
At the Fira,t Congregational church
William Horace Day preached a Mem
orial Sunday sermon on "American
Patriotism and the World's Peace."
The Stanton Post of the Grand Army
and the relief corps attended the
service in a body. The little children
of the Kindergarten church led the
processional with little flags draped In
black. The boys' brigade In uniform.
In command of Leslie G. Bryant, and
the Baraca Fife and Drum corps, re
ceived the veterans outside the church
and escorted them to their seats. The
church was beautifully decorated with
flags under the direction of Mrs. Char
lotte R. Wood. The choir rendered Kip
ling's -Recessional" and Fred Gunster
sang a tenor solo.
The text was from the second chapter
of Isaiah, "Neither shall they learn war
any more." Dr. Day said In part:
"The prophet's promise of peace 750
years before Christ has been the world's
ideal ever since. A time when a
tribunal based upon Jehovah's law
shall settle international disputes In
stead of the appeal to war has never
ceased to inspire. Three hundred years
later Joel reversed the message. The
law had been given to Moses expanded
and applied through nearly a thousand
years codified by Ezra, but the power
and prestige of the nation were too
feeble to command the world's atten
tion. Joel called such an age to 'Hal
low a. war, beat plowshares Into swords
and pruninghooks into spearsATo fight
that Israel might again be' strong
enough to commend her law to the
nations. Today we are coming to see
that American patriotism while serving
the nation in war was no less making
possible the world's peace.
Patriotism and World's Peace
"1. American valor in the service of
the nation.
"The first service of our valor was
for the liberation of the nation. Of
the wars in which we have engaged
four have been wars of liberation. The
Revolution was for the liberation of
the land. The war of 1812 won the
Hberat4on of the sea. The Civil war
gained the liberation of the enslaved
at home and the Spanish war liberated
the oppressed in Cuba. The greatest
of all, that which did most for the na
tion, was the Civil war. It was the
supreme test of American valor. It
cast the life of common soldier and
great leader. We honor our illus
trious dead because of their sacri
fice and because that sacrifice was vi
carious. They followed in the way of
the cross and reverently we may say
they gave their bodies to be broken
and their blood to be shed that the na
tion might be saved. Great as is the
service of American valor in the ser
vice of the nation it rendered even
greater in the cause of the world's peace.
"2. American valor in the Service of
the world's peace.
"The United-States is the only great
nation in human history whose whola
national life has been devoted to peace,
not to war. Our busf^ess has been to
produce, not to destroy. The sneer of
the European 'aristocrats that we are
a nation of shop keepers is founded on
a fact, and that fact should be the
glory of the nation's life. Peace is our
business. The ancient peace ideal of
Israel's prophet has been often at
tempted. •
"William Perm In 1693 proposed a
European diet as a substitute for war.
Alexander I of Russia worked for a
holy alliance, Napolean 111 and others
worked for the same end, but each
proved abortive and war remained the
method of settling the nations' dis
putes. In the fullness of time you of
the Grand Army had done your gi
gantic task, soldier and sailor had per
ished and the chastisement of the
world's peace had fallen upon you and
your comrades. The Spanish war had
served to arouse Europe to what had
happened; when God put it into the
heart of Nicholas of Russia to attempt
what had so often failed, there was a
factor to be accounted, the nation of
peace had come to her own.
America's Right
"The Pari3 Temps, while Jeering at
The Hague conference as a way to uni
versal peace, saw the great fact that
'The United States entered for the first
time as a world power." And Mr. Stead
wrote, 'The right of America to lead
In this great cause Is nowhere more
fully recognized than by the nations
of the Old World.' Without belittling
the splendid work of other men and
nations r am pressing the point that
without the contribution which Amer
ican valor made possible these others
could not have gained the goal.
"An astute writer said 'But for the
American delegation the atmosphere
of diplomatic suspicion at The Hague
would scarcely have been dispelled.'
Again at a time of deadlock when the
German emperor stood like a wall
across the path it was an American
who must needs go to Berlin to help
clear the way. There is about to as
semble a second Hague conference at
which Isaiah's Ideal may very possibly
be realized.
"To prepare opinion for its work and
make advance possible a great peace
and arbitration congress has Just been
held in New York. Instead of the way
of subterfuge and diplomacy for wak
ing headway the American way has
been tried, that of progress through
publicity. We belittle mere talk and
men said the New York meeting would
accomplish nothing. Those sessions
had hardly begun before the world be
gan to express amazement at the re
sults. If the second Hague conference
succeeds It will be because American
valor served the world peace when It
served the nation."
VARIETIES OF THE LIAR
According to a list prepared by tile
Alb'inv Argus some months ago, the preal
dent ha i called Herbert W. Bo wen a "dl—
ingenuous" liar, William E. Chandler a
"deliberate and unqualified" liar, At ton B.
Parker an "atrocious" liar, a. O. Shields
an "inventive" liar, Bellamy Storer a
"peculiarly perfidious" liar, John F. Wal
lace an "utter" liar and Henry M. Whit
ney a "deliberate" liar. If this catalogue
be correct, if the president really did apply
such epithets to the persons in question,
Mr. Harrlman may not feel any excessive
diSßatisfaction at being classed with "d«
lberate and willful" untruth. The presi
dent and he simply disagree as to the
facts in the case. One retains one Im
pression of th« reputed episode, the other a
contrary impression.— Providence Journal.
Two Views
Briggs— My wife had a birthday yeater
dav, and we took a day off.
Griggs— When mine has a birthday she
takes a year off.— Cassell's Joernal.
TWO WOMEN ARRESTED
WITH MEN COMPANIONS
Two fashionably dressed women who
grave their names as Mrs. Louise Hill
and Mrs. Lulu Bell, were arrested In
the lodging house at 7!H', a South Main
street last night by Patrolmen Cookt
Oker and Majonler and booked at the
central station on charges of vagrancy.
Two men who were In their company
at the time and who stated that they
were the husbands of the women, were
arrested at the same time. They gave
their names as W. H. Cahlll and J. J.
Bell. They were booked on suspicion.
The ball of the four prisoners was
fixed at $160 each. Ball for the women
was furnished.
COMMANDER BOOTH
TALKS TO THRONG
FRAIL LITTLE WOMAN MAKES
STIRRING ADDRESS
"Song of the City" Is Topic of Head
of thu Salvation Army
in the United
States
Evangeline Booth, one of the frailest
looking of women, commander of the
Salvation Army in America, held one
of the largest audiences that ever filled
Temple Auditorium spellbound for an
hour and a half yesterday afternoon.
The audience of men, women and child
ren assembled long before tho opening
of the service and hundreds stood dur
ing the entire service and many were
turned away without gaining admis
sion to the huildins:.
Evangeline Booth, commander,
daughter of General Booth, is well
known the world over, and especially
in the United States, where she is in
command of the work of the Salvation
Army.
Miss Booth has a striking personality
and yesterday afternoon her frail body
responding to her supreme strength of
will showed no signs of fatigue after
giving an address of an hour and a half
during which stillness reigned with the
exception of the applattse that marked
her progress.
Is a Wonderful Woman
In any light and from any standpoint
Miss Booth is considered a wonderful
woman. The daughter of the founder
of the world-wide army work, herself
consecrated in her infancy to the work,
she commenced when only a child in the
great work which she has carried on so
successfully.
She entered the slums of London and
there sold matches for some time to
gain practical experience In the life of
the slums, and she will give these ex
periences in her lecture, "Racs," tonight
at Simpson auditorium. Later she had
charge of the army work in Canada and
was then placed in command of the
United States.
Miss Booth is a tall woman, slim and
supple in form, with a rather thin,
patrician face which is almost forgot
ten In the beauty and charm of her
eyes, large and brown, with a personal
magnetism that has seldom been
equalled by public speakers. Her face
is surrounded by a mass of fluffy brown
hair, and she is attired In a severely
plain blue suit, with the ensign of her
office, the plain color of the army, and
a broad band of white draped from her
right shoulder. As Miss Booth entered
the auditorium she was met by cheers
and the waving of handkerchiefs all
over the building.
Sing Old Tune
The service was opened by the sing
ing of "All Hail the Power of Jesus'
Name." The Salvation Army Dand led
the singing with the Salvation Army
tune for the hymn which was not recog
nized by the majority of the congrega
tion, and at the second verse Col.
French announced that the usual tune
wouW be carried out. whereupon the
large auditorium echoed and re-echoed,
with the hymn sung by thousands of
people familiar with the old tune.
This was followed by prayer by Bri
gadier Page and a selection by the Y.
M. C. A. quartet. Commissioner KUby
made a short address, Introducing the
chairman of the afternoon. Rev. Mr.
Harper, who acted in place of his
brother, Mayor Harper, who welcomed
Miss Booth to the city, and Introduced
the commander.
Miss Booth had been announced to
speak on "The Grand March Past," but
instead she took for her topic "The
Song of the City." It is a custom of
Miss Booth, who Is a great lover of
music, to inquire on entering a city
what is the popular song and to have
sacred words set to the tune. Yester
day afternoon she spoke of the great
epoch-making songs that have carried
men through times of distress.
The speaker expressed great delight
at being again In the City of the
Angels.
"I think your city is rightly named,"
said Miss Booth, "for you have re
ceived me. as only angels could. I hav.-s
been looking forward to my visit to
Los Angeles and I am so glad to be
with you again."
Influence of Music
Then Miss Booth took up her topic
of the afternoon and said in part:
"Nobody would question the all
prevailing influence of music. God was
so great a lover of It that when ha
created heaven and earth he filled them
with it. In this world we move about
as one great orchestra. There is some
thing tn the rising of the sun, and
something in its setting to tell of the
Master. The evening has Its song, the
stars sing their own song and the roar-
Ing cataract tell of the glories of the
Creator, and all nature sings for his
glory. The hum of nature is a great
anthem of praise to Its Maker. The
forest and water chant of him, the
thunders drum it and the ocean jieals it
forth like a mighty organ whlta all
nature rings Us music everywhere.
"The music of the world! What lip
is swift enough to speak of the music
of the world? All nature has bowed
down to the Impassioned soul of music.
The music of the concert, of the opera
and the music of the world Is sweet,
but I have one great challenge to the
world's music. I cannot call back a
lingering tone of immortality that tells
of the heart when It swells up with
sorrow. The music of the dance is
pretty, its excited step whirs around
and around until the new day comes,
then the piano is closed, the high note
Is hushed and then there Is nothing re
maining. Opera and concert are up
lifting while they last, but the curtain
falls and there is nothing left when life
billows up with trouble. Then we
listen for the strains but we hear them
not.
No Pride in Triumph
■ "Rossini's masterpiece of composi
tion handed to the music world, 'Wil
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great performance was given for him;
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formed in a great pyramid before him
and 5000 musicians rendered the great
composition. At the great triumphal
note his friends expected to see the
composer filled with pride, but Instead
his eyes swelled up with tears and he
threw out his hands and said: 'I would
give It all for a few days of the past
and peace.' How many, when we have
come in possession of that for which we
have strlved, find that It has cost so
much of principle, conscience or vital
energy that would say 'I would give it
all for a few days of the past?'
"But not so of the chord of life, of
the song of Immortalllty. I hear its note
of Immortality through the ages and
through the long, troublous centuries
the hymns live on with Just as much
vitality, century after century. The
note of redemption time "cannot dim,
storms cannot sweep away and !he
emptiness of the grave cannot dim Its
story.
"No pen could tell of the songs of
the church, the sobs of the penitents,
the martyrs, saints and the awakening
souls. Where Is there a stretch of
heaven that could hold the story of the
hymn, 'Just as I Am,' or of our late
president who winged his way to glory
on 'Nearer, My God, to Thee'? What
angel could tell the history of the im
mortal hymn 'Rock of Ages.'
Rock Of Ages
"Throw open the doors of all the
libraries of all the nations and let us
marshal down the list of different ex
pressions. Of the countless procession,
there are books of every character and
description. In the front ranks of the
procession we find 'Rock of Ages.' We
hear of books that have had ten, fif
teen and twenty editions, but after
their march they turn aside. Then to
the pyramid of all these volumes and
at the very top I find the 'Rock of
Ages,' which history tells us Is the
only one that has been translated Into
as many languages as one, and that is
the Bible.
"The Bible reaches out and takes
'Rock of* Ages' by the hand. To the
prince and the pauper It has been a
solace, from ten thousand churches It
has gone up as the most precious In
cense. The woodman has sung It In
the woods; the tired factory girl has
sung it at the wheel; the mariner has
lifted up his voice with the tune in
the storm; little children have been
hushed with It upon their mother's
bosom.
"The gi -at unshakable eternal rock,
I shall want it to die on and you will
want it to die on. 'Rock of Ages," to
which my mother clung, 'Rock of Ages,
cleft for me. I will hide myself— blessed
be heaven for such a gospel. In this
redemption song I hear the note of
the penitent.
"One morning, almost when a new
day was breaking, a young and beau
tiful girl of 18 tripped from her car
riage and went to her room, where she
threw her beautiful opera cloak across
a chair and walked the room attired as
she was in her beautiful ball gown of
white satin, on which were beautiful
Jewels gleaming, and in her hair the
Jewels seemed to be playing hlde-and
seek. She paces back and forth. This
young girl, beautiful, accomplished and
popular, asks what it all counts for.
Origin of Song
" 'What is It all to me when my heart
aches? The dance was never more
swift, but what Is It to me when my
heart aches? I remember when I
knelt at my mother's knee and what
kind of a woman was I to be?
"Then this young girl went to her
little desk and, kneeling, still In her
beautiful gown, took pen and paper,
and dipping her pen Into the ink, I
think there must have been something
of Immortality In it, wrote, 'Just as I
am, without one plea, but that thy
blood was shed for me.' Ink and tears
were all mixed up and she smiled until
her tears turned Into drops of dew.
"The redemption song is triumph in
death, the one dark valley through
which all must pass. One great hour
of good by Is death. It Is like sailing
away on a ship. The near and dear
ones come to say good by and wave
until the last, leaning forward to call
the last message, but the three bells
will ring like three death knells In
the heart. The book Is closed, its
death's last slow march to the grave.
Is there aught that can make us say,
'Oh, death, where is thy victory? Oh,
grave, where Is thy sting?' Yes, yes,
ten thousand sing the Redemption
song, the hurrahs and hosannahs of
the redemption song."
Following the address of Miss Booth,
Mr. and Mrs. Baker, the blind singers,
rendered a selection in which the com
mander was greatly Interested, and
during the final verse Mtss Booth, with
her long, flowing cape of blue lined
with red falling In graceful folds,
went over and spoke to the blind sing
ers, asking them to sing a triumphant
song of Christianity, which they did.
W. E. McVey made a short address
in behalf of the Y. M. C. A. and the
service closed with benediction by
Commissioner Kilby.
"But," protests* Miss Jokeley, "I as
sure you the stories I've been telling
you were original with me. I shouldn't
think a gentleman vould doubt my
word."
"Well," replied Brlghtley, "I con
sider It more gentlemanly to doubt
your word than to believe you old
enough to have originated those
stories."— Catholic Standard.
LARGE CLASSES
ARE CONFIRMED
Bishop Conaty Administers Sacrament
to Children at Three Churches.
Statue of Virgin Crowned
with Wreath
Bishop Conaty celebrated maßs yes«
te*day morning at 8 o'clock at the
church of St. Vincent de Paul, at which
he gave the sacraments of first com
munion and confirmation to two larga
classes. The children to receive the
sacraments assembled at the collego
and formed In procession, marching to
the church headed by the altar boys
and followed by the priests and
bishop.
Bishop Conaty preached an eloquent
sermon to the children and gave the
pledge of abstinence to the boys of the
confirmation class.
At 10:45 a solemn high mass was cel
ebrated, Rev. H. M. Murtaugh cele
brant, assisted by Revs. J. J. Cody, C
M., and D. A. Duggan, C. M.
Yesterday afternoon solemn vespers
were celebrated, at which the first
communicants renewed their baptismal
vows and formed a procession in honor
of the month of May. Tbe statue of
the Virgin was crowned with a floral
wreath and a hymn sung in honor of
the Virgin. Very Rev.) Dr. J. S. Glass,
C. M., preached an eloquent sermon.
The service closed with the act of con
secration and benediction.
The church was elaborately deco
rated with Easter lilies and ferns. The
prldeau upon which the children knelt
was decorated with white sweet peas.
Yesterday afternoon Bishop Conaty
administered confirmation at tho
Blessed Sacrament church, Hollywood,
and last night at the church of bt-
Thomas the Apostle.
LITTLE BABIES
ARE LINGUISTS
Mayor Harper Attends Exhibition
Given by Pupils of Sacred He«l*
School at Conaty
Hall
The remarkable exhibition of wee
tots of three and four years of ago
rendering difficult songs and recita
tions In various languages was one that
attracted a large audience to the lit
erary and musical program given DV
the pupils of Sacred Heart school at
Conaty hall yesterday afternoon ; t . nd
Mayor A. C. Harper was in attend
ance, and at the conclusion of the en
tertalnment arose and expressed L h«
astonishment at the m arv t t lous h .^. e n
and training exhibited . th n c ,. en " d e "f
S. DeYoe, the director of the elocutio.
department of the school, the mayoi
terpreted as it *">**%*»£ #£ -
i 8l V A /\h° e U !?ammar y schoft age, their
only of the grammar school words was
n Urec!selOan U rec!se lO aY f thaV^pected from
linguists. the most pleasing features of
entitled Thirty wee little girls dressed
ftf-llttteWE "ew -o appalled by tho
T^iy^r^^^
fcuK, !%!& they were Induced to an
swer the encore. ' ,- : ••. ."■ ;7
A Standing Rule
. .» lint run over to see If Mr.
#Mr« Blank would go to the then
and Mrs. flan* w^ rs . Blank was aw r
ter with them. a rs uld so much like
f un io °but~unforU.nately Blank was
to *l( he was at the club. She
wouldd r t«l.phose. The following con
versation ensued please. Hello! Is this
" 213 A Oerrara. I S m y husband there?
i? n^TNot there? Sure? Well, all right
£*.«? hut hold on. How do you know?
e "' b A' "yon told you my name."
1 »T,«e ain't nobody's husband here—
neverr the wise attendant's! reply.
—London Tatler. : I
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