Evening Star Newspaper, April 12, 1925, Page 65

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGT Bells to Sound Message of Easter . From Washington Church Steeples “piphany Church, With Its Memorial Chimes, Contributes Important Feature to Beauty-of City—Music From Tower Has Possible Range of Two Miles. OR, 40 day the belis of been tolling at Penitential, sorrowing have expressed the weariness of humanity in the face of infinite labor, the hopeless- ness of the muddy roads of life that end at the inevitable grave, the weeping of women at the foot of the tree where the Lord hangs crucified This morning from a hundred “Washington church steeples they sound another message. Through the deserted, silent canyons of the down- town streets and through the blo: soming backyards of the suburbs Yy carry the story of the stone that ‘was rolled away from the sepulcher in the fragrant morning of Chrisglanity, the promise of spring- time in nature and resurrection in hiearts of those who have been ywncast and tired The bells of Easter are ringing. ‘Throughout histery bells have been ¥be medium for some of the most Passionate expressions of mankind They have provided the musical voice of great victories and great tragedies of cities and nations. They been the weird, ghostly harb of death and the merry, of marrlage. Where organs, violins and bugles have been utterly inadeguate to give voice to the surging ns of ©ry masses of men, have answered the purpose. The old Latin verse, wit 1 suggestion of bell n their functions: > plango, “aton Lent inter- s - t bells usic, sums tulmina frango. dissipo ventos, funerals, I ring in ¢ Sabbata pango, Peco crueatos. the thunderbolts 1 scat- Sabbaths, sluggards. 1 drive away procluim peace ufter bioodshed. Easter, the festival of mankind's Ereat joy, always has been the in- evitable occasion of bell.pealing. The gladsome carols from the church towers have become an integral part ©f the joyousness of the day. There is no other expression adequate for the theme of a resurrected Christ Hence the bells Washington churches are pealing this morning, ¢ hustling drowsy heads into the Spring sunshine where they can feel the spirit of the day. Few Americ Ter swrms, 1 cities have more #dequate bell music than Washing- fon. The larger American communi- ties have been slow to recognize the charm, which adds so much to the| attractiveness of lite in English, | French and German cities. Even here | the bells of most of the churches #re sounded only the Sabbath That a new day in this respect is at hand ms probable. Epiphany hurch, a Fourteenth and Streets, with its daily programs on the elab- orate MoKim memorfal chimes, Is leading the way. During the three| Years since these have been installed they have become a part of the daily | life in downtown Washington. They are considered almost as much a part of the beauty of the National Capital A8 e Japanese cherry trees or the Jarcoran Art Gallery. When tourists have become surfeited with all ll\"l other places of interest about Wash- ington, they re tak to G street near the church in the late afternoon and leave for their homes with scme- thing of the reverential in their mem- ADOLPH TROVS KY PLAYD > THE CHIMES AT EPIPHAN ' CHURCH. C, 575; C sharp, 475; D, : E, 300; F, 265; G, 225, The total weight of the bells them- selves is 15,590 pounds and the total welight of th omplete outfit is 27,000 pounds. The shape of largest. whose teet, to the of 21 inches, the bells from the diameter s Jjust allest with a diameter is symmetrical, causing harmonious overtones. The material in all the bells is the same, 78 per cent copper and 22 per cent tin. Any mixture of these two metals is pure bronze and this particular percentage of mixture {s known as the best qual- ity bell metal. * * % HE chime bells are mounted in two tlers, the smaller at the top. The chiming console, with which the chimes are played when the electrical apparatus is out of order, contains 15 levers corresponding to the bells. It is made of quartered oak, highly polished in antique finish. The play- ing connections are a combination of chains, rods and adjusting bars. This THE EASTER BELLS OF WASHINGTON—CHIMES OF EPIPHANY CHURCH. makes a thoroughly strong action with the breeze blowing east. Other- wise the sounds reverbrated back from the high walis of some of the office bulldings which surround the church. If, however, they can be given an uninterrupted sweep down G street, it is difficult to| estimate how far they might carry. | Bell music plays some funny tricks. It might be possible, with the wind | in the right direction, to stand on G| | { | are street barely a block away when the chimes are ringing and hear nothing. At the same time persons two or| three blocks farther dpwn the street could hear the strokes distinctly. Such a situation is due to the ar- rangement of bufldings in the path of the music. To a person standing in the tower itself the results are even more startling. Sometimes the notes will bound back like rubber balls from buildings only a few hundred feet away. The listener high ahove the surface of the street literally bombarded with balls of sound, which sometimes produces curious musical effects. With the proper wind di- is it is to these chimes that the €houghts always return when thinking of the bells of Washington Puring the first few months after they were placed in the Epiphany tower they attracted great crowds, who stood bareheaded in the strong afternoon sun to hear the sublime | hymns and familiar folk tunes ren- dered on an iustrument of unexam- | pled majesty and power. Now they have become so familiar Ahat they are taken as a matter of wourse. Every one in Washington has heard them. Every one knows they . will sound at the accustomed hours. But so firmly have they become im- pressed on the public consciousness, that the slightest variation is noted @t once. The chime players say that on such occasions they are besleged fvith telephone calls from ail over the ity asking for an explanation. These chimes have a complete Fange of an octave and a half. In this respect they are almost alone. When they wers made one extra tone was added so that they could render the national anthem, since the church guthorities knew that there would be epeated calls for this music in the National Capital. ‘With such a range thers is little in wrdinary music that canuot beplayed . pn them. Some of the familiar hymn tunes and folk Songs have been trans- posed for this especlal purpose with- out in any way detracting from their beauty. Delicate variations of tone are possible, especially when the chimes are played from the tower it- wsl¢ rather than from the electrical Xeyboard beside the church organ, to which resort usually is made. With this series of bells, alrs can » played in the keys of F major, C, D and G, and {n their relative minors, gllowing an almost inexhaustible gangs of variations. There are 15 bells fn all that go to make up the| chimes, ranging in weight as follows: Dy 3,300, B, 414; F, 1,800; B that is reliable throughout, and will remain in good order for many years. The action is nolseless and prompt—in fact a piano action on a large scale— and affords a very satisfactory modu- iation. The console is in the fourth story of the tower, some 20 feet below the bells themselves. The connections from the levers to the bells are straight-grain wooden rods, tested to | stand a 1,500-pound lift. The method of playing is by a more or less vig- orous stroke, not a mere push. Here is one respect where the chime play- er differs from every other musician. He must be more or less of an ath- lete. If he isn't, he soon becomes one, if the keeps at fit. The lever end is grasped firmly with the hand. After some practice, it is claimed, the knack is easily ac- quired. A fairly vigorous stroke and the note will sound out clear and rich from the belfry with the same prompt response as a plano. For or- dinary purposes, however, the elec- tric kevboard does just as well. Not only must the chime player be an athlete, but something of a climb- er. The chamber in the tower Where the console s located is reached only by a breath-taking climb by means of an iron ladder fastened against the wall. From this room to the bells themselves necessitates a climb up two more iron ladders. Saturday afternoon and evening programs of a more or less popular nature are given, although it is atmed to render music of the most un- questionable dignity. Mingled with the hymns are these airs: “My Old Kentucky Home,” “Maryland, My Maryland” “The Star Spangled Ban- ner,” “America,” “The Blue Bells of Scotland,” ‘“Swest and Low,” “All he Night” and “Home, Sweet On Sundays the chimes are used entirely for sacred music. The utmost range thus far reported for the chimes is about 2 mile rection, it is entirely possible for the sound to leave the bell and return to the tower almost in the twinkling of an_eye. On the other hand, on clear, still days the sound is gone the instant the tongue of the bell swings. The observer in the tower gets just the sharp, quick note and nothing more. That the record for the sound of the bells to travel is only about 2 miles {probably will prove surprising to per- sons brought up in the country and |familiar with village church bells, which, on very clear, calm days, sometimes are heard three or four milés away. The explanation is that in the open country thers is nothing to break the path of the notes. They have nothing to hit and bounce away from, losing energy with each colli- sfon until there Is no sound at all. A great deal also depends on the condi- tion of the air through which the sound must travel. * % k% THE Epiphany organists take ex- ceptional pride In these chimes and continually are inspecting all the little mechanisms that go to make up the complete instrument. The chimes are not easily put out of order, how- ever. The construction is so sturdy that there is little chance for any- thing to g0 wrong except the elec- trical arrangements, and these make little difference except in respect to the comfort of the player: electrical keyboard transmits rignt implse to the tongues with an uncanny accuracy when it s in per- fect working order. Artistically, how- ever, the player can do a better job by climbing the iron ladder and ap- plying his muscles to the levers. Many expressions of appreciation are recelved from persons within hearing _distance. To patlents at George Washington University Hos- pital, almost in the back yard of | Epiphany Chureh, the chimes have proved almost as much of a bogg part of the long look forward to. the first day, something to These patients are to notice if the chimes are not played exactly at the right timec ‘The Epiphany chimes are in the charge of Adolph Trovsky, who us ually plays them. Mr. Trovsky has developed more and more his mastery of this instrument since it first was installed It is of the Epiphan ower that one always thinks when the subject of bells in Washington is mentioned, The Metropolitan Memorial M. E. Church, on John Marshall place, also has an elaborate set of chimes, which are rung before the various church services. These are not used, how- ever, for the elaborate programs such as are sounded from Epiphany. These two church towers are alone in Washington in possessing real chimes but others have elaborate bell systems which could be extended into chimes and which are capable of rendering notes with considerab variation. St. Mary's Catholic Churc] on Fifth street, is said to have one of the finest bell stems in the city, pable of exceedingly beautiful mu- sical expression The bells on neighborhood churches and chapels probably are most fa- miliar to dwellers outside the center of the city People of Georgetown set their clocks by the regularity with which the bells are sounded on the university chapel. The bell has developed to ent form from exceedingly sim- ple device of hitting a bit of iron with a hammer at regular intervals as a signal It was perhaps the most simple signaling system pos- sible In medieval days, which at the time had the power of attracting at- tention at a considerable distance Even to this day, in most country villages, the church bells are sounded when it is desired to bring the peo- ple together for any extraordinary occasion, such as a fire. Bell towers were the first broadcasting stations, when only simple sound waves were known as a means of transmitting intelligence to the countryside. The bell is very antique, probably originating in Babylon or Egypt Crude bells have been found in the ruins of these civilizations. It was in medieval Europe, however, that they achieved their greatest develop- ment. They were used for almost every occasion ving to do with daily life. For such purposes as the curfew they were indispensable. A great many pretty, dramatic and romantic customs grew up about them. Few of these have been copied in America. The passing bell, for {nstance, which is tolled in English villages when a member of the com- munity is on the point of death, never has taken root here. But the use of the bell is growing. More and more churches are coming to recognize its artistic importance in everyday life, and the possibilities of beauty which are wrapped up in it. The Epiphany chimes have brought the subject home to Washington more vividly than ever before its pres- the . The Rarest Bear. OW the capture of a young bear cub settled a sclentifio dispute of long standing is told by Francis Dickie in American Forests and Forest Life. It seems that for 20 years scientists have been at odds as to whether a very rare white bear found only on two small {slands near Prince Rupert on the coast of Brit- ish Columbia was a distinot species or simply an albino. If the former, it would be the rarest bear in the world. If the latter, it was simply a polar bear altogether lacking in plgment. g Early last September two Indians landed on the wild shores of one of these two islands in search of game and came upon a mother bear with two cubs, one of which they succeed- ed in capturing alive. This bear finally reached Francis Xermode, director of the musoum at Viotoria, British Columbla. ‘When the cub was received the very first thing the director did was to lift the head of the friendly lit- tle animai to the sunlight. When he looked into its eyes he knew the cub was far from being an albino speci- men of the polar bear. Its eyes were distinctly brown. Thus, it is a new specles. The bear has been named Ursus Kermodel, for the director. For many years the skins of these white bears have been brought to the world fur markets. It was long ago noted by Dr. W. T. Hornaday, director of the New York Zoological Park, that certain characteristics of the sking showed they were not those of the common polar bear. Yet, in order to base a new species, more evidence than this was nece sary. This evidence in the form of the live cub recently captured now establishes the new species, which is far smaller than the polar bear and even much smaller than the com- mon black bear. The teeth differ greatly from those of the polar bear, while the ears are smaller. . He who laughs last is usually the 0. N, D.. U, APRIL 12, J. 1925—PART Rambler Gets Interesting Notes HE Rambler gets letters from persons who write better than he does. Not many, but some. Whether persons who write letters to newspapers could write so much about so little as he does and persist in the cruelty for years s a question. The literary quality of & man ought not to be de- termined by a single outbreak. He should have stamina and long wind Many a man writes one plece for a newspaper, sends a hundred marked copies to friends—or, at least, to men he knows—pastes the clipping in a scrapbook and brags about it for 20 years. Nearly every man the Rambler meets says, “Oh, yes, I used to be a newspaper man myself. You know, in the Summer of 1876—or it my have been in the Spring of 1786—our church g a strawberry festival, and the editor of our county paper, who was kept home by the mumps, asked me to write it up for him, and, sir, don't you know, the Jay County Weekly Sentinel of Liberty published my plece verbatim et literatim with- out change. Yes, #ir, I used to be a newspaper man oncet myself.” This 1s not remarkable. When you invi triend to have a game of pool he says: “Dear, dear! I used to be the champlon pool shooter of my town. 1 baven't had a cue in my | hana for 30 vears, but 1 used to roll em in the ‘pockets with my eyves If You bring 1 hunting he sa {in my day ¥, Hickville 1 use > the question of fox I was a great rider sir, when 1 lived at to go out to my uncle’s farm, near Swamp Corners, and I would ride one of the farm horses from the barn to the water trough, 60 yards away, and ride him bareback sir; yes, sir, bareback. I used to be a great rider in my day.” If you ask him to have a game of croquet he says: “Well, well! Cro- quet! Jt used to be my favorite game. Why, sir. I've started off from one striped stake and gone the round of the wickets without mi shot; but I haven't had a mallet In my hand for 40 years.’ Then, If you get stuck between the gerund and the supine, he says: “You know, I took a prize with my Latin essay at the Nut Hill Academy and | could put it all over old Prof. Bone- dome in conjugations, because he didn’t know ‘em either, but I haven't read a line for 43 years and am a trifle rusty on Nepos, but T tell you, sir, tempus fugit’ If you invite him to pitch horse- shoes, well, he will tell you that once upon a time he was the champion of Hensfoot Cornezs. There is a great deal rof young talent that doesn't grow up. As a starter for this story the Rambler said that he gets letters from men who write better than he does. There are two varieties of con- ceit—the bold and the covert. There are some men so upright in their con- celt that they will tell you that you don't know anything. Then, there is [the man with a weazlo streak in him who speaks words of modesty, but smiles in a way that says, “You're a small potato alongside of me.” A man whose conceit cozes from behind a mask of modest, flattering words Is about as agreeable to other men as a goat Is to sensitive nostrils. * * B sald, * % T there is a great deal to be said in favor of flattery. Josh Billings | ‘The man who flatters you will rob you if he gits the chance.” Yet, many of us have to use flattery to get along. I was in a ehop a few days befo’ T left town, and the boss came up to a knot of men and said he had a funny story. He was trying to be democratic and he wanted his hands to say as they gathered at the noon ple counter, “The boss is a reg'lar feller. No airs about him! He talks to us just as if we was human be- Ings. Of course, sometimes he fires us for letting a customer get AWAY without buying $4 worth of goods marked down to $7.95." Well, the boss told the funny story. The buyer for the collar department laughed until he choked. The book- keeper laughed loud enough to wake a cop. The floorwalker had hysterics. When the boss went back to his office and order was restored the col- lar buyer said to me: “I heard that joke when Christy's Minstrels were playing at Odd Fellows' Hall In 1860, and Christy told me he got ‘the joke in England, where it had come over |Il!h William the Conqueror." | _“But you laughed at it? Rambler. “Ah,” said the collar buyer; “the boss told it.” Bosses should not tell jokes to their employes. It's taking advantage of defenseless men. The boss, if he is a successful business man, probably has no sense of humor. The Rambler takes from the let- ters that have come to him several said the From Letters Sent by Friends o Some Sections of Washington. “To Dear Mr. ington S eventy-th the Rambler of The Wash- ar I town called Good | s then told, by my Thomas H. Anderson, who | powerful little man ai his blacksmith morn until night to his family who, his firs wife, 10 children, iiving, all born in that house. My mother was Martha Mitchell, who wss born in the old farmhouse just across the road where the well is or used to be, and by her there were 10 more children We were ruled by an iron will and iron hand, and none of his sons ever was arrested or sent to jall, and not | even one of his many daughters dis- | graced him. i “Though my chances of being court- ed were brought to an end by an early marriage to a well known man | of Southeast Washington, much older than myself and a butcher. It was hard work for a young, inexperienced daughter, who loved her old pop’s shop and to keep the flies off the horses and mules while he shod them being the only girl at that time ar und the home at Good Hope. “The boys were off at sunrise years ago was in 1ittl , named, T w, father, was one worked in shop from support were to | and | though | of the old Washington, JOHN ANDERSON. BORN IN 1840. he thinks good—good, because they give information that fits this work, and good because they are written as the writer talks and give the reader & glimpse of the writer. ? They are good because the writers {did not know they were writing for publication and did not fall into the self-conscious froze-stiff style which overcomes so many persons when they write' for publication. The Rambler wrote a story of the Youngs of Nonesuch and gave you an appetizing description of the place, but not much nourishment about the Youngs. The following let- ter is from Mrs. F. R. Tolson of La- fayette, La., a member of the Young tamily: “Your much appreciated letter duly recelved. Excuse delay In answering it. Thanks for information. Sorry I cannot tell you who my great-grand- mother was. Only know that she was Mrs. Nicholas Young of None- such. My great-great-grandfather was Benjain Young, and my grand- father was Notley Rozier Young. My father was Nicholas, the son of Notley Rozler Young. “Let me tell you why I am in Louisiana. My grandfather left Mary- Tand just after graduating from Georgetown College. He was young and had a desire to roam and see the world. He landed in Louisiana, set- tled here, and married Louisa Gradulgo, a beautiful Italian girl from Venice. My father was 12 years old when she dled. My grandfather sent him to his mother at Nonesuch, to be educated at Georgetown Col- lege, After his graduation he came back to Loulsiana and married my mother, Martha Porter, rich in tim- ber land. I was Martha Young and married Dr. F. R. Tolson in 1877. He was a graduate of Tulane Medical College, New Orleans. I would love to have a few coples of the article about Nonesuch.” * ok k% F course you do not remember— but that is your fault—that the Rambler in his Good Hope series wrote of the blacksmith shop of good old Tom Anderson and his numerous children, whose children, grandchil- dren and collateral kin are many in the District. The following letter is signed “Mrs. Clementina C. Hutton ‘White, who was Clementina Cecilia An- haul hay and corn from a part of Mr. Trimble’s place that my father rented, for his garden spot was never burdened with grain, and the finest and earliest vegetables were brought to Center Market, and were in great demand by the people who knew Mr. Anderson, who, as he was addressed by the veal aristocrat, while rich farmers from all over Prince Georges County who drove up with their four- horse carriages with steps to let down yelled ‘Hello, €ncle Tora, how many bables are thero now?* He made all kinds of things that wers used by them, from putting on tires to a Sunday-go-to-meeting carriage that we were proud to sit in and ride past the city cousins, who really en- vied us and our grand home at Good Hope, where they were glad to come on Sunday to get a good fill of hot biscuits and sugar-cured hams made right by the iron, honest hand of Tom Anderson, smoked for days in a house bulilt for that purpose only. “Oh! Grand old man, honest as a man could be, he never cared much about Testament reading; he seemed governed by some unknown power to rule or reign, yet no one was ever hurt by any remark or actlon of his. He was there in that spot first, and today a monument should be erected in his memory for his wonderful kind acts of being pulled out of bed any hour of the night to help get a neighbor up that terrible, winding Good Hope hill. Mud sometimes up to the hub of the wheels, horses down, and to hear their cry in the dead hour of the night was more than dear old Tom Anderson could stand. He would get his boys up, hook up his own horses down in the dark, he would get them all up to the top of that awful hill, not one word spoken about how much are you golng to charge? His motto was: ‘Do it, and do it quick? and quick it was done. “He never gave an order the second time. His. way of doing things I have never seen done by any human being on earth. Imagine him feed- ing all those children from the sweat of his brow. Some men and women can't even take care of one child at this age, when they can lie a-bed until 9 a.m., with their breakfast served on the table. Oh! How different since old Fom Anderson’s time, when we A SCENE AT GOOD HOPE. had to carry water up a spring hill, bucket after bucket, to cook for 14 in family three times a day. “Wm, never knew what it was to ick, as the nearest doctor was Oxon Hill, and my father never charged them when once one was sulted to his taste. “One time he was taken with & tooth- ache, and before the doctor arrived he tied a etring around the handle of the bellows and then around the tooth. The work of extracting was over in a second to the day he died he never lost another on “He was full of fun with all, and when Tom Anderson laughed it would ring o across Col. Worthington's porc he would come around to en- oy his nelghbor's compan 1 “The house had a look of hospitality, when, at the top of the hill where the Naylor road joins the Good Hope road you could see the big, old-fashioned chimney with long porches on both sides of house, windows on all sides large cherry trees called May Dukes, with a gravel walk from the shop up to the house, roses in bloom all Summer, where a horse's hoof had never trod. We took great pride in keeping it up like other homes around Good Hope. We went with the best of people, and in Anacostia you will find ma endants of Thomas H. Anderson, one son, 2 blackemith, Joh: Anderson, of the first wife “There are many descendants of Thomas H. Anderson all along the Mari- boro road Forestville, some of the best residents thereabout the farm- ing section, all good and noble people In this World War it would cause one to shed tears to read every company going from around Good Hope had at the top of the list an Anderson, and I had three fine grandsons out on the (blotted) doing duty that old Grandpap Anderson would have been proud of, had he lived to read about them in The Washington Star “I am 73 vears old, and botel house- keeper in Miami in Winter and a little cottage we have here in Asbury Park, Washington is where my chil dren were born, and that city is good enough yet for honest people. All are D. C., easy-going, hospitable, polite, honest folks. T must close this. I started it when I read your dear pleasant letter of the Rambler. T must thank you, and I will always re- member what you sald about my dear father, and long life be yours and bless- ing you again and again.” As Roxle says: “There I hope vou didn’t miss the line. “We never knew what it was to be sick, as the nearest doctor was at Oxon Hill” This is five miles from Good Hope. The Rambler has some A derson family notes which he got sev- eral months ago from his friend John Anderson. born in 1840, ou are Readers of Articles on Old Families Contribute Their Bits to the Early History of Thomas Anderson was born at Old Fields, Prince Georges Coun and died at Good Hope, 1852 horses on the of hi {first wife was Eliza | Georgetown, and their were Thomas Anderson at St. Ellaabeth’s und perintendent, of Capt. Thomas { partment. retired ceased, married f deceased | 1 by iss Margaret | ward; John H | Miss Mon ward; second, Prince Georges Geuder, many vears Notley A and long Pythias names { John took a Virg son An cinda Graves dec not der: | Mitchel d s death Dickson of s blac its fi and PO father A ic on, de- J deceased capsizing of b Brunch will Ousley A Wh Miss th daughter « Lettie Grimes o Miss Pina Von Von Gueder with the Indian Bureau rson, deceased, carpenter nent Knights of arried, but maiden remenm prom in twice of w enx deceased of erson, Clift Nl n rried 'nd Martha. that marriag i the names | Rambler zot m his friend Johr | were Clementina (writer of forego g letter), who married first George { Hutton, Washing! nd, a Mr | White; Edith married Wil liam Guy, Wasl deceased; |Laura, married G Tutchinson {and Lee Andersor sic teacher ir | Baltimore. Johr of the res: | the childrer ey just died out” Miss O wife William An- | derson, was a daughter of John Ous- lley, a White House gardener in President Tyler's administration. A | child of that marriage, Miss Ella An- { derson, 1i airfax Court House Thomas the anclent black- smith, had one brother the Rambler knows and there was likely a | crowd of brothers and sisters. That | brother was John Anderson, and hs was the father of Lingan Anderson a Washington policeman from the or- ganization of the “force” until his retirement for age, and who die | well, I don't know—five or six years ago. We have room for part of one more letter to the Ramble “If any one should ask me, “What are the most Interesting features in Sunday's paper” I would answer ‘The Rambler, the photogravure sec- tion and the funny You don't know how much we missed vour ar- ticles when they were discontinued on account of your illness, particular- 1y us Southeasterne MABEL ‘1241 Pennsylvania east.” ased, ho arried se The a the 3 sley, of Ander: HOWELL, avenue south- Holy Year Pilgrims to Rome BY JOHN GLEASON O'BRIEN, Former Vice Consul of the States to Rome, Tnited ROM all parts of the world ob- jects which illustrate the life of a people or tribe are being shipped to Rome, addressed to his holiness Plus XI at the Vatican Palace. The coming of holy vear, as 1925 is designated by the Roman Church, has been extensively prepared for by ecclesiastical, state and_civil authorities. Already hun- dreds of Americans have engaged passage for Burope, with Rome as the objective. Rome expects to re- celve nearly 2,000,000 pilgrims in the course of the year. Indications are that it will be the greatest pilgrimage in the history of the church since Pope Boniface VIIT instituted the first holy year in 1300. The Vatican itself is alive with preparations for the reception of the visitors. Bearing in mind that in- cluded in the pilgrims will be repre- sentatives of practically every nation in the world, the church is planning an exhibition designed to illustrate the extent and the variety of its mis- slonary work. A portion of the Vatican Palace is to be set aside as a temporary museum for the display of this ex- hibit. The beautifully cared for Vat- ican gardens will be utilized in show- ing the objects received from various Cathollc missions. The exhibition will be divided into two sections. The general section will be devoted to a showing of the library of the mission and another section arranged geographically. In the latter will be seen objects {llus- trative of the work of the separate missions. To guard against any dan- ger from fire, there will be no elec- tri¢ {lluminations in the pavillons, in order to minimisze this danger. In the past fires did considerable dam- age, despite constant vigilance. The purpose of this exhibition is to instruct visitors in what is being done for the conversion of non-Christian peoples, to afford an idea of the diffi- culties encountered, the progress achieved and the work that remalns for the future. With this end in view, Catholic missions ars being urged to transmit to Rome all objects which tend to show the daily life of a people or tribe. The implements used in daily labor in agriculture, arts and the sciences will be-shown. The products obtained by the na- tives from their labor will be fin- cluded, since it from these that the intellectual and technical capac- ity of a people are gauged; then, their offensive and defensive arms and armor, and, finally, their different articles of dress, adornment, games ete Regarding objects of large dimen sion, such as houses, boats, etc., has been suggested that miniatu facsimile models be sent, made possi- bly by the natives themselves, in which could be depicted the trades, the, agriculture and the sports The Vatican has indicated further that it would appreciate receiving exhibits {llustrating pagan rites, such as statues and images of gods, derions, spirits, ancestors, as well as models of temples, religious objects and garments employed in the cults. Where it would be too difficult to ol tain exhibits suitable photographs of medium size would furnish adequate substitutes. With its traditional thoroughness and faculty of not overlooking de- talls, the Vatican has outlined the manner in which exhibits should be sent. The authorities ask that threes lists be made, the first to remain with the sender, the second to ac- company the objects, and the third to be sent by registered mail to the president of the exposition commit- tee. He is Mgr. Salvaggiani, secre- tary of the College of the Propaganda of the Faith, at Rome. The grim old building housing the Propaganda, as It is termed, stands on the Piazza de Spague, and is well known to thousands of British and American tourists. The Vatican emphasizes the fact that the same number must be placed on the exhibits as contained in the lists themselves, in order to avoid confusion, and to make identification easy In case it IS necessary to write to the sender for supplementary in- formation. Numbers should be in- delibly plainted or pasted. Each arti cle must have the following data: Name, including name in the nativ tongue; for what purpose and how used; place (tribe, city, village) of origin, extent of territor where employed; place where manu- factured, if different from the locality of origin, and if the object 1s com- monly or rarely used.