MUSIC AS SHE IS EXECUTED

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2671, 24 August 1889, Page 6 (Supplement)

MUSIC AS SHE IS EXECUTED

I.v an elegant church edifice where they worship God with taste in a highly iusthetie manner, tho choir began thnt Scriptural poem that eorvipareg Solomon with the lilies of the field, somewhat to the former's disadvantage. Although rover possessing a great admiration for Solomon, still a pang of pi'y was felt for him when tho choir, after expressing unbounded admiration for tho lilio3 of the (ieid, which it is doubtful if they ever observed very closely, began to tell the congregation through the mouth oE the soprano, " that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed." Straightway the soprano was reinforced by tho bass, who declared that Solomon was most (kcidedly and emphatically not arraved — was not arrayed. Then the alto ventured itashnropinion that Solomon was not arrayed, when the teuor without a moment's hesitation, us if it, hnd been (if'i'iially announced, proclaimed that " h? w.is not arrayed." Then, when the feelings of the oom.'ivy.'ilion had been hnrtowed up sufficiently, and our sympathies sill iiroiiscd for poor Solo:n..n, wlio-c numerous wives allowed him to go about in such a fa-hion even in that climate, the choir, iiltogeiber iu a most cool ;md composed manner, informed us thnt tho idi'ii they intended to convoy was that Solomon in all bis glor}' w.is not arrayed "like one of these." These what? So long a time had elaps-d since they sangof ihe lilie-i that the thread was entirely 10.-t. and by " these! " one naturally concluded that the choir was designated ! Arrayed liko one of these ? Wo sdioidd think not, indeed ! Solomon iu a Prince Albert or cutaway oat ? Solomon with an cyi'i-'la-s and moustache, bis hair out pompadour? No, nm4 decidedly. Solomon in the very zeuilh of bis glory was not arrayed liko one of tho.-o. Despite the experience of tho morning-, tho hope still remained that in tho evening , a sacred song might be sung in a manner that would not excite our risibilities, or leave the impression that wo had boen listening to . a blackmail. But again off started the nimble soprano with a very laudable though rather startlingannouncement, "I will wash." Straightway tho alto, not to bo outdone, declared she would wash. And the tenor, findingit to bo the thing, warbled forth that ho would wash. Then the deep - chested basso, as though calling- up all his fortitude for tho plunge, hollowed forth tho stern resolve that he would also wash. Next a short interlude or the organ, strongly suggestive of escaping steam or spla.sh of the waves, after which the choir individually and collectively asserted the firm, unshaken resolve that they would wafh. At last they solved the problem that thoy proposed to " Wash their hands iu imioocncy."