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Show POWERFUL DISCOURSES 10 IIJMG MUSIC New Sounding Board in Si. Mary's Cathedral Removes Acoustic Difficulties. The sacred music at St. Maiy's Catholic Catho-lic eathcdml Sunday was a feature- of the services. The S o'clock and 0 o'clock masses wero -said by the U'ev. Father V. IC. Uyan. who also preached. Kn liter Ityan, in addition, delivered tho sermon at the high mass at 11 o'clock, at which t lie Kcv. Father D. Kiely was the celebrant. cele-brant. The vespers anil benediction services serv-ices were conducted by the Ucv. Fattier Timothy Slottory. A new sounding board has been Installed In-stalled In the cathedral. Tho congregation congrega-tion noted a marked Improvement in the acoustics of the great room, and it Is believed that tlio difficulty which has been experienced by t lie priests who preach sermons in St. Maiy's has now been practically overcome. The present contrivance Is the second sounding board which has been tried iu the cathedral, the llrst one proving to be of small assistance. as-sistance. At the high mass Father Ilyan Invited members of tho congregation to report to him how the voice had carried to tho different parts of the church. The reports re-ports were encouraging. Feast's Festival mass in K flat was sung by tho choir. Mrs. Corinne Harris Humor sang beautifully the soprano solo, "Ht In Cumulus Kst." Miss Mlgnon Don hullcr. who uas a delightful lyric soprano voice, sang the 'Angus Dei." George .Soffc. baritone soloist, sang "Geiiituni noii Factum." The organ was heard to belter' advantage advan-tage Sunday than it lias ever been before. be-fore. Miss Nora (Jleason. the organist, played t he Offertory, and the Processional from Handel's Largo. This Is a beautiful beauti-ful p'eee of music and give;; spb-ndid opportunity for the use of the swells. For the UrsL t!nn since, the new organ has been in use the vox huinana stop was used with satisfaction. In a Helci'tion "Consolation." by Mendelssohn. Miss Gk-ason employed the stop with splendid effect. The choir- was in fine voice, and altogether alto-gether the mass was sung without flaw. |