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Show CUPID IN CHURCH CHOIRS. Affinities Are Speedily Discovered There, and Matrimony Soon Results. A man who sings tenor in a church on Michigan avenue said the other day be knew of at least a half dozen serious affairs of the heart in progress in as many choirs 'on the South Side. "I believe, " he added, "that if statistics sta-tistics were obtainable on the subject it would be found that of single people Who join church choirs a larger proportion propor-tion get married within a year than among an eqnal number of young people peo-ple that might be selected anywhere else. A possible exception might be made of the operatio stage. Singing, even if it is about things celestial, sets the deepest of all earthly emotions going, go-ing, and the hearts chord' with each other just as voices do. "If the singer doesn't discover an affinity in a fellow singer, it is pretty apt to be found in the congregation. If a woman has a sweet voice, a face to match and a figure to go with the other two attractions, she has the best possible possi-ble opportunity for displaying them. The same principle applies to a handsome hand-some man. "Sometimes there are sharp rivalries, of course, which result in musical duels between, say, the tenor and the basso, both of whom are 6mitten by the charms of some lady member of the choir. I don't know, however, that there has ever in real life come a tragedy out of such a set of conditions as we are told happened in the case of 'lovely Anna, the soprano, ' who 'all the singers' hearts inspired. ' The tenor, you know, went so high that he blew the top of his head off, and the basso sang so low he split the soles of both his feet. Anna mourned mourn-ed awhile for both these fellows "Then she wed the Man who fed the Wind into the Organ bellows." Chicago Tribune. |