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Show SONGSUSHER I IN NEW YEAR I Choruses and Midnight M Chimes Will Be Heard H on New York Streets H New York, Dec. 31. Fifty-nine ram- H utes of song, at four of the public M squares along Broadway, Is thc pro- H gram finally agreed upon by the cit- IH Izens committee formed by Jacob A. IH Rila to celebrate tho passing ot the IH old year tonight. IH Choruses will be stationed at City M Hall park, Union square, Madison H square and Herald square, each to sing H "The Battle Hymn of the Republic,' M "O God, Our Help In Ages Past" M "Nearer. My Go J, to Thee" and "Am- M erica," as well as some newer songs H Singing will besin at 11 o'clock and M contlnuo until 11:59, when, accord- M ing to the committee's announcement. H there is to be a full minutiTof silence H on Broadway. H It has beon arranged that all the H chimes of the city will bo played at M midnight to break the minute's silence m and to welcome 1913. H |