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PIANO PRICES WILL GO UP.
Pianos, like everything else, varj
widely in grade. A strictly high grade
piano or self-player piano should las:
an ordinary lifetime and will maintain
the purest and sweetest tone. The
materials used in its construction
have been gradually advancing in
price for years and, on account of the
scarcity, will continue to do so. The
skilled labor which produces these su
iperb instruments is constantly de
man ding a higher price, deserves it
and gets it. Strictly high grade pia
nos will never be any cheaper than
they are today.
But low grade instruments, made ot
inferior materials by cheap and un
skilled labor, are simply flooding the
market, so that if you shut your eyes
and buy the chances are about 100 to
1 that you will get a low grade instru
ment. It will look fairly well and
sound fairly well for a year or so, then
it will develop a “rattle trap’’ action
and a “tin-panny” tone. Your money
will be wasted.
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THE GOLDEN AGE FOR WEEK OF OCT. 23
BEAUTIES AND WONDERS OF
“ANCIENT AMERICA.”
(Continued from page 6.)
the Papago Indians. However, there
was one tribe who refused to be
Christianized —the war-loving Apa
ches. After the church had been es
tablished a few years they swooped
down on Spanish soldiers and Monks
and massacred them. For over fifty
years this magnificent structure was
used only as a shelter for the owls,
coyotes, and marauiding bands of
Apaches. The records of the church
were kept in tact by a faithful old
Papago convert, and when the Spain
iards made a trip from the south in
search of the lost Monks and soldiers
they found this old Indian hunting
the place. In the year 1797, Pedro
Bojergues began rebuilding the
church, and as a consequence you are
now looking on the second oldest
mission, and by far the best preserv
ed, in America.
Before we examine the building at
a dose range we shall go upon that
large knoll just east of the Mission
and see the Grotto de Louverdes. As
you notice, there are driveways all
around the hill near the summit, and
on this side there is a cave contain
ing a coffin with the monogram of the
virgin on the side. Just on the right
of the iron gate that keeps the “bug
lar” feet from entering the grotto is
a marble slab, having an inscription
that explains that on this spot sev
eral years ago, a certain priest had a
vision of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
The Indians and Mexicans frequently
come up here and worship before the
grotto.
Now, let us go down to the Mission
and examine it more closely.
As we pass this, the iron gateway
of the outer court, beside which
stands a bronzed Papago on guard,
we somehow feel that we have step
ped into a different atmosphere, and
the strange spell of ancient grandeur
grips us.
After purchasing our pass, the
money derived from which goes to
care for the sick Papagos, we are
conducted to' the front entrance. As
we are about to pass thro’ the nar
row doorway our attention is called
to the unique old gateway around and
above the smaller door. It is the
original front of the building and has
been left just as it was constructed
in its adobe-brown colors. Worked
in the adobe, as if carved from stone,
is a life-sized statue of Saint Francis
Xavier, the patron saint of the mis
sion. The head and part of the bust
is torn way by the ravages of time
and the elements. Just above this
is a cross with a coil of rope over it,
and protruding from each side of the
perpendicular below the cross piece
is an arm. One, which is bare, is
said to be the arm of Christ, and the
one partly closed is said to be the
arm of St. Francis de Assissi. These
statues were worked in the adobe by
two brothers named Guana. It is hard
to believe that such skilled sculptors
could be found so far away from the
centers of art and culture of the
time. However, their works speak
for them.
On entering the chapel, at first we
are not able to discern a single ob
ject, because our eyes have not be
come accustomed to the change from
the brilliant Arizona sunlight to the
semi-dark interior. Gradually there
comes to us out of the darkness like
the characters on a photographers
plate—a long hall with high, vaulted
ceiling, and at the other end an altar
above which is the full statue of a
priest in all his robes of office. As
we pass down the narrow aisle be
tween the old, straight-backed pews,
we notice on the walls mural decora
tions and paintings that are equal to
any found in the old cathedrals of
Europe. Thus saith the connoissuers
who have seen the paintings in both
hemispheres. Here we have a paint
ing of the Pentecost, and over on the
opposite walls one of the last supper.
Are not the faces of these Hebrews
expressive? And are not the little
cherubs that are always found in the
myriads floating on the clouds in
every painting of the old masters re
lating to any religious subject—are
not they quaint? Going to the front
of the chapel, we find that the hall
branches out on either side so as to
form the picture of a Roman Cross.
Looking above we find that we are
gazing up into the concaved ceiling
of the dome. All over this are thous
ands of little cherubs painted in all
the colors of the rain-bow. Going
over into the left wing, we notice
what seems to be a bier. Yes, our
surmise is correct. It is a coffin con
taining a statue of Christ! He .is
“lying in state”. Whether or not the
Pilgrims worship this ‘Corpus Christ’
I do not know, but it is very uncanny
to say the least. On the walls around
this wiered scene are more of the old
paintings, viz: The Annunciation,
The Visitation of the Virgin to Eliza
beth, The Nativity of Christ, and The
Visitation of the Magi. We must re
member these are but 3'50 years old,
and it is wonderful how well preserv
ed they are. As we pass in front of
the alter, we see on each side two
statues, one of Christ and one of
Mary dressed in purple silk and white
satin. It seems that the founders
thought that the statues should be
clothed, since we see several “thus
adorned.” Just above the alter, as
we noticed from the entrance, is a
statue of St. Francis de Assisi. Just
to the right is a black-robed priest
kneeling, praying always. As we see
him motionless, with only his lips
moving in silent prayer, whatever our
creed wq can’t help feeling a sense
of awe and reverence for the God of
Hosts to whom he prays. As we look
we hear the old bell toll the curfew
with musical chimes that stop the
men from their work and the child
ren from their play, and reminds
them of their prayers.
Leaving the priest kneeling beside
the alter, and with chimes of the old
bell ringing in our ears we march
out of the old cathedral (we will not
call it Mission) into the dazzling sun
light of the Arizona desert.
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