THE TIDE OF EVENTS.
A Few Things seen from the ; Headland. A Lady Bellringer Chimes Bells Weighing Five Tons. How many of us daro males an estimate ol the amount o! strength which lies in the fair fingers of a woman ? They are often stronger than all other muscular combine-
tions in the world — stronger even than iron or steel. At one of the most beautiful churches in New York — Grace Church, in Broadway — the beautiful chimes are borne to the passing crowds by means of a woman's hand. How is it done ? By electricity, of course, whioh ia now invading the belfry as it has invaded most other places. Probably in years to come the sexton pulling the bellropes in the good old-fashioned way will be entirely a figure of the past, and it will be as easy to make music of the bells as to play
the piano. Miss Bertha Thomas, for that Is the name of the fair chime-ringer, sits before a little keyboard and juggles the ten thousand pounds of metal which is in the ten bells of the chimes quite easily. The notes are on n rack before her, and she constantly refers to a clock close at hand in order to, give the proper time to each selection.
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Southland Times, Issue 19232, 19 December 1903, Page 1 (Supplement)
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