Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1901 — The Anthem Again. [ARTICLE]

The Anthem Again.

The “Messiah” was sung recently in Philadelphia, and one of the anthems rendered by the chorus had as its theme, “We have turned every one to his own way.” As anthems go, this sounded somewhat as follows: “We have turned, turned turned—we have turned, yes, we have—we have turned every one, every one to his own way, own way—every one to his own way.” The anthem involved several pages of music, and every time the chorus sang “we have turned, turned, turned,” they proceeded to turn over to the next page, and then burst out again with “we have turned, turned!” A certain plain citizen, rather elderly, who sat well in the rear, not appreciating the delicate sentiment, was heard to mutter, disgustedly, “Well, when you get through turnin’, turnin’ them golderned pages, suppose you shet up about it!”—Harper’s Magazine.