Carillon

Those who have accused Mr. John D. Rockefeller Jr. of inconsiderateness, selfishness, because the loud though melodious tones of the carillon which he donated to the Park Avenue Baptist Church disturbed their holiday slumbers (TIME, Dec. 7) do not number among them August Heckscher, philanthropist. Moved to characteristic benignancy by Mr. Rockefeller's carillon, Mr. Heckscher made a proposal to the Mayor of New York. He would like to give a carillon to the city. Indeed, if the city would build a tower for the purpose in Central Park, he would order the bells forthwith. He said: "The flexibility and beauty of tone of the music pealing from a carillon must be heard to be appreciated. No other sounds, however attuned, can, in inclosed spaces such as chapels, churches and cathedrals, be these ever so imposing, so deeply stir the aspirations of the human heart. Nothing can so nobly carry, as a carillon placed in the open, our message of worship to imperishable Nature, which is God."