, 1873-06-08
BUSINESS NOTICES.


TH6 jUB1hE-Gs
7h, 1nt1,ee il ut an end Our country friends
INV. zone to their respective homes, and, to all
rnnea1ances. they have had good time dut1n8
heir yisit. They hare seen the new city. Ihey
,avahaard the music. They have driven about
the suburbs. They have been treated "lth one
consideration, and, probably, there never WAS
c1aater festival where there Tas less OF e1tor-
ton and swinding. The city viii now go aoous
ts regular business SO usual, and will commence
to set itself in ORDER and get ready for tbs Expo
sition in September, in which it has special
interest, and for the SUCCESS OF which
t is responsible. Tho jubilee Was
priyhte enterprise for which it's nana~
eers are a1one responsible Whatever OF |
success has attended it belongs solely to them; |
xfhateyer of failure may have occurred belongs
20 them also. The city was guest, equally
With the country, and had no part Is host, except
in showing the common cou1tesies Of life to her
visitors and, upon this score, probably no fault
will be found. l
Az a popular demonstration, the Jubilee was
succeesful The object OF tue managers Was to
bring a crowd OF people here and provide SOME
thing for their entertainment, while they e1-
hibited to them certain enterprises in which they
ftho maaagers) we're peculiarly interested. ALI
these objects we're attained The crowd came IN
eoodly numbers. The entertainment WAS pro-
yided for them, and the crowd WAS satisfied ap-
n.reatly, although it had to endure considers
ble degree Of discomfort in it's pursuit OF pleas
ure, which might have been obViated had the
managers been less intent upon realizing large
profit and saken ordinary pains to make the
crowd comfortable. Themanagement also would
have saved the city from very lavish abuse, in
the papers Of other cities, had they made proper
arrangements for the convenience Of the repro
sentatiTes OF these papers, and not compelled
Them to shift for themselves. In these
RESPECTS, the action OF the managers
pas very shnbby and short-sighted- For
this and other shortcomings, however, the city
is not responsible. Tho managers pocket the
profits; they must pocket the abuse. It was
their show, not the city's.
Judged from an artistic point Of view the Ju-
bi1ee has done nothing creditable, and it will give
no impulse to music in the right direction There
was plainly Of material, both in the orchestra and
chorus, which was excellent, but it was not util-
lied. It took four OF five montha to get the Bos-
ton Jubilees ready, and It took six months
To get the Cincinnati Festival started, and si1
months OF very hard labor. The Jubilee musi
cal features were prepared in a less number
.Eeeks. Consequently there was no time To-
elaborate preparation Or careful study, and tn
result ras that the performances Werec1ude ant
unfinished They satisfied the crowd, however
End, as TINT was sne principal object in view, 1e
ther pass for what they we're worth. Their
was, however, one encouraging feature in 1t
The larger part both Of the chorus ant
orchestra, we're from this city, thus showing
that We hive plenty of good musical ma
terial here. If so large chorus can be gath
cred together ut such short notice and sing a
well as they did, with 50 little practice, what ma
not be done when there is plenty OF time TO
work, and competent leaders to give the requi
site instruction ? In this direction, the Jubile
has accomplished an important purpose, for
has shown that legitimate musical festival her
is q possibility, which shall be devoted e1clu
lively to musical results rather than mer
holiday show. In ono other respect, til
Jubilee did . good work. It brough
forward the school children, and afforded th
public an opportunity to Witness The remarkabl
progress which has been made in the depar
ment OF musical education in the public school
The aplay Of proficiency Was particularly graf
flying, especially so, 81 it did not include th
best singers in the schools, Who are now gettin
ready to graduate, but only those in the seeon
and third grades. In precision, steadiness, an
especially in expression, the children in realit
sang better than their elders the day befor'
The school children Of Boston and Cincinna
hare gung at similar entertainments, and,
comparison, the children Of Chicago are fully u
TO the standard Of those in Boston, and superit
to those in Cincinnati
Now that the Jubilee; with it's noise and ehov
is over, the people Of thi5 city should get then
selres in readiness for the September Expos
tion. For that enterprise the city itself is n
sponalble and, if it fails, or is not in every wa
creditable to the growth aud progress Of the cit.
the city must suffer. Upon the various commi
tees who are to superintend its details, only Il
most entarprising and energetic Of our citizer
should be placed. Il there are to be music
features, then they should be placed in comp
tent hands. Whatever is to be done should
commenced at once. It is only three months
September; and it will be folly to defer prepar
tious and crowd all the work into fen week
amidst inevitable hn1ry aud confusion.
It is charged that there has already bean
"ring formed to run the Centennial celebr
tion at Philadelphia in 1876. D." Rings" are ju
nov such favorite political jeWelry that pesop
are generally disposed to credit their existen'