, 1874-09-13

| is the problem with tho newcomer. Tho WY
ere various. 1LoEe who are elegant in dres
and nan4ers 50 into society, and extend thcl
acquaintance as much as possible. Some wit
play WE'LL play often Ill public. aud 40 advertise
themselves. Others advertise lu tho papers
Some OF the older tcachers-liie alr. Becker an
Mr. Baumbach-nre quite full OF pupils withos.
auy advertisement beyond their Well-establlslet
| regulations End tho wel-known reliability O
their instructions Among lady teachers Of til
| lower grndos the odous custom Of soliciting pu
pils from house TO ]louHo prevails. Thesa #ome'
| often get despe1ate and hang on horribly. ha'
such callexzSc, when such a dialogco as thi
took place. 4...lswerirS the bell, I wns accosted
:" Have you any mux1e pupils hero :" T..
we have = teacher
a La it = lair, or gont!eman:"
"a gentleman, madame" ....
| Is should lKe to teacl them" seld bhe. "
think a. lady teacher il bottcr for arnal
| scllolars."
some time, anL. although he is rather catelcs:
| with these girls, guess he do very WE'LL
| Now, SIT, said she. ''don't you think yoI
had better giyo me tr;u p
| And then I IVES Obliged to tell her that il
| really SO: a.; vas in tho Same business
myself.
1t il curious
| HOW FAR A RECOMMENDATION WILL GO.
The best Recommendations aIo those Of clergy
! men. They a.e given most freely, arc most
gushing in pi.raseolo5y, and pass n: che highest
value with tho public. Tho funny part Of this
business is, that, rule, o!erGytnen are total
lT incompetent TO certify to n llusic-teacuer !
qualifications. Gu! it be that q O;nuiscience il
their foible:" But, right or wrong. a recon-
incubation Of competency from either one OF
Drs. (ioodspced, PecA, kittredSc, Goodwin,
Eyerts, Bartlett, Robert CollycE, would 10
farther in getting pupils than 4 joint certificate
from any threo of tLo uCst elaiiI"!l1 professors
Of lnflsic i'll this city.
CoLpENSA TtNN 0r NrSIE-TEiCNEHS
ynries widely. Some of tue poorest, down By
Haleted aud Twelfth ntrcets. give lessons at rs
cents lossosl. At this rGte teacher in full
business could earn about S1.o5 or 81. 80 q day.
Il common price with 1atly-teachers ID 81 cents q
Lesson. Still better class gets ~ high as II q
lesson, and some fow as high Eli So q lesson,
though this latter rate il very rare indeed. Very
few gentelnon give lessons bcIow 81 each.
Some get 31.50. From this it ranges up to IS
and II All hour which latter II the nominal rate
Of Goldbcck aud Wolfsohn. Scarcely auy les
soEB arc given higher than So Gu hour This
rate includes haf-loZon Of tho best tenchers i'll
Tie city. At this ratio, II man IN good business
will earn fTo,n s. 01O to $4,000 year, which is
little enough for tho gr!stlo OF tac!lt and OK
pe11ence required.
Tho nnes.iou ina; arise, Why ero lad7-:eecLers
paid loss than men? Tho answer is, because
THEY AEE GENERALLY LESS COMPETENT
They are loss competent because, IL C. rulo,
they resort to 1nusic-teacnng merely Is make
shift; about tho time they ucquiro i lttla cx-
pericnce and tact III dealing with pupils, thoy"
got married aud quit tho business The music
teachers best known hcre-s:!ch az Messsti.
Decker Banmbach, Goldbcck, Wolfsohn, Zeig-
tell-l1aEe been enga ged u toaclirG nearly tTc1,-
~ vears cach and wero OF exceptional talent
at first. II is easy to SEQ that this wide expert
ence 1nuat Inlpart q rlpcnoss and authority TO
their instructions not otherwise aetainnble.
The rites for nusc-lessons arc much lower
here than in Now York There. three teacherh-
Dr.. William Mason, Richard Uoffmann and s.
B. Aills-receire So leason when given at the
residence OF the plapil, and So when given at
their OWN rO0nl5. Mason is very palnEtaIlnr
teacher earning a9, 900 or 80. 200 . yenr in les
sons. Still, this is below the income OF clergy
nGs lawyer or doctor, of equal ability, and rel
.tiyely AZ eminent III his profession.
or late years.
TIE coSsEI&yATo11E5
hare made futteriug among the private teach
ers. i good musical conservatory helps to keep
up musical atmosphere, and affords a multi
tude OF incidental advantages not otherwise at
iai1aahe. IN these institutions, lessons are given
III the class-system, OF Which the original Idea
Sas to have all tie four or six pupils in a class
lave tho Same lesson. 1t was thought that the
criticisms and corrections Of ono would be !u- |
5tructiyo also to the others. The common prac- !
ice, however, is very different. The pupils do !
lot have tho eamo lesson. Each ono enters, |
heard ten fifteen minutes, and then departs.
It amounts, therefore. to private lesson Of ten
u iftee1 minutes. This lesson costs the pupil |
rom II cents To 81. EOrtr-tlyA mtuEtcH un(fer
1,o san,e teacher would 1sna]ly cost nhont 81.
+ ia easy to nee therefore. that cless-lessous |
.osr fully rs much. and often more. than tbs |
:1ne lenrtn Of timo in private. The truth IL.
~ fifteen n1inutgg.is c,tirely insufficient Tine
Nv - lcsson Al1 roo.i taachors nro
,ora.i in this. Tia tiuo Of n1usic-lesson
,aasss a1rav xerv ouicslv- Ona sncnds ton or |
;staon Tnin1,,ea on eTerciscs for tho hands /
Then in Tie niceties Of phrasinr and cynrcsslng.
- who1e haltlt,o1r ia anent IN a s;n,
.,o o,rc RI tho congerrato.ies furnished Tim |
n1annt of Incidental neirautares tl,at arc usual
n Euroce. ono could forgive them for tho Insult
icicncv OF their lessons. But this .hey have
lot hitherto done in Chicago. In such schools
IS the Lcipsc Conservatory al tho pupils re-
:eiyc four class-lcseorls..on the piano per week,
rom TWO different teachers. Hero wa get de
.ided ad7ance. In addition to this, nearly all |
he pupils tako private lessons bcsiocE! THIS
ast fact is one not often mentioned, hat I have |
s from several pupils Of that famous school.
STILL there is oao point Of view in which it is
.asy to
STEAK PLEASANTLY OF THE CONSERVATORY.
They do place musical instruction within tho
each OF persons of moderate mcans. Many
>clioro, and no doubt Justly, that Sis worth Of
EN- of 1iftcaa minute lessons from experienced
ef,ar{ 1i},a Tecf;n1d and ffn1IbfclS worth |