The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-06-08
as TO PATRONAGE.

THE HERALD doubts very much indeed
'uat there has ever been a musical perform
ancc in any city three times the size of
ours that was the equal of that given dur
ing the May festival 1t has been with the
greatest possible pleasure that we have on
several occasions commented on the must
cal, dramatic, artistic and other talent to
pe found in our city. We have maintained
.nat there vas no city of equal population
lhat could compare with this one Ger
.ainly Omaha, with a population three
Vimes ours, and with her boosted paved
streets and other things so far In advance
VI us that many people think we should
hot De named the same day with that city.
cannot approach anywhere near to the eff.
iorts OF the local Choral society The two
nuost noted singers of Omaha as c matter
u TACT belong to US. Denver is ahead of
US IN being the possessor of one of the
Inest opera houses in the land, but if she
were TO attempt with local talent to com.
pete with our Home Dramatic club or the
STEPHENS Opera company, to say nothing of
Inc Choral society or our juvenive choruses,
IRON all that we have heard there would be
sad failure.
"hile 1t has ever been source Of salts
faction to The HERALD that this city is SO
wen favored with talent of all kinds we
nave 1elt that there was in some directions
lack of appreciation of the efforts of
many OF the leaders to whom the credit is
mainly due Tor the success of our local or
carnations We think that Mr.. STEPHENS
was perfectly justified in feeling greatly
put out that there was such a slight attend
ance at the matinee performance during the
festival. There are few people who can
appreciate the efforts of Mr.. STEPH-
EMS and Miss DEAN in training that
immense body of children who so
inspired those who did attend that they
VIII never forget the sight or the sensa-
tlons when the little ones were singing.
There are occasions in the lives of us all
when we feel more than we can possibly
express, and one of those to the writer was
When listening to more than a thousand
children blending their sweet voices in the
song. Children are eternal riches. and to
tnose who labor to improve their talents
there is debt of gratitude that is difficult
TO pay. Very few persons are able to in
terest children sufficiently to teach them
wei. MIR. STEPHENS and his assistant.
MISS DEAN, seem to have been particularly
endowed in this regard, and it was due
from the public that their efforts should
nave been moro substantially recognized
than they were TIE HERALD hopes that
taere Will be change in this particular by
the time there shall be another chance to
hear the little folks.
The Choral society is an organization of
which one and all feel proud. The patron
age that was bestowed on the society at the
recent performances was fair, but hardly
up TO what had been anticipated, and GER
fanny not up TO what was due in consider
alton OF the immense amount of work per-
formed
There are in this city several hundred
persons to whom $50 year would be as
nothing, and The HERALD suggests to such
the plan of purchasing from one to ten
honorary membership tickets in the Choral
society, at SO each; these tickets to en-
title the holder to admittance tn
ali tie festivals given by the so.
ciety, and also to the rehearsals
The writer has been informed that Mr..
STEPHENS says that in case some such sub-
stantlal aid as this is afforded the society
1t could go on with the work in better shane
than to trust, as at the present, to what
he future may bring forth. IL we are tn
have baseball game. and crack nine is
to come here from the cast, someone has IN
guarantee certain sum or there is M
chance to get the club to stop and give the
lovers OF that sport treat If this can he
done for baseball, why cannot there he \
guarantee in the shape of honorary mem
oership tickets sold SO that the Choral So
ciety can feel that it will be safe in prepar-
ing festivals for the entertainment of the
public.
Salt Lake has been generous in the past
in her patronage of home talent OF a dra-
matte character, and reasonably so with
our musical talent, but there is room for
improvement in the latter, and we think
that about all that is needed is to call the
attention of our big hearted and successful
men to the needs in the case to have them
respond with pleasure to the call. One GEN
tleman to whom the above was named.
said that he was ready to take five tickets
at $40 each in case the suggestion is carried
out. THE HERALD promises its full support
to any effort that shall be inaupurated
Tor the encouragement of the Choral So
ciety. We will take our full share of mem
bership tickets and will otherwise encour-
age the society. We are proud of the So
ciety's efforts in the past and are eager to
help it to succeed in the future.