Omaha daily bee., 1890-04-06
HERE AND TIIERE.

HEINZ AN IL IL tiINFss
az am greatly interested,u ~ said Prof B. b.
Young, sin the movement for musical fcsti-
val devoted to American compositions In this
city next November. IL will certainly be "a
good thing and inauguratc an entirely new
! dependence among our musicians.
"Thc art of music, like every other art,
requires two classes OF people TO accomplish
it's development First there should be the
artists, who, however few in number, must
in the beginning at any rate make up in en-
thusiasm for their lack of musical strength.
But they can do little without the other class,
called in Europe the dilcttanti, who represent
the discriminating and helpful amateur ele-
mcnt from which professional musicians de-
rive their chief moral and financial support.
"In this country music has not been so gen
orally upheld and cultivated us it is in Europe
for obvious reasons, but in the cast moro of
the rcposc and leisure of life has created
! necessity for art which in highly civilized
communities always takes the place of vapid
| social entertainments, and this necessity is
gradually spreading throughout the country.
"Mrs. Thurber is II wonderful woman. She
has the true sympathetic art itself as well as
the struggles and trials of artists and no
doubt this as well as her ambition to see
American musicians properly rcorganizcd,
| has induced her to take up the gauntlet in
| their behalf. There is no such thing as
| American music as yet. Our race is such II
cOnglomeration and our climate, occupations
and interests so diversified that there is
amongst us, no individual type that can be
called American, and consequently there is no
distnctivcly American music.
AS understand it, Mr.. Thurbcr wishes to
| give the native born sons and daughters of
| this country an opportunity to say something
| according to their individual inspirations in
the great language of music which after all
is an universal art, and appeals to the world.
every few except those particularly in
formed upon the subject, realize that some
of the finest musicians in the country as well
as some of the most serious composers are
Americans. Chadwick, Paine Brstow,
Buck are all American names. There are, of
course, as many more who are of foreign born
parcntagc that are as nearly American as far
as their music is concerned. Most of our
composers have studied German, and
consequently are strongly under
German influence, so that we
may say American composers are German,
paradoxical as it may sound.
"rhat particular class of music which be-
longs to the minstrel hall bears no serious re-
included in Mrs. Thur5crs scheme of CON
certs. The closing concerts of the series to
be given here with magnificent orchestra
and fine soloists will be the greatest musical
event that has ever taken place in Omaha
and will be deserving of the enthusiastic sup
port of everybody who has the advancement
of music at heart.n
T'SDCalIinu nDOut the mVStpriOlIS IiSnDDpnr-
ance of that $4,000 in Chicago recently" |
said an American express official yesterday, |
''reminds me that some very strange things |
frequently occur in this business
"FOur years ago package containing s., 900 |
was turned over to our agent at Terre Haute,
Ind, for delivery to parties living |
sixty miles out 1t went directly to |
the train and in three hours had
reached its destination. When broken open
there was nothing but lot of brown paper |
enclosed. The money had been taken out by |
somebody, but to this day we have not been
able to find the thief. However, he will be
caught Its odly question of time.
1T was six years ago, | think, that a sim
liar theft took place between Chicago and
Aurora. A package of So, 600 had been sent
by one of the Chicago banks and when opened
by the man to whom it was addressed he
found IL bundle of blank pieces of paper.
Nearly five years later the thief was cap
tured and is now serving a term
in the pententiary. He was one of our own
clerks in the Chicago Office. When the pack.
age was handed to him for entry he simply
broke it open, took out the money, sub
stituted the pieces of paper and re-sealed it,
II am confident that the $4,000 robbery
there last Tuesday was perpetrated in the
A smooth
though to successfully commit such an
audacious robbery"
~
Julian Magnus, an old New York news
paper man, soiourned in Omaha two or three
days last week, and when speaking during
one of his interesting talks about how staff
writers do their work there, told a funny
story on William Page an old figure painter,
who hourished twelve or fifteen years ago.
Once young, inexperienced reporter went
into his studio in search of art notes. Page
asked him what he knew about art. 81 have
studied it in the high SCHOOL, was his reply.
"Then,n continued the painter, 'tyou call on
all the artists, take down every il-uatmed
thing they say of each others productions,
be industrious and write it up in good style
BY doing so you will please your city editor
so much that in time he may make you the
police reporter
Il thought that the lieenest, sevcrcst bit OF
sarcasm" said Magnus, "that | had ever
heard. Page, however, subsequently went
crazy over a bust of Shakespeare and died in
an insane asylum. He made himself famous
painting Venuscs"
THE MAINE LIQUOR LAW.
Kate Fields Washington of April con-