St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-18
THE SCHUBERT CLUB.
What ST. auI Women Are Doin:
for the Sake of Art.


for the Sake of Art.
A st. Paul musician sends this CON-
munication to the GLOBE:
lis probably known to but few per-
sons, comparatively speaking, that there
has existed in our city since 1885 a mod
est little club of women, known first as
The Ladies' Musicale and later as the
Schubert club.
The object of this club. as stated III
its constitution, is 1.-The study and prac-
tice of the best music, and the promo
ton of a refined taste among its mem
bers'
That the club has accomplished much
III the lines it marked out for itself, no
Dne can deny. 1t has provided stimulus
and help in musical study to many
women. especially 10 married women,
whose family cares too often furnish a
plausible excuse for the non-continu-
ance OF that musical education upon
which so much time and money were
lavished in their girlhood; but there
has arisen in the minds Of many of the
members a certain divine discomfort"
a feeling of dissatisfaction with the
meagerness of its results as viewed in
the light of its possibllitieS-and when
measured by what has been accom-
plished by other women's clubs, notably
the Amateur Club of Chicago. and the
Mendelssohn Club of Rockford, Ill.
1t is hoped that during the coming
season the Schubert Club of st. Paul
will greatly broaden its horizon and be-
come more comprehensive, both in its
membership and its plan of work. The
club proposes during the coming year
to take up-Somewhat cursorily of
cOurSe-the study of history and devel-
Dpment of music.
Samuel A. Baldwin has kindly con-
sented to give at the first meeting,
Tuesday, Oct. 4, short lecture. which
will be brief outline of musical de-
velopment, with a rapid glance at pres
ent musical culture, and few sugges-
lions as to how we may promote its best
results. Following this, there will be a
course of lectures Or essays given either
by local musicians of note, or by mem
bers of the club, on
The Early Schools of Music-Ital-
ian. France, Flemish. etc.,
Bach, or the Intellectual in Music"
beethoven. Representing the Intel
lectual-emotional in Music"
''Schulnann, Schubert, MendelSSOhn
and Others, or the Romantic in Music"
Wagner and His Influence, the ORA
matte in Music.''
One meeting will be devoted to
study of the musical work planned for
the worlds fair, both by the bureau of
music and the Woman'S auxiliary. For
all these lectures it is proposed to have
musical illustrations furnished either
10y the club members or by musicians of
note, and 1t is an Important part of the
plan that at the close of each lecture
there will be free discussion among
the members On the topics of the day,
that questions shall be asked and items
of interest presented.
Having had some difficulty in times
past in providing vocal numbers of real
excellence for the programmes. it has
been thought best TO form women's
chorus class, to which all active mem
bers of the club shall be eligible. This
chorus will be instructed for the pres
ent by Samuel a. Baldwin. whose un-
excelled success with the choral aSsocia-
ton has demonstrated his entire fitness
for such work. The meetings during
the coming season will be held every
alternate Tuesday at p. m. The first
meeting will be held on Oct. at the
Aberdeen. There will be two evening
recitalS.
All women desiring to become mem
bers of the club are asked to notify the
secretary, Mrs. E. l.. Shepley, PIT Pleas
ant avenue, who will present their
names to the board of managers.
The Schubert club met yesterday
morning in the worlds fair rooms at
the New York Life building. Mrs. r.
K. Dorr, the president. conducted the
meeting. The morning was spent in
discussing plans of work, and commit
tees were appointed as follows: Mu-
steal committee, Mrs. c. E. Furness,
CHAIRMAN; Miss Gordon, Miss Strong,
Mrs. j. w. Thompson, Mrs. L. l..
Schumacher, Mrs. II. r. Fernstrom and
Mrs. d. a: Colville. Advisory commit
tee, Mrs. f. b. Clarke, chairman; Mrs.
Cass Gilbert, Miss Mott, Mrs. Gardner
Moore, Mrs. II. r. Curtis, Mrs. III. Ii.
Horn, Mrs. William r. Dorr. Mrs. Ga
lusha, Mrs. Hodge, Miss Richards, Mrs.
Candy, Mrs. GilSey and Mrs. Osborne.
Social Committee-MrS. Archibald
McLaren, chairman: Mrs. l.. p. Ordway,
Mrs. I. Il. Scott, Miss Spalding, Miss
Lindeke, Mrs. TarboX and Miss Shaw.
Committee on Concerted Instrumental
MuSicIMrS; Stahl,. chairman; Miss
Hall, Miss Perkins, Mrs. +. B. Gibson,
Miss Ella Richards, Mrs. William Car
son, Miss Morton and Miss Granger.
Committee on Concerted Vocal Music
Mrs. ID. a. COlville, chairman: Mrs.
Clarence Johnston, Mrs. F. ID. Hagar.
Mrs. c. B. Yale, Mrs. De Wolf, Mrs. O.
\. Durham. Mrs. George Squires: az
eompanists, Miss Farchild, Mrs. Cole.