The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-19

Per cent than ever before In that city
The whole tour thus far has shown a
large gain over former tours. Sousa is
In splendid health and spirits and wholly
recovered from the effects OF an ugly at
tack OF typo pneumonia last November
our course is eastward now. and will
cover portions Of the far East ana the
dominion By June ]. Sousa will play
at Manhattan Beach again this summer
Mr.. r. Il. Reynolds. Sousa's manager
is af present organizing a European tour
for 1850. which includes the Paris EXPOSE
ton also. and Of which great things are
expected. Europe has been wishing for
Sousa Tor long time, as many requests
and offers show. A European tour inc,ud-
ing Great Britain. France Belgium aud
Germany was completely arranged for
last summer, beginning May 3. bus the
Spanish war upset all plans. Sousa then
rendered his services 10 the government
for assignment on Gen. Wilson's staff in
cuba. but the assignment was in some
way. delayed so long that the campaign
was virtually over and /. was not worth
while. Cen Wilson wrote a letter OF SIN
ceTe regret ~ Sousa and the war depart
ment."
a rather heated discussion ensued In
certain club In New York not long ago
IN a group Of members over Sousass rn,-
sic. his operas. marches. etc. and SosGsa
hifhS@tf as a composer, through the in
adverteBce Of one Of the gentlemen pres
ent stating that he thought that much OF
Sousass success WAS "accidental' rather
than achieved through hard work and
musical construction of rare order The
remark While not acrlmoniousiy or in
sisteatiy made served to slightly irrttata
another gentleman 81 tie party who has
known sousa all his life and who mas
watched his career with always accru!ng
interest.
John PHILIP soasas wonderful sue
-eesses. he said. "are no more accidental
than are Edlson-s or Str Arthur Sullfvan'S
or Washington irvEEg's or Dickens ar
seFdAS or Aassanet's. or any genius y ho
mas carved Tor himself career and fame
Every success Sausa has had has been
achieved through design first and. next.
asSszu8ua. hard work and frgforssstes Sic
VIII 10 hammer out victory Adherence
10 strong purpose Is. with him Il gift
By nature. whach also has richly endowed
him with ether sna greater gifts
4 knew him whsa he was bay rtax-
fng first violin ia an orchestra ana ffs~
0EtDg har1 IT, e@vu the little money shAt
the position yielded He wore no golden
slippers thea with wh!ch Ia glda lnso
faFn@ an1 fortune, knew hin, later wfan
be had written an opxra.-khgs was n the
y sand was staggeriHg under heavier
load TRAN he could carry to make IL a
sBssess by conducting Il through tns
West IN those days Re had 1GfEt tie
same chances of making name ard fame
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