Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-23
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Written for the Times Republican.

Written for the Times Republican.
The first of the winter series of con-
certs given by the municipality for the
free enjoyment of the masses was given
sunday night in Music Hall. There was
a heavy rain falling, but in spite of this
more than a thousand persons Were
turned away for want of standing
room. Pachmann. the pianist, was the
attraction. He was assisted by several
local musicians and singers, and they
presented a program in every way
equal to that of last week, when people
paid 81 to hear the great pianist play in
Steinert Hall. The admission Sunday
night was 10 cents to all alike, it being
the policy of the municipal entertain
n.ent committee TO charge Just enough
to keep away undesirable auditors, and
yet admit all who should properly be
admitted.
This experiment of free concerts and
lectures for the people was begun by
Mayor Quincy last year, and proved a
great success. During the coming Win
ter there Will be Sunday night concerts
in Music Hail. and two evenings each
Week the municipal band. city organ
liZation, viii play in halls in various
sections of the city. on other evenings
lectures will be given. The municipal
| band concerts and the lectures will be
isentirely free.
Mayor Quincy attended the concert
1 and expressed himself as delighted with
its immense success from popular
/ point of view He said he believed the
/ plan was good for the people and would
eventually be adopted by other cities.
4 The writer found the above in the
press dispatches recently III suggests
4 that in Marshalltown only ten days ago
We had u concert de. opera) in the
0ieon Sunday night, Are we one Of
the other cities that will eventually
adopt the plan of sunday night con-
certs?"
4 Recently this scribe attended church
one Sunday evening in the Congrega-
! tional church in The manage
\ nent" of this church are trying the ex-
/ pertinent of musical program with a
twenty minute sermon short prayers
and short readings from the scriptures
Tho object is TO get people inside tbs
church walls on Sunday evenings Or
the evening referred TO a lady rendered
n violin solo with big organ accompa-
niament. Both the violnist and organ
list are we'll known over the state a:
tartists in their line. Now, the writer
) neither claims TO be a religionist nor
musical critic, but he does claim to b.
an observer of men and women, as wei
as a Judge of sweet sounds Chats mu
sicl. and let it be recorded here tina
| audience for few moments was unde
!. an influence full as fruitful of good re
. suits IS though a human voice WAS of
fering a prayer Their emotions wer
stirred and many We're thinking for III
time being of other things beside none,
getting An audience Of 500 men, womcl
and children was IN another world 0
thought. The writer can not tell tn
reader whether this was sacred music
. or not He only knows from persona
q observation that this audience wa
moved by a power. God given, and TO
use, by talent that few possess, an
: that under the most critical eye n
: harm can be claimed for such Sun
I: day concert.
: Perhaps the writer in his makeu
can not understand the Indignation fei
by the ministers and church people c
Mafshallt0Wn over "the Dissertation
Y the Sabbath" by having an opera rer
: dered in the Odeon on Sunday nigh
It but let us reason together. We a
agree the people love music; again "
all agree that the rendition of sacre
II music on Sunday (morning or nighD
II a good thing. 1T is good thing
give thanks unto the Lord Once NOR
nearly all of us agree that instrument;
music can be profitably used on SUI
day, assisting those who are musicall
yocally gifted, and quite large PEE
% centage of US agree that church ser'
n ices, so called, can be held in theat,
i. as we'll as in a church building. So fl
n we're pretty unanimous. Here's anotl
l. err proposition only a few viii Gissel
~ from, and that is, the churches of Ma
shalltown, as we'll as other towns. a
not we'll filled Sunday nights. And fina
ly. SO per cent of us agree It's a goo
thing to go to church. With all of tn
general agreement there now seems
no be a chance for a practical propositio
az $50
is Suppose that all of the churches
n. town hire the Odeon for use on Sund;
,e nights. The writer feels assured Z
80 rent will be made very reasonab
Then let all Of the churches raise mo
NC ey sufficient also to hire a good big G
OF chestra and a few solo singers. TIL
he invite the assistance Of others to ma
Ill a big choir. Then give q sacred conce