Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-11

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worked out their vocal salvation by careful
consistent teaching. earnest thoughtful dis
cipleship and the burning Of midnight oil.
There can be no compromise in this mat
ter. Singing and playing must not be sug-
gestive Of physical effort. What we all
need in everything is repose. Alas and
alas, for the existence of the motto:
You'll have to hurry" Let us change IT,!
A recent article in the Springfield (Mass.)
Republican calls attention to the question,
do our music teachers always live up to
their responsibilities In the matter of get
ting their pupils and acquaintances to at
tend concerts? ?"
The paper named has one OF the most in
teresting music columns in the country and
1t is an educational force. The question
asked is a most pertinent one. 1t is a good
thing for the pupil t. get away once in
awhile from the keyboard or the music
rack and look about him. see what other
people are doing, hear what and how they
are singing or playing.
We can learn by comparison, but in lis
tening we should always put ourselves in
the other persons place. The attitude
should be one of sympathy and of helpful
ness. Listen to a singer with a view to
find good points-not faults. Listen to the
amateur as you would listen to the artist.
But is 1t not true, down deep in our hearts,
that we look for the much-heralded virtues
of the great artist and for the scattered
faults Of the young beginner?
Achievement is the result which is
looked for today. The young man, the
young woman, who docs things" is the
successful one. In the words Of that mu-
steal writer and simple-styled philosopher,
Rudyard Kipling, when he shows us Tom
linson standing at heavens gate seeking
admittance, st. Peter interrogating:
Ye have read, We have heard, we have
thought, he said,
And the tale Is yet to run;
BY the worth of the body that once We
Give answer-what ha' We done?
1t matters not that we should, plan things
in our circumscribed limits. The real bust
ness of musical life is to do things
We can gain more good by patting a fell
low musician on the back than by sticking
a knife therein. The benefit is two-fold
and reactionary. We please him and justify
ourselves.
A recital will be given by Mr.. Clement
Shaw at the First Congregational church
tomorrow night under the auspices of the
Woman's club. Mr.. Shaw will be assisted
by Mrs. Mcintosh, pianist, and DR.. Baet-
tens, Miss Stella Brown and Mr.. John Brown
will present the Z minor trio Of Mendels-
sohn.
A local weekly states that free ~recitals
are being given in the First Methodist
church. This, like many other emanations
from that source, is a pure and simple false
hood, and not even a funny one. II anyone
from that paper had attended the evening
services Of the church, she would have
found this note on the program: Mote
In accordance with the rules Of this church
no admission fee is charged at the door,
but an offering from each auditor is ex-
pected at the ofertory."
And while I have my gentle hammer in
action I might as we'll nail another lie.
Some persons who are connected will All
Saints church have busted themselves cir
culating an absolutely false and malicious
statement to the effect that the former So
prano soloist Of All Saints church, Mrs.
Thomas ]. Kelly, treated the church badly,
inasmuch as she applied for increased sal
airy "a few days before Easter" She APP
piled in a businessike way before Lent
began and the chairman OF the music COM
mittee knows that we'll. l think It might
be a good idea for All Saints people to ask
their orgsnist, Mr.. Simms. who is a gentle
man, for the facts and avoid maligntng a
musician who served them faithfully, and
who left them for purely business reasons.
THOMAS J. KELLY.
Marie Swanson, Harpist, S29 S. 18th st.