The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-28
100000 to the Good.

/ AAaL = dii pCPpycoCR7 ne said, when
asked about it I an merely the head
of cOmmuntstic settlement that is So
| 100000 10 the good, and that's all there
/ is to it
| Mr. Duss was quite willing to dfvuIge
/ the secret Of his success i is simple.
I an man Of instantaneous de-
cision ana perfect comprehension - he
said - take after the great De Les
! seDs. Fer Nuisance. when my manager
/ came to me wiId-eyed up in Rochester
the othvr day and cried, oh, Mr. Duss. I
have ban news! All the fittings Of St.
Nicholas Rink have been destroyed by
fire. I calmly answered:
Buy some more
You see, with q sixteen weeks New
York engagement before me, I hadn't
time to worry over tTif7es. Then l add
ed calmly 70 my manager, Never tell
me you have bad news for ne Just
stale the facts and III be my own Judge
OF the quality Of the news
Now as TO my band. which is the
finest organization Of It's kind 10 ex-
istenee, It IS merely my recreation and
my pleasure, because my soul is full
Of music and il must come out.
While I was toiling to put the inan-
ciaI affairs Of Economy back on a sub
the townspeODle and taught them music
Then I organized another juvenile band
to furnish new timber as the osd men
dropped out
We gave afternoon concerts for sew
eral years and then they heard Of US
in PittsbHrg and invited US 10 come UP
there and play in the parks
Move Proved Successful.
Il did and the move proved to be
grand success Ny style was to get
myself in touch with my audience. So I.
talked Familiarity to the people between
the selections. II I played a Wagner
number I first told them what 1t was
all about. The people seemed to ap-
preciate it.
4 am one bandmasLeT who believes
that a band is only half a concert. The
audience is the other half So when the
audience don't applaud my soloists I
applaud them myself I know merit
when I see it or hear il, and I don't
propose to let it get away
Another peculiarly about me-" re-
f1eCted Mr. Duss. is that I throw NY
self into my band"
Upon this point Mr.. Duss declined to
elaborate
- y
Mr. Duss said he could play any instru-
ment in his band, ard that. besides, he
was an expert organist-
Never Marches on Street.
But I never march on the street"
he added u except one memorable oc-
casicn- It was the Dewey parade. II
told Mr. SoUsa I would play the nat cor
net in that grand procession
Did Mr. Sousa accept the ofer2r
NO; but as 7 was saying. there is
music in all things-iD the loot Of Il To-
connective whistle and in the ckirEjns of
a biTd-if only you are trained to appre- /
ciate it. Music is so much part OF one
that my band is a necessity as well as q
pleasure 10 ne
But ! am not slavishIy devoted to
one calling I knew the tailoring trade !
II fact. I measured my band for their /
uniforms. and II the clothes had been
made as well as they we're measured /
they would be simply perfect
NJ. Duss has leased a house in West 4
End Avenue and Will live there with his /
secretaries and attendants all summer /
I am going to buy a bToHchO and ride /
like mad. he said discussing his sum /
mer plans
He was warned to beware Of the SPAR /
row copz.
But yea know" he replied. ut will |
be a swift sparrow cop that viii catch /
up with GUss-"