The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-29
HAS
| ACTUAL RIVAL
andmaster Duss Describes
Himself in Strong Language.
|EERLESS, POPULAR, PERFECT.
lars He Is a Man Of instantaneous De-
sslon and Quick Comprehension.
Never Toots on Street.
EERLESS, POPULAR, PERFECT.

New York. May 2o.--A new bandsman
AIMED Duss-John H. Duss-has come to
|pwn. lie is a many-slded man. Not con-
INT with being merely a musician, he is
so a monologist When the big horns
Ease to pour out melody, he flls In the
atus with verbal gems OF thought. lie
quite conversational with his audience
i fact.
AS to the band. Mr.. Duss adroitly got
he start OF the critics. Up at st. Mich
as garden, which is not swept by ocean
|reezes. but is cooled with artificial ice.
ne program comments upon the organi-
alton thus: Peerless. prominently
|opular; peculiarly progressive; predom-
|antly powerful and practically perfect"
There is something about Mr.. Duss and
lis band that challenges attention. Pitts
|urg has known all about them for years.
ittsburg is a near neighbor Of the com
Iunistic town OF Economy Pa.,and Duss
bad his band are Economy.
is A MULTUM IN PARvo.
AS the head OF Economy, the leader OF
Is band, its head financier, its spiritual
|hepherd. its official organist and its
|cholasuc pedagogue. Mr. .Duss Is mgltum
/ parvo. The communlstic SETTLEMENT
las been raised from bankruptcy 10 af-
|uence, all I'm ten years, which Is due TO
iuss. Ii has been enormously hinted
bat Mr.. Duss himself is worth Sc. .ooo. 900.
|ut this he vigorously denies.
That's all popycock." ne said. when
|sked about IL. II am merely the head
4 a commundstlc settlement that is s5.-
|o,0o0 TO the good and that's all there is
b IT,"
Mr.. Duss was quite willing TO divulge
be secrtt OF his success. IL is simple
II am a man OF instantaneous decision
md perfect comprehension" he said. II
ake after the great De Lesseps. For
distance. when my manager came 70 me
|ild-eyed up in Rochester the other day
nd cried. oh. Mr.. Duss. / have bad
ews! All the fittings OF ST. Nicholas
ink have been destroyed by fire" j calm
answered:
Buy some more"
you see. with a l6-weeks' New York
Engagement before me. / hadn't time 10
Forry over trifes. Then ! added calmly
my manager: Never tell me you have
ad news for me. Just state the facts and
III be my own judge OF the quality OF the
ews
Now as to my band, which Is the
nest organization OF it's kind I'm exist
leasure. because my soul is full of mu-
ic and II must come out
HOW HE ORGANIZED HIS BAND.
while / was toiling to put the financial
fairs OF Economy back on substan-
Ial basis i organized "a band among the
ownspeople and taught them music
hen ] organized another juvenile bano
D furnish Few timber as the old men
ropped out.
I'VE gave afternoon concerts for Sow
raj years and then they heard OF us IN
and invited us To come UP
here and play in the parks.
II did and the move proved TO be n
rand success--My style was to get my
ELF In touch with my audience. So
alked familiarly TO the people between
he selections. If / played a Wagner
amber | first told them what II was ali
bout The people seemed to appreciate
'T am the one bandmaster who be-
ewes that a band is only half n con-
ert. The audience is the other half
% when the audience don't applaud my
ololists l applaud them myself. / know
lerit when | see IL or hear IL and
ont propose to let II get away"
Another popularity about me- re-
ected Mr.. Duss. lis that / throw my
elf into my band"
Upon this point Mr.. Duss declined to
laborate
Discussing musical matters generally,
fr Duss said he could play any instru-
nent in his band. and that, besides, he
'as an expert organist
NEVER TooTs ON THE STREET.
But I never march on the street." he
dded. II except one memorable occa-
ion. II was the Dewey parade. I toiu
Ir. Sousa ! would play the fiat cornet
4 that grand procession"
Did Mr.. Sousa accept the offer?'
mo. But. as l was saying. there is
1usic In all things-in the toot OF a To-
omotive whistle and In the chirping OF
brd-if you only are trained TO ap-
reciate It. Music is so much a part or
ne that my band is n necessity as well
s pleasure 10 me.
but I'm not slavishly devoted TO one
alling | knew the tailoring trade. In
act / measured my band for their uni
orms, md n the clothes had been made
= well as they were measured they
'ould be simply perfect"
Mr.. Duss has leased n house I'm West
md avenue. and will live there with his
ecretaries and attendants all summer.
II am going to buy broncho and ride
Ike mad" he said, discussing his sum-
her plans
He was warned to beware OF the spar
ow cops.
But. you know" he replied. Il viii
. a swift sparrow cop that will catch up
nth Duss."