The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-10
Almost Every Nationality Was Represented and Children Iro

WRITTEN FOR II sUNDAY
The solicitation OF Andy G~azzolo. Delegate
from the Fifteenth Ward. has secured the
use OF a portion of the appropriation for
concerts in the crowded tenement district,
for which Carr Park Is the sole open plot
of ground-the only place where the
crsmped humanity Of the neiEhborhood can
get a breath of fresh air and a sight of
green grass.
Wells Band gave a concert at Carr
Square a week ago last night. and viii give
another the latter part Of this month. 1t
was a novelty TO that section of the city,
The exhilaratinG refinemeuts of life are
seldom enjoyed there. not from lack of ap-
probation. but from lack OF m~oreg-bread
and butter first, then pleasure. tbs IS the
inexorable rule among the poor. and the
margin for enjoyment is very narrow in
the region north, south and east of car:
Park. They do not often seek music. The
opera and the orchestras. to hear which an
admission fee is necessary, are almost I'M
known to them, partly because they have
not the admission fee, and partly because
they have not learned to consider the
pleasure given by music worth the sacrifice
OF enjoyments which now take its place.
Consequently the Salvation Army must
clans are the only ones with whom they ar
familiar. and. in the majority of cases. the
only instrumental music which they hear
reaches them through the bands in the
various parades which they see in the
course of a year.
To have a full-ledged brass band dis
course resonant themes for three hours,
immediately contiguous to Kerry Patch,
Little Jerusalem ard Little italy" was
a novelty. 1t was the first concert ever
given in Carr Park.
Novelty of the Occasion
Attracted Many Visitors.
1t had served its purpose Us a playground
for the multitudes of children which swarm
in the locality and had been a blessing 20
the tired workmen who, of evenings, sat
upon the benches. smoked their pipes and
breathed in the air which was considerably
cooler in the unobstructed block than in the
choked streets. But 1t had never served as
a resort where music could be heard.
The concert had been advertised. y
great crowd went to hear. The newness OF
the plan attracted many persons. Unfor-
tunately, in the open air, where sounding
boards and limiting walls were absent, the
full strength and completeness OF sound
were dissipated and did not carry far
enough to satisfy all of the immense
throng. But It reached many and was SUI
fcient.
The members Of the band sat IN the
open. near the center Of the park. and
were TOptu III NAc plt1SlsAr NAO"'F
Powerful gasoline lamps afforded the
light. There were four OF them. and they
enabled the musicians to read their scores
with ease. The audience. pushing In upon
the ropes. was brought into the full bril-
lance of the light. and the multitude OF
faces on the four sides OF the tnclosure
were In strong relief.
Children predominated. The little ones
trooped forth by the hundreds. 1t was a
most varegated assortment of boys and
girls. Their clothing was of every descrip-
ton, and beggars description. The only type
OF youth that was lacking was Little Lord
Fauntlerov in his starched collar and vel
veteens. But every kind OF street urchin,
from the sturdy, aggressive newsboy to the
Srail, thin sufferer from inherited disease,
made up for the absence OF his lordship.
Children's Faces Plainly
Revealed Their Nationalities.
PICTURESQUE is the word for the juveniles.
Nationality was proclaimed distinctly by
xheir faces. Round-faced. full-lipped,
TANNED and ou~rly-haired were the young Of
Little Jerusalem" and their eyes, big orbs,
set black for the most part. shone like
gems. Young Kerry Patch was decidedly
different. His hair was very apt to be red.
His face bore that defiant 'what's-it-ter
YER expression. His scant trousers wer.
supported by one makeshift suspender. He