The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1903-09-02
! MUSICAL CORNER! ;
Cutuiuc'p,i e. a. Violin Mae :,
} by THOMPSON, nnd Teach.
The Helping Hand.


1t would, indeed, be a lamentable con-
dition were the best educated and most
} highly cultured to confne their associ-
atoms to their equals. We are too ready
to commend the resolution to shun in
feriors and to associate only with
equals and superiors, forgetting that to
lend a helping hand to those lower in
the scale is nobler and grander. Let us,
then, see to it that portion of our eff
forts is given for the furtherance Of
art among the isolated and the neglect
ed.
Remenyi, the violinist. condescended
to appear for season in connection
with vaudeville performances, that he
might reveal to the lower classes the
grandeur and beauty of genuine music;
but while playing at the initial per-
Torrance, the hand of death stilled the
music and the heart of the player The
great artists, who appear only in the
larger cities and for large sums of
money, would be deserving of greater
honors were they to occasionally favor
the smaller places with their presence,
that these isolated music lovers might
hear. for the first time possibly, the
highest form of musical Interpretation.
Frequently the methods of furthering
art in the smaller towns are such that
general progress is hindered. The few
who graduate from colleges and con-
servatories return home, sometimes,
with gloomy forebodings in regard to
taking up life in so unimportant a loca-
ton. Sometimes these more favored
persons form themselves into a set, ex-
elusive of their less favored neighbors,
and the latter learn to regard them with
Jealous disdain. How much better the
homecoming. with the resolve that the
friends shall receive tactfu uplift
during the years that may follow.
| have in mind musical club whose
contributions are largely spent in en-
gaging artists for their musicales, but
these are given behind closed doors and
invitations. are admitted. The club. be-
ing in a small city, those who are not
members are almost totally deprived of
hearing really good music. Is such an
organization a promoter of art! fear
its object is largely the qualification of
its own desire for pleasure.
Neglect the less educated, and we
place stumbling blocks in the path of fu-
ture progress. Art should be free as
the air; the flower blooms as sweetly in
the plat of the peasant as in the garden
of king.
In looking round for chance to i'm
prove in his work the musician. espe-
cially in the smaller communities, should
not neglect to note well this truth:
that he should be an integral part of the
social and public life of the community,
just as the member of any other pro-
fession or the business man. We rather
wv RhH ehS h""s,'' WV
WELL do business man, the high school
principal to occupy prominent place
in movements leading toward improve
ment i'll local affairs, but the musician
seems to think that the only time he
can seek public gaze is when concert
is to be given and he is asked to play
or furnish music TO help things along.
If his profession holds him back from
the privileges or duties of other men,
he ought to change it; if he have not
enough education, let him get it; if he
lack culture. he can refine himself
through his art; if he lack in experience
in municipal affairs, he can gain it as
other men do-by participating The
musician can get more work to do if he
can be known as clear headed, active
man in the life of the community; he
will be better known and better esteem
ed by the men who pay the bills.-Her-
bert G.. Patton.