The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-08-06
SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE
IN THE MUSIC CURE

q. Il. Brady.
SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE
IN THE MUSIC CURE
Marian Martineau in Chicago Trib-
sing, For heavens sake, sing!
Sing. ] beg Of you!'
The speaker was the head physician
in an asylum for the insane upon Long
island. And the woman to whom he
smoke was pupil of Nine. Marie Cross
NeUhaus director Of the Vocal and
Operatic School Of New York.
She was visiting the retreat to see a
former friend. And one of the pa
tents, recognizing by the subtle in
stinct Of the insane the musical genius
Of the visitor, asked her TO sing.
Mademoiselle demurred. She was not
accustomed to singing under such
strange circumstances, to such
strange audience, and amid such
strange surroundings.
Then the physician in charge leaned
over her chair and whispered, Sing
And mademoiselle sang.
Il would have had to struggle with
The patient wildly for hours if you
lad refused, said he.
Hysterical Woman Gained.
Speaking of it afterward she said:
81 was never so impressed in my life
with the power of music. A famous
actor who had been confined in strait
Jacket suddenly became calm and they
took his bonds off him. A woman who
had hysteria for days quoted down
and came into the parlor.
But strangest of all was the case of
young woman from Pittsburg who
had not left her room since her arrival
Tor spoken to a single person. This
Young woman opened the door of her
roon1-so the attendant said-and grad
ually crept downstairs and into the
parlor. Once there she came across to
The piano. put her hand on my Shout
der, patted me, and smiled while 1 was
singing. When. / had finished she
talked cleverly and nationally on the
subject of music.
Music a Panacea For All.
When eminent authorities declare
that music will cure bodily Ills and
when there are sanitariums and re-
treats that are built specially for the
treatment of nervous invalIds through
The nerves Of sound, is it any wonder
that the woman who is nervous be-
gins to inquire into the musical treat
lnent and how il works?
Here are the things that are claimed
10y those who believe in the music
cures and who are working them:--
They claim first-and this may seem
eXtravagant-that the abundant hair
Of musicians is caused by the musical
sounds which they continually hear.
They claim that people who live in mu-
steal countries have thicker hair than
those who live in countries where mu-
sicians are scarce.
They claim that musicians are al
ways good natured and that it is the
direct relation Of cause and effect.
The music cure works constantly upon
their minds and makes them good
tempered. Such a freak as a cross
grained musician was never known.
The musical curists believe that mu-
sic improves the health. Musicians
and their families are usually strong
and firm. both in health and spirits. Il
Is not TO a musicians family that one
looks for illness. All are we'll The
health of the musical Germans is at
tributed largely to this.
Again, they claim that musicians usu-
ally are cheerful and that the families
OF musicians usually are free from the
blues. They are light-hearted, and
there is that peculiar buoyancy which !
makes geniuses. They assert that if
You want your children to be brilliant !
You should keep them in a musical at
moS9heTe.
Melody Stops Rheumatism.
But the musical curists claim much
more than this. They claim that rheu- |
matism. sciatica, headaches, and neu- |
lalgia Of all kinds can be cured by mu- |
scl sounds The kind of music that is |
good for one person is not necessarily |
good for another. Music is like any |
other kind of medicine.
Where one has an ache and is torn i
with various ills the music should be |
soft and sweet-of the soothing kind. !
Bat for blues and nervous affections |
generally the music should be loud |
and feTvent. Discords viii work harm |
TO either man or beast.
There are women who are clever /
enough TO soothe away their own head |
aches with music. They can rest
their nerves with the piano, the violin, |
or the mandolin, and they know which |
airs TO bring to the rescue OF their !
tired nerves.
There are women who can be put to |
sleep with music, and there are others |
whose toothache can be healed.
Better Than Pomades.
II is claimed by those who are en-
thusiastic that music is good for the |
complexion They argue that certain |
aud soothe them and that this is good |
for the digestion, since quiet nerves aid |
the digestive organs. The stomach di- |
gests its food more perfectly when |
The nerves are in good condition. And |
good digestion soon shows in an i'm |
proved complexion. They actually cite |
asses TO prove that the complexion is |
Affected directly by music. In large |
school of students, singers and must |
clans, there is not one bad complexion. |
Money invested for a musical instru- |
lnent is. according to this, money well |
spent and the woman who buys a |
i4ano. an organ, violin, a banjo, or |
mandolin, contributes in greater or less /
degree not only to the family comfort, !
nut TO Its beauty as well.
Men fight better to music, and they |
stand fatigue better and are better on |
me march. Horses will bear UP longer /
When they hear martial music They |
VIII endure the longest and most tire |
some stretch of country if they can |
have music. This is a well-known |
Tact TO many men. But it is upon the |
nerves Of women that the music cure I
mas wrought its greatest wonders, and i
il is the tired. the WORKOUT, the sick. !
or the discouraged woman who ought |
70 try it.
Marian N,v&.1oa,,ts naa,4- T.4I.-