The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-13
PROFESSOR Fits.
DESERVING CLASS
Embryo MandoIinists Con-
frOnted by Locked Door In.
stead of Kind Teacher.
walk in. Open at ? .. m.

w oAh LII open DIT 4 D.
This gilded invitation glistens on the
reception room door of the Boston
School of Music, Bradley building,
East Fifth street. But all that glitters
is not as true as gold. The Boston
School of Music will not open at p.
M, nor at 8 p. M, nor yet at or 8
p. m. The Boston school opened at
p. m. for the last time last Saturday.
IS. G. Osborn, director" having placed
the musical culture of St. Paul on a
firm foundation within eight months,
had closed his conservatory and gone
away.
With the absent mindedness Of your
true musician, Director Osborn forgot
to post his present address upon the
gilded door. The three handsome front
rooms occupied by the Boston school
on the second floor have therefore dis
appointed some hundreds of boys and
girls. These f1edgling artists, each
carrying a mandolin in a new green
bag, have assembled at 2 o'clock each
| day. They have pounded long, even
unmuStcally, as i'll befitted them, upon
the gilded doors of room 209, of room
210 and of room 21015.
Artistic Gamins Wall
II hain't got half me lessons" ex-
claimed one freckle-faced boy, his fin
gers blackened with the notes of Bee
thoven
''Ner me nuther," chimed in a second
lover of the Tyre. II hain't got a tent
of mine, I hain't.'
A maiden with curls much longer
than her skirts almost wept on the
bosom of the elevator man.
'The professor told me-" she sobbed,
ito tell my ma I'd be the best scholar
in all the class-after 1 got started.
MIN, how am I goin' to start
now2"
A larger lady, too dignified for tears,
said bitterly:
"'Twasn't her was goin' to be the
best-'twas me, that's what it was! He
said SO no more'n last week" Then
she added, with a calm triumph:
II don't care. / can play Bedelia."
Thus culture has been crushed to
earth, locally, by S. G. Osborn, director,
and the books don't tell whether Gull
ture is likely to rise again.
The professors method of bottling
the port of artistic hopes began with
the hiring of three fine rooms last Sep
TENDER. Then he advertised that he
would give superior instruction upon
the mandolin at the rate of thirty two
lessons for $16, payable in advance.
He would also give away "a valuable
mandolin" to each new pupil merely
as an evidence of good will. He sought
very young pupils, with whom, he said,
he had particular success. And he
secured them-from 500 to 1000. Of
them, according to report. They were
delighted with the free mandolins, and
especially with the little green bags
which were not even promised.
Overlooked Time Limit.
The professor himself was satisfied
with nominal fees, earnest students
and contracts. In each contract, as is
alleged, was a time limitation that
usually escaped the notice of signers
ty-two lessons must be taken before
May z, 1904.
A very few pupils got their mando-
Inns, their green bags and all their
lessons from the professor or his sew
eral assistants. But the great ma
jority Of the future pluck pluckers"
received mandolins, bags and very few
lessons, not being encouraged to over
exertion.
And when May arrived last Sat
urday Director Osborn had collected
IS, 600 to $4,000, settled all his bills
with conscientious exactneSs and left
town. The many hundred pupils had
well we has our INSTRUMENTS,
hasn't we?' protested one optimistic
child yesterday. His INSTRUMENT"
might be bought for 81.
Director Osborn was no doubt called
away to one of the fourteen other man
dolin Conservatives which he is said
to be conducting in other cities with
admirable success.