Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-16

what Los Angeles has done as
municipality with about five times as
much thrown in regarding possibilities:
The far west is awakening to Its
musical possibilities. The city council
of Los Angeles has appropriated $4,000
for the support of its municipal bands
Des Moines, Iowa, has subscribed $l5,-
900 for one night Of grand opera. From
ten to twelve thousand people have
listened to the works of the great mas
ters nightly during the last summer
in Denver's public parks, and that
city is willing to give $150,O00 for two
weeks of musical luxury. Denver does
not like the idea of Kansas City draw
ing on her population for the support
of grand opera in the latter city. The
c. dorado capital gathered two and a
quarter millions of dollars into her bank
vaults as a result of the last Demo-
cratic national convention. If nation
al political convention can loosen the
purse strings of the east Lincoln,
Grand Junction, Albuquerque, Trinity
and Salt Lake may be lured by music
to an appreciation of the advantages
of Denver's hotels and dry goods en-
poriumS.
'"The Tivoli opera company has for
years made San Francisco the most
music loving city of the west. Seattle's
Symphony orchestra is assured by an
annual subscription by her citizens of
$40 900. Portland, singularly enough, is
behind in public music, though ahead
of nearly every far western city in
quieter intellectual and musical cul-
ture. The musical organizations of
Tacoma and Spokane are active and
full of results. Paderewski received
$57 900 for twenty-one concerts west of
and including Denver, while his entire
100 concerts in America netted him
less than $4,000
mime. Schumann- Heink, writing to a
sister artist, advised her to be sure
to visit Southern California and sing
for the people of Los Angeles and of
the coast towns. It was the one
place in the world she wrote, where she
herself felt like pouring out her soul
| amid natures flowers Paderewski
speaks of the vast stretches of coun-
try, the legends of the Mochi Indians
and the early Spanish lore as the pos
sible groundwork of a great symphony
that will some day be written in and
| around the southwest"
The spelling of "Mnchi' is as given
| by Golfers, and is undoubtedly in
compliance with the pure food law.
| Incidentally, Long Beach and Pasa-
| dena are not mentioned in the edlto-
rial, although plans of both cities sur
pass similar undertakings in the big
|
| Angeles $4,000 better on the municipal
band question, and promises to build
UP an organization which will eventu-
ally have no superior among any Of
| the continental bands, making it a
worldwide advertisement for the beach
city.
A phase of municipal betterment
which will be brought to the public
attention by it's completion within a
few months is the Los Angeles Labor
temple, a novel and magnificent build
ing erected by union labor unasslsted
in a city which has no manufacturing
base and should not naturally be
thought to possess one of the most inn
posing homes of working men to be
found anywhere. The Labor temple,
which is costing nearly $250,000 and
has numerous novel features, will be
entirely finished early in January, and
It will before long take a position
among the show places of Los An
| geles.