Evening journal., 1912-03-02

of which are young women of rare
talent The concerts once a month are
given in the auditorium of the East
and West High Schools Of Rochester
the admission being entirely gratis,
the selections being Of a very superior
character, the programs being print
ed in a most attractive brochure form
with a cut OF each composer whose
selection is being played and descrip-
tive matter relating to the same Sc
lection. In addition to this the citizens
of Rochester are furnished music
every evening and Sunday afternoon
during the summer season alternat-
ing in their performances in their
many magnificent parks. These parks
arc specimens OF the most exquisite
types Of landscape gardening in which
are employed countless beautiful fiow-
ers comprising a riot of varied colors
which practice prevails also TO so gem
eral a degree in the treatment Of the
lawns Of the residences and streets
of the city as to have caused Roches-
ter to be known as the Flower City"
The Band is known as the Park
Band, is composed of fifty pieces and
costs the city about $4,000 for each
summers bill for music of which sum
about $4,000 is betrayed by. the Street
Railway management. The audiences
attending these concerts will vary
from 5000 to $4,000 people and the
rapt attention that is given TO the Sc
lections that are played which are of a
most careful arrangement Of the best
popular and classic music, impresses
one that there most certainly prevails
a very high order of musical intelli-
gence.
A former member of the City Coun-
Gil of Rochester and prominent
member of the Chamber of Congress
told me that they work on this theory
that these people whom they entertain
are the producers Of the city; many
of them are high class artificers and
as they produce the values that go 70
make Rochesters wealth they con-
slider it good business to make these
liberal expenditures in the way OF
making their life not only pleasant
but at the same time to make Roches-
ter a very desirable place in which TO
live, a policy which / think is most
certainly not only sound but which il
followed by the municipal authorities
Of any city in so far as would lay IN
their power, would have tendency
not only TO break down the barriers ol
class distinction and hatred but &c
avert the rapid strides of the radical
I socialistic growth so prevalent in oui
country today.
In my trip through Canada I was
brought in touch with some OF the
best manufacturers there and found
not only particularly in Hamilton ant
Toronto a very prosperous condition
Of business existing, but the genera
condition throughout the dominion
was one indicating very rapiC
growth Of industrial concerns, bu
also as we'll a very complacant feeling
among Canadians that Canada wa'
very much coming into her own an'
that they were not quite sure tina
reciprocity with the States as an issu
was one that had any real value 81
far as results we're concerned Of bene
fit to them A barrister in Toront
told me that the Western part Of Can
ada was much more strongly In favo
of the issue when it was voted upo
recently than the Eastern province
we're. but he added Significantly "tha
he thought it was a safe thing to sa
that the thoughtless remark Of III
Hon. Champ Clark. speaker of III
House of Representatives in relauo