The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-02
American Invasion Of Music Teaching
Field In Berlin is to Be Placed
Under Government
Supervision.
MANY EARN A LIVING
More Than Five Thousand People In
Berlin Who Earn Live
ihood Teaching
Music.
lBy Karl H. Won Wiegand, Berlin cor
RESPONDENT of the Tinted Press

respondent of the United Press
BERLIN, March 1.-The American
invasion of the music-teaching fielo
in Berlin is about to receive a check.
1t is proposed to place the teaching
of music in all branches, the training
of prima donnas. the development of
child wonders" and more mature vir-
tuosos OF violin and artists on the
piano, under government control.
On the ground that scores of in
competent teachers have come to Ber-
lin. the music teaching center of the
world, in the last few years, that
much talent is ruined and fraud per-
petra.ed upon students, active agita-
ton is under way for a bill to be
passed by the reichstag regulating
the teaching of music and placing it
under the control Of the ministry OF
education. No person is to be allow
ed to teach any branch of music
without government permit
While Americans perhaps more than
any other foreign students fall vic,
Tins to Misrepresentation. as to the
musical ability of teachers, largely be-
cause they are more willing to pay
the high prices for instruction often
demanded, some of the American
teachers nevertheless see in the pro-
posed measure move against them
selves.
More than 5000 people in Berlin
earn their livelihood from music The
larger proportion of these are teach
ers in one or more branches of the
art. Some of them have really big
incomes. There are great artists
who demand as high as $25 for half
hour lessons. That is almost one dor
lar minute. Many ask $40 for thir-
ty minute lessons, while So is con-
sidered almost Ordinary" 1t is the
American student who most often
pays these prices. The would-be
Americans prima donna and embryo
artists want the best instruction
and are willing to pay the price with
out question More often they do
not get their moneys worth.
Numerically Americans head the
list of foreign music students in Ber-
lin. There also has been a steady
increase of American teachers. good,
bad and Indifference. Paradoxical as
it may seem. many American students
who come to Berlin to study under
foreign teachers, finally take lessons
from Americans here.
In vocal instruction particularly
several American teachers have the
pick of the most promising talenp,
Kinga Clark probably has the largest
class In the city Many OF the Amer
leans studying here are partly earn
ing their way by giving lessons.
All this tends to decrease the mum
her of American dollars which other
wise would flow into German DOCK
cts. Whether Americans are right or
not in their surmise that the agita-
ton to place the study of music I'M
der government supervision, is partly
, aimed at them, ii is generally agrees
that such action will place the teach
ing of music in Berlin upon higher
anu Luole odtiSldCSoiy bdSiS.
BERLIN, March Neuresthinics
are mostly members of nervous fam
lilies. Nervous parents cannot prop
erly raise and train their children,
/ who should be turned over to others
1 for that purpose" So declares Prof.
Dr. L. Won Frank Hochwart. noted
German authority upon nerve dis
eases.
Professor Frankl-Hochwart in an
/ address upon nervous Affections, said
! that patients suffering from nervous
troubles seldom are upright and
frank as to the causes. Such pa
/ tients." said he, generally come to
the physician with a self diagnosis
which is utterly misleading. Most
secretive of all about their inner life
and about everything that is de-nerv-
ing them. are women They simply
will not tell what the real trouble is