Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1913-02-12
duced at Birmingham. August 20,

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skilled performer. particularly on
piano and organ, but he was must
cal educator OF the greatest impor.
lance.
His marriage to Miss Cecilia
Jeanrenaud, beauty of most del
,cate ty"e, proved to be- very
harjy union,
Felix's death occurred at Leipsic
In lS47, While listining TO one of
his own recent compositions he
swooned away. His system weaken
ed by overwork, succumed, nervous
prostrauon followed, and on Nov.
4th he died at the age of thirty-eight
years."
The following numbers Of Mendels.
suhn's music was beautifully reuder-
eel by Miss Stone "Scherzo," Song of
the Morning" and "Rondo Capric-
cioso. The last number was especial.
ly fine.
"American Music" a reading by
Mrs. John Werth, proved to be very
interesting
"No European country not even
Germany boast of finer orches-
tras, bands, opera companies, or
professional music recitals than are
enjoyed by music lovers in few of
the great centers of this country.
Bat love for music as one of the
fire arts and knowledge of the
history aud works OF the great com
posers are not yet as general in the
United States az in Germany, orl
even Italy. This Is not because the
American people lack an innate In.
terest in music, but because it has
been 80 long regarded as a mere
pastime, and perhaps even merely a
graceful feminine accomplishment
Those who are trying in Ameri-
can universities, colleges, and
schools 10 teach students who are
seeking broad culture that Bach,
Beethoven and Brahms deserve the
same kind of respect that is paid to
Rembrandt, Raphael and Rubins,
or to Spenser, Shakespeare and
Shelley, too often meet with indif-
ference or skepticism. In spite of
this indifference and skepticlsm, no
man or woman who lays claim to a
broad culture can Justly do so with
out some knowledge of the great
muric@l compositions Of modern
civilization. A man who says that
he knows nothing about Shakes
peare, but knows what he likes
IN poetry, can hardly be said TO
have any ii erary education. Those
who believe that well trained love
of music goes hand in hand with a
love of the best poetry, and even
the best prose, must welcome the
great work which is being done in
this country, often unheralded by
the newspapers, IN the direction of
popular musical education"
The Greeting of the President Of
the State Federation, Mrs. John
Ruhl, was read by Mrs. Gieske.
In this message Mrs. Ruhl enum-
crates the many things that the club
women of West Virginia are to
work for this coming year AZ
follows: For th4 enactment Of laws
III our State for the establishment
Of juvenile courts, aud of public
libraIies to work for the standard.
izIng anil and affectual supervision
of weights and measures throughout
the state: to favor and 10 endeavor
to secure for our state university the
appropriation of a sum Of money
sufficient to build and equip a suit.
able woman's dormitory and to
make adequate provision for the
! department Of domestic science; and
TO work for school suffrage for wo-
men and 90 gain for them the right
To serve on school boards through.
out the state.
eve heard, to our shame, at
Morg anlown that West Virginia
and Florida are the only states IN
the union that have no law permit
ting communities to apply portion
Of their tax levy TO the support Of
public libraries, and that West
Virginia and New Mexico are the
only states that make no provision
FOR food inspection"
She closed with the plea that all
club members do what they could
personally. owe need each other, "
she said. "What can one woman
do? OF twenty OF fifty? But two
thousand, il they work, can accom-
plish wonders, and fifty thousand
could remould this commonwealth"
The serial was very charminplv