The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-21
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another concert 1t the Auditorium To-
the r,vo~r.n,, nrintad eleevhara IN thia
ne,,er 4sslsev f1sie concerf o,,el.f t. ~
a fine - ssnv that hayo FOND befors.
F3ut a q not az the concert that the
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Concern that have been held st M
Ausitorium durinw the past ~
montl,e
Accordfnw to the newananAr mans
notion the festur~ 81 q recent concert
W. NOT the mnaic. or the siza of The,
crowd or the Amount OF the ma Win
Offering 1T the door, hut It was the
attendance Of q certain man ana his
wife and ffve children The man.
from hts appearsnce ana dress. II evi.
IDENTIFY Z day laborer. The path OF
life has been Z path OF toll for him,
foreordaiued ahead and cot for his
feet before he was born. And he
walks Ibravely along the road OF his
tourney. Anyway. the newsnaper
man e arm OF this belief. The wife
was worthy OF the man. She was
dressed a. neat a. neat could be. And
every one of those five Riddles was ~
neat and clean and brushed and
starched ~ though they had come
out OF q bandb0x. Care and work and
taste had been expended on their ap-
parel in such measure az to more than
take the place OF money.
The man stopped at the door in
front Of the box where the silver Of
fering IL deposited and asked IL it was
necessary to nay to get In. He looked
at his large family and disappoint-
ment came to chase anticipation from
his face.
Il thought it was Free" he said. Il
cannot afford to pay, for there are too
many of us" And he turned to go.
But the member of the pipe organ as
ISOLATION who stood by the door
grabbed this man and urged him to
enter, him and his family.
Sure. it's free for you and yours
said the pipe organ mogul. I'VE.
want you here. We are glad to well
come YOU
The man lookedl pleased, His wife
looked more SO. And the kiddies
smiled It was q happy family. But
the man was made in q big mould IL
he does toll with his hands for a uv-
ing. He draw out a small niece OF
silver and dropped it in the box in
spite OF the organ directors protest.
He would donate a little even IL he did
not have to nay a lot.
And the laborer and his spfck and
span family went down to their seats
and listened with delight to the con-
cert, Every Sunday concert thew are
there, They love the music. One can
see that at a glance. The classical
CnAtm tnem
alike. It is their SUNDAY. treaf. these
concerts.
And the man dropped his dime in
the box. That dime meant more to
him than 400 to most Of the men
who attend the concerts Rut he loves
music and his family love II The l,ox
was for q donation ana he vas too
proud to listen for nothing. He could
enjoy It more IL he Maid. he said
The nine organ mornl~ teil. the
newsna ner man that not hair 1T those
who ATTEND the concerts i've . dono
ton They 40 Not have 70 Thera T.
no Admission charge Everv one is
welcome. The larRer the crowd the
better the concert. Rut the nnvrsna-
per man lust cannot helm hut think of
that laborer and his family who are
so poor in purse and rich In spirit.
The Dean Whitehouse orchestra
and a special choir give some Of these
concerts. Faith. 1t is the Whftehouse
aggregation that will furnish the pro-
gram tomorrow, fs it not? And the
ghost of music written long ago will
come out Of the violins. And Miss
Sara Kouns wifi sing In silver soprano
tones like the chime of bells coming
Rradey w walk sp'r nn ana down she
major and minor and stardust notes