The Alaska citizen., 1915-12-27
md the race

Many Of the before-tAe-w plant. CTS believed tha. they got the best work out of their slaves by keeping their hearts filled with music. While some used the whip to drive their shatt"'7 tJ work, others coayed then, with music. The music of the co,
 ron field and the levee has become famous Foster caught 1t and gave
 1t to tEe world. II Is nearly all
 suggestive of the pleasure Of worA and service
 There is an old theory that music makes life swee CT and work easier
 The Spaniards believe music is fol
 working hours. In many Of their
 cigar factories and ether shops the
 guitar Is played while the workers toil There is too much hustle and Justle to American factories for this practice, but I have an idea tha the workers with the most music jn their hearts accomplish the most With equal effect music makes it's impression upon the face. The woman who is ever ready 70 sint always has a smile on her lips. Tho spjrI that prompts song never pro notes a frowr. Such q woman has ! laugh in her eyes as well as on Eor lips Her features may be ir- '"gular, but you will not hear any body say that she is ugly, Singing ids digestion. lt suggests action md action means eNertion ana trength.
 If your duties are monotonoua
 sing over hem. They will become
 igatrr When you are inclined to worry and things do not seem to ha going right, sing again. The sun will be brighter and the flowers
 'weeter, l often wonder whether some of the sweetest music isn't buried in the hearts of those who cannot sing a note. When there is no music in you. your heart Is aithCr adamantine or a vacuum. You are hopeless.
 hca~ people say. T don't ike ! ausi"' That is not true. Everyone . 'ihes some sort of music. The per on who dGes not like music hae
 lad his ears offended in youth by some discOld or some inharmoniou. sense
 \ little singing now and hen
 will make you feel and look better
 | know girl who always sings while Il front of her dressing table
 The song adds more to her beauty
 .han daub of powder or touch re artificial color.
 If your voice k very bad sing when You are alone. But get your ] 'eart full of music and then lei
 some of i escape. Try singing when you are in your bath Any Hoice sounds better in a tiled bath room than Tn stuffy curtained room You may gain courage by ! 1e@inning your singing in such :, place.
 Noi"e is mental. You cannot see
 t, but it is in the throat of every normal man, woman and child Nc one can be morbid or melancholy Tho sings abou' the house. Children should be encouraged and never discouraged in lifting their lit C 1 -0iCes in song.
 One Of tho most heavenly mo ments in Iuy life was experienced when l listened to 800 little chi1- i iren singing My Country'Tis of Thee was out in Salt I.aHe City, thousands Of miles from my home. and very much inclined to >e homesick and blue. The efrec. of their childish voices, in earnest ap- peal to heaven, lifted me out of my own self-centered interests ,na filled me with the joy of living nd being in the real world. among | simple honest, true music.
 Music is one of the greatest i:.- en ives to 4ction. That is proved by the effect of music upon march ing. The physical body moves in rhvthm vt h lhe music unconsciously without fatigue or effort.
 How much more quickly one csu remember the words of a scng that the words of ordinary poetry. It IS the music that guides the sense 70 memory
 From the cradles 10 the grave music is part of our life, It is our
 first lullaby and our last requiem.
 Song holds it's place in education. love, life, war and death. It is dove that floas over our lives. bringing peace, pulchritude and | n al,o, in f1uapoo jp tho