Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-04-01

sense of the beautiful does more TO-
wards achieving real soul delight
than anything else, and the apprecia.
ton of the beautiful is the base of all
higher education. r
Conception Of Beautiful.
Music is an art in which the con-
ception of the beautiful is in no sense
based upon the physical world which
surrounds us. It's power to evoke an
inner dream Of beauty is greater and
more immediate than any other OF
the arts. Music is a language which
begins where words end--a vison
which is made clear long after the eye
can no longer perceive.
AS most men and women have to
spend great part OF their lives in
duties the object Of which is merely
to obtain the wherewithal to prolong
life, it seems to me an absolute ne
cessity that music should enter their
lives largely and constantly in their
hours Of relaxation in order that their
lives may not be merely animal. The
man OF affairs who tries to do without
music atrOphies part of his soul
blots out one of his God-siven privi-
leges. Music has obtained such a
strong foothold among the civilized
nations of the world that it accom-
panies us all from the cradle to the
grave. 81.
!. H 4 Foster Music.
"When men of wealth or men OF at
fairs have turned 10 the study of mu.
sic with very liberal means. There
is something very significant in this.
These men are supposed, by the pub.
lie, to be business men, pure and
simple. They are supposed to demand
q dollar in return for every dollar Civ
en- out. Some of them are all that,
bu: they are something far more.
TREY are businessmen with q real vi
sion. They realize the value OF music
to the individual and TO the state BOs-
ton owes its splendid symphony or
chestra to the enthusiasm OF Colonel
HigginsOn who, as q young man, be.
came an ardent student OF music, and
bankers of this country, decided to
found and endow Il model orchestra.
Great Endowment. .
In New York, Mr.. Harry Hardness
Flagler, a highly gifted and accomp.
lished musical amateur, endowed the
orchestra of the Symphony Society Of
New York with an income of 100000
a year. Mr.. James Loeb endowed the
New York Institute of Musical Art
with 100000. Mr.. Andrew Carnegie
has given literally to churches, ire.
spective Of religious beliefs, with tine
view Of enabling them to install pet
ter organs. Mr.. Joseph Pulitzer gave
a fortune to the New York Philhar
monte Society, and indeed, it is pos.
sible to record many munificent gifts
to music made by men of means. In
the field of opera, Mr.. Otto Kahn, Mr..
w. X Vanderbilt, Mr.. Clarence Mac
key, Mr.. Harold Mccormick, Mr.. Eben
Jordan, and Mr.. E. T. Stotesbury con.
tributed millions towards giving
America the best opera in the world.
1t must be very obvious that these
men have given abundant proof by
their enormous donations and by the
time they have given to the study Of
music that they regard it as one of
the vital things in life.
81 wish with all my heart that the
rank and file of american men would
feel this and resolve to devote more
time and attention to music than they
do at present. The benefits they would
receive could not be counted in dol
lars but if we had unit of happiness
as definite as the dollar, they would
all die millionaires.'