The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-10

Practice Faces Oblivion Aft
er Discontinuance Last
Year When Car Company
Refused to Pay.
CITY DONATES MONEY
az HAssAL T. SULLIVAN

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Page the sexton of Earlham
cemetery. There's to be more
business for him.
Unless public spirited citizens
act at once, specifications will be
placed for a grave to be occupied
by the remains of Sunday Aft
ernoon Band Concerts at Glen
Miller Park"
Last summer no concerts
were given.
If the custom is not revived
this year, it will have reached a
state almost beyond possibility
of resuscitation.
People Want Band coneerts
There are two reasons why the prac.
tice Of giving open air concerts in Glen
Miller park should be continued:
The people want them and the music
brings to Richmond thousands Of per-
sons who reside within radius Of
thirty miles.
Probably less than fifty per cent of
Richmond people own automobiles or
other conyeysnces for taking them to
the country for relief from the intense
heat of paved streets.
Nevertheless they are 80 constituted
ina, when Sunday afternoon. comes
they enjoy lounging on the grass-car-
peted ground beneath the cool, green
foliage OF spreading trees.
Glen Miller park easily accessible to
every part of the city, satisfies this In
herent love Of nature.
Music Adds to Pleasure.
Band concerts, such as have been
given at the park In the past, add i'm
mea surably to the pleasure of an after
noon in Glen Miller. Not only is the
music an enjoyable feature of the out
ting but it paves the way for an un-
derstanding of the musical master
pieces.
Everybody who frequents the park
may not care, because of various rea-
sons and scruples, to attend the ball
games across the street.
w VOiGSOIic cUCcllcllHicul SHOU!u uS
provided for them then in the form
of concerts.
The music has been the means of
bringing to the city, reunions. lodge
and church outings from neighboring
towns. The visitors, who in the past,
have heard these concerts, have gone
home and told others about them.
These people have talked to their
friends about something that Rich
mond offers.
They have advertised Richmond by
word of mouth, very effective form
Of publicity.
Richmond Needs Advertising
Richmond not only wants this ad-
vertisins but needs it.
Failure to have concerts last year
is attributed by many persons to re-
prisals taken against the city by the
T. H. l. & E. traction company, oper-
ating the local street car system,
when officials refused to make their
customary contribution toward the ex.
penscs Of band
The city was willing to support the
plan to the extent of $3.50, the custo-
mary sum allowed by council as the
municipalities share.
No doubt. the board Of public works
and council would be willing to pro-
vide a similar sum this year. II the |
traction company still insists upon
holding out, other methods should be
employed to raise the $500 necessary |
to engage the services of the band.
Could Re.Orsaniz. Band
The concert band which performed |
two years ago, which earned consider !
able publicity for the city during the
fall festival of 1913 could probably be
ie.organized.
The first step. however. must come |
from the community. The band mem.
bers do not feel it their duty to solicit |
funds in order that they may be en-
gaged to give Sunday afternoon con-
certs.
Listen, civic organizations, lodges
and societies, shall we enlist the ser.
vices of the sexton or those of the
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