Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-03
By HENRIETTA M. REES.

lfYS 1T FAIR asks local teach,
er, "for women who do moi
have to teach, to take music
pupils for merely nominal
sum, Just to give them something to
do' The teacher who depends upon
her musical education TO make her
living cannot afford to compete with
this type of teacher"
No it isn't fair. II a woman who
does not have to teach to make her
living prefers to do so, because she
loves it, or because there is demand
for her services, she should not cut
under the professional prices. The
laborer is worthy of his hire, whether
he is laborer in artistic fields or
anywhere else, and, personal income
has nothing to do with it. II person
has not sufficient musical education to
warrant professional standing he
should not teach. If he has his serv-
ices are worth as much as those OF
others who are also musically edu-
Gated. If one can make any extra
money which he does not know what
to do with there are several hundred
ways of using it to good advantage, in
Red Cross or other war work these
days. The average woman who
teaches some friends children just
for fun and for much less than the
professional teacher they some times
give up for her will many times be
irregular, as housework or teas or
matinees or other incidents will at
times interfere, and she will think:
T'1 change the lesson today or let
il 90. itisn't the main issue, anyway"
The pupil will think: "Oh, well, It
isn't as If I were studying with real
teacher. She gives me lessons just
for fun and so / do not have to work
very hard" And the parents win
think: "We are not paying much tor
the lessons, it doesn't matter so much
if the children do not have them good.
It is really more of, a social than a a
business arrangement, anyway.
That is one of the troubles. Even
though the woman may be much bet
ter equipped than many teachers, she
Is not appreciated, unless it is busi-
ness or professional arrangement
and held as such. :,
II is not fair to the professional
teachers, it is not fair to the pupils
nor their parents, nor is it fair to the
amateur teacher herself.
Do YOU remember Ugo Ara, the
viola player of the Flonzaley quartet,
who appeared with them several times
in Omaha? For the last six months
he has been in the Italian hospital
service. his place in the quartet be-
ing temporarily filled by Louis Bainy.
Musical journals of the week contain
an item from an Italian newspaper
which took up subscription for the
children of the refugees OF the invad-
ed Italian provinces. which reads as
follows:
"Amohe the various expressions Of ap-
proval our undertaking has brought forth,
there is one which we commend to the ap.
plause of all Italiansw one which represents
in the exquisite gfaciousness and spon-
taneity of it's munifcent offer an example
Of the character. ss - ~
at is The soldier, Ugo Ara,Eo Of Venice,
who writes as follows:
"Highly EsteeI.-d Director:
az take the liberty of congratulatins you
for the inteil EN- and noble iropaganada
YOU are conducting in favor of the children
Of the refugees from the invaded districts.
Herewith, send my pledge Ct 5000
lire. | wish 1 could give more. But, taking
into account my former donations to the
Italian Red Cross, and to the Institution
Of Bonomelli in Lausanne, this represents
all I have left of the savings scraped to-
sether abroad during IA years OF work.
"I make this offer to my afflicted broth