The evening world., 1919-02-17
EAST SIDE is cHocK FULL OF
SLEEPING TALENT.

EAST SIDE IS CHocK FULL OF
SLEEPING TALENT.
Harry A. Schlacht, director OF The
| Evening World Americanization For
urns, has been in charge of these meet
| ings. Mr. Schlacht, who was the orig
inator Of the forum idea, has studied
the matter carefully. He has not only
had great men at the forums, but local
! talent as well. He found that there
was remarkable amount OF talent
among the boys and girls OF the east
SIDE. IL was rough and unframed, that
Is true. But nevertheless IL was there
and only training and development
were necessary to bring out geniuses
and masters in the arts.
An3 so the idea OF the Childrcn's
Talent Department OF The Evening
world Americanization Forums came
into being. The Evening World de-
cldod that these boys and girls should
nave chance to show what they
couId DO And 1t 10 going even further
thah that' The newspaper will not
ohly make II possible for them to ap-
pear publicly, but also will bring them
to the notice OF artists who viii decide
u real talent exists. IL IL does exist,
u VIII be a small matter to secure
proper education In the specialized
SUBJECTS. Few Of these embryo artists
WouId Otherwise he able TO get that
education, because OF the high expense
OF the training In a word, this pIan
OF Ihe Evening World gives 10 The
chIIdren OF the east side the greatest
opportunity that has ever before been
oslCIeu To a district IL does not spe-
clailze in singers, dancers, inusicians.
but opens the door TO all with talent
ana each field OF cndeayor will lie
equally favored by men and women
OF repute carefully selected by The
Evening World as judges and perhaps
SPONSORS Tor the youthful claimants
Tor approval and fame
THE suPPosITITIous CASE oE
LITTLE IzZY.
- Supposing little Izzy Cohen has n
nIe voice. Many times has he sung.
ot s ohiy IN the schoolroom but be-
,ort,,e the Wnole school in the big audi
prluIh' HIS schoOlmatcs liked his
singing; the teachers were pleased,
,HHy n,eu n great future ahead of
nun mere was no doubt of that.
iHNS iather who runs a fruit stand
On the corner, was there too. and hc
was mighty proud OF his boy and the
uppiluse which he earned Sure. he.
mLn De big singer some day, OF
course he will.
n
future. Tho teachers said thas Izns
had n good voice. but IL was nm.
uained' and II 1t were to be great IL
must be cultivated. Then no founa
that they meant that Izzy must 20 tn
Dig school. under great men. IN
make his voice like that Of Car,so.
otherwise he would be Just an ordi-
nary singer, such as one sees in the
movie shows.
Thnrn nyau ~,
smaller brothers and sisters had 10 he
clothed and fed. The rent must he
paid. And although II was a good
stand and he sold a lot Of merchan-
dise, there would not be enough LEFT 10
pay Tor long months in school, long
months OF training during which Izzy
could not work but must be supported
as much as the smallest child OF the
iamlly No IL couldn't be done. Even
after long hours OF figuring with the
inother he saw that II couldn't he
done not even for few weeks. SO
l"zN was forced To forget his wonder
ful voice and look forward TO somo
tline in the dim future when he could
have an opportunity TO sh9w what he
could do and get the necessary edu-
cation.
Hundreds of boys like Izzy have be-
come men without seeing the fulfil
ment of their hopes. And there are
hundreds on the east side to-day who
are waiting anXiously for that op-
| portunIty 10 come.
Now lay learns that his dream has
come true. He gives his name to his
teacher and fills out one OF The Eve
ming World blanks, This blank comes
to the newspaper. bearing the teach
ler's Endorsement that lazy can really
sing, and is not merely trying to get
on the platform" The blank is filled,
and soon the boy is notified that he
VIII appear al his own school, before
his own friends and their parents. at
The Evening World Americanization
Forum the following Wednesday.
He selects his best songs and prac-
tises them so that there will be nc
chance OF failure. And that Wedncs-
day at a special childrcn's talen
. night l2zy viii sing those songs anC
show what he can do, Before hin
will be the friendly faces of the dis
trict. On the platform will bo mer
who are artists. who can see talen
even in tho rough. They will giv'
their opinion to Tho Evening World
and II they agree that Izzy will h'
a great singer with proper voice cul
ture and education tho boy will sooi
have his chance.
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