The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
'NUSICIN OUR
| INDUSTRIES
Frank E. Morton, Acoustic
Engineer, Presents Need
Of Music in Work.
HOME SONGS DISAPPEAR
Jazz, Degenerate Kinsman
Of War Hymns, Heard
In Their Place.
HOME SONGS DISAPPEAR

Through the courtesy Of Edward
+ Droop, Of E. F. Droop & Sons
ompany, we have been permitted to
ead the address on Music in In
ustry,' delivered by Frank Z. Nor
pn- SC. d. acoustic engineer of the
nerican Steel & Wire Company, at
he recent biennial convention of the
General Federation Of Women's
clubs at Des Moines. Iowa Omitting,
$ far as possible, the technical por-
Ion OF his remarks, his address in
part was as follows:
In the realm Of sound the or
anization OF partial tones ex-
resses as quality. such quality
fetns determined by the proper
donate intensity OF its partials.
Through this difference in pro-
>ortionste intensity OF partial tones
Pc are enabled to distinguish the
Ftolin, viola, and cello; the oboe,
fassoon and human voices: the
French horn, cornet. trombone and
fuba- For the average human
being, folk songs and melodies
Fhich live indefinitely are the best
regulators OF vibrations that find
heir response in the nerve and
muscular tissue Of the body.
umulating the ina agination and in
ting to constructive activity. The
nipple melody, based on the tonic,
be sub-dominant and the dominant,
Expresses cooperation and is asso-
ated with love Of friends, family,
pine and all activities contributing
ereto. Listening to music is not
fough. For the full reaction there
ust be active participation. This
a be induced through responsive
Hss- Most persons in times past
I've responded to some melodies:
icy will most quickly respond to
em now IL intelligently presented.
In contrast to these constructive
organized vibrations is the jazz.
htch expresses hysteria and incites
leness. revelry. dissipation, decay,
estructiveness, disorder, chaos. Its
evalence today is not anomalous
accOrds with the devastating, vol
hnic spirit that has burst forth
yer the world in the last six years
strife. Typifying the unbalanced
Fate OF humanity's mind it tends to
Ehinge it more and more
In this crisis music has present
itself as the organing infiu-
bee. In the home, in the com.
funity, in the shop itself, it can
utilized to engender construc-
Pc thought and action. Mans
rye tissues respond to emotional
|peals besides those of revelry AMI
OF and mental distortion. The
ar hymn has done its work. and
d its day, at least for a season;
w its degenerate kinsman, the
Ez, is reveling in its war ILher-
PnCe OF hysteria and passion and
pCor and Reorganization"
kfter dwelling upon the fact that
lone, Sweet Home" is almost
yer heard these days. and that
great stabiIizing center Of So
ty is lost by the home being
allowed up in the cabaret, Mr..
rton continued:
AS a cardinal point. make mu-
v1riIe. Put red blood into it.
eoCiate il with the two-fisted, en-
,ized men who do things Re
Fe it from that class of IaCka-
sical sissifed. long haired an
bic dreamers with which much
the ough-and-ready world long
mistakenly connected it and
ordingly has steered wide of It.
Cultivate in the industrial ele-
hts OF your community a higher
ceptiOn OF life. a keener response
the higher stimuli. Restore the
erly harmonized organization of
ustrial and social life. Bring
me Sweet Home back"