The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09
Music A Necessity. Not A Luxurr

1uondS Edison has said, Music, next to religion, is the minds great est solace, and also its greatest in- spiration. The man who disparages music by speaking of 1t as luxury and non essential is doing the nation an lhlury.' All over the world peo- Die are turning toward music as a means of bringing more harmony and joy into every relationship of life. Music is today a spiritual ne- cessity with all enlightened people. That man cannot live by bread alone is an axiom of the ages. In the midst of life's struggles and through them all man has realized that food, shelter and clothing do not make up the sum total of the thing called life The physical expression of mans growth and development through the ages have always been perish able. Governments have been or tanized which seem as enduring as the ages; yet these governments live only in story Ceaseiess changes have wrought havoc with practically all the physical creations of man. It's only in the world of his spiritual ression-literature and music, that we find permanency.
 The great spiritual expressions in music still live with all their or fginal significance. It flows into the present, from the past, points into the future ana emDOQleS the mortar llLe essence of the. spiritual"
 It Is said that music is made up from three different elements rhythm. melody, harmony and each of these finds a response in it's cor respondent part of our being. Rhythm appeals to the physical, melody to the intellectual and har- mony to the spiritual Music through its different clements is Infinite in variety. It can be made to express the whole gamut of human notions and in it's appeal 1t can reach all human pings
 At tn beginning of the great World war our government realized that there must be strong force for inspiration to keep up the morale of the army, and music was that force.
 Great educators are realizing that music as a study has an equal right to recognition on the school curri- culum with reading, writing ana arithmetic.
 Prof. Wodell of Concerse college, Spartanburg, s. C., said in speech at the National Federation Musical clubs at Asheville this summer that educated men, lovers of their kind, with the best interests of their coun- try at heart declare that if our form of social organization and govern ment are to survive everything possl- Dle must De QOne 10 SlNc tue dNCA "6S man and woman a fair share Of nap piness and contentment. Otherwise, with the present activity of radical and anarchical propogandlstS In thls country, there is real danger to our best institutions. Shrewd business men sensing these conditions and sincerely desiring the welfare or every man, and their own employees in particular, are establishing shops and choral groups from among their own workers and giving opportunity to employees to study music and to listen to music as regular par o4 their daily living.
 The Music Study club. ever keep ing before 1t the fact that we like what we know, and that to llhe good music is to know good music had year by year in offering the pest oF inc home talent in their morning meetings and splendid artists courses each season, has awakened a greater interest in music than was ever dreamed of; until now It mas grown into a great community or eanization. Through it we are bulld- 1nor on the best contributions of all apes and all races and so building toward a higher type of citizenshlpi opening up new channels to rlcneI cultural life, and finer appreclatlon1 of the best, not only Tn muslc Du' in all forms of art ~
 Some years ago 1t was with mucn trepidation that even one artist was presented in a season; even the great Padrewski played here to an qua fence so small that Birmlng nam could make no claim of being music center How we have grown! Tbis season besides the artists con certs of the Music Study club, the All Star Concerts are bringing artlsts ol the very highest type, giving hlne concerts in all. The Music Teachers
 9- al tO nreSent a SeTleS of delightful concerts, and there are run,ors of many others. With the Conseryatory of Music conductlns master classes this week In piano violin and voice; Miss MaHam Iqies ptes santing her guest teacher, MISS Taila Rried from Chicago, and tnS rarious teachers returning rom their vacations beginning theiI work for the winter, 1t looks as IT Birmingham has big music season ahead of 1t. When Paderewski ptags pay here this time won't he De aston- isbed when he sees how the music loving population has grownF
 Mrs. Carr Back From Vacation.
 I met Mrs. Carr a few oays as1 atre tn say of her vacation spent at Ken neburkport, Maine; Boston and New York. that I am passing 1t on to her many friends as near as possioie III her own words:
 Most of my vacation was spent a' .hs ,yeIl known eastern resort, Ken nahunkport. on the coast of Maine yvhere was a guest of an Alabama musician, Mrs. Wayland Pickard. Tn fact. her adorable cottage was named sAla-Bam' We were very near the lovely estate of Booth Tarklns 5oh' where he, lives nine months or the vear and does most of his writing Surely the snow gets too deep 10 stav the other months. The long, snacious house was almost hidden by trees and evergreens. Among other varieties, his garden combines purPle and yellow lilies that border the driveway.
 Margaret Deland's cottage Is not as nretentious as Tarkington's, but typical New England home. She loves her flower garden and cuts her own flowers. Many artists have homes fin Kennebunkport and common thing is to see one painting a sketcn in a, flower garden with girl ana her flower basket as models. one of the interesting old churches IS St Annes by the Sea- built out of rough rocks jutting out irreg- ularly.
 "As went for complete rest from music. I did no summer studying, as I expect to study here under Mir Rubinstein I heard no music TOT a while; however. one of Cincinnatis best music critics and pianists, Gus Palm. and his charming wife, were frequent additions to our parties at the 'Ala-Bam cottage.
 My stay in Boston was all too short and the historical points of in- terest appealed to me. I think 1 had real thrill when I saw the old audi torium where Jenny Lind first sang