Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-13

lnPOQOIG IOOOoCNSlJ-
How Firm Foundation"
Woodrow Wilson
"The Son of God Goes Forth to
War" Heber, 1927
onward Christian Soldiers" Sulli-
van 1871.
Warren c. Harding
"Abide With Me- w. H Mouk, 1861.
Thirty-two states have state chair
men of church music. Arizona is not
one of them
A bit of checking up on what our
school children are doing in music
will show that they are exerting a
very positive influence upon the pro-
gress of the art in this country.
Reports from the other side state
that the American tenor, Theo Karle,
has made noteworthy vocal strides
since he arrived in Italy year ago.
The progress of the Boy Scout
Band in four months time is tri-
butte to their leader, Mr.. Hansen and
reflects the earnest endeavor of Lynn
S. Palmer and his coteries
I Burns, the New York detective is
credited with having said: "Show me
the community loving good music and
I'll show you the community with the
least crime"
When the San Carlo Grand opera
company opened its ninth New York
season in September, it provided the
dedicatory attraction at Fortune Gal
los new theatre-concert hall on West
Forty-third street. To Mr.. Gallo, the
occasion marked more than mere
increment to the list of Manhattan
ftheatres-to him it is visible piece
of evidence of his climb up the ladder
of success.
The history of the San Carlos COM
pany is of interest due to the part it
has played in the furnishing of op-
cratic talent to the major music
drama organizations throughout the
country. Many young artists who
started their musical careers with this
company are now familiar names on
the roster Of the Metropolitan and
| Chicago operas, as well as the St.
Louis Opera Company, the Cincin-
natl Zoo, and San Francisco and Los
Angeles companies and in the music
world at large.
! There have been, however, seasons
which yielded profit as high as sew
/ enty-five thousand dollars in about
thirty-five weeks. There has never
been a season since the beginning OF
seventeen years ago that showed a loss,
/ but Gallo admits that in the past two
seasons little has been made on &C
count of mounting costs. With a tour
1 ing budget higher than ever before,
4 through the raising of salaries in all
DEPARTMENTS, the company has been
/ kept going as matter of what the
jimpresario calls sentiment" He VIII
continue to do this he says "as long
as the various unions allow us to sur
vive," but it will not be allowed to
become an eleemosynary, institution.
How much does it cost IN actual
figures to maintain a company Such
as the San Carlos? The. steadily rls-
ing prices of the past fifteen years
have affected artistic enterprises as
we'll as the more materialistlc under
! takings.
Seventeen years ago, choristers were
getting twenty dollars week on tour
and eighteen in New York. Now they
are drawing seventy dollars a week
with extra pay for rehearsais. AT the
same time property men are getting
| thirty, electricians thlrty-tlve ana
carpenters forty dollars a week, NOW
/ they are getting minimum OF eighty
i tive dollars, and it is necessary to pay
bonuses bringing the total to one
hundred dollars for capable men,
Orchestra musicians were then re-
ceiving about thirty-five dollars a
week, which contrasts radically with
| the demand for one hundred ana