Evening star., 1933-10-21

Not very much interested. some one
says2
quite 80. Not in the going.
One simply may be tired Of going
downtown to a playhouse. Is DR.. john
son suggested.
This may be both physical and men
tai tiredness.
It may be o gradual weaning away
from the physical theater. One finds
other things to do which interest one
more.
New interests come into life and
these tend to eclipse the active par
ticipation In the other and older in
terests.
There is q likelihood that some. OF
these human beings who love nothing
more than Q first night" are suffering
from an arrested development and do
not know 1t. Surely they would never
admit it.
Some Of these inveterate theatergoers
attend out Of sheer habit. Going to the
show has become q part of their lives
and, If so, that is their business. Nc
one would say word against q whole
scme and altogether delightful diver
sion. Yet it will be found that these
very persons are the most likely to have
several words to say, and these none
too kindly, concerning those persons
who prefer to emulate DR.. johnson.
Il 4 II \
"Or that we find other things that We
like better" said he.
Comfortable and slippered ease, nc
doubt Of 1t, Is one OF these "otheI
things"
After one has seen all the great plays
attended many of the famous first
nights" become slightly bored with the
physical progress to and from the play.
house. there may come time when
the lights Of home seem brighter, when
the radio sounds sweeter than the best
orchestra "in person"
Growing old?
No doubt Of it at all!
But growing old Is not altogether q
deleterious process, nor one which In
variably reflects compelled giving up
Often enough one relinquishes be.
cause one wants to relinquish.
1t Is the same with attendance al
| concerts of various types.
| One may have heard so much good
music in the past that 1t sufices for q
| lifetime
Those who hold otherwise too We.
hemently have not accorded music the
simple Justice which is her due. II
divine music hath charms to soothe thu
savage breast, as has been said, it pos.
sesses the ability to satisfy, even as thu
cigarette.
The satisfaction Of good music ma,
be lifelong satisfaction. When ont
| has played music ones self and heard
most, If not all, of the best compost.
tions, properly rendered upon appro.
pirate occasions; when one has delvet
into music as lover and fancier and ex.
plored in many realms thereof, one i.
entitled to feel at last that no new
group can show one much that is diff.
| ferent.
These musical memories one harbors
| in mind, heart and very spirit-thest
are the best part Of music. But some
OF those who demand their weekly con.
certs the loudest know not this happi-
ness
We who feel that we do could but
wish that they could. too. But at leas
they might learn to let us alone.
Fond memories Of plays and musica
evenings! They cannot and do not TAXI
the place Of living. breathing, playing
But even the radio, rightly handled
may satisfy those who possess grea'
| treasures in memory. The radio mal
be used as a musical instrument, II ont
knows how. AS we advance on thl
journey of life. we do indeed DROP
some of the things which have pleased
us. but we do not forget them-only
| change their form.