Show WAR TEACHES p BUSINESS TO VALUE MUSIC Experience of Soldiers Converts Converts Converts Con Con- verts Many lany Industrial Leaders of America l Pierre I ICey CTt In the New York World orld Gathering data and arrangIng It In tabulated form Is a n. favorite favorito recreation for or statisticians at this period of or or c every year ear But nut tho the musical accomplishment of 1918 needs no cross eross Indexing Indexing- for tor 1 J r ready nd reference Much uch has hns been ac ac- ac Tho The new year holds a still sUIl larger promise In the wa way of opportunity opportunity to Americans It h has s taken talen the tho war and tho the part the United States was privileged to pIa play In It to bring to man many persons a re realization realization re- re of oC the Importance mu music lc playa plays In the time life of oC every civilized community Before our boys went to tho the training camps and aUd subsequently over therea there a a. goodly number of or business men I couldn't discern even cen with a spyglass 8 an any roal real reason for Cor encouraging encouraging- the best music performed as such guch music I should be To them good music meant classical b by which they meant do- do void old of melo melody which most classical I music assuredly is not and to these folk tolk the word musician served merely more mere I 11 ly 13 ag as a synonym for Cor lon long hair Before DeCore our soldier and sailor fighters sent word home how much music meant to them and until the ranking officers rs of ot I the tho arm army and navy also emphasized the fact tho the saber aber business men regards ed music as a a. nonessential Men S-cc S ee c In III last two years however how It has been lifted from this class and andI put into that of ot other necessities DurIn During Dur Dur- DurIng I In ing that time an amazing number numb r of ot men who havo heretofore considered music as ls but another form forni of oC sentimental sentimental senti senti- mental b product by-product have e seen a now light Th They jy havo made mado a discovery and appear willing to a admit past st erroneous conclusions b by hastening to make malte I amends for or a a. distorted viewpoint caused b by no less and mortifying a athing athing thing than Ignorance upon this particular particular par ham subject There always alwa's Is hope for tor the he person who confesses to hIn having liar hav- In ing been wrong and In this Important I uv IjU The banker the lawyer tho the doctor tho the manufacturer the wholesaler and retailer who formerly clapped their I hands over o their ears when you ou mentioned mentioned mentioned men men- Schumann are arc now willing to listen hite to the thc musical prowess of or Brahms In all parts of or the country men of oC In Influence In- In fluence In their respective communities communities ties are arc commencing to swell the time num nuni- ber bel who have discovered how much I music does for tho betterment of ot the Individual ual who ho hears music Of ot a a. sudden sud sud- de den der these reclaimed ones have hare taken to puckering their lips in whistling a tune tunc All Ail of or which is significant America linn haM RI The Tue United States has had no easy row ro roto to hoc boo to give mu music lc its chance chanco The Time clink chink of ot one ono dollar doUar against as another has proved a sound far to some somo cars than the tIme dulcet tones of ot the singer or 01 time the tinkle tinkle-tinkle of oC a piano Tho The whoso whose repertoire exten extended ed I materially beyond tho the confines of oC the I 1 Virginia reel was frowned upon aa as oCi of oC i no account a a. candidate for Cor loose ways I and financial ruin Gallant bands of or women aided b by that class cl of oC business businessmen men whoso whose vision foresaw the tho influence ence of or music helped In tho start Ith It h has haa H been a slow process but It has been beena a steady one Now ow the tho country Is awake to tho the purpose of or grand opera tho symphony orchestra concert the time oratorio and tho the recitals At last It ft Is realized that such music music music mu mu- sic Is la as needful a food for Cor the Ufe soul soulas as aa other foods are arc for tor the body And it is well for us as a a. people that this Is so The The majority of or American homes havo have in theta them either a piano or orsome orsome some somo other othel musical Instrument An amazing amazing- percentage of the these e families too boasts young oun people who are either cither musically mu proficient or making I I ress rem to that end So musicians arc re at last becoming recognized as outside tho the vagabond class an and their wares as le lc legitimate to bo bought when the tIme quality It ity anti anA price are arc what the commercial world worM v-rma v right |