Show GOOD WOKK DONE Mr Goddard Thinks Mr Stephens Entirely Too Modest To the Editor of THE HCBAIA In perusing the reply of Prof Stephens Ito Ito I-to One of Em I desire to say that I con fcider ho is mistaken when bo says the Salt Lake public owe him nothing In my opinion I consider they owe him at least a debt of gratitude for his untiring selfsac rificing and successful labors in the cause bf the art divine The Salt Lake public can well afford to be generous with a man Vvho has wrought from crude material such finished and glorious results as those Uchievcu by Mr Stephens The development develop-ment of talent through such selfsacrilicinR labor and devotion a evinced by Mr Stephens can not be guaped by a monetary fetandard I speak advisedly when 1 say that no man could accomplish what the professor has accomplished without being Imbued with loftier motives than those prompted solely through a desire to benefit himself in a pecuniary sense I agree with Mr Stephens that his efforts and the efforts ef-forts of the children at the recent festival matinee did not meet With that recognition from the parents that they should havo received I may have been thoughtlessness on the part of the parents but the majority of them could not consistently offer such excuses ex-cuses as those presented One of EmIt Em-It would be a sad comment on tho good sense and judgment of the parents to say J that upon an occasion fraught with such beneficial results as our recent festival t tnd which comes but once a year an extra ex-tra exertion could not be made towards getting the weekly housecleaning done Blew hours earlier and a few dollars diverted di-verted from less profitable sources such as bathing excursions theatres concerts et to lend aid and encouragement to their children who are striving by the aid of their leader to develop that heavenly talent of music which God has so abundantly blessed them with I consider that the failure of the parents to attend the festival mentioned was a poor return for thefaith ful and disinterested work Mr Stephens has done in advancing the cause of music C in our midst The remarks of One of Em regarding the proud professor r 7 are amusing t one who knows the r |