Show TU milL fAILS X MEA MEAy I A Ac Y c BY y MARGARET E SANGSTER I t OSTON Feb 2 25 svelte audacious with voice oice already well placed afraid O neither of hard work nor of I 1 associations full of vIm er and ty utterly determined to ar 01 live by forte persistence as well as Of is the type ot of girl who squirms past the guardians or of the mee resents presents a halfhearted note or of Intro secures a coveted to try to make good in the or of or from rom Madrid takes the fancy or of the toWn ton Including the Johnnies in the box Is promoted to a leading In the latest musical extravaganza The Slow Gun Is diligently written up b by alert press agents and rapidly advanced to a standing as an American celebrity with the certainty that London will go wild lid over her a little later Such girls are exceptional Even Een of 1 those who begin the study of professional music resolved to become sing rs 18 In rand grand or light opera distin distinguished gushed violinists or pianists or re renowned comp compOsers sers the number of those who are arc ever heard f m Is necessarily sarU very ver small It Is a truism to say that peculiar qualities ot of temperament as ai well as technical accomplishment are needed for tor advancement In the se serious serious rious of furnishing amusement to the nations few tew places are open and those only to the specially g gifted and the in What becomes ot of those who fall For the most part according to Mr Ralph L Flanders manager ot of the Nev England Conservatory of Music it t can an b bb said that they succeed in n l less ss arduous and exacting work A book shortly to appear givIng statis tics as to the whereabouts and present callings or of about 2000 graduates of this musical institution is revelation a of the native adaptability of the average Am young Oung person persan and of the ca capacity of t the e AmerIcan public tn hate t and find I for them to do In spite of ih u u b the very con num bf ber r ot of American music schools tp to say sa of the output from European academies and studios nearly aU all seem to find placer place The girl who after finishing her c coUrse at the spends a winter vainly darkening the doors ot of metropolitan only to discover that such talent as she has Is all too plentiful often finds out that by giving lessons to the children of West Side families she can an manage to meet the monthly hold holdup up which Is technically known as rent In n New Yorks musical center or fail ing that ev refuge of the musician she applies to a teachers agency and secures a position at least a living salary attached as head of the musical department of ofa a Presbyterian n college In Alabama or oras as vocal Instructor In a girls finishing school In New England Teaching of course is traditionallY the main reliance of af the musician man manor or woman who has not succeeded in arriving pt at great popular favor as a performer pr or who does daes not care even eyen to flint aim for this kind df r success Ex mi ration of the list of graduates of the New England Conservatory the oldest of American music schools that nt at least SO 80 per cent of the worn women en grad graduates Ua tes eIther are naw no teaching or did before be ore their marriage Many stu dEnts enter such a school with no na other ather object in view Oftentimes they come from fram cities or towns in which the op ap to make malte a fair livelihood opI as asa a aa I a music teacher teather Is alread pr present sent given Iven only a sufficient technical pro A girl entering the conserva tory with a yi view m to preparing herself hersell for such a place cannot be said to have hav failed to become became a Nordica she never planned to be anything of the sort But Bul Buta L a great many others start out with no nc lower OWr resolution than that of oC Boston New York and London anti and ii iia I a great reat man many instances the they fetch up U a very v 1 useful efficient l In Instruct rs at Selma Saginaw or 3 All sorts of factors may against a students accomplishing what whal t she Fhe had cut out for herself A certai L girl Irl for far example who came to Boston from a village in New York st state te I six si years yeaTs ago had a feeling for tIn the loUn which made her masters I great rEat things thing for her She was a Jess ess too tireless for tor tIn the only criticism or of her work was that sin she exceeded her strength In Ii her dall daily she was admirable But physical frailty r conjoined with ex sensitiveness or of spirit made pub pubS j lic appearances a torture During tIn the S f r latter part of her course after opportunity was made for far her to b exhibit before beCore a Boston public the th S talent which her instructors knew C had bad developed and on ever every 1 ithe did wretchedly The critics to the p persons c cOnsternation said so In print prin wh why so sa feeble a performer had beer been rr starred Still the girl clung to the idea of be coming a professional She needed neede beI I manE money but she declined two offers to b teach which presented themselves S directly after graduation One or of her he C instructors feeling certain that the tb C Cyoung young oung woman would never succeed un something of the sensitiveness and an 1 shyness could be rubbed off art b by contac C wit Ith the everyday world got her a r chance to a play in a womans rt t S at a hIgh grade metropolitan 0 0 7 bouse ouse The conditions there er C singularly favorable st strong Musicians have grown out ot of lust such an environ environment nent ment for the nightly grind that dead the sensibilities or ar some steadies S the faculties ot of others The girl was exposed to no unpleasantness ot of asso elation dation Her fell fellow 0 performers were generally retired wen well educated and welt well trained The work was not excessively severe The music played was good or of its kind and rather simple Yet Tet the young virtuoso though given givena a lair fair trial b by the patient manager still could not her nervousness and s spent nt aU all her days das In anguished ex exp p ot of the evening performance At the end of at two weeks she gave gaye It up and was glad to take a place or of special teacher or of the violin In a wealthy western family That was nearly two years ago She has since then worked up a clientele in the city to which she went Is successful with her pupils and is earning a very hand handsome handsome some lIving lIlno Incidentally she has not made a public appearance since she left the orchestra tra and does daes nat not expect to 4 Another type or of a girl who is 15 apt to fall to realize her ambition n a distinguished musical ner is the one who Is afraid of hard rk Music ts as aU all the world knows is one of af the most exacting or of the arts eem L student who enters such lIUch a 8 t school as the New England tar tory should understand the necessity for serious continuous effort and most mast do At the same time every Instructor can an tell tales out of at school ot of young oung women who vho did brilliantly throughout their course but who ha just missed being gOOd enough from an standpoint because the they had never J learned to do their best aU all the time Without in any wa way depreciating the th value alue or of the work f musical education tion In a girls seminary In or Idaho it Is a fact that a slight ten dEney dency tOo to let practice and re hilde In favor of social less etI eri erious ous OUI In a teacher there than It is If lit In a ayoung 2 young aung person upon whose effort the receipts of a meD meV L reliable nor the steady but r V sluggish girl can be expect expected ed Cd to become became notable In the music though she may play her part as a highly competent person T Tt e young women who for far various go g Into musIC teaching are very variously placed The public schools which employ a considerable number of oC specialists at salaries rang Ing from torn down to a few fen hundred dollars give ghe opportunities to many There Thoro are somewhat m more re than a hun dred In the United States which maintain music departments of greater or less pretension and these provide for a considerable of the best trained young musicians Boarding schools and private day there are in abundance ce and Its a small and poor place where at least one ane capable musician found mak Ing a lair fair living by taking private pu pupIls pIle pIls helps out a good goad many whose income would otherwise be restricted The book of New Eng land Conservatory Conservator graduates shows that the alumnae who teach are found faund In every quarter of the globe |