Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-02-16 | Page 22 | Music Lessons Given to Poor by Foundation

Music Lessons Given to poor Poor By Foundation j S St. St t. t Louis L. OUIS 0 Organization S Completes Three Years Yeara j S of Service I ST. ST LOUIS Feb ch 15 UP UP That tho means mean of oC acquiring culture should bo ho available to all is la tho time basis upon which tho time Comm Community Music Schools Foundation has conducted conducted con con- ducted dueled three thre years ears of or successful work in St. St Louis It Is Js seeking to do for tho the music lovers lovert of or tho tim community what tho art museums tine tile public libraries s an and universities do clo for other phases of oC art It Is necking to solve soho Individual and amid social problems I lems ms by giving 1 three eighty men women and children tho time opportunity to study lc people who 1 would otherwise bo unable imitable to enjoy such Instruction As As a a. combative of ot crime music music- has hag no equal said Dr Percival Chubb a a. member of oC tho tIm board hoard ot or directors Music can tame tamo beasts and we certainly ne need Its its its' influence to tame tho Ito wild J tion which huts has developed loped In our I J J modern cities Tho Tito boy or girl who sings or plays a a. musical instrument in in- in strument has lizs a a. source of or H then Uon which I Is far for s superior to an any t passive O recreation which can b be Tj 4 offered It gives him an tn A 1 A i unity to entertain himself and at atthe Ml the thc samo same time develop his Imis per- per i iI j jI I I firmly believe G that music Ia is Iaone one of oC tho time greatest needs in Amer lea ica at tIme the present time to combat tho lie crime time tho deadly monotony anti and routine o of Industrial life lICe aM the lack Jad o of community life Other cities havo o for or years r recognized tho lie necessity of C co community music and tho creation of oC musical tun Hies for those who wish them One of ot time the oldest music lovers lover benefited by tho the foundation la Is a Russian I Immigrant grandmother learning to pta play the tho piano piano- Well past pact 50 with hands stiff fr from m years of or drudgery CI unable to speak English English En- En glish gush well and aUlI in extremely Urn him circumstances sho she has 1115 found jO Joy in satisfying a a. lifelong 1 ambi ambi- tion then Once a week she ho takes take a piano lesion on from a foundation teacher and in Imi her lien own home on a second t or third hand piano which she has managed ed to purchase she sho ho practices practices practices' diligently The 23 cents cent a week which shichi sho simo pa pays s 's for Lor her lesson Jesson is a sacrifice cc A young youn girl irl who works 1 In a a. department store storo is 13 being given 1 harp lessons through the tho to tion Her mother Is a a. harpist and her father ather Is a a. harp maker but bUI through family estrangement the the t tirl Till irl iri was thrown n on her own re re- re and although t knew how to pin pia play tho the harp she h he l' l could not nol afford one Tho Time foundation loan foun dation is i- furnishing her her- hera a a. rented e Instrument and a a. teach teacher r r. r She is Ii 13 often heard over O the radio i Tho Tim foundation 1 is fg not mere merel merely tr trying in to assist tho the musical musically gifted students to obtain tho time n necessary training to develop elop their theil talents Its Ite more molo object is to make makai I music a part of or the lives hives of ot thoss thos who isho long bug for or it H. l S