Show WHAT CAN NOW BE DONE 1 Sixty-four Sixty years ago thirty men in Vienna met and founded a singing socie society y under the name name of Wiener l Iam The society grew and became famous eminent composers like Mendelssohn Mendelssohn Mendelssohn sohn Liszt Wagner Bruckner Brahms and Johann Strauss were glad to be honorary members Now the choir has active members It includes representatives tives of all social classes but it is called The Millionaire Millionaire Mil Mil- club The choir goes off to other cities citie and gives concerts but always for charity In that that- way it has given for different charities in Vienna Well VeIl a few weeps ago a special vessel was chartered and the choir came to New York It has given two concerts at Carnegie hall The tickets were all sold long in advance of their coming the proceeds all going to local charities Speaking of the mu music ic we will copy a little ittle from the Nation it may maybe maybe maybe be of use to our our local critics After describing the music sung the account says In the rendering of all these things the singers sing sing- ers displayed a precision of attack a distinctness of enunciation a refinement of shading that were exemplary ox- ox and fully justified the reputation of this society as the leading male choir in the world We W have stated the foregoing as an interesting h bit t of news but we wish in addition to state that because of that society in part at least Vienna ranks as one of the great musical centers of Europe And nd there are quite thirty people in this town who could join together and lay the foundation of a a great conservatory where music drawing elocution elocution elocution tion and kindred fine arts could be taught and such a society pursuing such a course would in less than half of sixty four years make Salt Lake City the musical center of the West More l it would improve improve improve im im- im- im prove the speech of the people it would give the Salt Lake citizens a better idea of f real music and of real eloquence than they ever ecer obtained before before before be be- fore it would teach them to discriminate between real music and real oratory and the sham article They would get to understand as never before that there is nothing in music half so splendid as a a perfectly trained human voice they would would- get get- getto t tI to I uder understand tand too that of all aU the splendid things they i j have read such as Shakespeare and THE TELEGRAM TELEGRAM TELEGRAM TELE TELE- GRAM they never understood the absolute force and beauty of words until they heard the absolutely proper expression put upon them A few of our people peo peo- people pIe know the Lords Lord's prayer by heart heart heart-a a good many others have heard it repeated but Edward Booth could repeat it in a way to thrill and bring tears to the eyes y s of all his listeners Murdoch the old time tragedian could read a passage in Sh Shakespeare and make the chills run up ones one's back the same as when a land lubber unfamiliar with the sea finds himself himself himself him him- self standing on the deck of the re rear r of a ship when the bow of that ship rises on a wave he has that same queer feeling go up his back and has has- hasa a sense of insecurity in his soul lest he cannot go down as fast as that deck seems to be going A musical and fine line art conservatory in Salt Lake ake launched under proper r rope auspices a and d carl carried ed edon I on on with all would in In fifteen years give Salt Lake a distinct fame and would be everything to its own people |