Show Souses Souse's s Band I's Is I Self Supporting At a moment when so much talk about music for tor the people is going the rounds when appeals are made for tor subsidized concerts or opera for educational purposes purposes pur pur- poses it Is well to remember that there is self one-self supporting musical organization tion In existence This organization Is known everywhere and by everybody asSousa as asSousa asSousa Sousa and his his' band Twenty-nine Twenty years ago John Philip Sousa then a well known composer musician and leader started his band on n Its career and never has he asked any favors favors' of ot the public or solicited funds wherewith to endow his band His own o name has been the principal principal principal pal factor In his success artistic as as well as financial He has simply asked the public to attend his concerts to enjoy them and to pay a small sum of money at the doors No one has ever questioned for a moment the fact tact that he has given many hundreds of t thousands of patrons more than their moneys money's worth In truth he almost invariably doubles the length of ot othis his advertised programs by encores and everyone n k knows what h the quantity and Wt quality of t a Sousa program Is is The success of ot Sousa and anti his band proves that the public will support a musical organization when its leader is gifted and sensible enough to give the public what It wants And Sousa knows exactly what It does want That is one of ot the attributes of ot his genius Ho He has his finger constantly on the pulses of ot the multitudes of ot people who are eager to listen to good music He has toured this country over and over again from one end to the other and his name has be become become become be- be come a magical word vord For more than a quarter of ot a century Tie he has gone on and prospered His work has been more varied va- va varied varied va va- ried than the work of ot almost any other famous musician for tor he has not only traveled at the head of ot his band and conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted many concerts but he has composed composed composed com com- posed many marches several operas and numerous other musical pieces Why has Sousa become famous and why has he prospered The answer maybe may maybe maybe be easily discovered He lIe has relied wholly wholly ly upon his own skill and antt upon the ability abl of the musicians he has gathered about him He has unostentatiously educated the public to a liking for band music at its best All that the seek to todo todo do do all that those who are trying to raise called educational educational educational edu edu- funds for the support of ot so 50 musical courses Sousa ousa has done singly on his own Initiative and through his own musical genius And he has done not merely a service to the great public He has also established and carried ona on ona ona a band of ot expert musicians who could otherwise have had n i outlet for tho the expression of ot their talents were it not for the enthusiasm and the Inspiration of ot his training While he has been educating educating educating edu edu- cating the public pUblio he has at the same time been educating musicians It is to Sousa that the American people have looked are looking and will continue to look forthe for forthe forthe the best there is in our national music Goldwyn continues to enlarge Its Us scenario department A A. Channing EdIngton Edington Edington Ed- Ed ington who has been at the studios for tor two years In the capacity of reader reMer and assistant director Is the latest addition addition addition addi addi- tion to the scenario staff He has al already already already al- al ready written a number of ot stories William Bare Dare Knuckles a II recent sell Russell starring vehicle was from his pen |