| Show S chuman Skeptical On Plans V V I A r rE I Iwho M I I who Is la spending the tho sum aunt summer I J mer mCI at her beautiful coun coui country OUI try Iry home homo on a 5 I plateau of ot the Mountains overlooking the picturesque Valley Indi Indicated to Musical A that sho site was wils WIS not at all al Jn In sympathy with Mme Mine s Idea of ot establishing an Amer Amei AmerIcan Amerlean lean Ican Bayreuth V V There Thero Is II I but ono one Jerusalem one Rome Home one cime Mecca there Is but one Saul said the tile popular contralto You nay may faze razo the tho thi opera house houe lo to It the ground and ship It 11 piece place by piece to Now NI York Yank send scud feud owes over oe tha Ule the artists ts and musicians dig up UI tile the very Iery earth Itself but you OU can cami cannot riot not lot bring to New York tho the atmosphere the Iho environment und Iho tho traditions that surround These art are artand arl coil and will viii wil remain forever sacred You Yuu may establish hero her a Mecca utah and the pilgrim pl hn will 11 look nt mit It and laugh To T 0 attempt to 10 du that thai Is II non lon leI and auth 1 besides would hu ho working against thu th lows laws la 19 of ot nature ridiculous and besides there thero It I Is nit all is Ja no need heed of ot It It tot for wu Wa WI have In Itt II this country every facility for the tho develop development meat ment of ot music that t the tho world afford In every overy little city In tile tho United Stale Hiatus there Is ill a surprising 0 Interest t shown by appreciative musicians In tilt tho advance advancement advancement ment of ot musi of at a n higher order The farmer out fut on Oil the tho It If he has bait hn no 10 machine buys himself a 1 talking No no It Jt Is 1 Impossible to establish an In American Bayreuth declared the singer with wih much earnestness A Ana na no national notional conservatory yes that would bo be a I feasible undertaking site sho added Not one great groat conservatory for the tho whole country but several brandIes branches for different sections of the tha th country under one alit management and supported In or in part by h tile the national or state elate government It t will all IU coma como In time As All soon son 01 as 1 the tha Idea assumes tangible shapo the American people who are tho most liberal and generous In iii the world will trill 1 cheerfully consent to pay a greater musical mu tux tux than at present My ambition Is to establish a beau beautiful home borne for superannuated singers and musicians their and their orphans I would not havo this In lit Institution regarded as a IL charity but butmore more In itt II the tue nature of ot a I pension a ha haven haven havon ven von of oC rest rea for tor the tho men muon and nd women who through Illness Iness or misfortune are aro Incapacitated from earning a living temporarily or for to I all al time AnsI And 11 I would have foreign artists who conic to this country contribute 2 per cent of ot their American dollars to this In lit Institution just an as al they pay to LO tha Iho tiu mu musicians pension fund nil all 11 over Europe Voluntary gifts or percentage contributions tons from artists und musicians would In my tny opinion prove irose for all nIl all needs This In ii n rny my m Ideal enl and to this end cna I X Ishall shall my best fors |
