| Show THE cultivation OF tue THE fyne FINE ants ARTS T T THE influence of the arasin arts in refining society is paramount and no community can claim a front rank in the van h of civilization where music painting and their kindred 1 branches neglected or where they are not sedulously cultivated and developed this constitutes one of the main differences between old and newly settled countries in the latter the attention of all is of necessity turned to the production of the necessaries of lileto the arec erection tion of dwellings sc schol ho houses hauses and otiler other things absolutely in to ly needed even oven in me nie primary condition di t lon ton of any community not composed of savages by and by as such communities inci inck increase increase ease in material wealth the esthetic taste natural to all the sons daughters and of adam crops out and seeks gratification bythe by the cultivation of such ranches branches are necessarily offery of very biow alow growth for not possessing the requisites to satisfy mans phy physical necessities their thel influence is scarcely ever seit until food and other material comforts are prod produced peed geed in abundance but in the progress of every community possessing any claim 1 14 civilization the tha id day hy surely comes when the esthetic or we the love iove of tho the asserts assents its hower power and when the nine fine arta arts bated edeh y euch such aday a day aay has comann ou our liis tory fory in the pat nat the attention h and d energies p I f the MR people eoj pie pio owing to thyl thil iti abst un exampled exam pled pied difficulties witla eldh they have had to cope hade hate heob taxed to the uttermost to procure abundance of dobya food and clothing comfort comfortable ble blo dwellings eto etc stow tuat that thee nto ar plentiful the attention of one here and another there thero is 19 haing turned to the cultivation of music painting and so on of all the fine arts cultivated music by its power to and gratifying the senses of alli all ail commands and receives attention firt first bence since ted parlie dayson day here therm there hava have been beed i numbers amongst us who have performed instruments st lents and who hava have gratified themselves sud and others akiso aniso lu so doing still music has hias never been cultivated ii it ha haa never uever ever been studied scientifically it ifcic evne one of the most beautiful and difficult culton of the sciences and to render the grand rand nand productions of the masters effectively a vast amount of cultivation and study la Is requisite nay indispensable this 4 s true speaking of music el either elther theras as a science or an art but owing to the causes referred to above these have never been bestowed upon it in this territory but we we are happy in believing that the dawning of a brighter day has arrived in this city as well as other portions rt ons of the territory music is receiving iving a good share of attention and an interest is being awakened in it buch auch as has never existed here before this is especially true of this city we learn that professor get geb careless leader of the theatrical orchestra a thoroughly competent m man i an is instruct instructing two dwor classes in musical theory and that last evening he commenced an instrumental class for string and reed instruments trume tru ments rits lits in which amateurs no matter how deficient if they have industry and perseverance may soon acquire lre ire a mastery over their Y al instruments this thih is an excellent opportunity for the young men of this city and we hope of brother Careless will meet with the encouragement coura gement it deserves and that before long it may develop shinto aminto the tho establishment of quartette clubs br or a musical society where the choicest compositions of the greatest composers willbe rendered tendered with all the effect necessary to show out their beauty we have a wonderful amount of natural musical mou talent here and proper cultivation is all that is needed to make music a source of delightful recreation painting ain aln ting is another branch of the fine arbs arta that we are pleased to notice a receiving a growing share of attention lion iton t and we have several artists among amongst stub ua choin in the older settled portions ions lons of the world would be able to make their mark aa as men of ability if not of genius enius in their profession among t these ese we may mention ottinger morris ursenbach lambourne and others who are devoting their time and energies to the cultivation ti of thein their art I 1 we ve h hope e to see a taste for the cultivation wot b tot op these and every other art and science cultivated among our people until their full fall power and influence in elevating and refining human nature is felt and experienced by ithe ahe whole community |
