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Show ART NOT ON THE BUM IN KANSAS I e Kansas City. Feb 28 An alderman alder-man not long ago in a speech In the council declared that "art Is on the bum In Kansas City " To disprovo this asrrrtion, which has caused wide discussion pro and con, Mrs. G. W. Filler, chairman of the executive committee of the Kansas City Musical Mu-sical club, made public today a report re-port on musical activity In tho city. Mrs Teller's denunciation of the alderman's statement was based primarily pri-marily the success of tho Kansas City symphony orchestra, conducted by 'Carl Busch. Starting out with plans for two concerts by widely fnmous artists In the year, tho orchestra, or-chestra, she said, had been compelled through the Insistence of subscribers, to increase the number to six. Whereas, Where-as, she said, such organizations in many cities had met almost Insurmountable Insur-mountable financial difficulties, the orchestra found no deficit at the end of the year and was preparing a big j increase in the number of Its members mem-bers and top number of its concerts for the next season. |