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Show THEOUTLOBK PRAISES ORGHESTRA Declaring that "there arc few orchestras or-chestras in the world that can bo ranked with the Minneapolis Symphony Sym-phony orchestra of Chicago and tha Boston symphony, a writer in the Outlook Out-look discusses the visit of tho Minneapolis Minne-apolis organization to New York and other eastern cities. He continues that "Minneapolis has a reason to be proud of its orchestra" and "the eastern east-ern cities have to look to their laurels." lau-rels." The Outlook writer says: "Time was when such music as the modern orchestra gives could in the west bo heard only as it was given by an orchestra from tho east. Inestimable Inestim-able service was rendered to the country coun-try by what Theodore Thomas did In his travels with his orchestra. Now the eastern cities have lo look to their laurels. v "For example, there arc few orchestras orches-tras in the world that can be ranked, with the Minneapolis orchestra. An J orchestra such as this is like an indi-1 vidual it has a soul and body. ItSj soul is its musical qualities; its body Is its financial support. Emil Ober-hoffcr, Ober-hoffcr, the conductor of the Minneapo-' lis Symphony orchestra, is the creator of Its soul; while a group of public- spirited men and women of Minneapolis Minneapo-lis is the creator of its body. Minne-j npolls has a reason to be proud of its orchestra. It belongs In the samel class with the Boston Symphony or- chestra and tho Thomas orchestra of i Chicago," I This orchestra will appear in the Ogdon tabernacle al an early date. |