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Show MVISIC fOr I IT IS THE DRr.AM IVCIOrm f MILLIONAIRE A movement has been .itarled at i Itlrhflcld Hprlnge. N. Y.. which may and certainly ought to become national na-tional and even world wide. It Involve In-volve th great fuetlon of how to spend money so that It will do the reatet good to the gieateat nurotier. Th originator of this movement Is Hubert W. Taller, a New York millionaire, million-aire, who. with his talented family, has spent the summers of several year pant at the fiimous watering resort. Mr. Tatter makes no pretens of being a phtlanthroplat and shrinks from any publicity In rimnecllon with his many generous ads. The ienpln of th pretty central New York vlllago, however, how-ever, arfcctliinnl.dy style blm For a number of seasons h and bis accompllehed wife led In movements which would tend lo aid th younger reeldents of the villas and much good resulted. AHaotintlnn were maintained main-tained In which young men were taught In the different branches of education ed-ucation and Instructed In different trade. Hume of these ar now skilled mt hsiilc and others bold reeponslhl positions In th tinalne world. Th scope of thla Influence upon the people generally was not broad enough tosatlHfy Mr. and Mrs. Taller, and they determined to Inuugurate something that would reach farther. Mrs. Taller being a skilled musician and Mr. Taller Tall-er passionately fond of music, botlf reallta the refining and elevating tendency of a mimical education, tier was the opiKirtunlly for which they had been looking. They would mnka It posellile for every man and woman, boy and girl In Itlchllcld Hprlngs to become be-come prollclent lu playing snin Instrument Instru-ment Th Hlclilli ld Bprlngs Musical Association was formed and I'rof. Frank Thompson, formerly of the Marino Ma-rino Hand at Waililncton, wa secured as Instructor. This wa a year ago. Now the nMirlutlu haa 'two bra bamla, one of twenty pieces, the olher of thirty two, a marine drum corps In which am a dor.cn buys, and a Indies orchestra of twenty Imitriimenta. Karh orKunltntltin Is now ablo to give concerts con-certs and the gueets at the place, many of whom are iuuhIcuI critics, pronounce tho renditions a exceptionally fin. Tho members of the bunds and the drum corps have tho fluent Itistru-menta Itistru-menta obtainable and are tho poasee-ors poasee-ors of attractive uniforms. Th ladle' la-dle' orchestra ha given a number of niuslrales, which aro patronised by the social leaders. The association. In the words of Mr. Taller, la supported by tho people of Itlchfleld. but the people say that Mr. Taller la back of the en tire ntrprl and It success la owing to his generosity. llowevr this msy he. It le certain that lh f urpos of th New York millionaire mil-lionaire tit to continue the work of Interesting In-teresting th people of Kkhflcld In securing se-curing musical educations and to make It possible fur them to becom pro-flrlrnt pro-flrlrnt In th charming ait. II hopes to make th place an object lesson for other communities and It la reasonahl to believe that be hold th opinion thnt olher wealthy people will emulate emu-late his exsmple. The Hi nellient Kct i.f nrh Work would certainly be luestlianbl. Musi is always refining end elevating. A man or a woman who can play an Instrument In-strument well I aur ol social recognition recog-nition wherever he or she may be. A inualcnl education el.la on In entertaining enter-taining and In making tb home lit plcnsunt Many Hhndows would he dispelled dis-pelled from the households of th country If tho father, or mother, or both of them could play some musical lnatrument. pullness, awkwardness, coarseness and Ignorance will speed from lh charms of music Ilk the brooding spirit of darkness from th breaking sunlight Music softena th passlona and Improves th Intellect It Inspire courng and make humanity human-ity better and nobler In every ay. It bring ipilet to tho restless, Joy to th sorrowing, comfort to the lonely and energy to the slothful. It la tho In-eplrntlon In-eplrntlon of youth and the solace of use. It Is one of the golden keys which often unlock the door of tho citadel of succeK. It was Bchwnb's musical ability, aa well ns hla mechanical ability, abil-ity, which Drat attracted the attention of t'arnegle. Th plun eurccHsfully started by th modct millionaire at Itlchfleld Hprlngs elioulil ho lunuitnratcd In every community com-munity In this country. Th wealthy could not Kiend their extra dollar In a better cause. Tho people would ttik almlly to the scheme. In a few year we would he a nation of muelclans and there would he far less of rudeness, mlJery and depravity. Musical bsko-clatlons bsko-clatlons should be formed In every place on tho lines of the on now or-Kanltcd or-Kanltcd In Illcbfleld. Competent Instructors In-structors thould b secured and members mem-bers of both sexea Included In th ntctubcrtihlp. politeness, nnd reflno-meut reflno-meut tn speech and action will follow aa the associations continue. Mr. Taller' Idea I new, so far aa Its manner of execution Is concerned, but It la so plnuslble and reasonabl thnt every one 1 forced to commend It May It succeed beyond tho fondest z-i;cUitlona z-i;cUitlona of Its promoter. " SPSS?? IIB WANTS TO MAKE US A NATION Or MUSICIANS. (Robert W. Taller, a New York millionaire, who baa Inaugurated a nnlqu movement at Itlchfleld Springs, N. Y. Photo by Cameron.) |
