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Show ABOUT THIS, THAT AND T'OTHER By D. J. G. The meetings which have been held in con;Ctlon with plans to organize a community mal. chorus In gden have Inspired all kinds of artistic proposals At on- of these meetings, somebody j called attention to the fact that Ogden Is a city without even on monument Then somebody suggested that the proposed 'shell" for th- presentation of out-of-doora musical events should be designed atyl constructed nu u substitute sub-stitute for any monument. What the deuce is a shell" somebody some-body may ask A ' shell" is a structure struc-ture containing a stae with a concave soudlng board b-hlnd It Shells are found in all progressive communities from which to give band concerts, or concerts or as places 1,1 hold open-air meetings It is believed that the cltj will contribute con-tribute $1000 for the construction ot a. 'shell in one of the. parks. But BOm artist!.- minded clllz- ns. Including M Charles Woods, architect, and president presi-dent of tho Ogden tabernacle choir, eblieves that it would bo virtually a crime to build a .sh-U ...Minx only 1 000. They viy that efforts shouM b made to put up a structure that really will be a credit to the city and will not become a defacement of a publh park when time begins to wear off the newness ijcatcr Hlnohcliff, director of tin- Ogdrn tuhernucle choir, nnd S IIs 0 wire In tho list of those who are promotln? enthusiasm for better music mu-sic In Ogden, has a suggestion H suggests that the tabernacle choir, the Ogden Musicians' Protective union and th. Community Male chorus co-oper-, ate to give a scries of concerts, thei receipts of which shall go into a fund to build a really first class "shell." j Lester is eager to make the rendition1 of Haydn's "Creation" an anual event in Ogden each spring He wants the performance to take place in the open, j oi. Haydn intended his musical story, of the creation to be told in the open. If there is a first class "shell" available, avail-able, ono big enough to hold several hundred singers and an orchestra of fifty. LiBter declares there Is no reason rea-son why the performance of this groat event cannot be made an annual event. Thus far nearly everybody believes that tho bent place for the proposed musical center Is Lester park. Charhiy Woods believes Leater park Is tho proper place, but he points out that in Lorln Farr park there Is an exceptionally exception-ally fine natural site for a Greek theatre. the-atre. This spot is on the south border of the. park, across the river, where thero L a big "U" Indentation in tho bluff. CharlcyipjayH the bluff can bo terraced and HR rete seats laid with a minimum or expense, The stage WOUld be placed at the river s i dgi Singers and speakers on the stage would then direct their voices against p ri iced slopes nf the hill There would be enough space In the arena for the presentation of great pageants. It Is seldom that I hear an address praised more than the address given In t tgden canyon by George H Hoss, president of the Kiwanls clubs International. Interna-tional. RoSs' address did not last more than fifteen minutes, some say only-five only-five minutes. I wish some long-Wlndl d orators would profit by this. Ross says he makes It a point to confine his addresses to twenty minutes at the most. Kin Hubbard says if there Is anything that should be over and done with by 10 o'clock It's an amateur performance per-formance Likewise if there Is anything any-thing which should bo limited to 20 mlniife It is I he averaco soeech. L There are many persons who have inquired just what action the federa-Itlon federa-Itlon of women's clubs took at its meeting meet-ing in Chautauqua. N Y, with reference refer-ence to the billboard question. The following resolution was adopted as loxpressing the attitude of the women's , clubs WHEREAS, Poster advertising maybe may-be a worthy form of commercial art provided in size and location it does not despoil architecture or scenic j beauty, yet there are-. many signboards .and billboards which, because of their placing do disfigure building and conceal con-ceal attractive areas along the publle highways. WHEREAS Many states have invested in-vested millions of public funds in highways one return from which to tho taxpaj'ers Is the full enjoyment of outdoor beauty, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED. Th;u th Qeneral Federation or Women's Wo-men's Clubs in convention assembled hereby declares that advertising signs which Interfere with this right are an infringement upon the lights of th. i publlr ,iiui should be restricted by taxation tax-ation like other income bearing prop-' erty and regulated by law j FURTHER BE IT RESO&VED.j That It Is the sense of this meeting that club women should protest individually indi-vidually and collectively to advertlsoi s ' who use large. Ill-placed signs, which depreciate the aluc of the adjacent property, ami are unworthy the name1 of commercial art. |