13, 1923
excessive frivolities,- or perhaps she toss of a Leginska-type shock of hair, Ing their Inferiority. .
W1 POwas just plain lazy, but a nice girl and would hold their own as long as This musical ,activity of women wil
and all that,-so she may be granted there was no competition with the produce no happier results than i
a a normal diploma. i opposite sex. But .as soon -as Field hitherto has if institutes permit them
M USIC he fey nmen -that attengl m Marshall dIndy had exchanged swords selves to be contented with the loaf-
schools can be divided into ~tlaree with 'General Casell the women uing type of girl, which they undoubt-
__ classes: those that are talented work- would not stand a ghost of a chance, edly will for many unavertable rea-
Com m unication er who intend to go on with their but would, of course, persist in deny- (Continued on Page Seven)
music after having exhausted the ofl
Sir: ferings of the school; and then those
Let it be said at the very start that who, though they may be diligent, are
this article deals not with prime sadly lacking in gift, and so they make -
donne, but rather with composers and the grave mistakes of intending to-
musicians. Yes, it is sad but true- professionalize in music as a life oc-j
the idols of the song lover are not cupation. In the third class are those 1'
musicians, with but remarkably few who love music and study it as a side
exceptions. line in order that the joys of their TOA L
For the last five hundred years it lives may be enhanced. But this third!
has been an accepted truth that wo- group need not be considered for the B A N K
men are the musical sex. Moreover, discussion deals only with those who
there seems to be no prospect of the become famous and with those who ORGANIZED 1863
sad realization of the fact that they never become anything, not with tose-
are not. Nearly every girl from the who are slightly known, even for their
middle class up studies music. The love and appreciation of music.
musical institutes are monopolized by Now to deal with the enraged suf-;
girls. Oceasionally at recitals a male fragette--her cry is that women can
mnay offer a voice selection, but very do things just as well as men.
rarely does a man play the piano or The World War was an advertisement
violin. Nevertheless, women as a on a vast scale of the female sex.
whole are undeserving of praise. They Women shamefully took advantage of,
have never redowned to art in the the absence of the world's men. They .
smallest way of importance, The up- claimed superiority as theirs when in
holders of the sex can readily pro- reality there was no competition. " --
duce a list of women who have become Should the composers of the modern OL DEST NATIONAL BANK IN MICHIGAN
famous, but it will be noticed that the French School declare war on those.
only reason they are famous is be- of the Italian School, France's auteu-
cause they appear in that list. I beg ses would spring into prominence with,
you, serious-minded women scholars a lavishing of the pen, with a wild
of art, not to take any of these state
mnents as an injury nor to allow such {l11 iI i i t i i llNli
truths as these to dispirit you in your -
approach to the Hall of Fame; but
please understand, if one generalizesC
among men ,it would be treachery to
specify among women.'
' But to continue with 'lore pathetic
truths: the only reason that women
are considered to have highly imagin-
ative minds, to be gifted artistically,
and to possess deft fingers for instru-
ment manipulation is because men
have hypnotized themselves into think - =
ing so. That is, they have made wo- ?-".
men the ideal being, and have out
of sheer modesty overlooked their own -
superior talents. Regarding inter-
pretation and musical feeling women
are impossible. You have all heard
girl students' presentations of the -
slow movement of ;a Beethoven Son- -
ata: enough said concerning thesoul
of a woman! Womens' attempts in = -
the .field,.of musical criticism are -
heinous. They persist in striving to
express ,the idealogy of the composer.
They gush over majenta tones; they
revel in the temperament of the art-
ist; they bravely analyze his psychol--
ogy; and his gentle spirit and soulfulo
pensonality never escape the judgment
of a female critic.1
In our Southern states the general
conception of music is very low. Par-
ents send their daughters to conserva- t
tonieswhere they are to receive a'
"musical education." But almost in- =--
variably'the sole 'object of-the fair in-
mate of the school is to learn one or
two emotion-stirring pieces so that ,
when the beau'comes to call he may --l
be infatuated by the strains of .a-
dreamy waltz, a poor but sentimental
interpretation of Liszt's Liebestraum, m+ -
or perhaps by an overwrought Chopin - -
Nocturne.
There is a strange ,but perfectly k
logical explanation of this serious -.
case of female superabundance in mu-
sic institutes not only in the South
but also in the northern states. Most
girls graduate from college at about .
the time when they can marry. ButL
usually they don't wed for several
years. :Their great problem is: what
.are they to do with themselves dur- -
ing this interval? Many find it easily
solved.. They register in a music HESE frocks are charming, because they are simply designed-with the sort of
=school that is situated in a location t simplicity that is always distinctive-and nearly always inexpensive. Soft pat-
conveniently accessible to good times. =ternsand colors display their beauty, tyiug themselves to the mode by means of quaint
Perhaps the exasperated teachers do sashes or collars or wearing huge, decorative chous. Silks of.erepy surfaces or shaggy
sports weaves and tubables of every imaginable weave and description are being pre-
eest, and if sosucceed ine arousing an iby sented in favorite shades at prices you'll find pleasant.
terest, an .tstegr rbby
graduates with ran artists diploma.C L
Perhaps her time was occupied with SECON D FLO R
THE MICHIG)
:er. He Itnows and cheap hash houses. The "Slabs!I
it
t-
w
r
w'
w
r
r
r
r
r
r
w
r
r
w
ti
s
r
t
w
w
w
r
"
r
w®
a
A
4
i
4
i
{
e
s
r
R
M
t
d
~-" --- -WU-U ~ mpty n u"m ma e-of thce 'Sunurnt West",acording to
fectijl'e weapons-humour an Si the dicta of these respectables, are
plicity. Theophile is a character new mere splotches of printer's ink, lines
-to American fiction and promises well out of jazz dance hits the ling
td mare .Sky-Line . Ihn" ,a wide-of con men, coupledo with base at
read book. Adam and Aunt Julia and tacks at the greatest achieemets
Dape ar wper n tqullikea the most heroic deeds, and the noblest
-Times suggests, characters who sub- emotions. They tell me these things
can- i crisp, respectable tones, very faint
stantiate the statement that "one onsmewrdannssr ta:Cr
not help observing that the materialson some words, and assert that Carl
of an excellent stage comedy are here." Sandburg i not a poet.
"Sky-Line Inn," while it is a distinct= But I too have lived in small towns.
departure from the-previous writings and am suspicious:. I let them- in-
of Mr. Haines, is probably his best ef- ish their objections, trying the while
fort. May 'we have more like it from to look solemn and attentive. Then
him! my turn comes. What, precisely, are
you driving at? Are you trying to
CARL SANDBURG :get across an idea, or are you simply
(Continued from Page Five) making a racket because this man has
nation-knocked some of your pet divinities
chatter of glorious patriotism, atn-off the parlor what-not? Do you real-
ers and fools, and he gives no saving oftepro htnt oyura-
al honor, or majesty of the law. -v ly believe that the tenderloin is not
hands us ourselves just as he finds us; poetic. Are you sure that the Loop
if we don't like it we may go to the is not a fit subject for art, or are you
devil with our troubles; we may not afraid to admit that the Loop, -with
go to Carl Sandburg. its dirt, its murders, and its graft ac-
PBut, just as there are slaves other tually exists? Do you object to Sand-
than those who work in department burg's free verse and every-day sub
stores and steel foundries, so there jects, or do you merely cringe from
are killing other .than those in Eur- the blow he aims at your china-ware
"pe. Sandburg is just as merciless house gods?
to the one who heads a big corpora IFor Carl-Sandburg is an idol-smash-
tion as he is to the one who head, ;ert He goes after 'oui feeble, rouge-
a big empire. The latter he fights e eites and hamers them
with a club, making wounds that are iolie pees. He respes nther
shapeless, pulpy, and bleeding. The ito little pieces. He respects neither
former he attacks with a rapier, and persons, thoug'ts, nor things. al e
the wound is deep, clean-cut, and pictures our modern life m all its
marked by only a thin streak of red. dirt, its crookedness, its savagery, and
Take "Anna Imroth" as an example: its hopelessness, and he holds back
Cross her hands over her breast neither for pity nor for fear. He has
here-so. a quarrel with the world and he fights
Straighten her legs a lttle more- manfully, refusing to take the count
se. no. matter how hard he is pounded.
And call for a wagon to come and He may be downed for a while, but
tako her home. always he comes back, ready to fight
*Her mother will cry some and so some new crookedness, defend some
will her sisters and brothers. new unfortunate, or show the world
But all of the others got down and some new, respectable white-washed
they are safe and this was the horroi
only one of the factory girls who They laid hands on hint-
wasn't -lucky in mnaking the junptn ~id the fool killers had a. laugh
when the fire broke. And the necktie party was a go, by
It is the hand of God and the lack God.
of fire escapes. They laid hands on him and he was a-
There are plenty of people still who goner.
ai'e always on their tip-toes to attack They hammered him. to pieces and;:-
Sandburg on grounds of art; who he stood up.
can -quote verse- and opinion by the They buried him and he walked out
yard in defence of their ground. There of the grave, by God,
still are those who maintain that free Asking again: Where did that blood
verse is- not poetry, and that slang is come from?
not art, and this Chicago critic of _
movie shows is one of their special w'iroES AN tUSIC
aversions. B t with them I have no
quarrel; they know so much more (Continued from Page Two)
about literature, and so much less sons. Women composers are not like-
about Sandburg than I that I should ly to become famous unless they are
waste nyv-time attacking them. O ,an exception to the probability, as
course, I don't agree with them: I was, for instance, Madame Schumnann.
Women have nearly always a recep-
often'think witht Sandburg that they tvemndwhl
are dead from the neck up and ex- fi mn whi the productive is
cessively proud of their literary sox, found in men But it must not be
but that opinion will never put either overlooked that all men have in some
them or their opinions out of business. part, a feminine mind. As a matter
But there is another sort of attack of fact, the feminine or receptive mind
an Sandburg with which I can quar- reaches its apex in the clergyman.
rel. It deals wth material things, Our education is still under the in-
and therefore, material evidence can fluence of the church and is largely
be brought against it. Its exponents feminine. History, classics, geogra-:
generally come from small towns, or py, mathematics and literature up to
from the multitudinous villages that a certainpoint appeal to the feminine
go to make up the residence sections1mind. Comparatively little attempt is
of every large city. They do not-go! made to aid the man's productive
about in rough sections of the town; mind. Men who study music and who
laborers and department store clerks are musicians teach themselves and
are far below them in station. They profit greatly by experience, while the
woman student who is musical intends
live in a world that it ordered, where ol o"aelsos l h eto
everything s just as it used to be, and only to "take lessons all the rest of
where afternoon is "meant for" tea her life. Therefore, the condition of
musical colleges is not the only thing
and gossip just as Sunday is "meant to be blamed for woman's inconspic-
for" a day of rest and dressing up. uous existence in the musical world;
They are quite certain about causes but also mght we blame the Creator.
and purposes; they know what is right Charles Caxton.
and what is wrong, what is good, and are__Catn.
what is bad, what is proper and what E
is improper., and what s poetry and TONE PAINTING
what is not poetry. They judge Sand- ; (Continued from Page Four) -
burg by these ready-made, century old going into the newer fields in spite
stand-ards, and they are not pleas'd. o'iAhe conservative groups, it might(
They complain that he is common- be well to examine the work of the
place and crude;- that his people aregreat composes Of to(Iay for cmpari-
not members of decent society, and . i have mindicated that there is
his subjects are not those of the mov-' a group hasf way between the two
is they go to see. They scoff at remes,rom which I rather thinka-
lea hey o tosee The scof a
newv sc')Ool will.,develol.A Ias(
"Chicago Poems" as a mere muddle of : me nioned before. uev eink AS ias
stokyadseleatd tain, ad bermentioned before, quite in keeping
stockyards, elevated trains, and beer with the spirit of the timies, these
guzzlers. .They say that "Cornhusk- .~ tesii ftetms hs
guzler . T ey ay tha "C rnh s- more moderate men all seem to have
ers" is not a book, but a rubbish-heap forgtten therespective nations that:
of every-day _hapgenmigs'and homely bred them, and are writing music
towns and people; that "Smoke and most cosmopolitan in character, music
Steel" is a jargon of fact, horror, slan~ that-might have come from any land.
der, crookedness, murder, family rows (Continued on Page Eight) A
fnan ce-
are really in!
s"
STATE
SAVINGS BANK
Main at Washington
frocks for dhe
Pay your bills by check and
you'll know each minute
what condition y o u r
Summer
Ti
What a joy to find summer
frocks that are well made-
as are these from Wooltex
and other famous makes,
that come in fabrics that
will' wash, that are cleverly
styled, and priced so mod-
erately that you can easily
afford several.
Party-time frocks in soft,
sheer voile, ,:like the one
shown here, country clu
frocks in summer silks, tail-
ored models in imported
linens and ratine.
$5:75 to $29.50
The ill
It is the .policy of this. nagasive to
pj.blish articles of opinion by both
students a d facu"Iy -,netnI ers if, in
the judgmenrt of f7Z.e editor, these arti-
cles are of intra:sic value and interest.
This does not mean that manuscripts
d/ ao .df a
The Store that Sells ooltex
118 MAIN STREET