Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 217, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1917 — Music a Necessity. [ARTICLE]

Music a Necessity.

In time of peace music Is the joy of nations. In time of war it Is the safety valve. The physical pressure of mental strain finds relief In music. While we economize In food and other necessities we must be lavish with music. The antidote for aching hearts is music. The stirrer of red blood —in patriotic outburst —is music. Music Is an expression of love —the tone of grief—a solace of solitude — an Inspiration to war. The tear-stained melodies of the Slav —the song-told tragedies of Italy —the love-given joy of the Frenchall make our lives happier and our sorrows easier to bear. Give us life and give us music. Take away advertising, electricity, steam —the world would live. ft Take away music and the soul of the universe Is dead.—Exchange.