Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1919 — DEMAND NOW IS FOR MUSIC [ARTICLE]

DEMAND NOW IS FOR MUSIC

Freak Attire and Mannerisms No Longer Attract Streams of Dollars to the Concert HalL It looks as if the old order of musicians will soon be moss covered. The tously headed individual in freak attire does not find his camouflaged personality a passport to capacity houses. If the dead composers had messages for modern humanity the messages aiust be interpreted by modern men »nd modern women. The musician of today looks like a smart business <»r professional man rather than an Idle dreamer, observes the Philadelphia Record. He is as <ood a customer as the barber has. Short cropped hair Is supplanting the shaggy locks of former days. The tehuolboy's Windsor tie and low collar have given way to the neat four in ■land and regular business man’s collar. The Buffalo BUI chapeau Is justed by the conventional fedora. Odd mannerisms which serve no useful purpose are cast off. Tho modern musician is a good mixer. He wants to know his public first hand, and he enters Into the general life of the community instead of Acting the reciuse. By mingling he Ims learned that people now want music, not gesticulations nor dress. Concert goers are more concerned About what they hear than what they «ee. An artist’s reputation for freakishness off the stage does not offset poor execution on the stage. The mu-tic-loving public has developed to the joint where sham and pretense are useless. Nothing but the ability to produce good music can get past.