Evening Star Newspaper, September 28, 1931, Page 4

DEPRESSION BLUES SOOTHED BY MUSIC Revival Shown In Conceri Bookings and Large Symphonies. &% By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 28.—Music | hath charms to soothe the economically | depressed. “Under the worry, the average man turns to arts for relaxatien, entertainment and permianent life values,” Arthur Judson, man of the New York. Philharmonic | and elphia Orchestras and presi- dent of Columbia Concerts Corporation, said MIJ'. . He finds proof of this in the 25 per | cent advance in booki of the con- | cert corporation for 1931-2. A sym- pressure of economic the posium from lccal concert managers all | tim over the country reveals a definite in- crease in public interest in concerts. 86 New Cities Join. Bince January 1, 1931, 86 new cities have become affiliated with the na- tional community concert service. Each city's course represents the engagement of one to six artists. Arthur J. Gaines of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra reported a 10 per cent increase in subscriptions. The municipal opera season just ended ::ored the best attendance in its his- ry. ‘The Boston Symphony Orchestra concerts are fully subscrided. Subscriptions to the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and ticket sales of the San Francisco Symphony Of- chestra and the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra are ahead of last year. “Indications in OCincinnati are that musie will suffer least of all entertain- ment enterprises this year,” said Stuart M. Thompson of the Cincinnati Sym- phony Orchestra. New. cash business of the Chicago hony Orchestra shows an increase 101 per cent. Good Music Is Staple. Other eitles representing optimistic Teports were eveland, hester, Syracuse, Washington, Richmond, Va. Reading, Pa.; Indianapolis, Winnipeg and Hartford, Conn, “All this proves,” said Mr. Judson, “that good music is now a staple of American life and not a luxury. ““Ten years & survey of this coun- try showed that less than one-half of 1 per cent of the population was inter- ested in good music. Today the growth in music courses, community concert towns, symphony orchestras and the development of an enormous public which listens regularly to the broad- casts of the finest nmusic, make it to estimate the potential music sudience of the country as 5 per cent of the adult public.” CURTIS LEADS SCOUTS ON HUNT FOR WALNUTS Expedition to Mount Vernon Part of Program to Plant 5,000,- 000 Nut Trees. As of & TRYOUTS TO BE HELD Filling of Three Casts Planned by Plerce Hall Players. ‘Tryouts to fill the casts of three plays, | to be ited November 12 and 18 by | the Hall Players, will be held Wedn and_Thursday t 3 “The Stoker,” by Har- and “The Lover,” by | G. % Slerra. One of the plays will I:u’ cast wo; p‘tnomb]“'ho have not previously act in public, oy p according | Couple Wed 55 Years. | BERKELEY SPRINGS, W. Va., Bep- | tember 28 (Special) —County Clerk and Mrs. M. 5. Harmison, resident here, ocelebrated their Afty-fifth wedding an- niversary. We Are | Overstocked Every Pair of Physical Culture Shoes Ranging from $10.50 to $12.50 $ B Tomorrow Reduced to Every Pair Perfect First Quality BY HENRY J. ALLEN, Former United States Senator and Governor of Kansas. Eighth of a series of atticles, based Isles. describing the history. the current situation and the social and economic effect of the dole upon every class of population. Notwithstanding the fact that un- dreamed-of extension of the dole has forced the Labor government out of office, there appears to be no disposi~ tion on the part of Labor leaders to modify the rules. When they contem- plate need for further resources they talk of the 4,000,000,000 pounds of capi- tal investments, overseas. “If necessary,” says the Labor paper, the Herald, “these could be mohiliel | to the aid of the pound, as in war e. The Labor leaders also suggest sav- ings from the 95,000,000 pounds spent each year on the fighting services as a source of funds for the idle. Meanwhile the abuses of the dole multiply as the imaginations of a grow- ing class of beneficiaries are touched by the possibilities provided by the law. An actual occurrence at & Liver- pool real -estate office Indicates the complacency with which those on the receiving end are coming to regard as perfectly legitimate their right to get all they can. A family was bargaining with the agent for the purchase of a small residential property to b2 paid for on_installments. Said the mother in a burst of confi- dence to the agent: “We zhall have to wait two weeks; our two other daugh- ters will be on the dole then and we can be easier about the payments. The printers and other craftsmen who get out the Sunday papers, of which there are really a good many in | London and the bigger cities, work long hours Friday, Friday night, Saturday and Saturday night. Because of the liberal pay for overtime they may make as muc?l‘u $40 for their brief but in- tensified employment. Then they go upon the d for the balance of the week. This has grown to be so typical » form of abuse that even at the Labor ministry they sald that something ought to be done about it. At Liverpool one of the outstanding developments do with casual labor, Here the surplus is augmented by & constant influx from Ireland. If s man is eligible in Ireland he is eligible in Liverpool. As the ships come in dock laborers get short-time md pay, sufficient, in fact, to keep m; but the provision for admitting casual-part-time men to the dole gives every man who has not worked more than three days in any week the privilege of drawing pay from the government for the idle days. The extent to which this has grown has really, put the government in the position of subsidizing labor, rather than that of relieving unemplayme"l;‘: on THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1931. « The Dole in Englanfl ‘ Labor Leaders Seem Uninclined to Seek Dole Reforms, Despite Fact Its Extension Overthrew Government. relief. If he pdys his fine and thus keeps out of jail he will remain on the dole. As I waited in front of a Liverpool exchange I chatted with a friendly automobile, driver. He was a top sergeant in the war, He stood out as an_unusually presentable man. “I've only been on the dole once before in over a year,” he said. “I'd rather take a n come here. I see the same old faces that I saw here a year ago. I am hoping for a steady job next week, but if I come back here again in a year I'll see the same old chronic dole takers. I think that 25 per cent of these men who loaf about here are hoping they will not be of- fered work.” ‘The biggest department store in Liv- erpool was rather better satisfled with conditions. Said the manager, “I sup- pose it cannot go on forever in its pres- ent exaggerated form, but undoubtedly it has kept a steadier flow of business in the stores which handle lower cost merchandise, It has given to every un- emcrlcyed person a purchasing power and kept everything runnlnz.lmoothly on the surface. Our direct tax is very high because we must pay a weekly contribution to the fund for every per- son employed in our store, but it comes back to us in trade.” Establishment Well Filled. His eight-story establishment was well filled with customers. He was keeping his mind off the future as much as he could and taking advantage of the fact that the 100,000 unemployed persons in mve?ool had a regular weekly sum to spend and were spending it. Harrods, the biggest retail establish- ment in London, with a large working staff, pays into the unemployment fund upward of $60,000 per year, but its divi dend for the current year ending Ja uary 31 was $2,400,000 and they carri forward a balance of over $600,000. Sir ‘Woodman Burbridge, the chairman and director of this great establishment, said to me, “The dole is all right as origi- nally conceived; its abuses will have to be corr iy At Lancaster as I chatted with a cor- 66 Mo Te genuine dalls In the Liverpool area now dole are more than 100,000, including 13,000 women and 6,000 juveniles. Driving While Drunk. At the biggest labor exchange, where & great c‘;leue of men waited, I noticed many bicycles, & few motor cycles, but none of the little cars which would, I am sure, call for park- at American ex it we and & year. P‘rfl phasis u the fact that he was an unmpmpz? min drawing government Arthritis—Neuritis Rheumatism Kidney Trouble If you have Arthritis, Neuritis, Rheumatism, Kidney or Bladder Trouble, due to faulty elimination or self-pelsoning, put yourself on Mountain Valley Mineral Water, from famous Hot Springs, Arkansas. Its beneficent therapeutic effect is vouched for by physicians of note everywhere. One writes, “I have ibed your famous Mountain Valley Water to ny patients for the t 10 years and find same very ficlal for those suffering from rheumatism, kidney and bladder troubles, and take delight in re®ym- mending same to any one in need of a first-class mineral water.” No taste, no odor, not a physic. Order a case today, or phone or write for further information. 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She used to be a domestic, but she got out of that in order to go into an in- surable employment long enough to get on the dole.” " I was told by a number that this practice is making domestics scarce. Picnickers Crowd Beach. I went over to Morecombe Bay, & re- sort where prices were low, and al- though it was mid-week, the beach was crowded with a happy lot of “picnick- A lunchstand proprietor told me that over half of them were dole take: ‘There was a golf course in the neigh- borhood. ‘ “Golf's a jolly good industry for the unemployed,” sald my guide. “A man can go out and caddy a few rounds for extra pocket* money, and, since 'he doesn’t report it as employment, it does not affect his dole.” There was no scarcity of caddies. Lancaster, a fine old Lancashire cen- ter, has a number of industries, per- haps the largest one being that of linoleum manufacturing. In this section the policy of giving three days’ work at full pay, enabling the man to draw likewise three days of dole, has been somewhat general. Solicitor Blames Politicians. I talked here with a man who is heavily engaged in the coal business. It has suffered more and longer than any other industry in England, because there seems to ‘be a permanent sur- plus ‘in this industry. One remedial thing they have done in establishing inhibitions against additions to the business—no new entrants are allowed. The hope is entertained that the nat- ural casualties in this business will in time obliterate the surplus. A very fine old solicitor, the sort I have read about in every good English novel, said: “Of course, I do not blam: these unemployed persons for takin every advantage they can of the libe: provisions of the law; it's human na- ture. But I do blame the politicians of all parties, who have been afraid to HE FORD is good-looking. It Is safe. Com- fortable, Speedy. Reliable. 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