New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 30, 1923, Page 3

MUSIC SEEN AS BIG FACTOR FOR YOUNG Has Vast Importance in Rearing|»«; 0f Children New York, July 30,—The import- ance of music in the rearing of a child stands out above all other considera- tions in the replies submitted in the home music contest held in connec- tion with the Better Homes in Am- erica campaign this year, “Music is mother's first ald,” wrote AMrs. J, B. Riley of Louisville, Ky. “Iot the lilt of a song or some sweet strains of musie, akin to birds and flowers, will often soothe even hate in the ‘savage little breasts of her chil- dren.” “In a home where music is found, you will invariably find the young people content,” writes another com- petitor, “and not wandering away to auestionable places. The youth of to- day arc the homes of tomorrow.” Fach contestant submitted a list of ten pleces of musie and a statement of fifty words or less setting forth the value of music for bettei homes. Hun- dreds of thesesstatements emphasized the importance of music in rearing children. While this theme wag up- permost, there was a remarkably in- teresting treatment of the subject from {nnumerable angles. Replies came from people of every sort in every part of the country; a jackie aboard the U. 8. 8. Chauncey at San Diego, a blind man from the middle west, a Japanese from New York, each had something of interest to contribute, “Music takes away the blues. It Lears romance. It makes you dream. Tt makes evenings more beautiful. It makes Jmen think of home,” wrote Jack, “Music must natural sound,” said the Japanese. ' “If we seek a better home we may find it, except jazz,’ as they are not in nature.” The contest was arranged through the cooperationfof the Music Indus- iries Chamber of Commerce and the prizes ranging in volume from $500 down were the gifts of nationally known music houses, members of the chamber, The First Cholce In the selection of pleces it was inevitable that “Home Sweet Home' get-the largest number of votes, since it was a better homes contest, and equally inevitable that the two an- thems, “The Star Spangled Banner’ and “America” should follow with second and third places. The next three, in order of popu- larity, were not eo easy to predict: “Humoresque,” ‘“Ave Maria” and “Nearer My God To Thee.” The remaining four of the first ten were ‘“Love's Old Sweet Song,” "A Perfect Day,” Mendelssohn’s “Spring Song,” and the time-honored favorite, “8ilver Threads Among the Gold.” The first operatic plece in the list | holds eleventh place, the “Sextette from Lueia.” Opera fails to scors again untll the thirty-ninth place when the “Miserere” from Il Trova- tore goes in. O1d fashioned numbers seem to hold £way throughout. The only piece with anything like up-to-dateness is “Three are a total of but five hymns. éarer My Go To Thee,” in “Lead, Kindly Light" H bide With Me," four- flent Night, Holy Night,” rat, and finally “Rock of s,”" thirty-elghth. “Mother Machree” and ‘“Dixie" made rather a poor showing, scoring respectively twenty-ninth and thirty- fourth in the list. Beethoven managed to get into six- teenth place with his Minuet in G, nosing out “Traumerei” by a few votes. Then followed “Carry Me Back to Old Virginia,” and “Blue Danube.” Twenty-second place went to Rubin- stein’'s “Melody In F,” followed by “Stars and Stripes Forever,” and Handel's Largo.”” Then came an in- teresting dead heat, with Schubert's Serenade, Annie Laurie and Souvenir, all custered in twenty-sixth place. “Auld Lang Syne” and “Keep the Home Fires Burning” was another in- teresting tie. The other songs in the order of their scoring were as follows: Barca- rolle Tale of Hoffman; To a Wild Rose (MacDowell); Meditation from Thais; Paderewski’s Minuet; When You and I Were Young, Maggie; Old Black Joe; Leybadi's Fifth Nocturne; The Lost Chord; Mighty Lak A Rose; The Last Rose of Sumer, and Sweet and Low. Other Answers Some of the answers follow: “Music i{s an emotional shock ab- sorber and outlet. It saves wear and tear on the nerves, where people are intimately assoclated.” “The fever of modern living de- mands an antidote and thelr is none more pleasant than music.” “Thought may be adequately ex- pressed in words, but music is neces- sary to portray emotion. Music be- ing fiuctuating and sensative, it can carry messages and enhance all occa- sions. Because it is the one universal language it can bring all natures to- gether in unison.” “Musie, with inestimable scope to inspire worshipful reverence of all that is good and beautiful—religion, mother, love, human kindness ~and patriotism—and equal capacity for expressing barbarism with its flendish passions, unmistably and indelibly carves upon the impressionable soul of a child images which last a lifetime.” “Each‘additional way to enjoy your- self s an added resource.” This from a girl in Oll City, Pa. “Life’s full- ness {8 measured by our capacity to enjoy. When the spirit feeds upon the live music of the real mastsers, gets even g little drunk on enthusiasm and thrills, you are rich indeed. Life is a matter of thrills. Music {s charm- ingly thrilling." “Whistling has created a beautiful atmosphere in our home,” writes a woman from Riverdale, Maryland. “Through practice with phonograph records T have become a professional whistler and my boys practice too and our home is a jolly place to live in— whistling at work and at play, imitat- ing bird calls, also making them bird lovers."” “Love for music, the divine art, must be created and cultivated in every home for life to be at its best.” “Interest may be aroused by simple, catchy or humorous airs, but always true melody, gradually working up to the classieal, secular and sacred. The time will come when only the best will satisfy.” More Light— Better Business ‘For the Publisher lication—the greater consideration he receives when it THE more light the publisher gives the advertiser on his pub~ comes to placing advertising. 4 Balm For. All Strain “Since time immemorial music has been balm for all ‘stralns. A musical race was seldom a warllke one." (French, Itallan and German papers please copy). The replies abound in quotations from the savants, from Plato down. “On my first visit to my parents af- ter marriage,” ‘writes one girl, “I overheard father telling a friend that when I left, the light had gone out of the home. Father referred to my music and what it had meant to them all, No art or accomplishment gives such widespread and deepseated hap- piness as music.” “The home without music 1is as empty as the home without courtesy. Musle is as natural as conversation. It should be the common interest around which the home circle is buflt—stir- ring martial music subconsciously in- spiring patriotism, that of quieter strain resting, soothing and comfort- ing after a trying day, and folk songs leading to understanding of other peo- ples."” “Because dance lightens labor and speeds play; because the performance of concert music, whether vocal or instrumental, fosters harmony and cooperation; because music of senti- ment eloquently expresses the spirit of each tender relationship of the home and makes very real those inti- mate emotions which timid hearts seldom dare express in words.” HONT IN THREE STATES FOR FARMER'S SLAYER New Jersey Husband Who Left Wife is Found Dying—Car and Money Gone " Jort Jervis, N. Y, July 30.—Au- thorities of New York, New Jersey |and Pennsylvania have joined in a hunt for three men employed by a traveling carnival, who are believed to have been the murderers of Samuel B. Van Stone of Swartswood, N. J.,, a wel-to-do farmer. Van Stone was found unconscious Saturday morning on the road to Mil- ford; Pa., on the Pennsylvania side of the line. He had a bullet wound in the forehead and was suffering also from a fractured skull and internal injuries. He died last night in Deer Park sanitarium here. The farmer left his New home by automobile Friday evening after a quarrel with his wife. He ar- rived in Port Jervis late at night and struck up a friendship with the three carnival men. When the carnival closed just before midnight he drove off with them toward Milford. His car and $100 he had with him were missing. Jersey NATION'S CATHOLICS 20,103,761 Chicago, July 30.—There are 20,- 103,761 Catholics in the United States, according t6 the Catholic Press direc- tory, just issued by Joseph H. Meier of Chicago. According to the direc- tory there are 59,347 sisters and nuns; 22,645 clergymen; 17,062 churches, 212 seminaries, universities and col- leges; 207 monasteries, abbeys and scholasticates; 586 convents and novi- tlates; 638 academies and .boarding schools! 599 high schools; 569 hospi- tals and sanitarias and'504 charitable institutions. The facts embodied in an A. B. C. report are those which the ad- vertiser wants to know—facts that he must know to buy space intelligently. He cannot afford the time or expense necessary to collect them either by correspondence with the publisher or by financing his own investigation. Therefore, the uniform, easily-accessible A. B. C. form, packed with complete dependable facts, is a ready solution to the problem of how to'locate the most desirable mediums with the minimum of effort and expense. The long-established commercial rating agencies have furnished financial information for years. Banks are audited periodically. The Audit Bureau of Circulations performs a similar function by collecting and verifying circulation information for the adver- tiser. Publishers subscribing to the A. B. C. standards are helping to stabilize and organize advertising in the way that, by long ex- perience in dther commercial lines, has proved to be Good Busi- ness. The HERALD is a member of the A. B. C. and would be pleased to submit a copy of the latest circulation report. OVER 9,000 DISTRIBUTED DAILY The HERALD has by far the LARGEST CIRCULATION of any New Britain Newspaper. Demand Circulation Proof When Buying Space HARTFORD Telephone Orders Taken As Early As 8 A. M. HARTFORD THE GREAT AUGUST SALE OF Who buys Furniture in the Fox August Sale has the advantage of selecting from one of the most extensive stocks ever assembled, in Hartford, and saving on every purchase from 10 to 50%. Price, however, is not what this firm advertises first and foremost, but quality is. As a matter of fact there is no “juggling” with the Fox furniture prices in order to give a little more for a little less; regular prices are kept FURNITURE unflinchingly just, and sale prices are honest reductions, Already the great furniture sale of the year is distri- buting good cheer and splendid furniture into hundreds of homes. It will pay you to visit the sale and see for yourself. Inspect the furniture. Your family and home are the dear- est things in the world to you, so why not give them the best? DINING ROOM FURNITURE 10-Piece Queen Anne Suite—Buffet, 54-inch table, china closet, serving table, 5 chairs, 1 armchair. For this pale, nie, $195.00 10-Piece Two-toned Walnut Suite—Buffet, oblong table, closed in china, server, 5 chairs, 1 arm chair. Upholstered in tapestry. For this sale $395.00 10-Piece Walnut Suite—66 inch buffet, table, china, server, 5 chairs, 1 armchair. Upholstered in leather. Regu- lar price $600.00. Now . $300.00 10-Piece Berkey & Gay Suite—In mahogany, 66 inch buffet, table, closed china, server, 5 chairs, 1 armchair. Up- holstered in tapestry. Regular price $896. Now $750.00. 9-Piece Chippendale Suite—In mahogany, hand carved. 72-inch buffet, table, server, 5 chairs, 1 armchair, upholster- ed in hair cloth. Regular price $700. No# $600.00 10-Piece Heavy Walnut Suite—72-inch buffet, table, closed china closet, server, 5 chairs, 1 armchair. Uphol- stered seat and back. Regular price $695. Now ..$595.00 'SUN PARLOR FURNITURE One entire floor devoted to Furniture of this character, representing the great makers of the country. 4-Piece Fiber Rush Suite —Settee, chair, rocker and table; upholstered seat and back ; olive and gold decora- tions. Regular price $165. = - §125 3-Piece Fiber Rush Set— Davenport, chair and rock- er; upholstered in heavy tapestry; spring cushions; three extra pillows. Regu- Sirree . $200 3-Piece Decorated Fiber Rush Suite; upholstered in heavy cretonne to match; spring cushions. Regular price $150. - $100 Sale Price .. 3-Piece Blue and Gold Decorated Fiber Rush Suite —Sofa, chair and rocker; spring cushions, covered with tapestry. Regular price $175. Sale Price THE ROOM 3-Piece Tapestry Over- stuffed Suite—Sofa, chair ang mcl;]er, spring cushions —For this 3-Piece Tapestry Suite— Sofa, chair and wing chair; regular price $240. Now... $ 1 90 3-Piece Velour Suite— Sofa, chair and wing chair; regular pgice $275. !\’o‘\lv. Y $225 3-Piece Velour Suite, ex- tra long davenport, wing | chair and armchair, regular | Row 0. $345 | FOR LIVING 8-piece Mohair® Suite— Large pillow arms, daven- port, gxmc;'lair and wing chair. Regular price $530. an$465 3-Piece Two-toned Velour covered suite—Sofa, wing chair and armchair. Regu- 3-Piece Tapestry Suite— Davenport, chair and rock- er; reg. price $125. Now... $350 3-Piece Velour covered Suite—Sofa, wing chair prce 550, Now 9S00 There Is No Need To Burden The Family Purse When Buying Furniture Here. Buy whatever furniture you need and ALL YOU NEED on our convenient-club plan of paying a fair amount down and thereafter a little at a time. Our financial resources are of such a nature that it is 4 pleasure and a privilege to let reliable customers have the furniture they need on these convenient credit terms. Your own cash resources may be kept in the bank to earn inter- - est for you. BED ROOM FURNITURE 4-Piece Walnut Finish Suite—Bed, dresser, chiffonier, dressing table. For this sale $119.00 4-Piece Two-toned Combination Walnut Suite—Bow- end Bed, Dresser, Semi-Vanity Chifforette, For this sale s t $149.00 4-Piece Mahogany Suite with gilt decoration—Bed, Dresser, Chifforette, Semi-Vanity Dresser; regular price $435.00. Now 4-Piece Suite with large Vanity Dresser, Bed, Dresser, Chifforette, (vanity dresser), two-toned mahogany finigh. Regular price $300.00. Now . $245.00 4-Piece Solid Walnut Suite—Bow-End Bed, Large Dresser, Chifforette, Vanity Dresser. Regular price $950.00. Beautiful 6-Piece Walnut Suite—Large Dresser, Bow- End Bed, Chifforette, Semi-Vanity Dresser, Bench and Rocker, Upholstered in damask. Regular price $825.00. ceeeea. . $475.00 MATTRESSES IN THE BIG SALE Are Splendidly Reduced As a leader we will sell through this sale the well }mown Ostermoor mattress that sells regularly at $40.00, or o ~ Our 100% Layer Felt Mattress with roll edge for fold- ing couches. Regular $18.00 grade for this sale. ... $12.50 Combination Hair and White Felt Mattress, all sizes. Bpecthl PHIO .. it isvevanin s brnerrvasiiieivr IR Box Springs, all sizes. For this sale ......... $25.00 Nnt!o_mtl Springs from ............ $3.75 up to $9.50