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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, JULY 13, 1919.
MUSIC AS A CURATIVE FOR THE ILLS OF THE WORLD
New Music Service League of America Headed by Charles M. Schwab Aims to Uplift Humanity
by Carrying Out on Broader Scale the Psychologic Treatment So Successful During Wai Period ,
I Neptune, that It nnit ha aoratvhm In I
Neptune, that it most be somewhere In
the neighborhood of the place In the
skies where they finally found It. be
cause it had shown Its power and in
fluence long- before it showed its face.
It ' would ' tax the reader's patience
too much to take him through all the
devious demonstrations necessary to
show that the something1, to the thresh
old of which science is always reach
Ins without ever being- able to -ret
across, is a force which is exactly the
same in every single thine in all the
world. It is only when wo analyse this
force as it manifests Itself in our own
selves that we recognise it as what we
call our will.
Of course, our win is so ultimately
ET XB.YTXG E. BACOX.
f i yO hasten convalescence, banish de-
Xpresslon. promote a civic spirit and
develop, in the nation, the sense of
the good and beautiful these, according
to Charles M. Schwab, head of the Beth
lehem Steel corporation, are some of the
problems to be solved by the Musle
Service League of America, of which he
is president. The league was organised
recently in New York- Its first duty
will be to provide mcslo for military
and civic hospitals, prisons, asylums
acd other institutions.
Much has been said and written about
the marvelously beneficial effects of
muslo not only upon the mind, but also
upon the body, so much so that, accord
ing to a recent announcement from
Washington, the government content
, plates the employment of muslo to cure
invalid soldiers. Naturally, there have
been numberless conjectures as to the
cause of this curative property of
muslo.
Dr. Thaddeus Rich, concertmsster of
the Philadelphia, orchestra and dean of
the muslo department of Temple uni
versity. says that he has frequently
seen practical demonstrations of the ef
ficacy of muslo as a curative. He has
often played the violin for convalescent
soldiers and says he almost invariably
no Lad beneficial results.
Veatal Rehabllltattosw
"Once I also bad the happiness to be
Instrumental in reawakening an inter
est la life in a woman who had been
bedridden many years." be said. -Nothing
which science or the solicitude of
friends could do seemed capable of
arousing her from the melancholy
brooding In which she hsd fallen. My
violin scattered the humors and left
her bright and cheerful.
"Another case which cam nnder my
observation, although I was not
actor In It. was that of a prominent
Philadelphia woman who had long been
suffering from mental depression. She
was deemed to be past all hope of cure.
and, as a last resort, a famous neuro
path prescribed music. One of the most
celebrated musicians of this country
undertook to furnish the music. Be
played the piano for the woman to such
good effect that within a short time
he was restored to health. The mu
sician found that the best results in
that particular case were obtained
from lasslcal music Mournful selec
tions seemed to brighten ber, and
later, the gayer sort of mnslo raised
her spirits and put ber into a merry
mood."
Doctor Rich said ha had often won
dered what the cause of the efficacy of
muslo might be and bad spoken to
many other musicians and scientists
about It. but the only theory advanced
which seemed tenable was that it was
the tonio effect of music upon the
nervea
"Maybe, too. the memory baa some
thing to do with the cures." Doctor
Rich said. "Sometimes a musical note
will recall some scene of the past, the
recollection of which will sweep over
one with the stimulating effect of
balm. I have observed this in my own
person. Music, in this respect, bears
an analogy to odors. Often have long
forgotten events been recalled to my
memory by the whiff of some fra
grance which had been inseparably
coupled with the event which, its re
currence evoked."
Whatever the physiological cause of
the curative effect of music, there cor.
talnly la a very profound philosophical
one, the following theory of which will.
I hope, commend Itself to the reader
not only on account of Its Interesting
nature and Its plausibility, but also
because It throws much light upon the
deepest and most mooted riddles of life
itself.
Llssltatloas ef sdeste.
Science, analyzing the things which
nature preeents in such profusion, al
ways reaches a point beyond which it
cannot go. For instance, the physicists
nave traced the course of matter, first,
down to the molecule which Is much
too small for the most powerful micro
scope to disclose; then to the atom,
compared to which the molecule bears
the same relation as a grain of wheat
to a granary: and. finally, according to
the most recent pronouncement, down i
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Db. Tkaddeaa Rica, coaceTtmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra, has need the
vfolla wit k els-sal sace-eea la woeiaa- ceavaleaeeat soldiers back health, and
ta ai lavaUds from s-telaaeaoly tiesdlns.
to the electron, which revolves within
the core of the atom like a planet in
side our firmament.
In each instance the physicists have
been able to trace the slse of what, at
each ets.se of the discoveries, was re
garded as the ultimate constituent of
matter, and they have also been able to
tell us the manner In which these mi
nute constituents acted. But what that
within them was which gave them the
power to act. this they never could tell.
It was something which always eluded
them, although they knew It was some
thssfg. just as the astronomers knew,
years before the discovery of the planet
bound up with our intellect that we
can scarcely conceive of them as exist
ing apart from each other. Neverthe
less, the fact is that our Intellect, which
Is dependent upon a brain, is one thing,
while the will, which has its seat In
every part of the body, la that which
causes us to experience either pleasure
or pain, according as the will la af
fected. In lower animals we can more easily
eee the relationship between intellect
and win. the polyp, for Instance, hav
ing a most voracious will with just
barely enough intellect to point tne
way of its win to its food.
In plant life we see manif estations 01
the win entirely stripped of intellect.
The lowest form of animal life Is dis
tinguished from plant life by the fact
that it reacts to motives supplied
through an intellect, no matter how
gllmmerlngly small and rudimentary
this Intellect may be. Plants, whether
-1-Lnt oaJca. flv-catching mimosas or
creeping ivy and mosses, react only to
stimuli, which is a sort of mechanical
process and requires no intellect. Never'
theless. the will shows Itself as clearly
unmistakably In this plant re
action as it does in the motivated acts
of men.
Musle Voice of the Will.
In the inorganio world, too, where
even stimuli no longer prevail, where
everything reacts only to causes prop
erly so-called that Is, to mechanical.
chemical and electrical causes that
force which reacts to these causes ad
dresses Itself to the unbiased beholder
as no less a will than that which makes
men run from danger or hasten to the
place where pleasure awaits them.
Now, what, you ask, has all this to
do with muslcT
Everything in the world.
Whatever we see around us is con
creted will. For will is a longing-, i
ceaseless yearning, and only waits to
manifest itself when opportunity pre
sents itself by means of motives stim
uli or crass causes.
When the cord of the musical instru
ment is struck, the answering vibra
tions are the manifestations of some
phase of the will residing in that in
strument. These vibrations are as
much a manifestation of a will as Is the
spark which springs from the flint
when struck by steel, or as Is the out
burst of rage from a man whom another
has struck in the face.
And. Strang to say. these vibrations
of the cord, converted by the mechan
ism of our ear Into music, reach the
will residing within us and find a re
sponsive echo there quicker than any
appeal made to us through any of the
other senses. I
Music thus is, so to speak, a voice
calling to us from another world the
world in which the will Is at home.
Music, therefore, has no need of words.
It goes directly to the heart and stirs
the will more potently than the pro
ductions of any of the oth-er arts.
Chopin, the great composer, was once
a reception at the house of the
"FIDDLED UTS WAT TO SUCCESS."
Ifnsdc has had no little share is
shaping the destiny of Charles M.
Schwab. It was with music that
he won the heart of Andrew Car
negie, the great ironmaster, many
years ago and thus was able to
obtain a foothold upon the ladder
of success which he has mounted
since to the very top.
When Mr. Schwab was IS he was
earning $6 a week at Mr. Car
negie's plant in Braddock, Pa, but
soon attracted the attention of Cap
tain W. R. Jones, the general su
perintendent, who marveled at the .
I boy's knowledge of the workings of
the plant. Schwab's rise was quick,
and soon he was working alongside
of Captain Jones, to whom ha
6erved as a sort of encyclopedia of
facts and figures.
Mr. Carnegie resided at Pitta
burg, 10 miles from the plant, and
would frequently send for Captain
Jones for a report. To rid himself
of this to him irksome duty Cap
tain Jones one day said to Mr.
Carnegie:
"By the way, I think I can fix
this matter of making reports with
out wasting my time. IVe a young
fellow named Schwab who knows
as much about the plant as I do.
Ill send him to you, and when you
get tired talking shop hell give
you a little music. He plays the
piano, the organ and the violin
first-rate, and he also sings."
Mr. Carnegie found that Captain
Jones had not exaggerated. He was
amazed at the youth's efficiency.
After a several hours' session
young Schwab took up his hat and
was about to go when Mr. Carnegie
exclaimed:
"Oh, by the way you must play
for me, I almost forgot-"
And the way the boy played and
sang the old songs that had been
popular when Mr. Carnegie was a
child, and especially an old Scotch
ballad, touched the ironmaster's
heart.
Scarcely out of his teens, the re
building of the Homestead mills
was committed to Schwab, and, at
30, on the death of Captain Jones,
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no uoviiiJio general Buperuiteuueiib f
oi tne JUagar rnomson works at asBu
salary of $35,000 a year.
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M. SCHWAB.
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CHARLES
joined the others who had gathered i Joy or sorrow, or love or hatred, or
around the piano. Even her wit, beauty, hope or fear: but or.ly of joy in gen
at
French actress Rachel. Most of the
company was gathered around Rachel,
while Chopin, in a distant comer of
the adjoining room, was thrumming
dreamily at a piano. First one, then
another, a third, a fourth left the side
the amiable and beautiful young
hostess until at last she too, becoming
aware -of .(ha divine sounds, arose and
grace and fame were not proof against
the mightier magio of the master's
music.
Muslo s?ca2i to us of weal and woe;
and it is weal and woe that make up
thi strands of our life. We are for
ever tossed between dsire and gratl
flcatlon, and if the sequence of these
two is rapid enough we deem our
selves happy. Woo to us if either makes
too long a stay. For, If our desires re
main ungratifled too long, unhappl-
ness is inevitable; and. on the other
hand, if gratification follows imme
diately upon the heels of each desire,
tedium, a leaden, deadly tedium, seizes
upon us in the end and despair is added
to unhappiness.
Key to Mualo Cares,
AH this is reflected also in muslo.
The continuous striving of the lighter
notes of the melody to get away from
the ground-bass, and their quick re
turn to It, are analogous to our per
petual shuttlecock flights between de
sire and gratification. And, in pre
cisely the same manner as the latter
must not be too long delayed in their
transitions from one to the other, lest
we suffer, so if the notes are arrested
too long either at the ground-bass or
away from It, the music becomes worse
than a discord and is unbearable.
The key, then, to the cures wrought
by muslo Is furnished by the fact that
muslo Is so direct a manifestation of
win than when it is heard it arouses
kindred emotions in the win of him who
hears it. True, its language is so uni
versal that it tells us nothing at all
of this or that particular person, thing
or event, nor of this or that particular
eral. srrow in general, love and hatred
in general, hope and fear in general
So that each of thousands of auditors
will interpret, let us say, a symphony
according to his own particular mood
and training. . For, though the will is
master in his own. house, it neverthe
less is guided by motives supplied to
It by Its servant.- the intellect, the
mind; and he whose Intellect has been
refined by education will, naturally,
find that bis Intellect has a wider hori
zon of motives to offer its master; and,
conversely, too, such a one win inter
pret the motions of the will In a more
refined manner and visualize them In
frander, nobler pictures than he whose
mind has not been trained. But what,
ever the manner of Interpretation, the
"effect upon the will Itself is pleasur
able or painful. Hence, the problem
of him who would effect cures by
muslo must be to employ melodies
which touch the will of the patient
pleasurably, with an Insistency which
leaves it CO choice but to react benefi
cially upon the entire body. For, what
ever is in nature Is will concreted;
hence If the will Is soothed and con
tented, the chances are that the body,
which is its concreted manifestation,
will soon be well. too.
curacy shows that the monetary
system of Germany is now based en
tirely upon paper, with the exception
of the. relatively small and unimpor
tant gold and silver reserve. The value
of such means of payment as have been
put in circulation la very small. Out
side of the imperial bank notes there
are what are locally called the "dahrle
henskassenschelne." or the notes Issued
by the various loan bankB against mer
chandise, and there are the coupons of
the different war loans, which circulate
as means of payment.
The greatest evil of this paper ex
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""iyta-tHj saaaterts aanala .
CURRENCY INFLATION NOW
OVERWHELMS ALL GERMANY
Monetary System Practically Based Upon Paper and Every Town and
Village Issues Its Own.
REPORT of recent date which Is I The great demand for the old bank
believed to be drawn with ac-1 botes and currency has naturally
iiubou uiBn iv rise in value. A xvuu-
Ciiaplm tne si-eat composer, wu on
plawins for friends In the borne of the
French, actress Rachel. One after the
other members of the company became
aware of the divine sounds and gratis
Ei-cr suvuuu .uc pisiw Mitwn sat a ttii i
of the
is caused by the auxiliary
"hifsschelne." as they are
called. Every town and village has
its own money, which has steadily
been increasing, and with little or
nothing back of it. There is such a
lack of confidence In this local cur
rency that the notes are only taken In
payment in the locality where they ac
tually have been Issued.
Owing to the unfortunate situation
created by these local auxiliary notes
the German population has lost con
fidence in the general financial situa
tion and attempts to protect Itself by
procuring old bank notes. Hoarding
has thus been brought about on a large
scale. This "geldhamstereV or gold
bunser. i complained; of on aU aides, j
mark bank note with red stamping now
costs from 1150 to 1200 marks.
There are several reasons for the
gold hoarding. The first of these Is to
keep the money away from the banks,
and thus escape the control of the au
thorities, as well as the heavy Income
taxation. The second Is to more easily
conduct business In Germany, that la.
to be able with greater facility to pur
chase hidden merchandise by paying
in the preferable currency. A third
reason Is to be able to send money
abroad to neutral countries at the pro
pitious moment and purchase foreign
exchange. A fourth reason Is to be
able with such foreign exchange
through dummies living in neutral
countries to do business with the al
lied countries. Still another reason is
to be able with greater facility to pur
chase In Germany, neutral or allied
gold and silver or securities and then
to hide these until later.
The carrying out of the conditions
mentioned in these live points naturally
tends to aggravate the situation and
to diminish the possibility of payment
of the Indemnity to be demanded. The
high salaries, as well as the extrava
gant life of the population, have little
bearing upon the security of the eco
nomic situation, the money circulating
from hand to hand and thus always
sellable.
OLD VETERAN SHOT DEAD
Unidentified Man Shoots Four Times
Without Warning.
NEW YORK. Antonio Mazzlo, one of
Garibaldi's veterans, was talking over
old times with five or six cronies in
Phllippo Mosco's wine shop at 402 East
Twelfth street, when a roan entered and
fired four shots. One of the bullets
struck Mazzlo In the back of the head
and he fell dead. The murdered fled
and all trace of him was lost.
No one could account for the murder.
nor could any of Mazzio-s xrienas
identify the assassin. They believe that
he intended to kill one of the others,
but the police could obtain no informa
tion concerning the intended victim.
Mosoo was detained by Detectives
Stetter and Quinn of the Fifth-street
station as a material witness. .
Mazzlo was SO years old and lived
alons at. 407 East Twelfth street. He
had s, son living; oa SUten Island,