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pulse. 110w 010umusic come into ex- istence? Nature offers suggestions in the various sounds of the witîd. in the roar ing. of water, cries Of- wild animaIs, and in- the Song of the1 birdrs. But the influence of these on Prinm- itiye music i sslight. Much *more ikely is, the. bypothesis thatnmusic, served as a needed .:outlet.,for surplus eénergy through bodily: motion., These motions. Were decorated' with rhytbmic Sound either vocal -or, mechanical. These sounids were at first only an accessory to the dance, but were 1 1- alydifferentiated f roui it. Sonie form of music is found ini every part of both the civilized and the uncivi- lized world-from the islands of tîle9 Soôuthern Pacific to the America,.e and from the soutb to the, north po(le.E The study of music- bistory - ha'ý. bet Ytùuch overlooked ini the past,c due to a curious disdain of the fine0 arts as essential parts of'culture, ati:a in part due to the Jack of adeqjuate handbooks. A study of mfusic. bis-È1 tory shows how the art bas been t interwoven with literature and thc t progress of social life generalIy. For this reason mnusic must appeai riot only to niusicians but to aIl culti- vtet Gai anlia ample-watch people listen to Ravel*s *"Bolero."') Amoug savage people music seldom appears as an inde - pendent artC To theru it is alwavs closely associated witb dancing. Thtu.ý the tWo may be looked upon as t%% In activities. Iu the desire to accetn- tuate the dance rhythm we find first. impulse , to instrument making. In the nîvths of many races are Iers 3V41 r.I3AeIVureaI to s ingieglaUing roles, making her debut as Suzuki in IMadame Butterfly. She.made a sensa-' tional ýsuccess when she 'sang ber aria f rom Gioconda :before an audience, of twenty thousanid in :Saiýnt Mark'-. Square in,,Venice, Italy. SGordon Campbell -the pianiùt wbo will,.appear on tbis same program in dual role of accomlpanist, and soloist, bas appeared as. assisting artist with rnaan well. known artists.' Ne S. Soprano Wins. Aéclaimn in California Lolita Bertling of WVilmetté, bril- liantly beautiful yvoung, soprano, is gainingý consistent sùccess*-in mauy ýengagements on the WVest, coast. February 23 she appeared with Otto Lederer, well-knowzn producer and charaâttr àct ,or, and T'allo Alvarez of \Metro-Goldwvn-Ma3,er, Universal and Paramount studios in the "Music M\aster" lu miniature, a play by Day- id Belasco, at the exclusive Women's Breakfast club, Los Angeles. More than five hundred guests accorded the young singer a trernendous re-4 ception. and enthusiastic comments ,ere showered in unstinted number. An event of events was Miss Bertling's appearance at. the scod- Anot ber date of int er est, - already .past, was that of March 9, when the "Music. Master" was 'given for the Oxford group at the Biltuiore. Bids for repetition of this feature are rapidly being received by Miss Bert- ling's manager-a propitious testi- monial to its "acceptauce."ý andi tneôretical work. He was an outstandinig member of thie Am.erican Couservatory .faculty ..for ëe'leven years, and i s now conducting a spe-, cializing«. chool. in Chicago for the serious violin studenit. For the past sixteen years be, bas directed the Symipbon y Club orchestra, which bhas givenl many concerts in Orchestra and Kinîbaîl halls. And the G;irvin Little Symphony* bas. had tvo suiccess fui tours as far south as Texas. Mr. Gir- vin is particularly interested iu young people,' and 1his success îvith -them is due to the fact, that bis .optimism and encouragement stimulate thien to- do tbe best that 'is in them. In one, season, five of bis artist pupils gave Chicago recitals, and th ey ail met wîth the unantimous praise of the critics. Again, in anoôther sea- son, of, a series of seven concerts, given by the People's Symphoüy1 orchestra ive of these programis werei presented with a Girvin student play- ing a standard violin concerto. One of bis star pupils is the young Violinist, Joseph Rosenstein, m-bo bas had four successful appearances in Orchestra hall, and who lias been a5 soloist with the Chicago Symiphioti orchestra. Many of Mr. Girvin's stiudents are vio~Al isti tL iLIscfakoU Sring quar- tet. There are also numerous teachers of fine ability, former pupils of Mr. Girviti, in the leadi'ng schools Of nmu- sic aIl over the country. Nir. Girvin 's students are not only good violinists but well-rounded mnusicians. RADIO PROGRAMS y Sutnday afternoon at 4 o'clock., arter may . Approximately 12,000 alumni of the club are believed to reside in'Chicago and vicinity today.*. The addresses of fewer than a tbousand of these* are known to club headquartes, and a general notice is being sent out. for ail alumni to write. to -the ;secreta ry of the club, 243 South Wabash'ave- nue, ore telephone Harrison 56»0. The club bas an average annual member.- ship of 300. ."'We want to ôrganizethe aluini inito an activýe group to. support the Apollo club," explaîned Maude Rea, who is bringing the alumni together:' WewIl hold alumni meetings and social gatheriugs. Dues, vili be a dol- lar a year, we plan. "This, the sixty-first season of the Apollo Musical club, finidsit, as vigor- ous and progressive as. eve r. The membership is large and enthusiastic. Rehearsals are well ttteinded anid there seems to be no diminution of interest." The Apollo club was 'the first mnu- sical society orgauized after the fire of 1871, and the only one to survive. It was a strong factor in bringing the Thomas orchestra, later the Chicago symphony, to Chicago. The real reason for the Apollo Musical club's life is îlot onfly its past history, which is connected directly %vith the biggest' thing in mu-sic in devoted to choral music lu the largest, form and with its wonderful routined membership and its newer and younger elernent it represents the most logical organization to present the masterpieces of Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Schumann, Saint- Saens, Wolfe-Ferrari, etc., and also to introduce and keep before the public the. larger works of nur own Armeri.. F- LVLjU interpret Brow sons. zaye ou naly wfitteil. ists inu Played on t they were. a Brown Soligs..