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Th« Fentlval.The success of the Musical Festival is pronounced. A distinguished critic from New York telegraphs that it surpasses that of 1875, which excelled all previous ones in America, and made the May Concerts here the acknowledged art gatherings of the country. But it was not the artistic triumph alone which inspires this writer. He seems to have caught the infection, the enthusiasm that comes of crowds and flags, evidences of business prosperity, cheerfulness and public spirit that pervade the good city. Mr. Long-worth well said to Mr. Springer last night:“It is not only the thousands who now sit under the roof which you have spread above them who profit by your bounty. The good thought and the good deed appeal to the hearts of all men. From lip to Up springs the bright thought; heart answers to heart for the good deed! Like the living light, the good and the beautiful are spreading in ever widening circles till they shall fill all space and all time.“There is a startling question which we musteach answer, and when hereafter you are asked: ‘What have you done?* you may say, ‘Behold this mustard seed which I have planted, lo! the fowls of the air roost in its branches.’ ”The erection of the (1-rand llall secures to Cincinnati for generations, at least, the proud distinction of being the musical center of the United States. That distinction she had earned before. But, though she reigned, she was not crowned. Last evening, in the presence of the finest audience ever gathered in the land, the coronation took place. She’s the acknowledged Queen of the Art Divine. And, while she revels in the aesthetic pleasure, the material prosperity of her people will increase. It is a law of trade, taught in the logic of experience, that labor most thrives where virtuous luxury dwells; and in a different and less direct way, the M usic Hall does the work of a Southern road; increases the welfare of the people; contributes to their home comforts, the very education of their children. The mustard-seed will do its work, and years after the good man has gone to his honored rest, the memory of Reuben Springer will be as fragrant as the flowers of May’, and spokentenderly as often as the Month of Music rolls around.
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Cincinnati Weekly Enquirer
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Wed, May 22, 1878
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