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Saxophones Used in Fight on Devil The saxophone—"Instrnment of the devil”—Is being enlisted by the churches In their fight on the devil, It If Indicated In advice* reaching the Conn Mtjslc Center, Elkhart, Ind. All saxophone quartettes and sextette* Id church and‘.Sunday school are among the “devil-* own weapon*” being used to win folk* over to religion. -, “Not po.loag ago It wa* quite com mon for church people to shun the mention of saxophone, let alonp go to hear one played," say* James F. Boy er,'supervisor of the-C'onn Music Cen ter. "The sentiment seemed to be, even among musician*;, thut the saxo phone wasn't much good for hut. jazz, *«d for a while It. did appear that tjie Jazx artist* were the only ones to recognize and make use of this com paratively new addition to the brass Instrument family. Jtpports now com ing , lp here, however, indicate n changed attitude on the part of the public. Artists know that the saxo phone lone* come nearest of all others In resemblance to the human voice, and recognize that there Is nothing so beau tiful musically-as a saxophone solo. H.’ Benne lleriton, one of Hie greatest living masters of this instrument,claims that- no eleaner, more elevating or In spirational music can come from any Instrument, and will not. play anything thaj has the slightest taint of jazz lit it. Saxophone quartettes afid saxo phone aexfettea are winning a place for themselves In churches, especially those that cannot afford a pipe organ, and.ether churches have found that the appearance of an orchestra at ehoreh functions Invariably draws In creased attendance. This la indeed 1 ghtlijg the devil with his own wea pon*.” . . MUSICAL BUMP l ,, , ,,1..y ■ 1 . "U if The public school band movement hew sweeping the nation Is developing <f o r America a ^mfttrtl knmp" ttyt will a rah rjya! that dla playcrl by tha fnoet colorful and tnn«4»T(D( cotin trlf« of th* Old World, according to! rradarlck Wall, Inaaa, Interna tionally facnoua bandmaater of tha 90'a and nob hrfd of -tha Caon Wo-', ttoaal School ■ of If hale, Chicago “The tin?# Ii near at hand when *T« the smallest ef communities will i't*ben4."aays Ur. lone*.. “And tljay will be capable organisations, tee. '.j^'JSeeer has there been such an indi cation of a widespread Interest In hand music. A school is as prolwl ^heo their band wins the state cham pionship as they are when their foot ball; eleven cleans up on every ether aggregation in the section. >,.\‘*The students are seeing music not ehly as a cultural pastime, but. as the possible key te a remunerative pro febsion. . ‘.'It Is time the tide was turning. A year ago the average American'spent but 10 eenta on band' music, ■ while .llJtlO wae being apent on.pianos, and •1 on talking machines. Those figures aft. due for material changes, and It wiu;be the. boys of the'land who will change them.** Mulic for “Siuies”? * . Litton to These Boys ^ •'Elkhart. Ind.—The age-old ennten tfen that boys consider music as some thing for "Sissies'’ Is exploded In n a«my. brought to light by the Conn Music .Outer here. More boys want to study ruuslc than do girls, questions put to 5,000 chil dren between the fourth and ninth grades' revealed. Forty per cent of the boys announced a willingness to study, music if given an opportunity. Thirty-seven per cent of the girls man ifested Interest. \ ■ Parental influence wus seen In the fact that, while only IK per cent of the musically Interested expressed a pref erence for the piano, 50 per rent were studying that Instrument. Only 12 per cent were Interested in the violin, yf t 20 per cent were taking lessons on the bow and fiddle. ■ '.-The saxophone, the banjo and the cornet, took honors for ■ preference among the boys. None studying these Instruments was dissatisfied- Among the extremely young boys the lowly harmonica ranked high. . T* Spend Half Billion on 1926 Music Lessons ■Elkhart, Ind.--Half a billion dollars will he spent by Americans for music lesson* between now and next ..Jbne, It Is estimated by the Conn Mu . ale Center. The estimate is based on a statistical study by J. P. Blake of Sft. lout,*. 7 According to Mr. Blake, there are 254,000 teachers of music who regu liHy practice their profession in the United State*. These teachers aver .age 20 pupils each. Allowing an av erage of two lessons a week for each student for the 26 weeks between now ' and June, means a total of 250,000,000 , mualc-Jeason hour*, which at the av erage fee of 82 per hour, brings the In come of tha music teachers up to >800.000,ood_ .'■Mr.1 and Mrs. Jacoby of Franklin avenue, entertained at their home bn New Year’s Eve at dinner. News Of The i Women’s Club Palisade REGULAR MEETING—The next regular meeting of the Woman’s club of Palisade will be held on Friday afternoon,.January 21, at the home of Mrs. William Gfoek, 1.101 Cumbcr mede load, assistant hostesses, Mrs, II. J. Gaess and Mrs. F. G. Schae fer. The speaker will be Miss Reiser, budget expert, connected with the llowery Savings Rank of New York City, upon the subject “Budgeting for Better Homes.” This meeting is in charge of Mrs. Harry Flemming, chairman of the Home Department of the club. Cliffside Park .REGULAR MEETING—The regu- ! lar monthly meeting of the Woman’s i Club of Cliffside Talk was held on j Thursday in the Lawton avenue school J with the Vice-President, Mrs. Martin Conroy in the chair. - Monthly reports from the depart ments showed much past activity, and future plans. Mrs. Banvilic, for the Christmas Seal committee reported over $900.00 so far, and the certainty, through the "follow up" cards, of "going over the j top." Mrs. Leopold, on behalf of the Christmas Cheer committee reported j 82 packages of appropriate gifts, I several in each package, for the dis- J ablcd war veterans. j Mrs. Darta rejwrtcd the Community j entertainment, the usefulness of the j Christmas trees for several functions, ( the valuable services of the Boy j Scouts in distributing dodgers, etc. the singing of the Americanization class, school fhildrcn and vocalists, and the play given by the Community Players, a letter of thanks being sent to the latter. The club voted each member to try to bring in a new, member, and to give a welcome to new members, and Mrs. Lane, a new member, being present for the first time, was introduced and welcomed. The club made Christmas happier for a number of people, with its us ual donations. Besides the War Veteran's gifts, a money gift of $10 was sent for them, the Near East fund received $r*., the club’s protegee in the Old People’s Home, received a two dollar gift, and all the expenses of the trees, the play, etc., were paid from this Christmas Cheer fund. The meeting closed with animated discussion on the club house pro position, the trend of opinion being toward a less expcnsnvc and smaller building with upkeep well within the means of the club. It was decided to appoint a committee to aid the trust ees in securing from oach club mem ber, an expression'of (definite support, financially, toward llie building fund. COMMUNITY ENTERTAIN MENT—A'stormy eveiiing and small attendance greeted the annual Christ mas Cdnimunity entertainment which this year was not the usual concert, under the auspices of the Woman's Club of Clilfsidc ■ Park, in'the 'local High School. i ■ v ; Several children from School Num ber sang Christmas cumds, the Am ericanization class of over fifteen men sang some, carols also, luccompuincd by their teacher, Mrs. Warren, at the piano, Mrs. King and Misti Richards of Woodclilf, sang Christinas select ions and the evening closed with a play, “Dust of the Road," by Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, cast and directed by Mr. Joseph Scott of Grantv'ood ami presented by Miss Virginia Rerkey, Mr. John C. Vosburgh, Mr. Herbert Everett and Mr. Augustus Klaiber. The play was an impressive, relig ious production of unusual theme, ro: volving around a farmer and wife, tempted to dishonesty, saved by the return of Judas Iscariot on Christmas Eve, and by a hint of the return of Christ, the same evening, turned away us a lame suppliant for aid. It was well acted with a solemn but effective lesson. Lighting effects were managed by Warren Sammis, Jr., and John Pur don, Jr. HOME ECONOMICS DEPART MENT—The January meeting of the Home Economics Department of the Woman’s Club of ClifTside Park will be held on Thursday, January 20, at the home of Mrs. J. C. Vosburgh. It will be preceded by a luncheon under the care of a committee, Mrs. Abeam, Mrs. Ilagley, Mrs. Rohm, Mrs. ISurns, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Conroy, Mrs. Dana, Mrs. Donaldson, Mrs. Dil lon, Mrs. Fox, and Mrs. Hall. The Department members take their turn alphabetically in assisting at the three big functions of the year, the luncheon, the food sale and the “Trav eling Luncheon.” The feature of the program will be the “hobby" demonstration after the luncheon, by six women, in turn, Mrs. McDonald, Mrs, Kvcnstler, Mrs. Fox and Mrs. Burns, and a very interest ing afternoon is anticipated. ■ib ’’TTT'rr*" 'r -8"-—■— ).fo{in If.. Bord ?of Bayview avenue, BngfcwtKKl Cliffs, reported to the po lice on Monday last that thieves enter ed his home and made their escape, with a large amount of his clothing, leaving him only the suit he had on his back. The thief gained entrance to the house by forcing the kitchen door. The family was out at the time. Here is what is missing: Three suits of clothes, a Tuxedo, four overcoats, and a watch chain. A threadbare overcoat was left by the thief. I Before leaving the house, the in truder carefully packed the clothing] in travelling bags and then departed. ] GENERAL INSURANCE AETNA-IZE 23!) Main at., FORT LEE PHONE FORT LEE 1621 Joseph Burgard Agency, Inc. Citizens Finance Corp. AUTOMOBILE LOANS $1100.00 ami over You fan keep the car in uae every day Privacy Guaranteed Oflice open from 0 to 5 27 Baula Plate Hackensack PHONE HACKENSACK 1509 MORRISON, LLOYD . and MORRISON C'uunaellors-Al-Lrf w 272 Main St., KiduefieM Park, N. J. PHONE HACKENSACK 2060 173 Main at reel Hackensack PHONE HACKENSACK 2441 C. CHIANDUSSE Builder—Plasterer Phone Cliffside 2786 MASON UY ami STUCCO WOIUC 3'J2 MURRAY ST. Cliilsidu, N. J. Palisade Barber Shop P. Trapani, Prop. 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