he hall. It
was a first attempt, but the "North Side Library" is a model of beauty
and convenience today.

The way in which the people of Allegheny awakened, responded and availed
themselves of the benefits to be obtained from the Carnegie Library at
Allegheny was most gratifying. The place was formally dedicated on
February Thirteenth, Eighteen Hundred Ninety. President Harrison was
present and made an address. The music for the occasion was supplied by
"Young Damrosch" and his orchestra. Leopold Damrosch, the noted leader,
had died only a few years before, and his son Walter had taken up his
work. The manly ways of "Young Damrosch" and his superb skill as a
conductor made an impression on Mr. Carnegie then and there that bore
speedy fruit.

In Eighteen Hundred Ninety-one, Mr. Carnegie built the Carnegie
Music-Hall at the corner of Fifty-seventh Street and Seventh Avenue in
New York City, especially with Walter Damrosch and the Damrosch needs
in mind. I have spoken in this hall a score or more of times, and I
never stand upon its spacious platform but that I think with admiration
of the ironmaster who had the courage to back with two million dollars
his faith in the musical appreciation of New York City.

It is good to know that the prophetic business instincts of Mr. Carnegie
did not here play him false. The various offices and studios connected
with the splendid auditorium were quickly rented, and the investment has
paid a fair return from the first. When it was built it was the noblest
auditorium in America. One of its chief benefits has been to show the
people of America that such a building will pay. For one thing, it gave
certain Western capitalists heart to erect the Fine Arts Building in
Chicago. And now in a dozen cities of the United States there are great
auditoriums where big events, musical and oratorical, bring the people
together in a way that enlarges their spiritual horizon. Andrew Carnegie
has ever had a passion for music. At Skibo Castle the meals are
announced by bagpipe. Of course I admit that whether the bagpipe is a
musical instrument or not is a matter of argument, for just what
constitutes music my Irish friend, George Bernard Shaw, says is a point
of view.

Andrew Carnegie has given the musical interests of America an immense
impulse. His presentation of pipe-organs to churches, schools and halls
bids fair to revive the age of Sebastian Bach. "Music helps us to get
rid of our whims, preju