New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . ty on October 1 will raise it in an hour. And in fact so they did, almostliterally, and to their exertions is due a graceful monumentto the great German composer in Central Park. Once anidea enters the mans head it is sure of being put into prac-tical shape. It was the same energy of his that erected theSt. Josephs Home for Incurables. At a concert gotten upfor its benefit he paid all the expenses out of his own pocket,and when it was over handed the hospital committee ^3, is therefore no wonder that on the sixtieth an
New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . ty on October 1 will raise it in an hour. And in fact so they did, almostliterally, and to their exertions is due a graceful monumentto the great German composer in Central Park. Once anidea enters the mans head it is sure of being put into prac-tical shape. It was the same energy of his that erected theSt. Josephs Home for Incurables. At a concert gotten upfor its benefit he paid all the expenses out of his own pocket,and when it was over handed the hospital committee ^3, is therefore no wonder that on the sixtieth anniversary ofhis age the society (1883) gave him a benefit and an ovation,which was repeated on the twenty-fifth anniversary of itsown organization the year following. From January, 1870,till October, 1892, Mr. Ohmeis was President of the society,but failing in health he resigned in the above month fromactive incumbency of the position. On his resignation hewas with great enthusiasm elected Honorary President forlife. Mr. Ohmeis has a charming ])ersonality which ac-. JOSEPH M. OHMEIS. 15, 1867, and it was mainly through his exertions it becameself-sustaining. When elected President on January i, 1870,in reward for his zeal and general services, the BeethovenMiinnerchor took an upward bound. He infused new lifeinto it. Concerts in aid of the widows and orphans madeby the war were given and the organization grew prosperousand popular. The next step was to build a hall, which wasdone within a year after the idea had been conceived by thenew President, that is to say in 1870. The hall, which issituated at 210-212 East Fifth street, cost $112,000, includingthe furniture. An addition to this hall was made on May 16, 1892, when the adjoining house was purchased for ]iur-poses of enlargement at a cost of $25,000. It was in 1884that Mr. Ohmeis advanced the idea of erecting a monumentto Beethoven in Central Park. As usual the doubters cameforward and remarked: Oh, say, where will you get
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