St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-07
A NEGLECTED EVIL.

There is one topic on which our en-
terprSing American women have never
written, and that is cornet playing.
Why such nuisance has not been dis
cussed in all its good 81 and bad points,
is a mystery 1 can scarcely fathOm. Is
it because cornet players Il mean would
be players) all reside in our neighbour
hood, or are all people more charitable
than |. Ii any of my readers ever have
lived near a man learning to play this
instrument, | know that tears of sympa-
thy will roll down their cheeks at my
recital.
From girlhood up the subject of
"Woman's Rights" has interested me
greatly, and not long since | was asked
to prepare lecture on this subject, to
be delivered at mass meeting of others
SO interested OH April 8. Well, one
evening last week retired early to my
| room and brought out everything neceS-
Sary in writing on so mOmentOuS
question. i was in the humOr and
worked away with a will.
| had reached the place where | was
to bring the house down and my soul
had drifted away from my present sur
roundings when the tones of cornet
struck my ear, played in dOleful key
of flats / had never before heard. 1t
man in the world into Mysteries. Pres
emily the player stopped dissolved, no
doubt, into tears and L returned to my
lecture.
Gentlemen, you now see how
necessary it is to-but that
man had wiped the tears from
his pallid cheeks and returned
with renewed vigor to his instrument of
torture. He started out i'll a low, low
key of ''C'' and as he proceeded he got
more excited, and by the time l had
AGAIN collected my scattered senses his
notes had reached the very tip-top of
the Catholic church near by, and had
scared away mayhap to realms where
they were more fully appreciated.
During the evening l esSayed to fin
ish my lecture while he was taking
breath, but | guess his lungs were in
an excellent condition, for the breath
ing spells were short and far between,
and only managed to finish the sen
tence, "Gentlemen. you now see how
necessary it is to the welfare of our
country that women should VOTE" and
was obliged to go to rest with the re-
mainder unfinished and my dreams
were haunted with visions of blank
pages that needed filling.
April the 9th is fast approaching and
night after night the cornet player has
kept up his footing and prevented all
work Oh My part.
Now, great many may think this
exaggerated. and may even be so heart
less as to smile. If so, l am perfectly
willing to change places with them for
awhile did l say while? / meant for
ever, that they may see how | have
suffered and still do suffer. Neverthe-
less, | may be just little one-sided in
my views, and may be telling of its bad
points only; so, if any can find a re-
deeming feature in the thing, | beg of
them to write ME Immediately. But
what | most desire TO have told me, is
the name of a land where cOrnet play
ers were never heard of, that | may
pack my trunk and repair thither as
fast as steam can carry me. When l
reach this haven Of rest will write you
again.
L'ENvoI.
To him who has cornet,
And would player be,
And has soul TO pity yet
His neighbors. don't you see,
1would advise that he should go
To desert chimes unknown,
And practice there the instrument