The sun., 1889-11-10
IT is THE PEOPLES MUSIC.
TIE EDICT AGAINST TIE HAND on.
CANS MUST BE RESoLNDED.

The Poor street NTuaieians Think tho OBJ
Jeot is TO Squeeze Money Out or Them
The Demand for their Retnrn GrOyvs.
What the Aldermen call their "kiboeh on
the organ grinders" 10 having q terrific effect
in tho suburbs. There Is now an organ play
ing In every street in Brooklyn. Jersey City.
Hoboken. Hunters Point Yonkers. and tho
Staten Island villages. This has led to trou-
bles OF which the public does not know tho
possibility. for 1t has set the organ grinders by
the cara Theirs is no haphazard business, as
most persons imagine. The organ grinders
are nearly confined to two nationalities,
Italian and German. and they form two guilds,
one OF each nationality. These agreed years
ago upon the territory each member should
cover with his organ. and their agreements
have been as binding as any In the musicians
union or the Salvation Army. Every house.
holder who is observant has noticed. though
without thinking OF II. perhaps, thatit is nearly
always the Same organist who plays In front Of
his house. year in and year out II he ever
secs new man or hears new organ 1t Is be-
cause German has strayed on an Italians
district, or vice versa. But even the two
nationalities have agreed, In the main, and
such violations OF courtesy are rare. Now all
the rules have gone to the dogs, and the late
corners who have had the suburbs for their
pickings find themselves overwhelmed by the
entire organ grinding brigade OF the big city.
1t Is noteworthy that no ono who lives In the
suburbs has complained Of the sudden quad
ruplinR Of their usual allowance Of street
music. The truth is that only few cranks. In
or out OF New York. are finding fault with
organ grinding, except whom there is sickness
in the house. The Aldermen are beginning to
find this out. One of them. said to a reporter
OF THE BUN yesterday that he was astonished
Mt the 0utCry that has been raised on behalf of
loud lou e the neTspSpeTs" said he. as " It Is Is
M. X.s who sends US her address in 10th
street writes very earnestly about the les Of
the substance OF what she says: "Ihsve some
times been ANNOYED by z hand organ nllinR the
s IN ShSn ast the o
such an annoyance where there is sickness or
a baby is as nothing to the street noises which
hand organ with a polite request and a five
cent piece. bnt YOU are helpless IN the presence
compartment. or the invasion Of your street
by the jangling bells Of rag cart or the ten
way parts. Of town In the. evening. I
am sure the Aldermen have been imposed
hates hand organs who has no music in his
soul. and who does not know how very much
the Greater 1aete number o men and women who
love music. ! know that band organ bright
ems my whole household My husband falls to
up the ballads and sings them out loud In the
kitchen. my thirteen-year-old son puts down
iment ito the music. AS for myself, who 20
seek the best church music on Easter and
Christmas, l am free to say that the SOUND Of
a hand organ always sends me TO the window
out copper. but really to let in the melody"
Another correspondent of the many who
street bands. but insists on the return Of the
organ grinders:
burst Of music you 81, n ,windoy
and beg you to keep on isttang the people bs heard
my
s yo Ts the arc TO ga
Nobody says good word d. for the u ~ my bearing and
% %sy a hT Ep
inE your door bell that smaeEed Of
$s nssi
The reporter of THE SUN who has been sent
among the organ grinders and their friends
they think Of going back TO Italy That is
de tho paae
has seized them, It is that the politicians are
going to make them pay s0me sort OF bribe to |
thinks the law will be roscinded sooner or
later. or all the Governments OF the big cities |
In the world that OF New York Is the only one |
that has ever tried to deprive the citizens OF the
most innocent and democratic and gratifying /
they breathe with music. The organ grinders |
know that theirs is classic standard. almost |
necessary. part in the world. They know the |
embargo cannot stand and that the people |
want them. They are ignorant and helpless. |
and foolishly expect to be bled by some sharp |
not be grinding away In New York again in o
week or two.