The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-02
MUSICAL SUGGESTIONS.
How Household Drudgery Might Be Made
Source of Endowment

How Household Drudgery Might Be Made
Source of Enjoyment.
1t is perhaps owing to the fact that
we all love music, that music is intro.
duced into various objects unto which it
bears not the slightest relation, and
with which it is not even remotely as.
sociated. In no other way can we ac-
count for the pecuniary, if not artistic,
success of the album which, when
opened, discourses some popular oper.
attic air. Ii music be enjoyable, rem
dered by an album, we can not see why
the scheme should not be carried
further. We might have ordinary
household objects give forth tunes at
various periods, to serve as signals and
warnings, as we'll as for the spiritual
pleasure they would be sure to impart.
When the Hiber MAN cook is bending
over coffee-mill which she can not
hold steady between her knees, itseems
reasonable to fancy that she would be
unconscious of the pains shooting
through her knuckles, if the mill were
filling her patriotic soul with the STIR
ring strains of the wearing of the
Green" Or perhaps the "Rocky Road
to Dublin" would be better, as the time
is livelier, and would in all probability
cause the cook to work faster.
On the same principle, ''Tim Finne-
gan's Wake could be fixed in the lawn
mower, that the operator of the same
might caper gracefully over an upgrade
lawn, and fancy himself at land league
meeting vowing destruction to Great
Britain. The thermometer out in the
hall might have a set of tunes in it that
would tell the temperature, and save
near-sighted man the trouble of taking
it out on the lawn to ascertain that fact.
When at the temperature of spring, the
mercury could cause it to fill the air
with "Spring, Gentle Spring" Ii the
mercury should reach that point peculiar
to the season when Sirius rises and sets
with the sun, it could delight the house
hold with cold Dog Dray," or. ''Keyser,
Don't You want to Buy Dog?"
The temperature of autumn, when the
pipe of the quail gayly bursts on the
plumber, would be indicated by rem
dition of that soulful lyric, LEAF by
Leaf the Roses FALL" or Johnny, Get
Your Cum" while the zero mark of
winter could be manifested unerringly
by "Greenland's Icy Mountains.
"Down Went McGinty," with suitable
variations, could be given by the pump
in such way that the cooks soul would
be surcharged with an Intoxicating, de-
lirious bliss, that would carry her away
and cause her to pump the tank full in
period considered by her necessary to
fill pail.
AS there has recently been greater
advance in lamp art than in any other,
we fancy it not out of place to suggest
to the manufacturers the aesthetic pro-
priety of turning to music for novelty.
'Coal Oil Johnny" would not be out of
place in kitchen lamp, while one for
the dining table might have a CASTRO
nomic air, such as, "Dad's Dinner-Pail."
And it is only fair to assume that all
mothers would hail with delight the in
PRODUCTION of an automatic cradle that,
while rocking, would play "Hush-a-by
Baby ON the Tree-top," as she would
then be able to place the baby in the
same, feeling certain that it would be
rocked and sung, or, rather, played into
the snowy arms of Morpheus; and that
it would remain in the tender embrace
of the same poppy-wreathed individual
until her return, even if she wanted to
step out to match piece of dress goods,
or to call on a neighbor, to show off her
latest duck of hat.
The burglar alarm could regale the
knight of the jimmy with, SIN the Prison
Cell l Sit," while the door-bell could
improve on it's rattle and bang with,
''Home, Sweet Homer as we'll as the ru-
raj front gate could glad the moonlight
zephyr with cloves Young Dream. -