The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-16

Hat?'' and How Ut came 10 Dc HrlCIeh
Other Well Know n SODEs-One Writer
with Finger Nails = Window Sill.
The man who PERI etrated that must
cal atrocity, Where lid You Get That
HAITI" has been disc0Fa ed. His name is
Joe Sullivan. He is a actor IhlS Is
the only thing he ever Va 'ote.
Frank Harding, the New York music
publisher, tells the story OF he W and where
tSe author obtained his hSspA alton.
Tom O'Driscol, the larh scarum
.rsudson of old Murtagh Oh iScoll, of
"a bbynaul, in the county of Atoscom-
mo, !, Ireland, was famous Cor his per
sonal pecuiarities. One of the sew. rs an
sversh N to wearing ''ca6oeen." 1t
yvas ia ms delight to wander through
tbe conn ny bareheaded and barefooted
The fact l hat he wore no s1Oes excited
no commen. bat his refusal to wear a
hat was 4 IA stress to his family. The
fact is that Il DIl did not really need
hat, for he had A2een provided by nature
with a shock of AIXgriant red hair. He
was known for nM les around as the'red
headed man, and his azdornmellt brought
down upon Tom theanger of his grand
father, Murtagh.
Just before his death old MI rtagh con-
ceived an idea which Ae was almost GER
Gain would bring his erring s randson to
his ''sivin shmau sinses, and few days
afterward he died.
Tom refused to wear a hat, even ut the
funeral. On the return of the family
from the churchyard, the Wi was open
ed and read by Father O HoiIahan, and,
to the surprise of all, it was found that
Tom inherited everything, il rcluding the
big stocking of ''goold," tn at could be
found '"bEchuHe the tick and the boul-
ster IN the ,ould four posthar," on condi-
ton that for the REMAINED n of his nat
1Iral life heshouid Wear his grandfather
hat Oh all occasions in the open air.
This was regarded as a very hard con-
dition by Tom, bat. poSSesI ing his share
of good common sense, he; accepted the
inevitable and presented iinsef on the
following SuIrdayaC chuI ca wearing old
Murtagn's hat. His appearance was
ludicreus in the extreme. Having neg
lected to get his hair cut, the hat was;
perched on the top of his remarkable
crop of bushy and fiery hair, and the!
the roars of laughter wi tn which he was
saluted made Tom ainI ost wish he had
not accepted the OneroI Is condition OF his
grandfather's viii. Fl ON all sides came
jibes and cries of deris ion, the principal
salutation being, ''Jfother o Mose4
Where did you get tln 1t hat:'
During d recent TIP in Ireland Dir.
Il. -. LIT 4 H.,
and, after a good de5ai of hard thinking,
he produced the song, the title of which
has since become "a household WORT
throughout the COZ ntry. An eXcelleu
yet simple piano arr arrangement was mad e
for it by William Lorraine, 4 mere lad Of
16, which materially aided its impetus O
popularity. BY the way, Lorraine is
recognized among musicians generally
as one of the most efficient arrangerssOf
comic and sentimental music in this
country. This song is an illustration of
what a single phrase will do in popular
izing ditty. There is, OF course, nothing
of decided library merit 10 commend
it. 1t does not teven possess the disdnc-
ton of good rhJ me. But it has an OF igi-
nal Jingle of ma iody and an easy arraI lge-
ment that go, far in making it a go
with the public. A number of songs
have suddenly sprung into celebrity
which had g4own dusty IN the obscErity
of the publishers shelves.
Among these might be mentioned
Mullaly's prftty song, Notices OH the
Wall" Klelik's "Only Picture" Mitch.
ellis "Where Can the Wanderer Be?'
and c. A. Whites tender roEanza,
marguerite" White seems to he the
most prolific of American composers in
the sentini entail VEIN. With the 'excep.
ton, perhaps, of VIII S. Hays he is
also the oldest native song writer. Mr.
White is il resident of Boston, a1sl they
say he has amassed nearly half million
of dollar; through the sale of his songs
His iate6b.and most successful finSpira
ton was the now celebrated Mar
guerite, which is being sung By all the
romantic maidens in the country.
1t is a fact not generally known thai
''MarQuorite" was written while the
author was suffering from cerebra
troublessuperinduced by overwprk. TIL,
original text and melody he conceived
while confined TO his home and lying a
deaths door. Forbidden by his family
physician the use of paper and pencil
tile veteran composer scratched with hi
finger nails upon the paint of the win
dow sill the rough outlines of the mel
ody of his famous song, andIon his re
covery he had it Transcribed and ar
ranged. For long time Marguerite
lay upon the shelves and failisd to strik,
a popular chord, but within the past 81,
months the song has commended itsel
so universally that it is difficult to sup
ply the demand.
1t seems that the name Marguerite
is prolific theme with poe3s and musi
cal composers. There are no fewer thai
six different ''Marguerite' songs upol
the market to-day. In the more claSsi
vein, Heiuud's German love ditty
''Margaritha, is eminentlg a fsvorite
while Farewell. GarEuerue. by Board
imam, is an exceedingly popular song Q
today, and Whites My Marguerite Q
Long Ago" bids fair TO rival his bette
known production Of like character.
Comic songs, as a rule. are short lived
This is because they dePaad mainly 70
their popularity upon single phrase
which catch the eye OF the public an
are repeated in daily conversation unit
they become sllUEqU eS- With the dc
cay OF the phrases which form the key
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