Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-06-14
MUSICAL SUGGESTIONS.
How Household Drudgery Might lie Made
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1t As perhaps owing 20 the fact that
we all love music, that music Is intro
duced into various objects unto which IL
bears not the slightest relation. and
with which IL is not even remotely as.
sociated. In no other way can we ac-
count for the pecuniary, II not artistic,
success of the album which. when
opened, discourses some popular oper-
attic air. III music be enjoyable. ren.
dsrcd 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, rs well as for the spiritual
pleasure they would be sure To impart
When the Iliber nian cook is bending
over coffee-mill which she can not
hold steady between her knees, tseems
reasonable TO fancy that she would be
unconscious ot the pains shooting
through her knuckles, II the mill were
filling her patriotic soul with the stir
ring strains Of the wearing OF tho
Green" OR perhaps the Rocky Road
10 Dublin" would be- better. as the time
is iivelier, and would In all probability
cause the cook to work faster.
On the same principle Tim Finne-
gan's Wake could b. 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 yowing destruction To Great
Britain. Tho thermometer out in the
hall might have set Of tunes in IL that
would tell the temperature, and save a
near-sighted man the trouble of taking
II out on th" lawn to ascertain that fact.
When at tue temperature Of spring. tho
mercury could cause il 10 fill the air
with "Spring, Gentle Spring" II tho
mercury should reach that point peculiar
TO the season when Sirius rises and sets
with the sun, it could delight the house
hold with "Oid Dog Dray," or, "keyser,
Don't You want TO Buy Dog?"
The temperature of autumn. when tho
pipe of the quail gayly bursts on the
plumber, would be indicated by a ron
dition of that soulful lyric, Leaf by
Leaf the Roses Fall. or Johnny, Get
Your Gun" while the zero mark oi
winter could be manifested unerringly
by "Grccnland's ley Mountains"
Down Went McGinty." with suitahl,
in such a way that tho cook 5 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 10
fill a pail.
As there has recently been a greater
advance in lamp art than in any other
we fancy IT not out OF place 10 sugges
to the manufacturers tho aesthetic pro
pricty Of turning 10 music for novelty
| Goal Oil Johnny" wosld not be out o
, place in kitchen lamp, while one TO
! the dining table might have CASTRO
/ nomic air, such as, Dads Dinuer-Pail.
And 1t is only fair 80 assume that al
mothers would hail with delight the in
. PRODUCTION Of an automatic cradle that
D while rocking, would play "llush-a-h,
$ Baby on the Tree-top,' as she woul,
then be able 20 place the baby ia th,
same fepling certain that Ii would b
rocked and sung, or, rather, played int
The snowy arms OF Morpheus; and tina
q IL would remain in the tender embrace
OF the same poppy-wreathed indiyidna
until her return, even II She wanted L
step out to match piece of dress goods
l or to call on a neighbor, to show oil he
latest duck Of hat.
Q The burglar alarm could regale tn
9 knight Of the jimmy with, I'm tho Prise
d Cell | Sit" while the door-beil coul
improve ON its rattle and bang witt
"Iome, Sweet iomo!' as we'll as the n
: raj front gate could glad the moonligh
! zephyr with Loves Young Dream" >
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