Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-06-23
Two soAooLs oF MUSIC.
bIr. uptowne Flatto Graphically Desoribe
Them as lie Einds them,

Mr. Uptowne Flatto Graphically Doscribe'
Them rs lie irinds Them
Talk about your different schools OF
music" said Mr. uptownc Flatte the
other day, "I'll tell you what's o fact,
we have representatives In our fiat OF
the two schools which are the most re-
mote from each other, at any rate In
the apartment under ours there Is ono
OF those democratic go-as-you-plense'
um-dah players, and overhead there If
young woman who Is the representa-
tive OF the highest kind of classical
school,
"What kind of musician did you
say you had underneath?' asked the re-
porter
''An um-dah player"
"A what7n asked the Tribune man
again, more mystifled than ever
"Why, an um-dah player OF course.
Didn't you ever hear of one OF those
fends who sits down at the piano and
plays 'Um-dah, um-dah, um-dah-dah-
dah, um-diddy-dah-dah, um-dah-dah-
dahr from morning until night, and
then from night until morning againT
The reporter sadly acknowledged
that he had had an experience OF that
sort
"But I'll tell you what's a fact Mr..
Flatte ratified on, 'the playing OF the
young woman upstairs would make an
ice machine green with envy. For
downright chilliness it bents anything
which have ever heard. A refriger-
ator must be an unnecessary article
in that house. She ought 20 save
money for the family, some way, any
how, because her musical education has
cost a small fortune, ! suppose II Is
genuine circus TO see her play though,
and | suppose she takes enough physi-
cal exercise at the piano to obyiate the
necessity of horseback riding, or tennis
playing, or anything of that sort. She
has one of these long benches in front
of the piano, and when she begins TO
play her favorite piece, opus something
or other, she begins way down by the
bass keys.
"Bnngity, bang bangP she begins,
and there Is a pause After what seems
to be an interminable time she takes a
running slide up to the other end Of the
bench, aud lifting her hand gracefully
she touches one of tho keys lightly.
" .Bingr
'Then she goes in her trance again,
only to come out after awhile and re-
peat the same thing. was scared when
] first heard this, and | had begun to
think that she had become suddenly
galvanized, or hypnotized, or paralyzed,
or something Of that sort. | started TO
run for some water when my wife
caught me by the coattails and told me,
in "a stage whisper, 10 sit down. The
player came back To the world again,
and the way she pounded those keys
was a caution. The man who makes
the thunder on the stage wasn't in It
with her. This part wasn't sweet, and
then, seeing that there was going 10 be
another OF those painful pauses,
Slipped around the corner and got
smile She awolSe just as | returned
Away she went again from one end OF
the bench 10 the other and then back
again. I'll give you a pointer on the
fact that they were runs No walking
about them. Why, If she had been
boy her mother would have had n fit for
fear lac would have worn out his trou-
scrs.
IL suppose I'm ignorant" he sald sad
" as he finished his luncheon, "but
there is no use of talking, ! couldn't
stand IT, so | told the landlord that | !
should find new fiat next month. IN. |
y. Tribune.