Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-06-23
Two SCHOOLS OF MUSIC.
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hr. uptowne Flatte Graphically Describe
Them rs lie finds rhcm.
TALK about your different schools oi
music" said Mr.. Uptownc Platte the
other day, "rll tell you what's a 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 one
of those democratic go-as-you-please.
um-dah players, and overhead there is
a young woman who Is the representa-
tive of the highest kind Of n classical
school"
"What kind of musician did you
say you had underneath" asked the re-
porter.
"An um-dah player"
"a what?" asked the Tribune man
again, more mystiiied than ever.
"Why, an um-dah player, of course.
Didn't you ever hear of one of those
fiends 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 againP''
The reporter sadly acknowledged
that he had had an experience of that
sort
"But I'll tell you what's fact" Mr..
Flatte ratified on, "the playing of the
young woman upstairs would make an
ice machine green with envy. For
downright chilliness It beats 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 n small fortune, l suppose IL is n
genuine circus to see her play, though,
an l suppose she takes enough physi-
cal exercise at the piano 10 obviate the
necessity of horseback riding, or tennis
playing, or anything of that sort. She
has one of these long benches in fr1nt
of the piano, and when she begins 10
play her favorite piece, opus something
or other, she begins way down by the
bass keys.
"'Bangity, bang! bangr she begins,
and there is pause. After what seems
60 be an interminablc time she takes a
running slide up TO the other end Of the
bench, aud lifting her hand gracefully
she touches one of the keys lightly.
"'Binrr
''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 paraiyzcd,
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, TO sit down The
player came back 20 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 TO the other and then back
again. I'll give you a pointer on the
fact that they were runs. No walking
about them. Why, IL she had been a
boy her mother would have had fit for
fear he would have worn out his trou-
sers.
IL suppose I'm ignorant" he said sad
ly as he finished his luncheon, 'but
there is no use of talking, couldn't
stand it, so / told the landlord that |
should find a new fiat next month. IN
Y. Tribune.