The evening world., 1894-07-30
Swccthcarts the Man in tho Moon."
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awccthcarrs the Man in tho Moon"
which gave MIN royalty Of sSrD In
on" year.
IN ,Na,, about tho time Mars WAS
cuqucttinE with The earth, | Sarted out
tiucut.' enid MIR Thornton. ~ was II
O'Clock and chos" Union square 10
cour, VI nurse Mars va .u-'i"' able,
enough In tact, | couldn't ct away
'rum hiH fascinating eriu aud about mid
night I had him In s0ns-thNmt' tune.
Il needed little money then 'ne
worst Wv. AMI went home, wrote tlc
words, and IL music IS we'll Nv "A
crude s>stcm Of numbers Of my own
l,Nt~ins .rut for ;hc Grst Violin,
mos, artistic German, who wrote the
scores Tor me, aud before noon u was
in the pub i-h"rs hands and ! had an
advance of 80.
Bonnie Thornton. the authors little
wife. sang 1t for the first time at Tony
Pastors. 1t made a ni' that night ana
made money fof tho hous" Through the
America. and Minnie Palmer j. singing 1t
in London with gratifying success.
The Irish Jubilee was my nrHt SUI
Cessful song" says Mr.. Thornton.
There are SIS words in it. was going
| to California, and | wrote bit of 1t in
every state between Jersey city and san
Francisco, ON the way back | polished
IT up. In Ch,ras" offered IL Tor sale;
Nobody would look at II. The Natural
Gas company was playing to good
houses. and | thought they might be
the office. Of Donneliy. q GIrard ana
very timidly offered it for the ridiculous
/ sum OF &. ! knew 1t had merit and only
needed Il hearing
1T made me Sick when the chief said
! he hadn't any time to waste. | went
home and chucked the manuscript In my
trunk. and there II stayed for six
months. getting ragged and disrepuiabie
FINALLY I hauled It out and sang it
myself on the roud and in the London
Theatre with great. success. When 1t
was sung TO death published It, Now
/ II Is sung by the Irish all over two con-
/ tinents; the publisher makes 40 cents
and get I'VE cents for every copy sold.
lection" continued Mr.. Thornton. III a
new song takes and a newspaper Jnau
happens to mention the fact the COM
poser knows what To expect The hours
of his prosperity are numbered. At the
following performance there viii lie
shorthand men and women in the audi
cncc stealing the words and the musis
as well. and the more the song is en-
Cured the worse it Is for the owner and
the better for the pirates"
/ Rather pretty bit Of human nature is
summer Comes Again" II" tells the
story thus: II was ON the road with the
Fanny Rice company. 1T was midwin-
ter. and 80 intensely cold that business
was dOwnheartcd; even the naturally
liSht-hearted Miss Rice. She was look.
ing ont of the. car window at Il bleak
Wisconsin landscape, and made some
doletul remark. ventured the hazard
that it would be all right when summer
comes again.
Then | went back to my seat ant
wrote ne song. getting the meter fIJu
the music of the car wheels, and later 8
market for 10000 copies.
ANY regular motion or sustained vi
hratiOu Is IA help to me in my work.
have got any number OF tunes from tn,
Nght Zip Of the oars; and the tickInl
OF a clock 10 a reliable assistant"
When Mr. Thornton has IA song in hit
head he sends for his musical ncighbor
The Violinist brings his instrument. pen
ell and notebook. and the seauce begins
without words. Tn" song is whis'lcd
\ shake of the head at false note Il
followed by n new beginning, and thu
air Is whstlei AMI hummed and sun;
until tho composer catches the notes an,
gets them on paper when this is az
ComrlishCl he plays the score and tn,
d author makes corrections The yerinca
tion is the most difficult part OF tn,
song writer's work.
Mr.. Thorntons last song "Erokci
Hearts" Is just copyrighted: il Is
tuneful thing, true to life and runs The
gamut Of human affections. Its succrs
Is insured.
oddly enough, all his songs come I,
him AT night. In q mass of music-hook
ana sheet music. including several thou
sand compositions, there Is not one day
born child of his fancy.
While he has the greatest admira ito
for the grand singers-Sullivan, iarrI