The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-14
THE BALLAD CONCERT
SWEET MELODIES OLD AND NEW.
The sentfmen1al Predeufnafao - Dal-
letting % Conrlnss To-day s.A
Tomorrow.

Votes enough 70 keep The musical ed1sss
Busy have come Ia already In res porse 90
the Post-fnteIageaeer call for Suggestions
as 20 next Saturday nights concert pro-
gramme. No de05a a. the matter becomes
more generally talked ABOUT, the number
viii Increase today and tornorrow. Those
who visa 20 express their choics should
remember THAI tomorrow VIII be shs last
day OF which votes win BE reserved
The scores Of letters resolved have como.
like the patrons Of the concerts. from all
classes Of socie<y and from many orders
Of mind AS q result the suggestions have
been widely variant Some have been
comic and others serious. Some have con-
tented themselves with the bare name Of
the air: others have written lengthy
episties TO vindicats their choice. As 70
the airs suggested. IL IL impossible 20
group them. or to give more than q hint
OF ths range through which they run
Sweet yiolets," After the BalF' aad
-fa-ra~rz-boom-te-ay" are about the only
effste favorftes that have thus FAR not
been honoxsd with vote.
To give an idea OF The musical editors
pleasures and fluctuations IN digestirg the
mass OF correspondence thus opened Up
20 him. q few OF the letters are given be-
low:
Kathleen Mavcurneen. ahA gray dawn -
TIE horn o. "a. auntsr Is heart 81 The
Lex Us hear shis again.
Pilgrim Chorus" from Tsnnhaa.sg.
Dear Mr. Wagner: Ny girl and two Of
her sisters Join me In asking yen TO play
Tt Don't Seem Like the Same Old Ssnile~
at the Post-Tntelligencer concert ssatur-
day night One OF them Is a school
teacher. and she says Don't Is wrong
Il should be doesn't" but she likes the
music. We viii be On The steps Of the
Bailey block VI. NJ s.
On. my Loves like RED. RED ross
That's newly sprung tn June.
On, my Luve's ike the meiodle
That's swestly played Ia tune.
And fare thee weel. By only LxvS1
And fare thee weel awhile.
And I viii come again, my Luvo.
Tho. It were ten thousand mile
This was handed In by q girl with
shirt waist and sailor hat: Douglas.
Douglas. Tender and True"
/ suppose Il win be unnecessary to sug-
sest "Old Kentucky Home" for no song
concert would be complete without Il.
JENNIE d.
NY MUSICAL C0olco fOr SATURDAY efcn-
fng's concert Is III Trovatore-" Second
choice. The Indian Campaign"
WILLIAM l. LINDSIEY.
Mr.. Wagner. Would you play The
Dudes OF SGT" MISS L. r..
vote for Then You'll Remember Me-"
II Il old, but can never die. s. q. I.
Ny choice IL Little Alabama Coon"
MINSTREL.
The Girl I Love-" with some OF the
band singing the chorus. would make
prodigious hit The audience might be
allowed TO join IN on the last verse
vox PoPuII-
when I was q boy they Used TO like 10
hear The old Folks al Home" The
Eanks OF the Ohio" The Hunters OF Ken
lucky. and 'sRosin the Beau" ] suppose
the band can play some or these satur-
day night II they are not too old-fash-
Toned. IL they do win try 10 manage TO
get out. ANrE-BELLUM-
-Jans. Nv Pretty Jane" is a suggestion
written In a delicate feminins hand.
The band ought 90 plny Ben Bolt" q
s5ng more than City years old and as pop
uiar today as Ia lS45 NEW JERSEY.
CIV. u. "Just Tell Them That You Saw
Me-" the song that made the great MT at
the Democratic convention IN Chicago
when played by the band. A. b. l..
rerrnit an oia coliegsan TO suggest that
hundreds OF his kind IN Seattle would re
delighted 10 hear the bard play some OF
the old college songs. Their names are
700 well known to need mentioning. Aay
al wagner
might arrange few OF them in a telicloas
medley. ALoMSCS.
In behalf OF the many people WHO have
IN the past gladly danced 70 your plenteons
and enhancing music. allow me TO sug-
rsst as ore OF the numbers for the special
pregrannrns for your next band concert
that old a-d familiar tune, once again be-
coming popular from one end Of the land
va love 90 the other-"Silyer Threads
Among the Gold" o. NJ MOORE.
pleas. play AT next Saturdays Pr. con-
cert the selection played by the First
Regiment bard At Ieschi park several Sun
DAYS ago. representing THE Little German
Hand" and ohiiss LAURA +.
The only popular song nsver grew tired
Of. though u enjoyed a greater vogue If
teen years svo than airy ballad Of today
does. I. "Ncrinns Maureen." wagnsrs
band il capable OF playing Y with exquts-
lie terEsrness MRS A G. ~.
I should Ike 70 have Waxner's bard
siav me tnflowfnrs Selections from
stpohfr Hood" intending 80. Promise
Me- President McKisiev's inauguration
march. The BAna Played On." Evening
star. from '~Tanuhauser;" Pilgrim
Chorus" Love Ne. Love Ne. Lou +"
J. r.. g.
A. Taassr. ia oxn sfNrs thar 20 &c Nssr