The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-01

their children to the public schools, and
many of them make bright scholars. They
are quick to learn.
The handorgan. so familiar to everyone,
is manufactured IN New York city. and the
rolls from which the music is produced
are also made there, although sort OF
repair shop exists here, where they can
be patched up or changed.
SACRED MUSIC POPULAR.
The rolls are changed as often as the
popular taste demands, and the organ grind
er considers it umprofessional to keep a roll
In more than six months He does not aim
TO be classical in his selections and with
rare exceptions grinds out the songs that
that have become most popular before
his roll was made.
Nowadays hymns seerH to be coming into
fashion with the grinders. and mere are
fully twenty organs midtown which play
that old salvation hymn RaThere Is Il Fount-
ain Filled with Blood aTherc are several
other religious airs thai are PLAYED of
course, but that one / X The favorite
The organ-grinder's EARNINGS vary, but
generally on good day he can depend
on So or 81. Then thege are other days,
days when the snow issDn the ground, or
when the sleet is dashiEg against the win
dow panes, when evefksthe music OF his
organ has not the powefsfo charm the shek-
els from people who wSnild have to let in
the cold if they raised their windows
On the whole. however,, he makes fairly
good living and has very few responsible
tiles to trouble him.
+ As In Feter'S case great many of the
Italians take their wives along with them
during their meanderiiigs with the piano.
The presence OF wonia is always likely
to attract attention, a I'D Us an additional
source OF revenue. THEN the woman gem
orally takes charge of things, keeps the
change that is thrown ii them and makes
her husband toe the mark;more religiouSly
than he otherwise wotIldi do
PAID HIM N WINE.
Anew days ago an organ stopped in front
OF popular downtown saloon, and the
man played few airs whiie the woman went
through the crowd with her bonnet in her
hand. She gathered iIl a few dimes and
nickcls, and then going back took the crank
from her male partner and sent him into
the saloon while she played, He disappeared
within the door and She prayed ON. She
finished one tune and as he came not Sue
adjusted the knob and began another.
This one was also finished as was a third,
before he put in an appearance. As he
approached the piano she held out her
hand for money. He waved her hand
majesticalIy aside and said:
Gotta no non."
But with that remark there came a
whiff of the most odorouS breath the Ital-
ian madam had ever sinelt,
'sYou spenda da mon in da saloon,' she
exclaimed, shrilly, as she extended heI
hands toward the hair Of her frightened
| partner. You blowa da mon fer wine
ma, ma" he protested. ''Da man nc
giva me da mon; he maka me drink at da
bar. L no gotta cent
Itwas with some difficulty that he per
| suaded his helper to believe that the men in
the saloon had refused TO give him money
but had pushed himup tothe bar and poured
| several drinks into him, greatly To his salts
! faction. When she finally realized it SHIT
| threw down the handle of the piano ant
! walked off in disgust.
J The colony OF organ grinders in Purdy