Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-06
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Our highest authority on primitive music.
Mr.. Fillmore. after comparing the songs OF
Turks. Arabs. Chinese. japanese. Daho-
meyans, South Sea islanders and some
twenty tribes OF American Indians. has
come TO the conclusion. fully elaborated in
the current number OF Music. that The
emotional excitement which generates the
impulse to rhythmic beating with the hands
or club and to rhythmic stamping of feet
also fnds expression in shouts; and these
vocal impulses naturally tend to recur in
regular pulsations corresponding to the
rhythm Of the feet. the handclapping or
the drum. and that these shouts tend to
become musical I'm character. occurring in
Il monotone Of definite pitch. or. more fire.
quently. in successive tones which bear TO
each other well defined pitch relations.
Folk melody" he says, is always and
everywhere harmonic melody. however dim
the perception OF harmonic relations and
however unframed and musically inexperi-
erced the %untaught savage may be-"
The Plain Dealer says that a Cleveland
man who recently returned from a trip
through England, winding up with the ju-
bilee week in london. was asked what WAS
the most curious thing he saw when abroad.
We'll" he answered. the thing which
most forcibly appealed to my American de-
light in the exaggerated form OF humor was
a sign over a Salvation Army barracks in
Leeds:
o....-.....- ........-.. ''...."."-".....
Souls Renovated While You Wait.
.........."........ .........-. .............o
THE LAYS Of high rolling poker aboard
ship appear TO be over" a well known globe
trotter declares. In five voyages across
the Atlantic ] have never seen a higher
game than dollar limit. The rule is o or 20
for blues. In the smoking rooms one
see m~illionaires sitting by the hour
and playing them close at a half dollar
limit. proud n they can come out s. or SO
ahead. On the transatlantic lines nova
days they are cultivating a very wholesome
tradition 10 the effect that "A gentleman will
never play above a dollar limit"
indignation is expressed among friends OF
advanced women in Washington because
a fter this date all women attendants in the
Smithsonian and National museum will be
replaced by negro men. The reasons given
this change by Professor Langley and
Charles u. Walcott. acting secretary OF the
are that the labor OF the positions
is too arduous for women. and after this
men in spotless duck attire will dust the
shelves and answer the questions that Wis
itoTS are prone 10 ASK.
The house Of representatives at Washing
ton has eight baths-four ordinary and four
OF Parian marble-htted UP with all the
plegancies and appliances Of modern times.
Is said that there was once a member OF
The house who had not bathed in thirty
years until he struck one of the tubs in the
capitol. and that after he became accus-
toned to # he never appeared on the floor
the assistance Of the s~ergesnt-at-
arms.
II. Rider Haggard. the novelist, as
4 schoolboy, IS described as a tall. lank
youth. with a thick crop Of unkempt hair.
sharp features. prominent nose. and eyes
hat had rather a wild look about them. In
classes he never took a high place. and
both his classmates and his master looked
upon him as a rather stupid boy.
Cigarettes may be advanced IN price. II
nay be that the retail prices will not be
as the competition between the
smaller stores IL 20 keen that they alone
will lose their profits. The wholesale prices
ire 20 be advanced 10 TO IS per cent. which
reans a reduction in retailers profit Of
that amount.
In spite OF proclamations. bull fights con-
niue 10 take place in the south Of France.
the AlcaZar OF Perpignan two young
women toreadors recently killed two large
,uIls. and were heartily applauded.
Mrs. Christian French. Of Moorestown.
Y J., was l3 years old Sunday. She was
,orn within a mile OF her present home
md always has lived in the neighborhood-