The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-14

The next we are melting away,
The elements merrily play
With the temperate zone.
"very creditable under tho circumstances,"
said the sarcastic man. but ! don't believe 1t
would bring you an encore"
who wants an encore on the first versef'
retorted the versiaer. Besides, we haven't
got the chorus yet. That always helps out on
an encore"
"Oh. you throw in a chorus. do you, all for tho
same price of admission -
Certainly. Where would your topical song
everybody on the stage chip I'M I've found that
it's more effective when the meters changed q
little. SO. If you were an actor with Doodle and
willing to pay for the best line of goods, I'd give
you something like this:
It's drizzle. freeze and drizzle in December.
And frosts and also sunstrotes IN september,
Us Us, winter that tina, we we sometimes on get IN s summer,
oh. our ever-changing climate is a hummer.
If given with sufficient zest and spirit" con.
tinued the song writer, " that ought to. warm
the crowd up 30 that 1t would be willing to take
chances on a second verse, and for that I would
turn out something like this:
We've weather that comes from the pole
In the temperate zone,
And Mexic1 !, too, sends q roll
For the temperate zone.
The south sends us fully a score,
Alaska .doZen or more
For the temperate zone.
True. but not particularly inspiriting.' COM
mented the s~arcaf.ic man.
'.'that ii the weather happened to be particular.
" unreasonable at the time. the song would
II will admit that much"
And you must also admit that the weather
10 unreasonable 2 good share of the time In the
temperate zone"
"Then it's more than an even chance that tho
HOW oGev wGai Il not OF pra eH aiH~ the ses sa seeG idea s could
be worked over again for the third verse, In ac-
c%ordance with the woll:known practice of come
dams, variety performers and others of ham
mering away on one string till they get the right
note to please the crowd. I'd go at them like
One morning your furs are oil right
In the temperate zonei
You're roasting to death before night
Tas p pas IL pl your = d nxs,y S so s9 sosa,
It's hotter than bades by noon
In the temperate zone!
THAT is surely the most yoa would dare do
didn't get an encore with that we'd have to give
OF lie topical Sariety isn't worth sneorins The
gambling spirit Is Implicated so firmly In the
the hope that possibly the next verse will. be
worth having. Having lost the time It has
to break even. It's nothing. in The world but
taking gamblers chances. However. I main
for the third verse and chorus would surely
catch the crowd. and then 1 would swing easily
into tho System Of encore verses"
what do you mean BY thatH demanded tho
man who had started out to be sarcastic:
why you drop generelities and bring the
can work in any kind of absurdity. you want.
For instance, I would mako the first encore
verse something like this:
boy who was laughing and gay
In the temperate zone.
Went out for an hour OF play
In the temperate zone.
Though warm and with never Q care
The wind found him lettering there
And icicles tied to his hair
In the temperate zone.
With that for a starter" continued the versi'
ence would stand 1t. It's no trick at all when
you get started in that line. Here's the second
encore verse. just to show how easy 1t is:
Awon,an with furs came along.
In the temperate zone!
The wind was both chilly and strong
In the temperate zonei
1t shifted. and then she began
To blister, perspire. and tan
As only n poor mortal can
In tho temperate zonoi
The sarcastic man was half convinced wher
another thought occurred to him.
THAT certainly sounds very easy" no said
but YOU have overlooked the music. WHAT dc
"Oh, that's nothing to worry one" returned
the vcrsiher. scornfully. "If you've paid much
attention, to topical songs am surprised tina
getting the h music. One is to set Il ON M' som a.
catchy but forgotten tune before you write tn,
words and then arrange them to At 1t; another
tune to 1T Them; a third method. which l hav,
heard is used occasionally, is to hire a musician
to write your music for. you. However. mos
song writer's seem to consider 1t a pure waste Il
pay out money for music when there are 30 man!
good old tunes lying around loose"
The sarcastic man had nothing further to say
At least, he said nothing. He was afraid, II b,
did. that he would have to stand another verse