The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-05
WAR EPISODE In THE BEND
MUSICAL |DIsCoRD FoLLoWIHG THE
ENLISTMENT or DoMBNIC0.

NiA hhho IN s"N AaHN
Statesan aged father and mother in Mulberry
Bend went for joy. praised the canonized
fathers and had meat in their cabbage SOUP for
the first time in many a day. And the return
of peace to the soul, whi0i the tears betokened.
and plenty to the body. preflGured by tho meat
reinforced soup. has been realized. for Domen-
leo. the only son OF old SiRnor and SiRnora
Pasquale Sambuco. Is back from the Georgia
camps covered with military renown. In all
the bravery of the blue and brass OF Yankee
Land, with the chevrons OF a Sergeant added to
his sleeve, he may be seen any day in the Bend.
He 10 the Garibaldi OF New Italy. the idol OF the
famous beauties OF the Calabriani. the siciliani
and the Napolitani: the envy OF the New York
bred young Italians who did not. like him.. do
and dare for Uncle Jam.
But Domenico is not spending his time
these days posing as a hero. He is working
harder than he ever worked before. In RESUME
ing the arts OF peace. however, the returned
soldier has had to declare war to lay siege to
the means OF subsistence captured from his
father while he, the son. was cooking and
drilling under Southern skies and spelling for
a fight.
Before the til with Spain old Pasquaie and
Domenico were in business together as ad-
~justers Of hand organs. An adjuster OF hand
organs Is q craftsman who takes out OF the
Instrument old tunes that have lost their
power to charm and puts in their place new and
popular tunes that bring the coppers shower
ing from the windows. At least. that lie the
ideal adjuster OF organs. and II is precisely be-
cause old Pasquale. not keeping abreast OF the
musical times. fell far short OF this ideal that
the business went to the dogs when his son
went a-soldiering. The younger man had
counted It a part Of the trade to keep his ears
alert for the new songs that touch the hearts
and nOokafa NJ the masapa and mnka houea-
maids forget their sweeping. Domenico en-
joyed the implicit confidence Of his clients.
When a grinder told him to put In a fresh tune
he knew that he would get one that would
double his receipts on any fair day. Keenly
sensible OF the hard-1sted standard OF musical
criticism to which he was subject. Domenico
rarely made apecuniary failure. or his artistic
successes 1t may be said that they seldom rose
above the grade of such compositions as Don't
Let Her Go Astray." "Mommer's Little Curly
headed Coon. " Louisiana Lou" and THE Sum
chine OF Poverty Alley" In fact. those melodies
were among his farewell feats in hand organ
adjustment: but, 1t must be remembered. that
was before the war.
One morning Pasquale awoke to learn that
BRUNETTE tenement. and that the affairs Of the
shop must be conducted In tho future without
he had enlisted in one OF the New York rsegi--
mP mel Of volunteers th at are I NJ in the
world had suddenly come to an end. Domenico
6ecli been the the staf &. Of IN his iii l,if e;n the n hope I;,s Of his his
nearly a year OF deliberation. he had
decided to make his son a full partner
This momentous purpose. the old man admits.
he had entertained secretly since the day he
h Rna w REs' f iato h h'% eoehd Isaesr' But ' to ne s wife
he nov 70 y 1b5ne n In his trG % PIE S Snd for an n h2ur
to listen. heard the RDbS and mnnnS Of 0rav-
haired Signor and signora sambuco. weeping
for the son who had gone to The wars
was faced by the grim fact that he had lost not
only Il the hope Of his future; but also the stanch.
steadily. until not a single organ, grinder came
to HIM for new tunes, And for the best OF rea-
In his stock OF melodies were such as he had
learned when a boy in his native land. the
so sen matter Se fhS how , ioSs E Ea if1e sin FL u had a n In his cars cars
LECTION some that were less venerable. but none
whose popularity had reached its zenith less
It was only Within the. past four years that
Pasquale had taken up the adjustment branch
enterprising spirit in new fields the father and
s2n had nae been mere repairers OF hand organs.
name no ent the o eoneer man had Ta FOR a always az e1 pnttIns !h M
tunes that brought q paper snpwstorm about
the head Of the grinder. each. flake weighted
wholly to, the Judgment OF the young man.
Pasquale had done the mechanical but skill
" Noth- vi piutlbE- VIC y az IUBtIS otl
the revolving. cylinder. being guided by the
sheet OF music that his son would put before
him. marked in such a way as to make the
Old trees bow but do not. shape to the pass
ihs M y the bhssa sSeret Of %' the h sSc pessr t fnneR han IN
followed the shop's entry into the arena OF
melodies, though he perceived. vaguely. with
key to the prosperity that they enjoyed. It was
without any vain assurance. therefore. that the
adjustment after Domenico had gone away.
He told his wife that he, would try it anyhow.
never doubted that his Boy would Siai come ON back
s ssfs hn6 De- sound %onfd b but til the mother was equally
fresh tune asked for something lively. The
The hSoopeTs' sons from .Boeesecio" snd
9qale and declared hotly that his receipts had
Of the aria ,naors. The next H Applicant tes Tor a
H9MTie ssys s9t the rom nca"rp n TrS Of Nsaise "a and d, the the
OF these me low charmers with his hand organ
and clothes bearing the marks Of vegetables and
one day. and; seized with an Impulse
air to the next customer. It was
\ music that pomenico gave them. the
sae @a Of F his sneees anu So sna he m deeid haif from oeen t Ene
moment to follow his sons example. Luckily
Clock" was big and strong and Injured to hard
ship. As il was he barely escaped with his life
after playing the new tune once in Paddy Div
Ver's district.
The truth came out, OF course. with the re-
suit that in q few weeks all OF Pasquale's Gus
toners had deserted to the rival a~djuster.
The grinders would not employ him even for
nechSnical repairs To a reporter the other
ground organs from bangor TO st. Augustine,
thus summed up the situation from the am
bulant musicians point OF view:
In deeSa cit me no TAXA de chance. Looka |
see my face iroma de last Job ees do .oE me old
am justa nn%ish-wha' you Gala de aria nuora?
taco! coma dc csbbaGei You Gala dat RI? All.
ees var bad. and ees de tune me pay tree dollar
honest beezeness when a imam he ees gets. de
cab In de face instead OF de mum in de peck?
This sentiment was re-echoed by a knot OF
the leading organ grinders Of tho Calabriani,
the Siciliani and the. Neapolitani. Pasquals's
income vanished and he and his wife were
IN years Of toll. II came hard indeed Tor him
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