The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-17
MISTAKE or THE LIME TiILOR.
And Failure Of the German tobbisr to
Attract Trade with an Accordion.

"fdon make out how der peoples ybas In dii
couinry." said the German cobb.er az he waited
for asemen, patch on q shoc toyset. Some hand
organ mans come aiCmg and eafcryb0dy Who's
glad ~ see him. Some German bands stop und
play, und eaferbody gifts nickle. An Dad
man comes a.ong nit II nddle'und squoaks und
squcs.ss, but nobody yhas mad A fellcr comes
nit q harp ind makes awful music, but ptOp.r
cap der hands und children dance. When ]
open my siDp goes by dot lite tailor und
stys maybe I shall advertise in der no,spaper.
rh ~ dot DER pubic shall kuw | yhas IN hand
tO make new shoes und repair old
Hans act me gif you some pointer. he says
You bring an accordion init you from der old
country. When you don't half some business
L. do you shall play and sing hard as you
can. Dot will he some advertisement Eai.
erybOdy yhin stop and look,ind pretty soon You
vhas called dot musical German robbler II
,has ketter a. ten pieces In der papers
Dot little tailor vhns in America long time
before come" continued tho oobbler. -und be
lief he know all about H. In two days when
peesness Nhas sack. 81, down In my sl,op door
und play und sung II vhas some love sonxs
III three minutes dotdrug store man comes out
und says:
For hcafeI ssake. Why you make all dis row
1t vhas music | says
Music be haulged, II vhAs a riot dot scare
all my customers AWAY. und II you don't dry
Tsp shat call der police " you ,hAnt to make
some music 20 IND pound some sheet non
NIT hammer
Dat vhas tough on me, ch"" smiled the cob
bier Il don't like 10 hat dot drug store mad
at me und 81 gees in my shop und reads der paper
ny und by belief play some more II don't
sing, too. maybe she ehas all right plays
soft. undlOw. und sweet. und more ash ten p~o-
ltst. tot. nIs~r.
ing out nit"ut his hat or coat und yells at me:
who rhas dot filing SAWS by my door und
driving me crazy
You call dot musc' Nhell. let mo tell you
] hat ten policemen ] ere IN two minutes II you
shall come within two miles II my shop TO get
"vhcI don't like to get into some troubles
nit dot plumber und sol shutoop. Dotlitile tailor
comes down in der eafnings und ask him how
she yhas about music, und he says
Dot drug store man und dot plumber yhas AFRAID
you take pecsness AWAY init your music. und
dry blum you OH. Nobody tries sooch tricks on
me any more II vhas my advice dot you keep
"naRi oi ,nsv =. m. feel h.,., .,d III, co,,.,
"und next morning, while waits Tor some shobs
To come In, | SIT in my door und begin playing
und singing. Pooty queek dot hatcher comes
oafer init his face ash red ~ Are und shouts At
10, Isy c"SslsI ", yhss you Irving to ring oop
u ,has music says II Nhas music und
"'Music, Bnr' Say now but You make nv
wife snt AWAY ind los me- four cusplnirrs. II
YOU don't stop 1t yhas some station housc f1r
you'
shall Nun p hin, Sscp kssp rgh on NUM- anxinr w ~nd
playing. und dot butcher gets 80 mad h. cant
mad lie says snoch noise Will break oop Ills
days but hr can't hun ME down il vhas biv
crowd comes around a. hear me-. md eaferybodv
sho"s while You wait II dot butcher don't go
home HI vhill get der bounce. hut q, >oon ash he
mpt1s ali dis biz Sra1 @dF ns it y som.
Fourth OF July show me- dot man WIN threw n
brick through window
hut VII" makes al dis groaning und scream
ing Where ish dot man VIII" ,has RIM over by
II, vhas only muaic
.n MUSE w i!'1as s SIX months in !ail for
shop in twr seconds = "" shall " row"
| 'NHhodyin America IAN bluff me- SAYS but
| lork oop in TN minutes In der mornings II" ,.li
| der Judge Nhas disturbance II der pcar- und a
had man. nm der iudgr locke me ostcr, und says
| green horns und let you go dis time hut b- a~,
t tnl ss' sh Why 20" make s"o"h ri" on der
| II! vhas music says
| How music
II plays dot accordion und sings
| ",,ro make customers come to my shoe shop
,"Go2d heafens man says dot Judge, but you
'hhs all ms,oOk. II you play und sing like dot
| eafrrybody goes ten miles To another cobblsrr
| don know how she vhas," said the cobbler.
| as he began preparing another patch, "und so I
| speak To dot little tailor He takes my accordion
nnd goes by der back yard und PLAYS und sings
| In two minutes he yhas hit by sefen clubs und
brick hats, und more ash twenty families call Tor
! dor police, Den dot tailor looks at me a long
while und says "
| "Nheli. now. see how she vhas der poobic
| taste IN Amrrtca yhas changed. IL yhas no more
| music but all baseball und horse race"