The times., 1899-11-12

I'm merry HsCe drummer and drum, drum,
drum.
hen tHe lLher ucE5 are footing and the soldiers
come,
o. to. u8rctez tflJ ranele.
and tHe men with whom ] vransie
[ hhau ErJ at ms triangle
And wy drum
/ With ~ cyuHai=. ms triangle. and my drum
With a ringing recollection Of these lines
and confused idea that their authorship
could be attributed either TO Samuel Lover
or TO Rudyard Kiplirg. Times represen-
,ative sat in the front row at the Grand
on Monday afternoon. and from that point
Of vantage watched the eId-man Of the
orchestra 60 things. These thing in
Guided a noisy railway trip from his chair
I to a table ten feet away. the dancing Of a
troupe of invisible "co1ns. descriptive
/ solo on two auvfls. and a series OF bumps
/ provided at the request Of acrObatic yau-
/ devilIians. Altogether. the reporter counted
{ seventeen queer instruments used, besides
/ my cy-nbals. my triangle. and my drum.
: he resolved that, after everyone else had
I gone. he would have a ak with the In
/ terestingIy versatile individual who Uanlp-
+ ulafed the collection.
/ GayICrd Lawmau is the name OF Grand s
drummer. and an EugIishman would de-
I
/ chap" He was quite willing TO take the
! newspaper writer into his conddence-and
I did so. SO you counted twenty be SAID,
/ when mention was made Of his implements.
I We'll that's a gOOdly number hlr It's
not all By a deal. This music dOe5n
( bring into reQUsiJiou many C- my posses
{ sious. There are several coup0sition5-
one entitled Niger in the Baruyard in
/ uartiCular-that call into play a pile OK
. Hruh rn
/ many OF the specialists who plume them
/ selves uDCu being able TO torture the vio-
( lin the cOrnet the trombone. and @ rod
] of sleigh bells This catalogue, YOU viii
: observe. names fOUty-six articles, and there
are d score more that are not manufactured
I by the firm that issues it.
Yes the majority of sounds which l
produce are very queer There are de-
vices for the imitation Of a regular 100
! fer the reproduction Of the cries OF roOs-
/ ters hens. crickets, ducks, geese. cuckOos,
/ quaiIs. Whip-p pOOr-Wills. canaries. mOckiu8
/ birds ICcusts. a dozen kind OF frogs. toads.
/ robins. jaybirds. dogs turkeys. and ba-
/ bi5s. Some of these are very odd as in
/ the case CT this bit of Tin. which. when
pressed, makes a noise not unlike the cack-
/ ling of a hen. Then. here is locomotive
I whistle that has tones unattalnable on
any other instrument, and here is larger
/ one TOr use Wleu Lhe loCull-otLFt iS tA4u5-
/ ed TO a steamboat That tiny horn over
| there gives the sch-h-h Of escaping steam
! or represents the closing % an air-brake.
/ while this invention makes the rattle OF
the train IL is merely a strip Of sheet
/ iron nailed to two cross pieces Of timber
| beat en- the surface with these bundles
OF wire and the effect is gained. Those
maIlets are Of hardwood and can be forced
| 10 dance clos-iu SO far as your ears
are concerned-while these two affairs. not
iissimuar 10 desk bloJIers covered with
sand paper. reproduce the shutting Either
cccoanut shells or artificial hOCfs send
forth the clatter Of horses feet and there
are tools that Will initiate any other AMI
nal you may select.
4 National music also falls 10 me many Of
! the utensils with which iy Is made being
I fearfully expensive. Here is a Chinese tom
| tom that costs from s. 10 Sl5. while that
| Indian drum planned for Midway melo-
dies. is rated az 81 and upward. Even