The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-08

enough Ia the countries where water hot
ties were made Of the skins % animals
that the came skins should be- used as the
receptacle for Wiud In Poland aud the
Ukraine the haGpipc uscd 60 be- called
kosa-stil IL. undoubtedly because the
bag used 20 be made out OF a goats skin
unchanged Ia shape. even the head with
horns being retained Rosa g. Slavic for
goat Even IA my pretty French picture
YOU viii see how the uuapeakahly old Gus
tom has been retained.
Well the old Greeks had the instru-
mcnt ard so ga the Romans. through
whom. a. I have said It WAS doubtless
trausplauted 90 the British Islands. Nero
war brave old piper. ard N hc made
music az ali 40 the burning ~ Rome u
may have been tho haap'pe that ne played.
u couldnt have been the fiddle as the
popular story goes because Their, was No.
fiddle IN Nero's day when toward the
,nd 81 his career the bloody Emperor
got into trouble with hi- spanish and
Gallc lcgtouR be- made o vow mat II hc
should hold on 20 the government he would
celebrate HE victory with game az whirh
he himself would appear a. performer on
the hydraulic organ. the chorc flute ana
the hagpiua Crlhil uuculartsl
DO like the music 81 the bagpipel MY
dear boy I like all things old like Gold
smlth-old friends. old times. ola manners.
old hooks old wine'-hui IA this ease my
liking o. largely one Of sentimental curt
oaity. have never persuaded myself thar
because have an unquenchtble thirst Tor
national ard savage music ~ an kinds,
therefore an national and savage music
is beautiful and nt Tor art The scale %
the bagpipe is not Just according Co our
hearing. and things ont or tune are pain
"a HF trfn ftnF ~
M a. Shylock says h Affects some men.
nor DO always thiuk its the nrst part OF
Henry "
Fal shlood ] am as melancholy az a
gihcat or lueg'd hear
p Hen-Or and Old lion. or lowers
lutte
Fal Yea or the drone u Lincolnshire
haepipe
Here BY the way is good story 70
illustrate thar there are savage breasts
that music. or rather harpiI.e muslc. can
not soothe II is from an od Scottish
writer
A. Scotch hagpipc was traversing 'he
mountains Of Ulster. he was one evening
encountered by q hunger starVd irish
wolf In this disiress the poor man could
think Of nothing better than 80 oren his
walle, and try the effects Of his hospital
~. Tie did 80. and the savage swat owe .
an that was thrown TO him with ~ i'm
proving voracity az " his appetite was
Just but coming to him The whole stock
Of provision you may be- sure was soon
spent. and nov his only resource was a.
the virtue 81 the hagpipc. which the mons
ter no sooner heard than he took 60 the
mountains with tho same precipitation
that he had come down. The poor plper
could not So perfectly enjoy his deliver
ancc but that with an angry look "a
parting. he shook his head and said "Ay'
Are these your tricks7 Had ! known your
humor YOU should have had your music
before suppTri
How do pipers learn7 ! fancy that the
art IS IN q sort 81 way hereditary. aud
therefore like reading ana wriliug To The
estimation % pogberry % comes by nat
ure Tom. Tom. the pipcrF son learns u
from hts father but there are modern
methods for the hagpipe and ancienhy
there We're pipers' schools Ia Scotland.
Leastwise % g. 81 record that George Mac
kle the reforurr Of the Lowland pipes
attended school Tor pipcrF for seven
years The music thai is printed Tor the
pipes now Is printed IN the usual notation.
but that r. Of comparatively recent occurr
encc Formerly "a. pipe tones had their
own system OF symbols. with outlandish
names"