The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-22
Brown Remem bers the Alamo.

On Sept. the BROWNS are going to
move from their second-story fiat in
Belmont avenue, Chicago. They have
nothing against the flat They object
to the harsh discords and unpleasing
sharps that come up to them from the
GREENS fiat below The tale of the di-
vision between the Browns and the
GREENS is simple, but it has a pathos
which will touch many suffering hearts
in this town. The GREENS are, oh, so
musical. Especially Miss BERTHA. She
has many musical friends and gives
many musical parties at hours regarded
by MIR. BROWN as "unseemly." We sus-
pect that Mr.. BROWN is an elderly person.
He has no aversion to music. The piano
in his fiat proves that. But he forbids
that the night shall be filed with music.
Early to bed is his motto.
Somehow the Green concerts do not
assist his slumbers And even when you
say that man il fond of music it by no
means follows that he likes music made
by other folks You may hum or whistle,
and please yourself by the performances
and yet the whistling or humming of any,
body else may drive you into connip-
tons
The other night or early morning Miss
GREENS musical party was making a
joyful noise. The entertainment had
begun with "Hiawatha' and was spin
ming on merrily with Alamo" The
party was just shouting Under the
Bamboo Tree when there came burst
OF thunder sound from above Full par
ticulars from the Chicago Tribune:
There WIS a crash. The wall OF the building
shook and cracks appeared In the ceiling OF the
Green nat. Miss GREEN'S guests. alarmed. began
to think OF earthquakes and OF boiler explosions
An instant later there another shock and then
at three-sccond Intervals the shocks followed each
other until Miss GREEN and her guests fed into the
street. and the other occupants OF tho building
awoke in alarm. The shocks continued for fvc
minutes and then all was silent.
A policeman. who had rushed 10 the scene
was appealed 10 by Miss GREEN s guests aud denied
that he had heard any explosion. About that time
other occupants OF the building appeared clad in
nghtclothes, to inquire what had struck the build
Ing. Tho policeman investigated and discovered
that the disturbance had taken place In Mr. BRoySs
nat.
Vol have you arrested shouted Miss GREEN,
her face white. when Mr. BROWN, his brow black
with anger, appeared.
fou'll And an ordinance forbddng music
at unseemly hours OF the night. and besides" Hla-
watha's" a crime. replied Mr. BROWN as he slammed
tho door OF his nat"
1t is unfortunate that the dispute was
not brought into the courts. For one
thing, the exact means used by Mr.,
BROWN in his sound production is I'M
known. Mrs. GREEN says that he took
heavy plank upstairs and used it as a
battering ram. The musical friends of
Miss GREEN insist that BROWN, who has
a giants strength, kept lifting up one
end OF the piano and dropping it on the
floor. We shall never know, unless
BROWN confesses. Nor shall we know
what million souls are eager to know.
the exact rights of person who lives
over musical person. What provoca-
ton, if any, justifies the party of the
second floor in battering on the ceiling
OF the party of the first floor? Can
person who has a piano in his fat have
any case against singers or musicians
below? Is he not himself nuisance
in posse, if not esse'