Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-10-13
Pianos and Other instruments Com
mon on Sailing Vessels.
.aitors Glad of Diversion While ON
Long voynges-Populnr Amer
ican Airs Sung in South
ern Seas.

"You are invited to musicale on the
ship Orinoco, in Erie Basin, FRIDAY even
!4a, August Is
nrmher of persons responded to this
t,.vitation cheerfully. for they knew tne
captain very we'll, relates the Ne" 1ork
',nes He had been in the South Amer
team trade to this port for a numDer VI
Years. married a Brooklyn girl, ana
made money for the owners OF MS sup
in snjte of the number OF steamers that
}cre down upon him The mate received
the guests at the gangway, and the cheer
I'll captain and his wife dld duty peio"'
TIE captain displayed with PRIDE new
riano presented by the owners, oeaull-
tul piece of polished mahogany, "lN
works Of the best construction; piano
tnct he said would not move from It's
bearings if the ship turned turtle.
The captain further explained that ne
put aboard & cheaper piano at the Eequesl
Of his wife when they were married
Sailors love music, and the good eHects
If if were so apparent on the crew that
the owners had decided to put them on
al their sailing vessels, beginning Win
his. It is nothing surprising these Gays
to hear piano on good sainnS snip,
he said why, only the other day
heard the strains Of a piano coming from
an old canal boat over there
When the musicale began the captain
lis wife accompanying. s2rg IN rounu
end pleasant voice TOsti's "Good-by
Than the mate, with the same accom-
aanist. played melodies Of South Amer
lea that seemed 10 make the ship roll and
b9v 10 the Wa~es u-Ior the sout hern
moon. The effect If a combination like
that in a Fifth avenue drawing room
uo"Id Be electric. \ pnrser from South
american steamer anchored in the basin
u'ayed horn solo. The captains wife
eang SONGS of the Amazon women, asshe
haf pictured them in her voyages, and
}Nerl came a rousing glee by the crew.
It is a rare thing now" said the cap
80 find a sailing ship without a
MA especially II she belongs to 5000
line. OCEAN ltrers haven't any monopoly
~ rhs husirse ea. by a good deal. How
ost@n &c or iLd q tramp or freight lire
.reemer With a piano, Women In
C~:rncO ct New York songs sooner than
l-snv Of r.tr American towns do. They
re very quick to play by ear, and some
of them copy from my wife's music and
from that Of he wives Of other captains.
When ! got there on my last voyage |
heard every body singing: The Good
Old Summer Time They caught the
contaeion from Liverpool vessel.
81 invite my men to come into the
cabin when off watch and make use OF
he piano All sailors on long. voyage
have much spare time that they don't
E-0w what 70 do with. They loll In the
fo'c'sle and play cards. They smoke
more than is good for them. Some Of
my crew do that still, in spite OF the
piano. but the most Of them are in the
cabin whenever they can get there, sing
ing and playing. They organized the
glee club, didn't. We have man who
can play the cOncert!na. and another
who can do wonders with an old flute
hat he bought In a South street junk
shop 30 years ago.
Another thing-a sailor, like any
man, is more careful in his personal ap-
pearance il he knows he is to appear with
a lady It is wholesome thing, In my
opinion, for 2 captain to take his wife