The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-15
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q IN AIeadowton some years ago
there lived a young fellow who would
have been called shiftless if his fam
81 Il had no been well-to-do. Until he
was "a years old he had never done
u aEreal days work. He always dress
ed well and he was never 10th to
help a friend out in a pinch. but he
lad no Occupation and even to his in
ulgent parents it looked very much
he never would
There was one thing that John did
like tos dos however. That was to play
I the clarinet. He could coax the most
vi naarful melody from his favorite.
inst rsn1ent, and it suited his indolent
.ature to pend hours in perfectins
Es him Sci III the knowledge of it. His
skill was widely recognized and by
some twas considered genius.
is3I Ohm and his clarinet were star
features Of he Great Eastern or
chestra organization OF much
E more han local reputation. He had
Z been memb Der of the orchestra from
the time he@had laid aside his knick-
s$eTbockers and ii he had ever given
an thought at all to the matter it
lis probable that ne would have look
led forward to being a member when
& 4 he ia
ohn:s clarinet led him into many
"a pleasant experience. During the
Mint erStEe orchestra was in great de-
8 mand for social functions. On the oc-
acasions when there was a play at the
Grand Opera House-all capitals, if
You please-the orchestra was on duty
there. In the early summer there
were garden parties and other out
door fairs where music was ne
Scessity, and taking it all in all there
was little Of consequence in Meadow
ton III which John did not have a
part.
hen hot weather came John
4 would pack his Beloved pipe carefully
away and betake himself to some
summer resort where his ability
would find demand for him. He
never had to ask twice for place in
NJ a hotel orchestra, and so John saw
life at Chautauqua, Saratoga. the
Thousand Islands, Newport, Nara
gansett Pier, Atlantic City, Bar Har-
Dor, and at half a dozen places along
The great lakes.
John vii never forget those sum
ners. An hour or SO of work in the
q afternoon a dinner time and in the
evening insured comfortable quar-
tiers and maintenance, in addition to
NJ enough money to supply his other
wants. The rest of the time he had
II on1y#to amuse himself as fancy moved
hi M, and there was no better dressed,
more contented fellow at any of the
places he went than he. Perhaps ii
5Eit had not been that all this was SO
b he might have grown weary OF the
$Sl ife!s he led, and have placed himself
on some more commendable basis.
ss3 Two years ago Johns clarinet
Y brought him to the parting of the
ways, although he did not know it
S then. He got a letter one day Offer
ing him a place with well-l>nown
" band in a large city to which Meadow