The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-21

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.IrI lv p~u,o,nob,lss. and notody atsp~
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.arstn standin. noticed cantaioupe To buy for
,rung persons % the stage and no fire..
,iven these conditions Of sweet rural
aim can II he doubted that the firencn 81
T~oitcnville may even 90 to the lengths Of
Surviving pre- Raphaeite art or forming
themselves into q second Pleiades Club To
lisriss the polygsmous instinct ~ man NJ
opposed to the homogeneous convictions of
uo,nsn, ~ instead ~ that they are con-
,ent with constituting themselves a mere
musical club and rendering solos on the
~harnonics should any carping voice OF
Criticirm come out of T~ottenville?
Now. the formation of the Tottenvilie
Firemen's Orpheus Society came about in
this wise: When Bill Weber. who used Ia
be stationed AT Kings Highway. out near
Grave-end Reach. and who knew the awful
.hape Of l-oneaomeness by virtue of that
ayperience. was transferred to Tottenviile
no speedily saw that the Ancient Mariner
Ins, in the drink had nothing on In Totem
vile fremen in the matter Of isolation. He
watched the pinochle games wane and lag.
He saw the poor fellows polish the spokes
" the engine until they. the spokes. looked
Ike the adve: tirement for a well known
brand Of stove polish. With a sinking
heart he Witnessed the little acts OF courtesy
shown by one fireman To nother-such as
sakinQ him UP when there was q dog fight
" tenderly removing a slumberer's shoes
Az that they would not be stolen by a passing
vagrant. These things Bill saw, then one
lay about " o'clock up spake Bill:
and l know too we'll the inevitable end Of
our collective existence down here. With
,ut the inter vention Of some element Of
common interest --something that We can
all become parties TO and share in communal
fellowship there must come to each Of us
in the near future q gradual stupefaction
If the nerve centres and slow decay Of the
initiative hat will send us all to the scrap
heap.
sGeutlemen. avaunt." said Bill Weber.
-tvaunt and form a musical club
Bill Weber's inspiration, thus spoken.
was electric. AZ IL by potent magic the
interior Of that firehouse ON the shaded
Tottenville street was transformed 70 a
.cene Of comparative animation. By ac-
tain Bill Weber was chosen Chief Tyre OF
he Orpheus Society formed right then
aud there. and a collection for the rental
of a concertina was speedily taken. Be
.idep the concertina Glen Ridder rernem- |
oered that he e., used to play y the he'll flute E. once.
10 chewing tobacco Also George Augustus
small, who drives the truck when there
L. a fire. recalled the fact that when a youth
10 had become self taught on the har-
on these simple instruments II always
iallght, said George.
Tottenville was mystihed about three
lays later to hear strange sounds coming
n might have been music; the inhabitants
we're not sure. But on second thought
and after talking it over down at the gro
Gerry store next to the hotel that IL next
70 the livery stable. where they nave horses
rottenvile decided that II. really must be
music. Vet all the firemen kept mum and
hetimes when those strange sounds. were
not issuing from the second story windows
hey sat in front Of the firehouse n looked
wise.
At last came the surprise. Just the
,tber day neatly printed cards that had
been lone at the ofice Of the T~ottenville
Voice OF Freedom were delivered through
he mail to the houses Of Tottenville's upper
ct, They read:
The Tottenville Firemen's Orpheus Society
Requests Four Presence at It's
First Folksspiel l
Or ;ss Organ. Flute and &;olisn Harp
Three Alarm Time Guaranteed All.
~Tottsnville's upper sct gathered Ct the |
arehouse at the time st In the invitations |
that WAS Soma time last week. but since
It happened In Tot4envilIe there n no use |
being more exact On the date. Tho guests