Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-08-16
MUSIC BY ELECTRICITY
One Of the Wonders Wrought by the APP
plication Of Modern Science.

When the doorbell rang at the Browns
house Gertrude was just coming out of
the dining room; she said to her mother
that she would open the front door. She
did so, and saw on the piazza Thomas
Wentworth, schoolmate, who lived on
Main street.
Good evening. Thomas"
oh Evening, Gerty, Mother sent me
over with some fresh compliments, right
out of our garden, with her Strawberries"
you are excited, Thomas. Come in"
Guess you would be excited II you had
been with me just now. As l came along
Main street l heard a band playing near
the corner of Myrtle avenue. and when l
got to the corner under the arc light !
heard n full brass band as plain as could
be-and there was no band anywhere in
sight Jimmy, I thought it was magic
till l saw lot Of people staring at the
are highland the Isic came right OUT
Of the lamp
Yes" said Gertrude and when we
were at supper we had music out of a
rubber tree. Mother here is Thomas
Gertrudes mother came to the door
and took the stTawberris and said ii was
very kind in his mother to send chem and
kind in Thomas to bring them.
Come in, Thomas, We are to have
some music this evening. This is Thorn
as, father"
This last she said to Mr.. Brown. who
had come out of the dining room, followed
by his eldest daughter, Mabel. and her
husband, Mr. Hayden-Jone the organist
at the Second parish,
Thomas gladly accepted the invitation.
for he hoped Mr.. Hayden-Jones would
play "Hiawatha" and the Turkish Pa
troll" on the piano, for he liked the swing
and marchlike melodies of these two
pieces of music Thomas sat down with
Gertrude on the broad window seat next
to the big Boston fern growing in its
flower pot in the corner of the room Then
Thomas observed that the piano was
closed and that MT and Mrs. Brown had
| taken seats on each side Of the centre
table and Mr.. Hayden-Jones and his wife
| were seated by the fireplace and he Won
dered If they were really to have any
music.
Now, Gertrude" said Mrs. Brown
| I'VE are all ready. You may turn on the
| switch"
| Gertrude touched a button on the wall
then came back and sat beside Thomas
on the window seat and said in a whisper
"Sit close to the fern-and dom
jump"
Thomas wondered what she meant
when
Boom! Boom! Rattlety boomr
And Thomas said "SiXty!" and nearl!
jumped off his seat,
Somebody had struck a big bass drum
right in the middle of the Boston fern.
Everybody said "Hushr and Thomas
! said "EX-excuse mel! and sat looking II
amazement all around the room Their,
seemed to be a full brass band-bigge
and louder, and ever so much better thar
a circus band-right in the room. He wa
sure the sound came out of the great feri
beside him, and yet it was all over tn
room, and must be out in the hail. for h
noticed that North, the waitress, wa
standing in the dining room door listening
to the magic music
Everybody sat listening to the splend
band as 1t played a grand march, clear
loud and sonorous as If every one o
the musicians sat right in the room-an
there was not a soul there, save Thoma
and the family. The great march cam
to an end and everybody declared that
was just like hearing a real band go b
| in the street
Thomas was sure this must be the sam
magical music that he heard on Mai
street, and he naturally wanted to kno'
, all about it, and how 1t was done. {
course, being an intelligent American DO.
! he knew II was not magic at all, but SON
} new, strange and wonderful music mad