The independent., 1907-03-28

to think iv something more pleasant
like where I'm goin' to get tn rent
money; an finlly as tn minnyits ny
into years / rush to tn window an
call out: FIR hivens sake Mary Ann,
wallop it. Who wud be free thimsilves
must sthrike tn blow. Hit it. darlint,
an save me last remainin' flicker iy in
tilligence.'
whats music annyhow, I'd like to
know. TIL Chinyman down tn sthreet
whin he's sint th' last shirt home TO
tn wrong man can get lot ~ run
settin' around with his frinds on Satur-
day night by hittin' a gong with
stick Whin he thinks ov it. can't keep
me feet OH tn ground whin blind
Clancy is wheedlin' th' Rocky rood
out iv th' pipes an nawthin' but a
-ifven fire wud take me away
firm a brass band. Hogan, who's
gr-reat FIR all kinds, wanst took me to
hear what he called tn higher music.
There were sixty or siventy German
men playin' on diff'rent instruments.
Some were scrapin' an some were
blowin' an some were thumpin' an a
lady with harp plucked firm time to
time on that conthraption. large
man standin' np in front pinted at wan
section or another with a stick to tell
thin whin to begin. He'd pint to tn
fiddlers an they'd fiddle, he'd glare at
tn man with tn slide thrombone an
he'd shoot out his fist yard he'd nod
to th' lady with th' harp an she'd
pluck three times at tn sthrings an
resume her nap; suddenly something
made TIL large man angry; he got red
in tn face an looked to be about to
throw his club at red-headed man in
tn back row.
"I'd been watchin' this fellow fr
long time, an I see he'd been sojerin'.
sYe're caught now, me lads says 1.
An he was. Whin he see tn angry
expression on tn boss face he jumped
up an bate upon dhrum which is
called a kettle dhrum, firm tn wur-
ruds kettle an dhrum, ontil tn dnrum
sticks bounced in tn air. At tn sound
the other performers were aroused to
madness, an stampeded. They got
away firm TIL leader. He cuddep't do
anything with thin. He ragged, he
shook his fists at thin, he begged. he
pleaded. he threatened first on wan
side thin tn other. TIL crazy Germans
rayfused to cam down. They scraped,
they pounded, they blew no wan payin'
amy attinf1on to annyWan else. Tn
sounds bumped each other like men
thryin' to escape firm a burnin' build
in, weak sounds were thrampled u1-
dher foot be burly notes firm tn slide
thrombone.
9Th lady with th' harp reached over
All bit tn sthrings / see with me own
eyes tn red-headed man take a run
min jump at his kettle dhrum. A des-
prit German climbed up in tn organ
loft an opened tn stop-cock. New in
sthruments were inthrajooced as tn
old vans were destroyed. Wan man
bate a wash biler with a monkey
wrench; another rang a bell some
coughed; others whistled, cannon
was fired; a charge iv dinnymite ex-
ploded an tn concert was over. AS we
come out into tn almost uncanny still
ness undher tn ilivated railroad Ho-
gan says: He's a great composer,
Richard Sthrauss. Who did he liver
composer says I.
mo. Sir, what's wan mans music is
another mans noise. There's on'y wan
kind that we all like, an that's tn kind
We make Ourselves. Ye take me. Me
frinds ar-re not unanimous in sayin
that l have a melojous voice. Whin /
attimpt to sing at a Christmas or a
weddin' Father Kelly always uses his
old joke an asks me why l don't rent
sounds agreeable to me. In tn BATH
room in tn mornin' | sing in way
that charms me. Me notes ar-re full
an mellow an wondher why it is
no wan has been along to pay me five
thousand dollars night to warble f'r
thin. If / cud dacintly invite tn
wurruld to me bath room to hear me
sing tbs little thought they'd have iv
sindin' to Itly fr their talent. Such
volume, such sweetness, such variety
such tenderness. Think iv it. "A most
brilliant an fas'nble aujeence gathered
In tn bath room TO hear Signor Dooiey
give his cillybrated rindition of Home
Sweet Home" Tn dimon' horse shoe
blazed with jools.
Among those prisint was Hut
l shudden't go on. P'raps tbs just as
we'll that there amt amy audience.
| iniye n all tn more. Pm like that
there king ! read about I'm IN pa-apers
that used 10 have tn opry performed
FIR himsilf alone. 'Tis a gr'reat luxury
fr me to set In me magnificent tub an
listen To tn finest tenor in tn wurruld.
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