The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-24

Prem the Taylor-TrotWoOd Magazine.
In an article accredited 10 my pen, in
the December number Of this magazine,
the types had me telling a curious tale
OF the singing of a whippoorwilI on a
certain joyous night in the blessed Christ
mas Of the sweet long ago. and the ques-
ton is raised by certain archaeological
experts whether that doleful bird does its
warbling in the winter. 1t is best to
copy what The Washington Herald says
under the heading
SWEET BELLS OUT or TUNE"
senatoreiect Robert Love TAYLOR in enc Of bis
famous lectures describes Christmas in the mountains
of his native state and says:
when I was a young man in my teens and
tWouties the Christmas season was the brightest Of
the yelr / used TO take my addle under ms arm
at evening. when the whippoorEiu began 20 sing
and the stars began 10 twinkle. and bic me away
TO the sryHaEiEgs in the mountains. "
To this statement the Nashville American takes
exception ard declares that no one ever heard a
EliupocTwin singing in the mountains Of Tennessee
during the latter part Of December. The American
hints that Ar Taylor has tuned his instrument 10
an mhcsrl-of pitch. and that the music De makes
is DESCENDANT and badly cut q gear.
This treason night at the future Senator's Ecy
front door Is hard Tor outsiders % understand. II
Is very much 20 be- feared that the American has
failed 90 measure fully up 20 the opportunities Of
fr,i for intimate personal relations with The fore
most fiddler q the age Perhaps The American
never heard q whippoouTin singing in December,
but that de1s not Prove that Bob" Taylor hash O.
Wh-re bob" Taylor IS. there. also are the whip
pocruills. the mocziug BIRDS the catbirts and all
al.
Il matters not the season. nor the hour. take IT,
song birds hover over IN bis wake and music hangs
mon the iigttcs, trlmb'irs of his bow. Flowers
have their hours 10 fade. end sun has rs tine 20
set. hut for Bob Tayi0s's fddle, al hours and
times arc the same
But even were it possible to believe that whip
rccruis cane ret 20 the mclodi5us pleading Of his
how as a matter Of cold aud urossi- fact. never
theless, D. reason q the license granted al poets
this music master q She hills aud dales 4 Tonnes
see would SIN have the right % claim their pres
cnce. Why shouid the American De captious about
li.tic thing like that: especially when the seuIi-
mental nature q tse States izvorte son is in
e,iraby interviewer with the warp and Woof q the
argument. 4 Iropbe, nay be without honor save
On his own country. but a fiddler Of Bob Taylors
fame deserve loyalty and cordial praise from ali.
let tie American cease from troubling, and con
cele that the s1uatort0be has rings on his fingers
and belis on his toes and that he shall baye music
wherever De soos-
It must be remembered at the very out
set Of this discussion that the incident
happened in the days Of my callow youth,
when an sorts of melodies and things
were buzzing in my head. and life itself
was one sweet song Of tunefuI melody.
that / was in love and had fiddle under
my arm. alone in a mooHlit mountain
cove. on my way to a dance, with a heart
throbbing in happy expectancy. 1t was
just at this excruciatngly delightful juno
lion that the twittering occurred which
constitutes the bone Of this contention Gf
twitter can be called q Donc). and 10
that deem it important to add some OBJ
seTvatiOns by way OF explanation. refuta-
ton. and extenuatiOn.
Observe no man has ever heard me say
that it was in the nature of a whipp0orwill
to sing at any season, but If one lone
bird upon a frozen limb away up the