The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-07-14
Travellers Tales

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Just look at the titles Of those
songs" said the stranger in town as
ne stood In front of music store
where lot a lot Of sheet music was
lald out Tor advertising purpose.
Just read the title Of some OF the
songs that are offered for sale. Here's
one, Amt You Going out Tonight?
Here's another, The whitewash Man.
Just think OF such names for songs.
Then take a look at this one: Ny
Little Kangaroo. Just think OF com
posing an ode to a kangaroo Then
here's another, Slip on Your Bingham
Gown. And cast your eyre on this one:
Love Sick. Here's another that is
somewhat suggestive Of night prowI-
ers. If the Moon Told All He Knew.
Then here's another in which the moon
also plays prominent part. If il
called, Hello, Mr.. Moonman Hello.
Here's one that might be taken as a
serious song; 1t Is called Temptation.
but underneath in small type appears
these words: The latest RaRtfrnA
Tere's another that must be a sad
blow to the husbands in general II
Trust My Husband, But 1 Like to
Stick Around. Then here's one that
is called Lovely Green Club
You can go into any music store
in the land and songs with Just such
titles will be found by the hundreds,
What's the matter with the people
nowadays? You don't ever hear az
anyone composing songs like they
used to sing in the old time. Songs
like Nellie Gray, Old Folks at Home.
Old Black Joe, and these later songs
like Darling Am Growing Old.
Meath the Roses Long Ago, and such.
Nowadays It's. always some fool thing
without either sense or sentiment TO
1t. It's no wonder that the average
young man and young woman can't !
sing like the old folks used to. Where
will you find young lady who will |
sit down to the plano and render a
good sensible song? They're hard to
flnd"
John Goodman and his wife of Gin |
cinnati stopped off a day In Fargo |
just to take a rest. They were on /
their way from their Ohio home to |
the Pacific coast and they were tired |
from their long trip. Mr.. Goldman
said: 81 had heard so much about |
Fargo and seen SO much about the |
city in the newspapers Of the east |
that made up my mind when / was
contemplating a visit to the Pacific
coast to have my ticket made out so
that 1t would enable me to put in q
day here. Anyway we were tired and |
wanted to walk about bit. / am glad /
I stopped of in the city. 1t has pleas
ed me very much. can hardly APP
preciate the fact that your city is so
young. You look like a regular sub
stantial old city OF the east only with |
new buildings and in holiday attire
It's comforting to stop off here and
see how nice and clean everything
looks. You have good hotels here,
too, and they will compare favorably
with any in the east and are much |
better than the average eastern public |
house. OF course coming from the
east and particularly Cincinnati III
cannot just understand how you man
age to run big hotels mere without a
liquor license: 1t seems to be the
opinion in Pennsylvania and Ohio
towns that no hotels can survive and
make any money without a bar con-
nected. They all use the argument |
that the bar receipts help, pay the ex-
penses Of the first-rate table that |
most of the hotels which have no bars
always have. I'm glad I stopped here
and, will remember most pleasantly
my first visit to, Fargo which am
told is called the gateway to the great