The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-27
LIGHTED HIGHWAYS
LOSE THEIR MELODY
EarIy-Closing Iidict Brings Sadmcss
in iiurdy-Gurd.
Land.
piNoCHLE PLAYERS COMPLAIN
So City Loses Only Form of Music
Which Offers Variety Suited to All
Tastes-Organ-tir Forced to
Close at Sd o'(lOCk.

Tastes-Orgnn-Gri Forced to
Close at 81 O'Clock.
There is sadness in t!rrdv -,;urdy
Land. For years upon years the even
ing hours in the downtown stretches
were hung with melody melody
churncd out by the turning OF :, crank.
strideut ana brassy and syncopatcd. but
vet melody Now the downtown. cay
erms are mute. save for the Changing
roileys and the night wind that blows
disconsoiatcly up from ,hc James
It is hard TO approach the subject
without u sentimental prelude. The
demise of the nocturnal hurdy-gurdy
a"Hkcus Sumbrc reflections. and # The
night wind from tn" James does not
blow disccnsuiately. IL should. rhr~c
are urfeeling people who openly rr-
Joice at the passing of tho street
music; they arc the Kind that Shakes
pca'c ruthlessly dcsi=nltcs as TT for
strataSems and spells
ON Saturday the .dict went forth
from police headquarters that hereafter
al y q clock IN the evening every street
organ shall blanket it's engine. cut of
It's magnetic. furl it's cnrburctcr. .tld
close up for the night The order WAS
80
where u few tired business men OF
Ject*d 10 The highway music which ,I!s-
turbed tier evening game Of pinOchla
20 the order Went out with the i'm
"riindtu' of chief Louis Wcrnei-him-
self from land whore the itiner:..lt
band * q national institution like Hot.
brau ana pretzcls-auc the downtown
wastes laneuish because thc West End
is unmusical. At Seventh and Broad
IN" salvation Army stil carols an
th"ms t. street conner audience bat
everywhere else IN the tall build.n..
district Melody IS dead
LIGHTED HIGHWAYS
LOSE THEIR MELODY
TO the lover Of the lighted highways
1t Is real loss Night tim. .aIls for
inelodH and the street organ is silcu;
The swarthy Siciliau who turned Tie
crank and the faithful woman who -.
tended the all but empty hat To the
passers- bN nave disappeared from the
night CROWD. and no one has com. 10
take their places
There be citizens possessed Of tender
tNmpanums who protest earnestly th,,
'rtaid" Of Wagner there i, no n,usj,
her" To- others who fale their music
from waNen disks, and still others ,vno
thrill 10 the touch OF the pianistp I'm
the movie show who matches The
melody 10 the fiuttcriug cin-matngruuh
with shadowlike precision Mary n-,-
only the street organ plavs To tho
inusic-hunSer Of the whric world. l.,
aiterlpts no arias. executes no non
derous symphonies, and mon%cys win
no cantaias II has six pieces which
IL PLAYS over and over again. AMI ou!y
SIN inc turning Of tho cr;'!k l.avcs
no room for indulgence IA overtyu,.s
nuances, or notifs--it sends the me, dv
forth brass-b bound and riveted a. il
was made in the factory
Ana II * music. nevertheless. because
curtains part at its approach and
grown men shell out nickel after
, nickel 10 stay and listen. There is :,
melody for every taste--no one is
sighted. Is your hair long. ana do
YOU frequent the opera? There is no
fierce Ride of Nalkyries' to stir your
pulses. o. "lsolde's Iiebes tod to make
YOU swc"tly sad. hut there is good old
III Trovatore.' brass bound ana rlv-
eted. nut recognizable. and Il YOU wait
five minutes there will he the rolIicl<
ing Toreador melody from Carmen
prince of street organ tunes