Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-28
YOUNG WOMAN ABOUT TOWN
She Hears an open-afr Band Concert and
Is Impressed by the Trombone Soloist.

Is Impressed by the Trombone Soloist.
BAND concert in the plaza pretty much
"A fits the description of Strauss symphonic
poem, l. e., occasional alluring melodies emerg-
ing from a sea of noises. The plaza, you
know. is a sort of peninsula, being bounded
on three sides by of trafhc-in two
principal streams Of street cars and jitneys,
respectively. As the street cars are intermit-
tent though the jltneys be continuous, in
between troleys you are apt to hear all sorts
of things you had idea were going on in
the band stand. You can hear most of the
neighboring conversation even when the cars
go by. In fact, when you look at 1t broad
mlndedly, 1t is surprising how often the music
gets the better of the traffic, especially in the
''pleces by request" which are usually straight
ahead ragtime.
This battle OF the elements occurs in the
plaza every night In the week except Thurs
day. when you can find indoor edition of
the same thing at Convention Hall. 1t is
six years since c. Stanley Mackey conducted
his first band concert here, and he has been
at 1t every summer since then. II you doubt
the wisdom Of the city concerts, get we thither
and observe the solid OF people that
collects nightly under the wing of the city
Hail.
Mr.. Mackey tells his summer band rep
resents some fine regular musical organizations
of various sorts. number of his men have
come straight from the hand of the brass
hand specialist, Sousa; probably the largest
part of them spend the winter in the fold of the
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, to which in
stitution, by the way they are enthusiastcal-
ly loyal.
II you are not an habItue OF the plaza con-
certs, It will be worth your while to go over
some night to hear Mr.. schrader do from
bone solo. Mr.. schrader believes in tonal gym
nastIcs, and actually accomplished a polka
on his instrument not long ago. It was
astonishingly lively. and rather reminded you of
polar bear being put through the turnings
of an elaborate Spanish dance. Then the other
night he played a composition OF his own, an
Ecstasy" When you want to express ecstasy
on a trombone, you'll confess I don't know
the technique of the instrument-but you sort
Of drag leg.
I was reminded by listening to "The End
of a Perfect Day" as a solo for the trombone
that have never heard that composition with
either the tuba or the piccolo starring in 1t.
Still. wonder II 1t hasn't been done that
way?
May T. in behalf of the acre of humanity in
the plaza offer a suggestion to the proprietors
of the beer sign? Everybody is going to read
your sign. anyway. THE lady behind" read
all the signs out loud the last time was
there. heard her. and she asked her escort
IL he had ever been in the bar and cafe Just
opposite the plaza. To which he replied with
overwhelming frankness II have, up to my
eyebrows" SO. you see. the sign that shines
forth steadily all night is not overlooked Now,
If you will only let the sign stand still. you
will nobly prevent the persons who go to the
plaza regularly from developing total paralysis
of the optic nerve Otherwise. the city ought
to force you to turn your sign on and off in
time with the music
THE YOUNG WOMAN.