The Washington herald., 1918-03-08

Ne" 1Ork, MafCh I'm ran Alley
just or Of the thester district-where
perspiring and coatless young men
hammer out toe ditties Of the ma
ton. is working overtime just now.
Many of the composers have been
called to the war. and in the interim
the nation must have its songs.
Tin Pan Alley is fun Of romaroc.
Some one said that every man has a
story. Surely there is no greater story
than that of Little Irvie Berlin. who.
ten years ago, pounded a stained
ivory piano in Niger Mike Salters
for the nickels his audience tossed to
him. Today Berlin is a millionaire
and not yet 30. And so is Earl Car
roll. who, FIVE years ago was a thea
ter usher in PittsburC. There are
many others like them-and. too.
there are many who have beat against
the doors of Tin Pan Alley in vain.
Their stories are stragic, but just
as interesting. Earl Carroll was mar
ried TO Marcelle, the cinema star
just before he Joined the aviation
squad in Texas. The day before he
left he wrote a song for his wife. II
is called when I'm Through with
the Arms of the Army I'll Return to
the Arms OF You"
Even the knitting craze has inspired
the songsters. Each Stitch Is a
Thought of You Dear" is serious
ballad that enlivens Broadway. And
did you know Cleopatra had a
jazz band? Well she did and Tin Pan
Alley tells all about it in Cleopatra
Had Jazz Band"
"Over There" brought George NJ
Cohan $4,000. and he wrote it in
half hour. Another song Carpenter
has turned out a tune IN the same
style called Tom. Dick and Harry
and Jack Hurry Back. When he
gets his royalties he expects to 90
around and take a laugh at George
NJ. Cohan's Theater.
The soldier boys who are coming TO
New York from Denver are bringing
comedy song called Around Hell
Neck She Wears Yeller Ribbon for
Her Lover Who Is Far, Far Away"
Each section of the country brings its
own war song and the Tin Pan Alley
scouts floss them up and then they
begin to flood the markets
He is a Cockney private and was
with the Canadian Black Watch. He
was being entertained at a Fifth ave-
nue. home and fluttering young buds
lowering around him to drink in every
word. He told of the need of tact in
dealing with the French people
81 got in a bit of a fix the other
week." he said. Il was bIlleted with
a French family, and after Id been
shown to my room l started out for
walk. l 'appened to open the wrong
door. My eye, but it was a bathroom.
and there was lady in the tub. She
let out a scream and 1t might have
been deucedly embarrassing situa-
ton but my tact saved the day.
What did you do?" asked one
flushed young lady eagerly
Il jes' backed out, an said:
'Pardong. monsieur"
If Hackensack, N. J., were a city
i'm which one expected speed or SER
vice, DR.. c. r. Kuebler, who lives
there, would be indignant about a
trunk he has just received. But he
is merely mystified because the trunk
which has been on its way to him for
twenty-five years belongs to no one
he knows, contains nothing he wants
and came from a place he never heard
of.
An express company told him that
il he called and paid slSs in cash he
could have a package which it was
high time he had got. He reported
with the funds and found one Of
the oldest trunks now extant. A
stamp on its side indicated that it
had left Nahi, India, in. 1883 and its
contents showed 1t had been handled
ny some of the most violent baggage
handlerst In America it contained a
circular of a holy land lecturer.
With the title free and clear, DR..
Kuebler. with no show of enthusiasm
had the trunk removed To the nearest
open lot