Putnam patriot., 1919-02-07
BASS DRUM ON
A JOY RIDE
If You See Such a Musicless
Musical Instrument Notify
MIR. Ellison of Goodyear
Somewhere In America the Drum Is
Riding On a Flivver.

Wanted-To find one bass drum,
said drum last having been seen joy
riding on Ford car, alias Flivver,
Z alias Tin Lizzie, alias Benzine Buggy,
alias and alias ad infinitum. If you
see the drum please capture it but do
not hurt it, 1t has hollow head and
is not responsible for its actions. 1t
was kidnapped after being deserted
by its owners. 1t is a very nice drum
and said to be of fine tone. 1t is use
less as part of or as an attachment
to a Ford car unless the f1ivver broke
down when, it might be supposed, it,
the fivver, could be put inside the
drum and rolled back to the garage.
But the drum was not made for that
purpose. 1t was made to be beaten
and was not made to beat-its owner
by clipping in the dark with any
Tin Lizzie. This might be expected
of "base" drummer but not of a
bass" drum.
And the aforesaid, all of which is
to say as follows, to wit and to witter:
ing orchestra started in Al Reeves
truck for Wauregan, where the or
chestra was to furnish music for a
dance. About half way to the mill
village to the south the truck baked.
Time was passing and it looked as if
the truck was not going to behave for
some time and the orchestra had to
get to its destination.
Enter the flivver-Then came on
the scene Ford car. 1t was carrying
man, woman land its many aliases.
1t was chugging along under the new
moon, little suspecting what was to
happen. The car was stopped by the
whereby the driver was to take the
musicians to Wauregan. This he did
and the instrument manipulators,
bit late, hurried into the hall
Before the players began to tune
their instruments the absence of the
bass drum was noticed. This, of
course, caused CONSERVATION in the
musical organization, for how could
the bass drummer earn his money
without bass drum. Out of the hall
ran the leader of the band, followed
by the members. Tin Lizzie had dis
appeared and SO had the drum fasten-
ed securely to its side. The highways
and byways were secured but no
trace of the clippers could be found.
Another drum was secured, but the
drummer was handicapped and could
not give as good an account of HIM
self on this unfamiliar instrument.
Again, his mind wandered and he
could not help but picture his own
hest own drum riding around the
United States of America unattend-
ed. But the night dragged on and
the days dragged on and yet the
drum has not been heard from.
When a member of the orchestra
appealed to The Patriot to locate the
drum it, The Patriot, gladly respond
ed. The members of the orchestra
don't know who owned the flivver in
which they rode and on which the
drum is still riding. When they hired
it to get them to the hall they were
not caring who was driving or where
the car came from. Now they wish
they had been more inquisitive.
To owners of Ford cars.-lf you
find one bass drum attached to the
side of your car and it isn't your bass
drum, please notify Clinton c. Eli
son, Goodyear You can get him on
the telephone, 1872, Danielson divis-
ion. Any information leading to TIE
recovery of the drum or as to its
whereabouts will be duly appreciated
and acknowledged in these columns
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