The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-11
MANY SONG BIRDS
AMONG k|WAN|ANS
This Remarkable Dis
covery is Made BY Ed
Schu,nway i'm Course
of a Music Drill at the
Business Mems Club

with the expert assistance of Ed,
Schumway kiwanis pulled of the
Invest meeting in its vigorous life
last night at the Business Mems club
Ed is song leader for the war Camp
Community Service. So are good
many others But Ed can lead songs
While dinner was yet in process of
being consumed and before the after
feeding hush of fullness and content
had settled over the room, Ed scram-
hleA over half dozen chairs and
Topped down there az the piano. n0ucn
n the manner of services dog dirty
celebrity Ed didn't have on any
huckslztn shirt and he looked fairly
elean and prese1table, but three min
utes after his 'flop' ne had every
kiwantan shaking Some other XII
wanian's hand
The song war = verv simple affair
rcrlete with 'howdy dos" and given
or acquired names with the excep.
ton Of a dozen "howdy-do's" and a
dozen va -elasslv CHOSEN fronta
names, there waSn't ary sorg When
the man announced that No. was
the selection On the song sheet. a stir
Of curiosity started at the 6oor and
rustled the napkins all the way back
70 the rear n BILE But in the hands
ana vocal chords ~ Ed No s was
the wtrkedeet tool ever concelved for
prvinE quiet hornbres lose from their
i enttv.
Hov'pY-po.
Ed told The gang r. 80 : git and
listen white he showed them how II
vas done He then "howdv -Goed" in
q strong, r1ar-s4ze3. musical tenor
Re told then, to listen again but =
Few bold individuals broke an the
r'4ies ana ch'red In Seems That the
time wss ripe RI gave the command
70 cut loose Sever n the history -
Efwanis have SO rnanv rneu suddenly
cast discretion 70 the winds AMI
spread their vocals fer Hrst fight
The rnuEic ceased with plsintivs
sigh. each man sat hack with pride
ful eye that SAID as plain as N.
spoken word Say can't / sing like
q rocking bird" ."
when vo1 sing il this tine" said
FL reach over and shake hands
with the man sitting next 70 YOU
Twas done.
''rhen YOU sing it thts tiFns." said
I'd. reach over and shake haa6s with
Twas also done
when you sing II this tims' said
Ed shake hands with sorae guy you
don't IKE AZ there were only four
insura nee agents in the room, only
about half Of the diners could carry
out this hnsI command. They dtd
their best. though
Altar Ed had reduced tire hurcl,
to loose and 1ovisl frame Of mind
Ktwanlan EntreEin managed 20 mus
ter ur sufficient courage 70 start or
his speech ne being oral ~ Wall as
silent booster for fhe occasion Nc
body watched him. hGt Z Re boosted
s4te~a4z- as %sfSorsa@Faf rs 40 SiA
orally ~ is a ruined man
MAXINE Ducharrne has heAn after
Joe. Ertrekir 70 enlichten the ie-
norart on variaus suhfec-s ,nr many
moons, bat not u1ti' last night did
Toe r1us1e- nr aforesaid courage
Then tinidity aEair fastened itself
on his crirEing FORM srs5., ,he.'uv:sf
age to quit
Two prizes donated hv Joe one
large and one larger garbage can
we've wor ny Norman Dart ard
Buckrceder Feeling that the gift
was nor cor p!ete. Joe proceeded
- furnish the lucky birds with 8
pedigree Of each car. He said they
we're commonly known as the gart
or garbage can and that they were
crovn in enormous quantities b.
tbs orchar9lsts he worked for
Joe Elrcidates
Ice then dtv7llged enough tnfor-
nation about the steel business e
make every listener = millionaire. 4:
TIE knowledge is riehttullv apple 4
and II the reports on the rewards
Of dishonesty have not been exaE
gerated He said the steel business
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