Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-01
.sP00kISH EFFECTS
At MUSIC CARNIVAL
Terrified Amazcmcpt That Must Have
Filled Our ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
Had Thoy Attended IL.

| eonotation have, of course. long
known that pianos and organs can
f. be ride TO play quito as we'll tand
frequently bcttcr) In the absence OF
any living performer, as when human
! fingers are resting upon their keys.
| We :.Iao are no longer astounded when
! from some ornate little cabinet there
ii-sssuos the voice OF some famous prima,
(, donna. wluo, memory tells us, was
| ing within that bit OF furniture.
We have accepted the Aelf-playing
F., Instruments and various recording
tho wondcrfu! age in Which we live.
! nevertheless IL was, or 80 ut least
found Il. Impossible t? visit tho. great
without the sensation OF having wan
hered into an enchanted land.
by T s fact tho tina, ui hsa
color, Light and music, gu, of tho
worst blizzard OF The winter. had
/ such a n!ght--for the New York daily
papers, In accordance with their Gus.
our mldst"--but instead the aisles
Me s,ar nf e saTa az an
hall. hundreds of faces were turned
upward toward the summit of n
which was Issuing from hidden. sil-
Very chimes the nobody of Annie
Laurie" Flowers and palms were to
no seen everywhere. The air was rich
with their fragrance.
As the chimes ceased, and VIC moved
on into this scene of enchant ment, we
divided by plate glass partitions into
l number Of lesser assenblage places:
above the howor-atrewn portals. OF
what particular musical Wonder was
to he seen and heard within,
~ WAS because OF this Arrangement,
me TO intrude itself into the show.
We are accustomed, AS | have said,
graph or selfpayins piano IN our
st T u of i. but hp to behold tSTo n
81 FrsS wss ng % spo al
bound solid rows before stages upon
which no living human being $40
their hands. waa TO have the feeling
that either they saw spirit forms in
visible 70 yourself: or that they had
The establishment of those little in
dividual glass walled theaters. struck
me an one os the most remarkable
show. II was 10 continue but week,
and yet the amount OF heavy plate
glass in use must have had an enor-
that IL had been hired, not bought,
in Pittsburgh, brought here in spc-
cially constructed cars, and would be
returned 10 Pittsburgh at the close OF
the show.
There were no BARRIERS for tho In
diy'dual shows that were included in
boating about. Who dexterously dis
s ,reu,ed ,nn Tickets admiiting you into
and as no admission price was re-
CURED at any ono OF, them, the young
ladies' had an easy task.
ny far the most popular of all these
individual attractions was hall
which bore in electric letters the
Al the time OF my entrance a bari
tone belonging to the ranks OF grand
opsha WAS singing an aria as he stood
graph; suddenly he ceased 10 sing.
hut the, aria went on precisely the
same: I, wac most nncanny. There
music when he was silent, as when
nc, WAS singing. y painting of the
Wizard Edison hung back of The stage.
musical duel between a human being
and the machine no had Invented. for
Edison sou know. was the Inventor
OF tho rhonosraph; Entirely encir-
cling the inner walls OF this little the
alter was what, SUPPOSE. may be
stan with both treble and bass clcts)
made QUIZ OF wood. and containing
notes the size or footballs. began AT
ono corner and ran around al four
% the, wallis. "A. very. appropriate
form OF decoration" said I to a friend
more than thar" said a man sitting
hehina us. IL you read music, YOU
would know that il Is the score OF the
STAR Spanglcd Hammer" y mighty
.le.Hor piece OF work. call It. though
] don't suppose one person In 4 dozen
appreciates H."
Whether we appreciate II or not.
We certainly werc treated to fcats Of
classical music, both hand-played and
machine played. as we explored tn.
various departments OF this vast mu-
sic exposition. We saw the bisges,
saXophonc in tho world played iy
youth whose head didn't reach 20 the
top OF II. We visited Il sort oil dis
sectlns room, where pianos lay about
on their hacks, eNhibitins all their
mysterious in'aris' 10 the shocked hs-
holders. We listened 10 an orchestra
9: harps, and AS climax we strus-
Eled with q mob on the top floor OF
the palace into / Sheater where only
Jazz prevailed, and what cannot
understand now is why the New York
papers made SO little OF this truly
woHIcrtui music show,