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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-09
WTLJETD SoryWr By HENRY
4 The Star dtoiaS

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engines and trucks with bclla and ,
whistles ualnelinr in riotous sound "a
the equlpment swung out on It's
Journey.
There was the sort Of oppressive
quality In the atmonpherc which
prcaagen a catastronhe. The officials
fcit Il a. thcv crowded 10 the win.
dows ana watched the fire crews
rice an The street. As they looked. !
a second elang.ciang. clans from the
station below came 10 their eara
LIKE q signal from fate. tho strokes
OF The headouarters gong tollod Off
the tllinws.
a general alarm raid Clerk
scott an,,st be n big one
~t;erlon. my hoy. can up head.
quarters and ask them where the
flre might he" commanded his
Honor
Gordon ana "a.
The fincoin-hlre. sirr-
.>o, No, Quick. Order my
car.
The mayor. forgetting dignity, was
racing for the elevator. Gordon two
iumns ahead OF him.
roland had done his bit in che
var. Returning with hls family
after hostihtien were ended he had
been forced 20 choose. owing 10 lack
nf available dwellings the Lincoln.
shire "a a home for his wife and
young daughter and himself Not
/ that the Lincolnshire wasn't desir.
able. II was tho most exclusive
auartrnent. hotel In the city II was
exclusive. but n Vas ancient. buIit
before the dav. 81 strict laws con.
F, FOR on his desk was a report detail.
Ing what the I.lnooinshlre lacked m
safeguards. lie had been Intending
To take action ON the rnorrovy
The building suceuubei a,,irkiv
what an hour b.fore haa been n
quiet family reeldence plare was All
ahlaxn nv thn tisne rsoiana nrrtvel
IN a ear driven ~ 4 sfaas.. ehaus.
feur Particularly IN the rear baig
81 the building. the flames leaned
from floor 20 floor IN gigantic
flashes. enveloplnw the doomed
aruesur. IN a hurr,tnx roaring
cracking death. MANY az the ten.
nnts In front rnanarpd "a eneano nv
running sovxn ,tag-n AZ IN. ftru,
I alarm MANY were saved bv an4edv
and IN some Instances almost mir.
aeuio.s xork on the part 81 the firc.
men. They ,xere hurried across The
s,rret 20 = clubhouse ana rnas. corn.
fortable ,sgth hlante.. ana hot cot
fee. There werr thrsiilnr r~ee,,ca on
sealing ladders ana snoc,aeu,ar
i,,n,n. a. mag.tv an nets .r,,e ,trc.
men ala All thar determtned vcter
an. could AZ. nut thnv verr harsi.
cnppcd Hollands poliev OF strict
economy had niavea them f,lar
rbrv xe-. short OF men T-h~, ,v.rr
weary from a record -erte~ q, b,r.
fling fires within the month ana tbcx
were discouraged. rooiav WAS not
with them Thrv were ike a foot.
hs,ii team without a cep,nin. b,,,. A.
Il vns TIE sulrit OF courage forced
them on dorrcdIy long after tired
flesh had called a halt. TRY hsroieai.
ly as they did there were four or
five who were not saved and who
were NOT found until DAYS later
when workmen. removing the twist.
I'd, water aoakca wrrckagc. revealed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-09
Mayor Roland stiffened.

nat TIN w AfkNN'I
1T sure Is Dooloy." The officer
was positive. And II any man IN
town can bring your family down,
Doolcy Is the man."
Dooley was now on perilous foot
ing high up on the top Of the top
most part Of the extension ladder,
waiting his chance 70 plunge the
hook of a pomplcr ladder into the
stone OF the blazing window OF the
room where Roland's wife and baby
girl were lying. The slender strand
Of steel held out In his hand was a
fraii bridge between life and eter.
nifty for the two helpless ones.
The stones Of cornice. ioosened
by streams Of water. smashed on
the pavement like an exr<<rion OF
bombs.
Mayor Roland RELAXED and wiited
down 10 his knees In the muck and
mud and water
"Oh." he wcpt. TIN wrong
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-09

We guarantee quality-we
guarantee workmanship
we guarantee style, and we
guarantee a saving of $40
over any clothing values in
the city.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-09

Our permanent low price
policy insures a square deal
to all. The early buyer is
not penalized. Our sixty
day turnover insures latest
styles-always
The Washington times., 1922-06-29
URGES MUSIC SECTION
IN ALL FREE LIBRARIES

A music section in every public
library In the United States Is the
Joint aim Of the General Federation
Of women's Clubs and the National
Federation OF women's Clubs. Both
federations have created depart.
ment Of library extension. with Mrs.
James H. Hirsch, Of Orlando. Fla,
as chairman. Mrs. Hirsch said the
proposed music section would prove
valuable in making available infor.
nation on music to those desir.
ing It.
The committee working with Mrs.
Hirsch includes: Mrs. J. DaLacev
Harper, Yuma. Ariz.; Mrs. Franklin
w. Cochens. Salida. Col; Mrs. J. c.
Hancock. Stuart. Fla; Mrs. Iols
Bishop, Savannah. Ga: Mrs. Fra 1k
Cowles, Charlottesville, Ind; Mrs.
Jacob Van De Zee. Iowa City, Iowa;
Mrs. Gordon Kingsbury, ST. Clair,
Mich: Mrs. Clara n. Steffers. Brook
Haven. Miss: Mrs. George w.
Lamke, Clayton, Mo; Mrs. Josephine
J. Rolfe. Concord. N. H.; Miss Julia
e. williams, Merchantville. n. j.;
Miss Marguerite Beard, Fargo, n.
D.: Miss Leonora Lewis, Pierre, s.
D.: Mrs. Henry Stone, Christians
burg. Va: Mrs. Anna v. Bassette.
Edmonds, Wash. and Miss Edith
Ruddock, Manitowoe, Wis.
The Washington times., 1922-06-29
RObS TYP|ST TO
GIVE DEAF MAN
MUSICAL TREAT
Salesman Appropriates Diota-
phone Tube to Make His
Customer Happy.

A great deal has been said and
written about that super-salesnnan n
who used to sell electric fans In Ice.
land and steam radiators to natives
of the tropics. He now has q new
lob, for a sale took place In a talk.
ing machine shop in New York re.
Gently that has all the earmarks Of
this chaps work.
II was a rainy evening and an
elderly gentleman had stepped in.
side the store TO shelter himself from
the weather while he awaited his
street car. The salesman was quick
to take advantage Of his opportunity
and in his suave and tactful manner
suggested that the gentleman might
like to hear the latest record while
he was waiting. II was verN good,
according to the salesman. He was
quite sure It would brighten up the
home fireside on a nasty night like
this. He played II over, gazing at
the prospective customers counte-
nance for the expression of pleasure
he felt would appear.
The playing of the record finished
the clerk asked the man II he didn't
agree that that was Just about the
best thing he'd ever heard.
"How's that?" the old gentleman
asked. cupping his hand behind hts
ear.
"Great heavens" the salesman ex
claimed in dismay. the man is deaf" ."
He recovered quickly. however. I'm
mediately he had an idea. Beckon'
ing the customer over toward =
talking machine in the corner OF
the store, he disappeared in the Of.
flee at the rear. reappearing a mo-
ment later with the ear tubing at
tachment OF his stenographer's die
taphone. and an ordinary funnel. In
a jiffy he had this rnakeshift attach
ment rugged up on the talking ma
chine, the receivers strapped to the
deaf customers ears.
The next morning the stenographer
had to send hurry call to the sup
ply store for new tubing for her dc
taphone.
The Washington times., 1922-06-29
HOSPITAL PATIENTS WILL
HAVE SUMMER CONCERTS

New York's professional and anna.
teur musicians are asked to offer
their services to further a plan to
hold concerts regularly In the mu II.
cipal hospitals this summer. These
concerts will be given under the 6i-
rection OF the music committee OF
the New York visiting committee Of
the State Charities Aid Association.
The committee calls attention TO
the fact that during the war tire
therapeutic value OF music became
we'll recognized and quotes DR.. Alex
ander Lambert, Of Bellevue Hos.
pital. as saying that he had found
music OF the greatest value in
breaking the long tedium Of the day.
The New York visiting committee.
Of which the music committee is Q
part. consists OF 200 citizen volun.
teers who have legal right OF en-
trance to the hospitals and aims
house OF New York to aid the work
OF the authorities for the well.beins 8
Of the patients.
The Washington times., 1922-06-29
INDIAN CELEBRATIONS
HAVE BEEN "JAZZIFlED'

Gone is the old.time character of
the Indian dances; the tribal celebra.
tions have been jazzfied Now when
the bucks sway and prance and piro.
uette, the tom tom player Ii in the
hack row and the red skinned saxo-
phonists and banjois's provide leg
inspiration in the front. 1t is said
the new music In resented by the
squaws. whose tremory trebles are
as good as lost on the reservation
breezes when Indian jazz gets good
and warm. Gone Is another ro.
mantle phase OF the red man.
In the recent Indian New Year
celebrations in western New York
and In other Indian tribal events in
Oklahoma and Wisconsin. the part Of
the saxaphone and banjo, as well as
the white mans drums and traps.
was an important one. Many Indian
boys returning from the Indian
schools conducted by the Govern.
ment show a wicked finger for the
banjo and a natural ability for the
saxaphone. At a dance at Fort
Sill, Okla, recently. Indians who had
seen service abroad during the big
war. introduced a touch OF Russia n
stuff into the native dances per.
formed to jazzified Indian music
played on saxaphones and banjos.
The Washington times., 1922-06-29
URGES GREATER
USE Of MUSIC IN
PUbL|CSCHO0LS
Former Harvard President
Says Art Is the Best
Mind Trainer.

1t is not only as submarine chssers
that men with musical ears and
training excel, according to Henry
T. Fink in the New York Evening
Post. Ex.President Eliot of Far.
ward says that music. rightly
taught. Is the best mind trainer on
the list. We should have more of
the practical subjects like music and
drawing and less grammar ana
arithmetic"
To prove that music really is a
fine mind trainer. T. p. Giddings Of
Minneapolis, in an article on "Instru-
mental Music in Schools" relates
that Prof. Henneman Of st. Louis
has received a letter from an old
friend in England who is at the
head of the music department OF
Magdalen College, Oxford Uni.
versity: "All the music OF. Oxford
University is taught in this college.
which is very old and wealthy. and
many prizes and scholarships are
offered to its students. OF these
few are in music. but most in other
branches. This letter contained the
following proof OF President Eliot's
statement QuOIcu dDONc' 1ch pSt
cent OF the students Of Magdalen
College take music. Ninety per "ent
do not The 10 per cent taking mu.
sic also take rs per cent Of all those
prizes and scholarships; in all de.
partments, mind you. The 80 per
cent who do not take music are con.
tented with. or at least have to put
up with, the remaining rs per cent
Of the prizes and scholarships. This
rather amazing record has been the
average for the last thirty years"
Hear, Hear! We musical supervis-
ors Of the schools of this country,
who have been coming into so much
prominence OF late. That Magdalen
college argument, or, rather, those
Ma agdalen college facts, are OF un.
speakable importance to you when
you want to convince skeptics Of the
practical value of music in schools.
Mind training is the object Of edu.
cation in schools, and II music 10 the
best mind trainer, II ought to be
honored as such. and much more
time ought to be given to II than Is
now allowed.
The Washington times., 1922-06-29
Orchestra Tests
Memory Of
Children

Children's Day with the Chicago
Orchestra Is described by the Trib-
une of that town. Twenty-Five bows
scraped twenty-five fiddles. There
was q low roar from the kettle.
drums. The deep tones Of the viol
spread through orchestra hall.
Frederick Stock raised his right
hand. stopped the music and turned
to the audience.
What 10 III" he asked.
"Bach's Air from D Major Suite"
shouted q juvenile voice.
"Beethoven's Andante from Fifth
Symphony" said another.
Wrong" said Mr.. Stock. "It was
Schubert's Moment Musical \
And so II went throughout the
afternoon. The orchestra played .
few bars from twenty-five classics.
The students wrote down the name
Of the piece. II they knew II. The
team that wrote the most correct
answers won.
Five little children from Cicero
won in the grade school division.
Their team out Of a possible $50
points scored $40.
"It is one Of the greatest things
that have ever been held in or
chestra hail." said Conductor Stock.
"It was wonderful"
The Washington times., 1922-06-29
WOMAN STAGE.
CAN Be Played,
MUSICIAN SAYS
Professor In Science School Is
Ono to Be Thanked for
Strange Discovery.

A woman's face can be set to music
and played on almost any musical
instrument. Beauty actually may be
translated into notes. which, In turn.
may be translated into sound. For
that recent achievement the man TO
be thanked is Prof. Dayton 8. Miller,
Of the Case School of Applied Science
in Cleveland.
Prof. Miller some time ago in.
vented the delicate instrument for
photographing sound waves. says the
New York Herald. This apparatus
carries vibrations OF sound to dia-
phragm. which oscillates a small
mirror. A tiny but intense beam Of
light falls on the mirror and is re
Elected to a moving sensitized film
on which are recorded curved lines
which correspond to the sound waves.
The waves were found to be an ar.
rangement Of curves. every note in a
series registering a different kind Of
curve.
TonaI Combinations Used.
That was a beginning. Prof. Miller
had many musical instruments tested
and almost all conceivable tonal com.
binations were utilized. He found
that the most beautiful lines pro.
duced were those recording the con.
tralto register OF the French horn.
He engaged an expert to play o
French horn, and discovered that the
curves produced were In the shape
Of a facial profile. Reasoning that II
combination of musical sounds pro.
file should produce a musical sound.
he began new series Of expert.
ments.
A photograph Of beautiful
actress was placed in a pSejecting
lantern and thrown on a sheet OF
paper. The profile was traced and
resolved into its simple component
curves. There were fourteen such
curves. Fourteen organ pipes were
selected, each Of which was known
to produce a curve corresponding 10
one Of the simple curves Of the
actress profile. The pipes were
sounded simultaneously. The result.
ing tonal effect was q rich. harmo.
nious chord, with a sound much like
that Of the French horn which sug.
gested the experiment.
Then the process was reversed.
The organ pipes were sounded and
the vibrations photographed. On he
film there appeared the profile OF the
young woman as perfect as the
original tracing.
In making the tests. Prof. Miller
had a musician play on the French
horn various musical compositions
and whenever there was harmony
the profiles Of what appeared to be
beautiful women appeared on the
film Of the photographing apparatus.
OF course. the speculation arises
as to whether women's beauty had
not inspired the composer and was
actually woven into the music in a
manner that modern science alone
could show was a subconscious re-
cording Of love. Hence the prospect
that II will not be long before the
modern troubadour may storm the
heart Of his enchantress by trans.
lating her physical charm into an
opera. an operetta or lifting comedy
Of music
The Washington times., 1922-06-29
Complete Choir Personnel.

The completion Of the choir per-
sonnel Of the Church Of the Covenant
for the coming season has been an.
nounced. Claude Robeson has been
engag aged as director Of the evening
choir to succeed the late Sydney
Lloyd Wrightson. The solo quartet
which will supplement the work Of
the evening choir Is composed of Miss
Ruth Peter, soprano; Miss Richie
Mclean, contralto: Ross Farrar,
tenor, and Herman Fakler. bass.
Harvey Murray, the organist Of the
church, will preside at the organ at
all Of the services and will nc in
charge of the music for the morning
and afternoon services. For the
| morning services, the music will be
as previously-congre with
Frank Reside as precentor. At the
afternoon services, the music will be
given by strings, harp and special
! soloists. Mrs. Howard Blandy, ac-
companist for the Rubinstein Club,
will he at the piano for the evening
services.
During the summer, the music for
the evening services will be given by
Miss Estella Thomas. violintst,
Richard Lorleberg. cellist. and the
soloists Of the solo quartet. Arthur
Mavo will substitute in the mornings
and Mr.. Robeson in the evenings for
Mr.. Murray during his vacation.
The Washington times., 1922-06-29
JAZZ USED BY
STEvEDORE To
HURRY EN- Up
Manufacturer Tells Of First
Use Of Word 'Longshore in
New Orleans.

A Chicago manufacturer of mu'
sical instruments is authority for
the following explanation Of the
origin Of the word Jazz" Several
years ago he was in New Orleans on
business trip and had occasion to
spend a few hours one afternoon
at the waterfront. Nearby was q
pier where a carload Of banaras
which had come up from Southern
waters was being unloaded by q
crew Of negro longshoremen.
The superintendent Of the crew
was a huge colored man who tow
cred above his perspiring workmea.
He had contracted, for a certain
sum, to unload the cargo of fruit; In
given number cf hours for a GER
tain price. BY means Of a constant
distribution Of wel-chosen words he
was extracting as much work as
possible out of his lazy helpers.
Jazz II up, yo black good.fo'
nuthin's! Five o'clock sharp sees dis
we're rowboat without a bunch Of la
nanas aboard or dere amt gwine 10
be no ghost wallis tonight. yO all
heahs me! Jazz up dis unloaGin
Step yo' flat feet on de 'celera .prs
Jazz 1t up, black boys"
The new word "jaZz" and its stim
ulating effect upon the easy.going
workmen attracted the attention OF
the Chicago man. A few hours :ater
| in the evening. when the boat had
been unloaded and the workers paid
off, they all drifted toward the .evee
where a dancing party and general
gayety were In lively progress. The
manufacturer observed that the
crowd OF colored workmen of the
afternoon were spending the rewards
Of their labor in enjoyment Of the
dance.
A trio Of Woodworking musicians
of the same race were providing the
music and the dancing stevedoros
were urging the orchestra along TO a
orisker effort in the same language
that had been used upon them in the
afternoon. The struggling artists
were ordered at frequent intervals
in emphatic terms, to Jazz dat mu
/ sic up"
The word Jazz" in this msnner
eventually came to be applied uni
versally by the colored folks 10 all
forms Of dance music and the pres
ent widespread use of the word ls
natural evolution.
The Washington times., 1922-06-29
MUSIC SUPERVISORS TO
CONVENE At CLEVELAND

The Music Supervisors National
Conference will meet in Cleveland,
April 9 to 10. 1928. The Statler
Hotel has been selected as a head.
quarters. The slogan for the year
10 $1,000 members in 1923" With
a meeting place so easily accessible
and so attractive as Cleveland. the
conference. 1t Is expected, will be
the best in the history OF the or.
ganiZation. Music in the public
schools Is assuming larger and
larger proportions, and this annual
conference Of the school music su.
pervisors Is by far the most i'm.
portant musical convention Of the
year" declares Karl w. Gehrkens,
president OF the supervisors organ
ization.
The Washington times., 1922-06-29
Why Is a Polka Dot
Answered At
Last

The Cleveland News has looked
UP the answer to Lord North cliffe's
query: why Is a polka dot7" Here
II Is:
Polka is the feminine OF Polack,
meaning a Pole, according to New
American dictionary Way back in
1870 Poland was dance crazy.
Everybody danced the new steps.
The craze spread all over Europe.
The dance was called the polka"
because It had such a hold on the
Polish people.
At that time women were imitat-
ing the plumage OF birds in their
dress. A popular bird to initiate
was the guinea fowl. A guinea.
fowl Ia speckled, A majority Of
the dresses worn by the women
dancers were speckled. There you
have II.
The Washington times., 1922-06-29
BELL MAK|NC|S
NOW AF|NE ART
|NTH|S COUNTRY
Improved Market Develops the
Industry Beyond Anything
Known Abroad.

An old fallacy dispelled by Ameri.
can bell makers is that Of the value
Of precious metals in bells. 1t Is
the highest praise Of a bell to say
that 1t has a silver tone. 1t was
naturally concluded, therefore, that
q bell must be made Of silver, In
part at least, to gain this quality.
Exhaustive tests have been made
by casting bells with different pro-
portions Of pure silver, from 2 per
cent. to 100 per cent. and II has
been proved definitely, according
to the New York Times, that the
silver detracts rather than adds to
the tone quality.
For centuries bell makers have
been experimenting with different
metals for casting bells and the best
proportions of combining them.
The temptation to melt up old scrap
metal is naturally great. A we'll
ly stated that he had had excellent
"luck" in using the plates on the
boilers Of locomotives containing
the number and make Of the
machine. Many old steam radia-
tors have been converted into bells,
as we'll as scrap iron Of every kind.
Standard bell metal contains 7s per
cent. of pure copper and % per
cent. Of tin, and 1t seems unlikely
that this formula will ever be
altered.
Bell making has. become an ex.
ceedingly scientific work. and no
where has the work developed into
so fine an art as in America. The
sale Of bells in Europe 10 compare
lively limited. There are fewer new
churches or other buildings going
up which require bells than in
America. And many bells are sal
vased from old buildings. AS a
result, many of the important bell
manufacturers abroad combine bell
casting with the manufacture of
farm machinery. The greater
demand for bells in America has
made 1t possible to experiment in
bell designing and casting and i'm.
prove upon old methods
The bell Is a much more delicate
musical instrument than Is gener.
ally supposed. II the soundbow, or
the heavy part above the lip. Is
thick the pitch Of the bell is lower
ed. II the lip Of the bell is re-
duced in size the pitch is raised.
The soundbow is usually filed away
on the inside where the cutting will
not show. 1t is possible to raise the
pitch indefinitely by working on the
lip Of the bell. but. although the
desired note may be obtained, II Ia
likely to be shrill II too much metal
Is removed. A slight mistake in
casting may be thus rectified. but
not a serious one. when the bell
must be recast on a new design.
The Washington times., 1922-06-29
REVIEWS OF
NEW MUSIC
Nv aRPHEIiS
BY ORPHEUS
G. Schirner, Inc, Songs.

An interesting collection of vocal
music has just been added to the
catalogue Of G. Schirmer. Inc. Of
New York. In addition, Schirmer has
published a number Of new anthems.
ali Of which are dignified in treat.
ment and worthy OF addition TO the
library Of the most discriminating
choirmaster.
One OF the outstan nding productions
Of the Schirmer house is Richard
Hageman's setting TO Christopher
Morley's delightful poem. When We
Were Parted" Morley is always a
prime favorite Of this reviewer. and
now that his poems are being rec.
ogniZed as containing suitable
material for the efforts OF our leading
composers. our interest Is manifold.
Faith Only Faith" by Samuel
Richards Gaines. is a deeply religious
song. There is nothing ornate about
the music which is quite ''singable." I"
When We See something with r.
Huntington Woodman's name on the
cover sheet, we know II ia a ten.
strike" before we glance at the
score. "All the Worlds In Love.
and The Deepwater Man." are by
Woodman. That's recommendation
enough.
Another church song" handled
exceedingly we'll by the composer. is
the setting by Franklin Riker of II
viii Mention the Loving. kindness Of
the Lord"
Breathing the great outdoors, and
extolling "the simple life" is the
'Noem "A Picture" by Pearl G..
Curran.
The Washington times., 1922-06-29
WORST MUSIC" CONCERT
SCORES A DECIDED HIT

At Cambridge University there
was recently held a concert Of the
worlds worst music" and this was
found to be such good sport that
the experiment is to be repeated in
London Suggestions are pouring in
from all sides, of course. and II
will be interesting. to see wheth@r I"
will bring out such delicious things
as the exhibition OF bad art which
was held in New York some years
ago. The prize went to a marble
Venus, whose stomach served as
the face Of q clock.