The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-23

Twelve years of revivals, and a
trip to France while the war was. on,
does give one rather interesting
time of it, admitted Homer Rode
heavens trombone, when it was ap-
preached by reporter for story
of its life
Because | was closed in bit dur
ing some of the trips, am not always
sure of the towns where we were
when all of the things | shall tell
about happened, but Rody can correct
me when | am wrong" the trombone
continued, settling itself in the case
a little more comfortably.
Il got the scare of my life once
in Toledo, Ohio, when we were in the
armory there, playing with Billy Sun
day on a return engagement. A sec
ton of the seats gave way, and sew
eral people were hurt. 1t looked like
riot. but my boss, not the Big Boss
who does all the talking, but my boss,
stood up, and l just gave him every
thing / had, until we had that aud
fence Gained down.
Predecessor Also Veteran
/ THE papers next day said that Rody
had stopped riot, and l believe it.
Still | was prepared for just that sort
of thing for trombone that had been
with Rody for a long time before
came with him about II years ago,
said that they had just about the
same kind of experience.
"Rody was playing in a tent with
DR.. Biederwolf, out in Kansas some
place, and a big storm came up. Now
| the ground was wet from the rain of
the days before, and in a little while
. the pegs began to come out of the
ground, and the tent to sway
THE people were pretty nervous by
that time. A quarter pole broke, and
as it fell, cut woman's head There
might have been a riot that time
/ but the boss climed up on to box
that he used in directiF the singing
and started to play.
Playing AlIays Fear
About that time another quarter
! pole broke, and it looked more like
a riot than ever, but the boss kept
on playing and they finally settled
down, and the storm FELL
/ Rodeheayer had to interrupt there
! to tell something about the storm
Il had just got me a long tailed Goa
that week, and since it was my first
l was proud of it."
AS i stood on that box, the rail-
came through the flaps of the tent
and I could feel the rain drippine
down that long tail, and soaking ms
| through.
| Il wasn't afraid a bit, 1t never oc
cured to me to think that the ten
would come down, but l was worried
sick at the thought that my new Goa
would be ruined"
The trombone listened respectfully
while Rodeheaver broke into the in
/ terview, but burst into speech agar
as soon as he had the chance.
Where He Was Scared
Don't you worry about Rody being
! scared it continued, 'he made I'D fol
it in France, when a shell broke nea,
him while he was singing and play
ing up on the front lines during thu
war in France.
The explosion blew his hat from
his head that time. and I nearly go
the first rough treatment in my lif,
time, but just by luck, the boss hun.
on to me. That was one place wher,
he just had to be scared
] "Of course l was a little startled
myself, if | am honest l must admi
that, but my greatest concern was how
that noise was made
Why if l could make even frac
ton of the noise that shell made wher
the boss lets me blast at will. l coult
bring the whole of Richmond to it,
feet in one second
Here the reporter interrupted to So,
that the trombone certainly had hat
have never had a chancn o. . nntior