The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-04-08
Piano for
JAIL But
No Jazz
Count Gives instrument to
Prisoners--But With a
Classical String


when tomorrow you pause amar~d
by tho wall under the womensr quar-,
tsrs Of the county Jail. charmed by
Brcfhoycn'a wonderful nonaiaA.
Lsszt'H rhapsodIeB and Chopin's noe.
turnes played on a piano and waited
thru the grated windows. you will
know tfor thls gsory will tell you,
what was done today by coun,
George Hay du Barry.
Count George. Of seattle. n . Do.
rr~ndAnt Of the famous Cumfensc
Jeanne Eeeu du Barry. OF Franco.
who was behcaded a. a royaiist dur.
Ting the Reign Of Terror In Paris In
lf7ss.
Msr~ov~r. the worssn In IN. coun-
'sv Jail win tell you. all II os them
unanimously. that the count II n
wondsrfui. generous. sympathetic
man.
AND NOW
To THE STORY
In business he " plain George II.
du Barry. president Of tbs Du Barry
Piano company. 1904 First ave. And
now. the story
Yesterday tho editor Of Tho star
got "a letter. II read.
Would Il be presump'uous on our
part 20 ask you TO publish In your
esteemed paper a request for a piano
for tho girls at tho King county taiis
"we spend 10 many long and
tedious hours here some OF ua are
accomplished. and a piano would
be highly appreciated"
There was more to the letter. bat
you probably read u last evening on
The Stars editorial page. Anyway
Count du Barry did.
| And he sat down and wrof. a let.
ter 20 the editor himself. He wrufe
IL on the stationery Of couu, George
Hay du Barry and Countess Jean Gu
Harry beautiful stationary with
their names and their family crest.
rampant lions and castle. at the
top.
The letter said:
Tho request for n piano by the
unfortunate sisters In the King
county Jail. as inumated In your
kind paper Of this date. finds n vi.
bration on the music chords OF my
heart.
ALLOW mo 20 offer these musical.
| iy-hunrry souls tho solace Of music.
and I will give them a sweet-toned
piano. on the ono condition that no
jaxz music will be allowed 10 curse
the keyboard and themselves"
Wero thero women In the county
Jail who could play anything but
jaxz7 The editor wondered. Prob.
ably not. Perhaps Count du Barry
would give tho piano anyway. A
reporter went to see him about II.
He would not.
when sit down at my piano. .
ho said. sincerely. Il am nearest then
to God. II is the only time. think.
that get very close to God. My
piano In not TO be degraded.
Il would not give something 20
our sisters that would degrade them.
would not wish them 10 play MY
Beautiful Doll and They Go Wild
Over Me- would not give them my
piano for that. would II No. Not
for rough.and.tumblc stuff
MANY GOOD SONGS.
HE SAYS
But there are many good songs.
In think they know them. ff they
will play them they will be unified
and will like my piano and | will
give II 90 them"
And they will get the piano. and
Count du Barry's letter with II. and
the editor was wrong when he pre-
sumed there was no woman in the
Jail who plays anything but jazz.
because
There ain't nobody here that does
play Jazz" said a rapturous voice
over the telephone. Nothing but
classics go with us. There's several
OF us that plays classics. WIN you
tell that count that we thank him.
all OF us - we can't. thank him
enough. tell him--even II he In n
count. He's all right. Iic under
stands"
SO. now, you know.