, 1923-03-04
The Radiator Concert

next You visit one of vo,,-
apartment dwelling friends ana yo,,r
hostess says. .sh-s.' suddenly and
aous listen a minute, we'rs rotng 70
nave a raditor concert, don't sntcl~.
er at her error. Probably abe mes,.
JUST For radiator concerts ars
quite the thing these musical days.
Inc radiator concert was a dj.cov.
cry OF the babes.in-the studio ansrt.
ment And they owe It all 10 tha
1anitor. or perhaps to the coal .bo-+.
age. For otherwise they ,youId No,
nave had to spend the winter turn-
ms alternate ears to the radiator IN
the nope that there might be a thaw
Inc babies. by the way, are WAITING
until spring to explore the studio ana
sec whether they want to live =, 4,
80 only n expedition has been MAD.
from the comparatively torrid zone
Where the temperature seldom goes
below freezing. That was tho t,,e
the ebabe went into the far CORNER
OF the room after n pair of shoe. He
was rescued after a perilous sally
with a dog team.
When they first heard the canary
singing in the coil of pipes thew were
nonplussed. For a long time the he-
babe insisted that 1t was merely n
new noise made by the steam as Il
went away-the steam is ALWAYS 90
ing away. But finally he had TO admit
that the steam would never have
strength enough for al those trilIs
and flute notes. The she-babe, on the
other hand. insisted from the first
that 1t was a canary, but inclined to
tho belief that It had got into the
pipes somehow and was freezing to
death.
Finally n day when the superin-
tendent came in and stood in the cen.
ter of the room tanning himself and
saying how warm 1t was getting
these days. they asked him about It.
That's Miz Bumpus' canary down
stairs" he said. You all hear it
through the pipes"
And SO, indeed II was. They dis
covered hat when the phonograph
began to play. For a radiator concert
you need only a radiator-it does not
even have to have steam in it-and a
musical neighbor on the same pipe
line. Then you sit back quietly and
let the laws of physics take their
course. 1t is less trouble than the
radio and o don't have to wear
rubber ear muffs.
The entertainment offered by the
concerts is almost limitlessly varied.
Given a good ~bradcasting neighbor
and you win never get discussions of
the cotton market or lectures on the
future of h synthetic milk indus
try. Instead you will get only the
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Pumpus about the heat. that was (pos-
sibly was) from which you al learn
many new things to say when it is
your turn to talk to the superinten-
dent, and those stimulating CONVERSE
tons between your neighbor n her
friend which you really should be
gentleman or lady enough not to lis
ten to and whatever sort Of music she
has on tap.
One of the biggest advantages Of
the radiator over the radio Is its re-
lative freedom from static interfer-
nee. II your neighbor is close enough
to the radiator-and she win be-and
you are close enough to yours-a re-
quirement which you. also will not
fail-there is almost nothing that can
come between you Now and then
there will be the slow humping noise
of receding steam but that really Is
rather pleasant. One Is reminded of
the tom-tom motif in Emperor
Jones"
The babes in the studio apartment
have heard hat Mrs. Bumpus is 60
ing to give a anc before long. They
will have theirs the same night. But
they can't decide whether to call it a
Gladiator Bali or merely say "mu-
sic by radiator on the invitations