New Britain herald., 1925-05-02

the ODHefNPf chlle HlS l"'"i''' stcnographcr to his mahogany desk this week and dictates u screed for the attention of orchestra leaders in New Britain. Approaching the sub icct in delicate and diplomatic ! way, in order not 10 give olfense. the Observer wishes to express the conviction that local orchcstras are so far behind the times that they will nsver catch hp. The music they play Is obsolete and has been cast into the scrap heap in the ma jority of cities, IL might have been i thrillingly popular n year or more ago, but it has passed it's stage Of usefulness and should be honorabiy retired on pension.
 This comment Is the result of per sonal experience buttressed by the l opinion of many young people who 1 like 10 dance but feel like a man on 1 his way 10 be beheaded when they i approach the shrine Of Terpslchore because they know they arc going to 1 listen to the same old music played in the same old way as if the or i chestras themselves hated the job and were doing 1t as badly as pos for all concerned. IL is a safe bet that there Is more ancient music played to the square foot Of dance hall in New Britain than in any other city in Connecticut. We are almost on the point of suggesting a tag day for the purpose Of buying up to date music for the boys who sit lip on the stage and dare us 10 have a good time while they amble
 istlessly up and down the scale.
 A little enterprise. plus an ap- preciation of the fact that the danc- ing public wants novelty as well as rhythm, might go long way toward improving the situation. It IS an outrage 10 ask people to at tend dances when the music played has been discarded long ago in more , progressive cities.
 Another fault we have to find with local orchestras is their failure to provide regular men when they are engaged for an occasion. At a recent social function, the chief topic of conversation vas the wretched music played by at least four sub stitutes in the musical organization Apparently the substitutes were satisfied to fill in for the evening and make enough noise so that they would have an excuse for drawing their pay.
 While on the subject of ancient music, let US consider some of the offerings from the vaudeville stage At one theatcr a comedy trio has the cffrontery to step before the footlights and sing a bewhiskered parody on Tt Ain't Coin to Rain
 No Mo- To cap the climax an. other comedian on the same bi
 sings He was All Alone" a sons , that was venerable when Methuse lah's grandpa was being wheeled
 around in d baby buggy.
 Ben filings name has been men , toned as possibility for the re
 publican nomination for mayor nex
 time. and 1t is hoped that the ma
 Jority leader Of the house of repre-
 scntatives in Hartford does not al
 low his name 10 be used in this re spccl. For four years, now, Bel filling hNs been making friends il 7 Hartford, so why allow him tt throw this experience to the winds 5 It wouldn't be fair to the City 0
 New Britain and 1t wouldn't be fai
 to Ben Alling himself.
 We are indebted to Corporation
 Counsel J. II, Kirkham for sug
 sesting that the state legislatur r validate the city of New Britain
 bond issues, but the Observer opine . that Senator F. F. Hall might hay
 suggested that little point in flnanc
 10 MT. Kirkham, It cannot be de
 nied that the senator Is the City o c New Rritain's financial wizard Q Representative Francis Denim
 of Berlin, star member of tn l'OilllbiltFt bll Ddiihs, IS lHe Tt . haired stepchild of the present ses ( sion. not that he has been E
 naughty but rather. he has been in dependent, and tho machine figure -. that he always will be. a
 For q long long time N has bee - considered the last word in th II spanking idea, to put unruly rcpuh ,,'' licans over with the democrats, an IL Representative Deming is modest 'S tucked away over there, desks an l. desks from Majority Leader AllinI
 Representative Deming has bee
 known 10 vote against the machin
 he has been known 10 air his idea l. and what is more has refused 10 | l one of the regulars. Some peopI lo seem 10 think the c. o. r. machir !, is ovcr-stepping itself in the Stan n ford iudgeship row; some are SUI .d the "shad bill" vas all wrong
 thov upset the machine on that.