Putnam patriot., 1927-11-17
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70 md oui whether the present gcner-| a5ieh IS not enamoHred of noise \ lew hlEhts ago was invited Co supper at one oi the most fashionable restaur- ants in Nice shortly after midnight me Jazz band began operations. II made q futile effort Co answer the gqestions of my neighbour. but in vain. ae wal of the saxophene, the shrieks et the dancers, the screaming and ho#tlng of the negro voices. maenified hF meganheneS. competed with each other sa make as much noise as the human ehr could support I noticed with q 5aehed curiosity that one or two ef the guests actually stopped up their ears, but these were unlv excen= tiens to the rule Noise haz bon ds serihed as q most impertinent form of interruptions f was positively slruu tion. and if one of the nunjshmenss in bell is noise then certainly Che f5sH=i ionahle supper houses make hell of q noise.
 The Band Parades
 Not satisfied with deafening our ears from the distance. the band sud denly left the platform and marched in single file, stopping m front of each supper table and changing. whistling trumpeting. booming. buzzing. and blasting right under our nostrils and directly into our ears. As people seem ed to think this proceeding quite nor nal and highly amusing | conclude that there Is something wrong with me \ dear friend once told me that I had never been young. and perhaps this explains why noise for noises sake is ineomprehensihle to me I really re- gret not being able to understand its fascination for people. not because want te he converted. but because cv= cry manifestation of human nature in terests me: the study nf crime the do- iugs of criminals: the influence of jazz on madmen. and noise considered as fl form of insanity are all subjects which fuseinate me a much as music. paint ing. CT any Of tlae arts But l am as vet unable to grasp why sheer noise is te some people sheer joy.
 Entertainment In 1884
 Prompted bv sniri' 5f scientific ia ferest I was looking through the i hrafs.sf . friend te see f l could gath CT information which waald explain the modern passion for noise. l found H.entY af works on sound end the sci enee of acoustics but no treatise on fha sseefla aft af ssH fu1 a naise 1i3 find however. 8 Haal an munrers and 5neial usage published in New York srd dafed isSA r contains Lara cranh which if takea seriously and con tlerad ie relafien ta iazz iS worth aaatiag "Whnu as sometimes han nans. roeai prince. ? Duke All Arch lsishan. Il Lord lIoaebfnn ur q Dean Stanley eemp4 on visit ta eBr enun- trx one of thr most satisfactory forms If entertai.ment that we nffar js q TO epntien The laav who would make her house attractive fn fhe hest seeie= V must offer something hiaher than music. ar suHnar These are orna- vents and stimulants. not requisites I For rood society we need men and women uha ean talk. The free plav of l brain taste and feeling is most inn 1 rartant refresbn'"ut 70 the man who werl.s hard whethhr in fhe pulnit. or in War cf.eei ca. iu fho editorial chair {" Oh tn have. seen iaz7 hand aynlodo in the midst of sueh a distin- o,,;shed social gatherinei What stim- ulant for the "free ulav of brain H What ap antidote for auvthing SO deadly doll as receptien in New York in the year 1881.
 No Italian Jazz
 Ii seeme to me that Itelv has 90 far escaned tho invasion of noise One hoars excellent mueic n the Galleria of Milan and in all the restaurants but douht whether iazz hand can he fonud in any part of that country The evnlanption is simnle:-As 2 ueonle inc Ttaliane lave n1usic foo well tn en- cnnrage noise. T. may he worldly wis dom to conceal the mind with eunning devices to hide one's rcaning with words. to renresert falsehnod n truth ] and to =nrave truth t0 be falsehoed. but tha line must ho drawn hetwocn music ard noise and eeneciallv between the hidoous noise of the velling ue@ro. which ie simnlv a reversion to barbar- ;4,. ,,.;tbott4 opsr of itq Snlpodour ifs