Evening star., 1951-04-15

rev. 6dUluG1 TTdIlClS 0IIlLl ia
1882, and it was first sung in
Boston on the Fourth Of July Of
that year. Like the Battle Hymn
Of the Republic" it was inspired
by a great tune, viz, God Save
the King" This tune is in use in
nearly every country, and 1t has
been ascribed to Handel.
John Howard Payne's Home,
Sweet Home" was written for an
opera, and he never got anything
for it but his tombstone in Oak
Hill Cemetery. Tt was first sung
in the Covent Garden Theater in
London, and made a big hit. One
hundred thousand copies were sold
the first year, and by the end Of
the second its publishers cleared
$40, 900 from 1t.
Robert Treat Paine wrote ''Ys
Sons of Columbia" early In 1900.
under the title of adams and
Liberty" and he was paid $3.50
for it. Paine was the son Of ore
of the signers Of the Declaration Of
Independence. He was christened
Tom Paine. but on account of his
dislike to Tom Paine's infidel ten
denotes he had the Massachusetts,
Legislature change his name and
give him what he called Chris
tian one. He was Massacau-
sets man, and he died in Boston
in 1911.
old Folks OF Home
Foster got $4,000 for writing
"Old Folks at Home" Charles
Dibdin netted several weeks board
for writing 'Poor Jack" while his
publishers made $4,000 out of it.
Crouch, the writer of Kathleen
Mavourneen."' received $25 for the
production, and afterward became
a begging tramp, while his pub
fishers could have built a brown
stone front out of its sales. George
P. Morris wrote "Woodman, Spare
That Tree" because the purchaser
Of a friends estate wanted to cut
down a tree which his grandfather
had planted. His friend paid the
purchaser $40 to spare it. Morris
was touched by the story and
wrote the song. .
Hail, Columbia" was written by
Joseph Hopkinson, in the summer
of 1898, and it was first called
1.-THE Presidents March" It was
always sung when Washington
came into the theater, and one Of
the objects Of its writing was the
cultivation of a patriotic spirit
among the people of the Republic.
Joseph Hopkinson was 28 years old
when he wrote it. An autograph
copy, penned in 1923. was shown at
the Centennial. It was first set to
music by a German music teacher,
at Philadelphia, named Roth.
The story of the writing of "The
Star Spangled Banner, " by Francis
Scott Key, is too well known to be
repeated here, but many people
will be surprised to know that
Yankee Doodle" Is not of Aneri-
can origin. Even the words date
back beyond the days Of Queen
Anne, and the tune Is still older.
I'm the wars of the Roundheads,"
says Commodore Preble, in his
book on the flag of the United
States, to which. by, the way. I
am indebted for much of this in
formation, Yankee Doodle or
'Nankee Doodle was applied in
derision to Cromwell. and Prof.
Rimbault. a prominent physician
of London, wrote the song
directed at Cromwell under this
title. The jingles Of these two
songs are about the same and The
words are not much different. Dr..
Schuchburg first introduced the
song into this country in TITS. and
this was also in contempt Of the
ragged Colonial soldiers. At Con-
cord and Lexington the British,
when advancing to fight. bravely
played God Save the King and
after they were defeated the
Yankees. as they watched their re-
treat, struck up Yankee Doodle.
Gem of the Ocean
Columbia, the Gem of the
Ocean," was written by Thomas
Beckett, an English actor, who in
1879 was a teacher of music at
Philadelphia. 1.-THE Blue and the
Gray" was written by Francis
Miles Finch, and delivered before
a reunion Of the Army Of the Po-
tomac. It was drawn out by the
fact that the women Of Columbus,
Miss, strewed flowers on the
graves of Confederate and Union
soldiers alike. It was published
in the Atlantic Monthly in Sep
tember, 1867.