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TTTv\TJ c *T'S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA. CA„ SUNDAY. AUGUST 24. 1913.
EUROPE TROTS,
BUT CAN’T KEEP
STEF TO MUSIC
Tame Trout Craves
Petting; Fed by Hand
Feel* Insulted If Food Is Not Served
in Manner to Which He Is
Accustomed.
Syncopated Tunes and Dances
Beyond Ken of Old World,
Says American Composer.
VT!TW YORK, Aug 28— Armani
Vccsey, composer and director of mu-
Mc at the Rltz-Carlton, has returned
fresh from a European trip with lots
of new music and eome comment.i
upon the musical situation abroad
which may act a* balm to the souls
of American composers and a Joy
for those who are not muslclnns, but
like to hear the scream of th*» Amer
ican Eagle.
Mr. Veraey has not lived on this
side of the Atlantic ion* enough to
have taken out final naturalization
papers, but there la nobody on this
ride of Weehawken who la more In
tensely and enthualaatlcaJly Amerl
can Ir a musical way. H** says
American music and American motif*
have spread over all Europe, but the
mualc the native* over there don’t
know how to play.
Opera in Europe, as Mr. Vecsey
has viewed it this summer, 1s poor
as compared with what Is given at
the Metropolitan Onera House, and
there Isn’t anvthlng now betweeo
!>ondon end Vienna that has to do
with music or the stage which local
talent can't beat hands down.
"I have been In Paris, London, Ber
lin. Munich, and Vienna,” said Mr.
Veesev, "and everywhere I have found
American music the most popular.
Then the turkey trot one finds all
over the Continent. Yet nowhere did
T hear the music clayed correctly,
although they try hard. and when tt
came to fitting German or French
words to a typical trotting tune, the
effect was ludicrous.
Recognize the "TruthaHn Tanz?”
"Think of what the result was in
Berlin, when they turned ‘When the
Midnight Choo-Chou Iyeavau for Ala-
barn' Into German! In Germany they
all the trot ‘Truthahn Tanz,’ and 1n
Prance It la the *Pas du Dlndon.’
Who would recognize the original un
der such appellations?
"Then the French can not dance
the trot, nor can the Germane. Home-
how they can’t Juat And out tho
character of It. Of course their bands
and orchestras can not get the time
light In the first place. Why, at
I lie FolieB Hergere. In Paris, I saw two
of the best French dancers giving
what was supposed to be a mom per
fect renditior of the trot, and I as
sure you It was ridiculous. It was a
very poor imitation of the real thing
' Yet. I was astonished to find that
nil the new French music and most
of the new German operettas are
- Ither In the American style, as near
ly as their composers could approach
it, or have American motlfa. The
tango seems to be breaking up the
trot over there, partly. I suppose,
because their dancers can come near
er to dancing It than the purely
Vmerlcan steps In Paris I saw a
ouple trying the Texas Tommy, and
ii was a sight to cause a horsa o
double up.
"Why can't they »>1ay a turkey
trot? For the same reason that no
body except a Hungarian can play
Hungarian music. Almost every mu
sical country has something that is
peculiarly its own -a style of music
i hat when played correctly Is In
fectious.
American Style Has Call.
"Hungary has its caardaa, Austria
its waltz, and America Its syncopated
time. When each is clayed hroperly,
It Is hound to move an assemblage
of people, and Just now the Ameri
can style has the call everywhere
"At the Palais de I>nnse, In Ber
lin. I first h^ard a turkey trot played
by a German orchestra. It waa very
bad. I want to tell you that In
Europe this summer there Is no mu
sic, no opera, no Philharmonic con
cert, and no play that can compare
with what has been heard here in
Xew York this year.”
“In Paris,” went on Mr. Veesev,
with a trace of feeling, "when they
see an American trunk, they lie in
wait to rob the owner, and go crazy
over the thought of loot It Is the
same In Berlin *
# T must tell you that not anywhere
are women so generally chic In their
costumes nowadays as right here *n
New York.
"True, I did see many smartly
gowned women, but Investigation
showed that most of them were
\merican*.”
ESTES PARK, COIX) ., Aug 23.—
Sunbeam, the pet speckled trout in
the fish hatchery at Estes Park, haa
Just recovered from an indisposition
caused by stomach trouble or rheu
matism, and Is again able to take its
place as the only pet trout in cap
tivity.
The fish, now a 3-vear-old and
about eleven inches long, is as good
an example of gentle and loving
trouthood as It ih possible to find
Fed from the hand from the time It
whm hatched. It feels Insulted now un
less Its food Is given to It In that
way.
It Is very fond of being stroked
and petted, and will swim around and
rub itself against a persons hand
whenever a chance is given it
Stranger Is Son,
Gone for 20 Years
Father Turns Wanderer Away, but
Mother Calls Him Back, and
Reunion Follows.
Gl,Ai*OOW. KY, Ang 23 Virgil
Huffman had been away from home
twenty years, seeking his fortune In
Alaska, and the father and mother,
Mr. and Mrs. James Huffman, were
sitting In a room of their home near
here discussing him and wondering
If he would ever come back.
There was a knock at the door and
Mr. Huffman opened It to ace a dusty
traveler, who said he waa tired and
was seeking lodging for the night. Mr
Huffman thought he could do noth
ing for him, but Mrs. Huffman "reck
oned” they could manage somehow.
Then they led him Into the hall, un
der t?ie swinging lamp, and as the
light fell on h1» face the aged couple
recognized him a« their son
African Chieftain
Is Harvard Student
Begins Stupendous Task of Reduc
ing His Own Language to
Written Form.
CAMBRIDGE, MARfl, Aug. 38.—A
full-blooded African chieftain has Just
passed his entrance examinations it
Harvard with flying colors and will
enter the university next September
as a member of the class of 1917. He
is P Gbe Wolo, and his people, 300,-
000 strong, are the Lruo of Liberia, on
the west coast of Africa.
They have no written language, so
that the only way he can communi
cate with his family Is through trad
ers on the coast, who send the mes
sage by word of mouth along the
trail. He has begun the stupendous
task of reducing his language :o
writing.
Goes to Cemetery
Instead of Ball Park
Fan Mistakes Funeral Hack for Om
nibus on Its Way to
Diamond.
MONTGOMERY. MO. Aug 28.—A
baseball rooter came here from n
distance to attend the St. Charles-
Montgomery game, and by mistake
he got into a hack at the depot filled
with pallbearers going to a funeral.
As he had crepe on his hat, the
hall bearers thought he had come \s
a mourner and lie waa taken to the
cemetery Instead of the ball park.
Finding himeelf In a funeral pro
cession, he woke up and escaped. He
got to the ball grounds Just in time
to see the honm team win.
Star Baths' Latest
Complexion Remedy
Young Women Campers Take Night
ly ‘Plunge’ In Milky Way Beams
on Tower.
Rector Denounces
Paid Choir Singers
NEW YORK, Aug 28.—Star baths
are the fad at the summer camp of
the Young Women’s Christian Asso
ciation in Rlauvelt, N. Y. Miss Mar
ion Hopkins, the camp leader, is given
credit for the innovation. The baths
are taken on top of a higv tower In
the center of the camr>. It will ac
commodate a dozen bathers.
There Is a long waiting list of young
women campers who are anxious to
enjoy tho reported benefits of Immer-
i alon In stal l.ght. Chief among these
Is said to be the "star-shine complex-1|
ion.”
Clergyman Declares There Is No
Worship in Their Strange and
Unutterable Music.
Husband in Prison:
Wife Willed $20,000
BRIDGEPORT. CONN , Ang 23. Ths
Rev E. J. Craft, rector of Christ Epis-
- >»pal Church, caused a sensation whiie
addressing a meeting of the parishioner*
of Calvary parish by telling them what
he would do if he were entering upon a
> new pastorate.
For one thing, he said, he did not be
lieve in paid singers for church choirs
"The service of the church was designed
far th« people as a whole and not alone
f<*r the choir.” he said. "These modern
• hoirs take the worship away from the
people of the congregation and do all
ihe worshiping themaeJves. They sing
— wild and strange ways and in unut-
-•a.ble tongues the praises of God "
Richmond Woman Given Share of
Estate After Helpmate Is Sen
tenced for Embezzlement.
Veering of River
Threatens Farms
RICHMOND. YA„ Aug. 23—Mr*.
! Maud Kent Rowley, whoso husband,
i William J. Rowley, formerly connect-
1 ed w tth a hotel here, was recently
| sentencevl to serve two years in State
prison for embezzling $8,000 from the
Jefferson Hotel in this city while au
ditor there, inherits $20,000 from the
estate of her aunt, Mrs. Junius A.
Morris, of Richmond, who died Au
gust 3 at Atlantic City.
The value of the estate Is placed at
$496,000.
Every Laborer Available Is Rushed
to Head Off Flow of
Missouri.
Woman Works as
Circus Roustabout
FREEMONT, NKBR.. Aug 22 Every
laborer available is being sent by the
Rurlington Railroad to Folsom to fight
the Missouri River, which is again eat
ing into the valuable farm lands if
that section and threatening t.. rut its
way to the railroad tracks Man- car
loads of stone have been dumped into
Breaks Down While Handling Heavy
Tent Pole and Her Secret
Is Revealed.
be river
The river suddenly began veer.i.g from
s channel a few days ago 1.;. r
wo days it had sv.ampe ! 20 of
.*rd. Peer Is now felt that t . river
’ cat it« way back 10 the e\i-r - \>
in within tiie last year at a cost
more man $»o0,wy>
HA CROSSE, W1S., Aug 23 Mrs.
! Ada Broughton, unable to support her
I two children and invalid hunbund on
wages paid a woman, donned a man's
! a'::re and labored beside farm hands in
Dakota wlnat fields. She broke dowi
i under the strain and came to l.a Crosse
| to seek liglfier employment, becoming
a circus roustabout. Lifting heavy
poles and canvas resulted in lu.*r com-
I'Ate breakdown. Then she rolo her
sior> to the police and collapsed. She
Uiktii uncons. >us to a hospital.
Relative are ..t e wa> from her
‘ home at Rice Lake
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