Show HEARD IN THE REALM OF MUSIC OTHER THER GOSSIP I I By Darrell J. J Greenwell When hen tho the Hawaiian music craze and ho tho diminutive struck the UnIted United United Unit UnIt- ed States at about the tho same samo time and everybody e began to yak wield woo in waltzes and four four-four time there was much weeping cE walling wailing and gnashing of or teeth among high brow musicians There Is no chance chanco for music In Inthis Inthis this his country countr they said See Seo how the simple creatures go foolish over this music See Seo how the they spend their time with such euch an Inefficient musical 1 Instrument Instrument In- In strument as ns tho the But tho the feeling reeling is becoming general that hat the Hawaiian invasion Into musical musical musi musi- cal circles has lund hail n n. rall really beneficial effect without doing un any permanent damage damase amage to an any musical uplift movement move move- ment The fact that many persons who never thought there was music In them have havo had hud their dormant musical sense ense put Into vibration h by y reason of or their liking for tor Hawaiian music I Persons who perhaps would 1 go o through life without knowing the pleasure leasure of being able to perform upon u. u musical instrument have surprised and nd pleased cd themselves s IJ by learning to strum trum a a. few chords upon the tho ukulele Again there are more persons singIng sing eing- Ing ng now th than n ever before and ami the tho only I reason euson on they are arc singing now Is because the 10 Hawaiian craze encouraged ed them themo to to o endeavor r to warble strains they have havo avo been pleased d to hear others sing BinS And they would not biot have havo had the courage cour to begin singing had the they not taken aken up tho ukulele an and had hat it its gentle encouraging In tones tons to accompany them upon pon their maiden efforts as tJ vocalists The ukulele seems to havo o taken talen tho place of or the harmonica or mouth organ When hen a person found he would never he be ie able to perform creditably upon a n. standard musical Instrument nt he took up the mouth organ and delighted hImself himself him hIm- self and hl his hla friends t with his hi's per per- Nearly everybody remembers having been out In tho country summer evenings evenings eve- eve when It seemed that sweet strains from a n. mouth organ came from every passing buggy hUgy or straw rJ ride o party Now on summer and winter evenings aa as well tho music of ot the lie ukuleles are distributed over the country countr roads as gay ay parties pass In automobiles automobile There seems to be he no reason to fear tho the gerat sales tales of ot ukuleles will discourage u age o persons pel from taking u up the study of or Instruments more difficult to pia play but which greater capabilities to for producing musical effects Those who are buying the little Instruments ar are persons who already play ono one or more standard musical Instruments and who take up tho the ukulele a. a as aJ a tad fad or they are aro men and women who have havo not had hall the opportunity or Inclination to study other Instruments This last class Is Js n. n largo ar o one ono ant and were It not for tor tho the siren call of ot Hawaiian Ha Ha- w lIa music they per perhaps would go so through life life- without c. c experiencing the pleasures of ot f being able to pro produce uco music music mu mu- sic satisfactorily to themselves if It not noto notto to o their audiences |