Show HE COMRADES A bai itono gt applauded App landed by an audience ninety ellei john E th well known baritone was at the columbia with hallen and harts new later on mr it will be remembered is the ringer who popularized comrades bufa he is a nice fellow in spite of that ho and his little family have a delightful home at mount vernon near new york city during the summer mr sang in light opera in milwaukee and in every production whether the scene wag laid in venice or japan the audience howled for comrades until john stepped to the footlights winked at the leader of the orchestra and proceeded to render that venerable ballad as he only can render it when here he and his wife stopped at the windsor hotel early one morning chief clerk jasper received a message saying that baritone was wanted at the public telephone station where a party in milwaukee desired to hold converse with him mr jasper carried the message to tha parlors in person the baritone was indulging in his morning nap or beauty sleep when he learned what was wanted he hastily arose donned his clothes and rushed over to the telephone station where he entered the long distance telephone box and tools up the receiver hello he shouted Is abat mil walkee waukee kee yes came the answer faint but clear la that john it is replied the singer who ia that tm billy crosby from chicago hello what are you doing nn there had to run up here on business last night say john I 1 want yon to do me a favor if yon will with pleasure what isit just sing me the first verse and chorus of comrades will yon well ill be eaid hall to himself and the other half to crosby in milwaukee go ahead john ive paid the tolls fd give five dollars to hear comrades now if sing m open a email bottle when I 1 meet you tomorrow all right here goes replied with a laugh and he started in on comrades singing it as he never sang it before one of the messenger boys tiptoed over and quietly opened tha door of the long distance box then the whole force of the office knocked off work and dranly in the superb melody as it rolled from the baritones lungs to milwaukee by wire aa he wonus up the song with a high note be heard crosby say wait a minute john then he plainly heard the milwaukee receiver drop and crosby clap his hands vigorously in front of tha transmitter it was genuine applause from ninety miles away and it sounded as sweetly to the singer as though it had been the roar of a vast audience I 1 thanks john that was great the bottle goes tell clayton to put it en ice now came the faint joics goodby 1 goodby said john and he chuckled all the way back to his hotel chicago post |