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Show Barber Harmonies Placed in Hymns p . ' ( r MiC'awd Mr, tcott Lswrsnsa. r. ' " ' by josihin vAN'Oe-eeip-r. ' NBA Ssrvlsa Staff Writer. - NEW TORK, Jury ta. Meet Mr. and Mrs. Bcott Lawrenoe. the offl-etal offl-etal peppara-sp of America's kyasna. Whati Teu hadn't noticed the hymns were different from what they used to be? Wen, you juat simply haven't been to church lately. Far popular ptaalo haa Invaded tha sons books and ta eho-rln' old Cantue Fir-mue Fir-mue olsan off tha neae. ' Not. ef course, that -Tea. We Have No Bananas" haa aa yet supplanted "Shall We Oather at the Hirer" la churchly eeteer. . ' But If the trick's ever done, Scott Tawrence can do It providing he haa aire. Lawrence's help. Only he doesn't cell her Mrs. Lawrence or Tottle (her. first name) or anything; Ilka that. . lia calla her Tearta." Scott lawrence la for putrtsg the old barber ehop hanndnle Haht dowa Into the hyma boo a Scott knows because he need to writ barber aaop harmonies himself - 'Member "Carrie T And "Aa eMo-eated eMo-eated Coon"t And "Treet "Tour Baby Rlgbt"f And "lAsle"t. And ''It's No Use Trvln' te Argufy" X SooUi wrote 'em all. Carrie," the aaost popular of them an waa written In thirty minute down In aid MoOoy- rathskeller In Broadway. An Engllabmea had wagered Seott II that a fellow souldn't write a popular song In thirty thir-ty minutes. Soott aad a plana player endeavored ta enow him. la twenty-nine minutes and a half "Carrie" waa evolved. A music hall performer who waa present set up and sang ft. A mosle pebllsher whs waa present advanced tlO U he could have the rights to It. The crowd la Mid McCoy place took up the ohorua By naldnlsiit 'rCarrle" had reached th. ueet. . Why haa the man who twenty years aao waa Tot titling to become America's moot jwpular eons writer turned to the writing of hymns t Principally because of Dearie. Dearie waa II when be married her. She waa pretty and petted and uneo- fihlatleated. Scott. In addition to bong bo-ng a writer of popular aonga. waa an actor, a writer of short etoiies and a wanderer. But Dearie eouldn't get used to Scott's wave and Soott couldn't get used to Dearie's. Tbey separated. Dearie went home to her father. Bcott wandered about with a broken heart. Four veers ago h derided ts bejek up. Reltalnn had eoneldereble to do with It. Already In hla calmer moments mo-ments he had written hymna which evanaeilats wsre stnains all over the country. Scott Beads twe declaieaa. ' Hsooe-forth Hsooe-forth be woo Id write hymns. And he'd bo back to Dearie. And although It wasn't necessary, they got married all over again la the lUtla ahnreh where they had aaada their primlne years as. - - '.. One hundred hymna and more bow bear the name of Scott Lawrence. He haa letters from all over the world telling of the help his songs have been to the lonely and the broken hearted. '1 waa broken hearted myself." he says, "and that'a the reason I knew whst to put Into any aoaaa that wUl help others. 1 don't know hew f set may harmonies. har-monies. I only knew they're pretty much tha same harroonlea I used ta get when 1 was wrltlaeT popular music. mu-sic. "They're harder to slag than tha old church songs thst used to go tum-te-tum-tumralng along on juat en tone, but folk seem ta like -am better." Scott thinks "He Levee Cvea Mela Me-la the beet hymn he ever wrote. But Dearie likes "Whisper a Frarer." You eae, he wrote It Just after thsT act married the second time. i " |