Show Owner V lues Antique Song Book From Which Grandmother Sang ILLUSTRATION is a of a portion of a page from an antique song book owned by W W. W Wright and shows the difference in tile manner of musk writing of a century ago from that in vogue today 1 The slimes from the east And h to the w i A W. W W. W Wright Wright- 1135 South Ninth East street prizes as a priceless relic of ot antiquity a song book published more than one hundred years ago from which his grandmother sang In her youth Though the title page of the book has pas been worn out and destroyed the character of the text proves the tile antiquity antiquity an an- 1 of the publication The notes differ In many respects I from those in use today Those now used are round while those in this old book are round square and triangular trian trian- gular In shape both solid and in ino o outline The staff system of notation however Is the same as that in use today A portion of one of the pages is reproduced herewith as an illustration tion of the character of music notation notation nota nota- tion shown in the little volume |