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Show TUNES FAIL TO KILL; MAY BUY. Aged Flute Player Makes Sure by Trying Try-ing Score of Pieces. A llttlo old man entered a large music shop and asked the assistant to show him a book of flute music. "Hero, sir, Is a very flno selection," said tho assistant, "and cheap at half a dollar, seeing that It contains no fewer than 50 airs." Tho old man took tho book, openetl It, and laid It on a shelf. Then ho took his fluto out of his coat pocket, scrowed It together and began to play softly tho first tune In tha book. When ho hnd finished tho first tuno ho turned tho pago and played the second, Then ho played tho third. An hour later ho was still playing. Tho assistant thought It wua tlmo to hurry him up n bit. "Well, sir," ho said, "do you think tho book will suit you?" "I llko theso so far very much, thank you," Bald tho old man, putting his Instrument to his lips again, "but I havo only played halt tho tunes so far!" |