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Show Page Fourteen The Midvale Journal EVENTS OF WEEK~IN SOCIETY .......... Thl;lrsday, Septemb er 29, 1927 - CLUBS AND LODGES Origin of Popul~r j ,,t Ballads Often Unique .. ~~~~---------- Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Searle anMr. and Mrs. Robert D. Long;nounce the birth of a daughter. w~at and small daughten·, Doanne, Mr. and Mrs. J. yv. Nibley had and Martha, who are returning to as their guests Friday of last week their home i;n Minneapolis, Minn., Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Knowlese of Lo- after a visit to . the Coast, are the gan. g-uests of Mrs. and Mrs. Rollin A. Mrs. R. W. Quick, Mi!!s Francine Pallanch at their home on State St. Quick, Miss Edna O'Connor, Mrs. J. W. Johnson and ·Mrs. Fred Hyke were amo;ng those from Midvale who enjoyed the Marion Talley con cert in Salt Lake, Tuesday evening. Bob Eck, Jordan football letterAlex Beckstead of Soldier Sum- man, returned to schoof Monday. It mit spent part of the week in Mid- is doubtful, however, whether he vale. will be eligible to play on the squad ~Marshal Roy Steadman and fam- He has had two years experience ily have moved to their new place M a regular and it will strengthen the team co;nsiderably if he is alof residence o;n Hanson Avenue. . Mr. · and 1Mrs . .Raymond Hughes lowed to play. Friday under the direction of the are receiving congratulatio ns on the birth of a son early in the week Student Body officers a 11 pep" asIMrs. Hughes was formerly Miss sembly was held. A few selections Bernice Rasmusse:p.. were played by the High School Mrs. Leo M. Kemp had as her band after which the Yell Master guests last week end, Mr. a;nd Mrs. led the students in a few snappy Earl Newbold and family of Mag- yells. na. {rhe Board of Education has set Mrs. N. Thompson of Sandy vis- Monday October the 3rd as State ited at the home of her daughter, Fair day for the students. All stuMrs. L. E. Rasmussen !Saturday of dents goi.n g, are expected to go on this date, so that they will not be last week. regular meeting ·of the L. D. ' absent from classes later. DRAPER Mrs. H. E. Stringfellow entertained at a ehildre;n's party Saturday afternoon in honor of the :Mth birthday anniversary of her eon, Douglaa. T~n little guesta were pre8ent. • Mr . .and 1Mn. Paul CroagroTe and so.n, Demar, spent the past week end with relatives in Draper. Mr. Axel Rich of Long Beach, Cal has been visiting hie parents, Mr. and Mda. Rich, of Dra.per. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Blackned and family of Wyoming have moved to 'Draper to make their home. Mrs. Rich entertai;ned at a party Saturday afternoon complimenti ng her daughter La Rae, the occasion being her lOth birthday anniversary Games were played and refreshments served to eleven guests. Su;nday Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Bailey had as their guests Mr. W. E. Bailey and JMrs. Leo Hally and baby, of Los Angeles. Cal. and Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Bailey and son and Dr. F. fl'. Bailey of Salt Lake. .Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Pope had as their guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Jack Van Houte;n and son, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph James and son, !Mr. and Mrs. Cearl Gravel and Mrs. H. ;r. Oscarson, of Salt Lake. Monday evening Mr. and Mrs. Art Witheral :Mr. and Mrs. Jay Jordan a;nd son, and Mr. and Mrs. Garland Pope Mrs. L. R. • I I I , ( en of Idthe week •Mrs. C. M. m Dean, Sr., Dewey and Dea;n, Jr., Stok:es and visited rela- Heward o1 and Miss attending week end Association .......... 6 Monday of Soutln Followand re- Blossom Seeley, Famous Star, Gives Her Version '· "Frequently people confuse jazz with syncopation or bluesjazz is a thing apart in the musical world, it is a new rhythm, a modern music with its own dis. . • . tinct individuality;'! explains 'ftle . New York C1ty-Only a·.muSI- enthusiastic Blossom. "To me each c1an who has fe!~ the rhythm of a ' song is an individual. In my mind ~reat me~ropoh~an o.enter can 1 ·see· eac<t one born and try to picmterpret Jazz, either In song or ture the circumsta.nces of the commusic, as it should be interpreted. poser's inspiration. · This is the belief of 131ossom "My pet song just now is, 'She's Seeley, who . in private life is · Got "I~".' .Thi.s is my ~oaception Mrs. Bennie Fields, but who is .o~ ttl~ mspiratlon and b1t;th of the known less formally and more en- 1 !long: dearingly to her public; as· thn 1 "The five-thirty crowd of girls "Jazz Queen of America." Bios- pour out of !he emP.\oyment enaom SeEl,ley has .do!l~ for jazz in trance .(\f a Sixth Avenue departWh. - ~ h ment store: song .what ~aulA th!eT::emo~~ "Boyish .bob, close ·fitting hats, done ~n m~sic. s . . two e es one nose and a mouth. son~ mterp_reter of Jazz, she has Funnff f~n't it, how the good God an mterestu~g theory of th_e true. makes, individuals· out . of us, • nature of. th~s moder~ ,n~u.sic. . . mused Benny Davis, to his com"! say that only a musiCian who panions Harry Akst and L. Wolfe has lived i~. and _:felt the. pulse .of Gilbert,' all composers o;. many a cosmopohtan ctty can truly. m- popular song hits. · · terpret jazz, because I beheve ·"Take that girl in the. black that jazz is a melting p~t of all liat who has stopped at the newsmusi~ thrown against th~ screen stand. hat probably cost two of a modern rhythm which, for ninety-eight, just li~e a milli.on lack of. a better wo~d, we call oth~rs coat tnmmed m that wh1te jazz/' declares the smger. "The fut• the girls seem to have gone Southern negro has, of course, crazy about this summer just contributed m~ch to jazz, but .a like a million others. But look careful analysis of the new music at her! Like a million others? will show str~ins ?~ many other No, wouldn't you' recognize her if races and nabonahties. you saw her on the subway to"The Spanish influence is trace- morrow? There's something-t he able in almost all good jazz. San swing of her shoulders, the way Francisco and -New Orleans, both she pays for that paper. She's originally Spanish settlements, got 'It.' What is 'It', I wonder. have contributed more to jazz "Yes, she's got 'It.' Lips and than any other American cities. eyes just like a million others. Out of such Western and South- Why, Bennie, do your stuff. ern centers where polyglot people There's an idea for a song there. mingle their sn;ti~es and the!r Get th& swing <Jf it?, UTge Ha:rry tears, their ambitions and their and Wolfe. L1ps and eyes JUst yearnings, have come most o~ our like a mil~o~ others. She:s got foremost interpreters of Jazz; 'It'. What 1s 1t? Get the swmg o~ Whiteman, Art Hickman, Max the words 'l" Fisher and George Olsen, all hail "The composers fmow m}" verfrom the West. The Original Irion of the inspiration of the song Dixie Land Jazz Band from the and while they all agree I'm VfSI:Y. South.'' nearly right they say the toeaBlossom Seeley believes that tion is . wrong. It sho~d have jazz is a real art, not to be eoJY- been Fifth Av~nu,eg..~~ :fused :with. •Jncopa~O_:l O! !>!u~ _,a.u avenus J.lebz fli· !.. ; r • I While i.n the last 37 years commodity prices have advanced 79 per cent and farm prices 96 per cent, freight rates have advanced only 14 pe'r cent: Mr. Lawrence Broun has retur;ned from Ririe, Idaho, where he has ' spent the summer. Miss Merlene Beck and Miss Thalia Fitzgerald are attending the I' U. of U. this w.i,nter. .Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Anderson and family spent the week end at Genoa returning home Monday. I I I |