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Show NO GAIN AND SOME LOSS. Neighbor's Comment In Which There Seems a Strain of Sarcasm. "Yes," tho loader of the amateur brass band was saying, "It's curious to seo what nn effect learning to piny a horn has on bouio persons. 1 used to ho a pretty good bass singer, sing-er, but I can't slug worth u cent now." "Does learning to play a horn spoil tho voice?" asked his next-door neighbor. neigh-bor. "It did mine." "How do you account for it?" "I don't know how to account for it. Strains tho vocal chords, perhaps. per-haps. All I know Is that I blew my voice out through tho mouthpiece of my cornet." "Did you hru'o n good volco?" "Kvcryhody said so." "Then It's n groat pity you ever learned to play a horn," rejoined his neighbor, shaking his head sadly. "I or think I should havo enjoyed hearing you sing." Youth's Companion. |