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Show The Street Corner Sage The Band Business "I hear they're ta'tkth' of gittin' up another band here," said the sage to his companion, a business man in front of whose store the sage had stopped for a talk. "1 aint as strong fur this band business busi-ness as I wuz when I wuz a boy, I've been in several, and the only thing I ever got out uf it wuz three music folios and a set uf bass drum harness. Tell you right now it's no fun t'pa-rade t'pa-rade around with a forty pound tuba era drum hitched to ver shoulders. Takes a lot a time to keep in practice fer playln' too, and you never git any thanks ler it. let alone bein' paid. No more uf the band business fer me, that's sure." "That's where you're wrong. Tilde." Til-de." answered the business man, counting: cou-nting: "We're all going to chip In and buy the boys new uniforms and pay them regularly for in-doorconcerts all winter and open-air ones next summer." sum-mer." "Well, you needn't count on me fer any donation," answered the sage, adding as he stared away, "we don't j need eny band here, anyway." i |