Show Ukulele Played at w Both Poles by Explorer Explore I ry I II It t I i I x P y o c cRICHARD o o RICHARD KONTER ii a so t It Famous Musician Takes Hawaiian Instrument on Polar Tours New York City Dick Dick Konter has played music farther north northend northend end and south than any other human being lie He accompanied the Byrd expeditions to the North and South poles and was within seven hundred hunt hun dred fifty miles mUes of the northern and southern extremities of the earth Accompanying him was hi his I American dance music Is the only music with universal appeal sa says cays s 's Konter Neither the Es nor the Maoris got anything anything any any- l thing out of high class music It was only when we opa o opa- opa a. a tion that they became becam i it r I Inthe in inthe inthe the ukulele Konter taught a class of Maori girls in the southernmost part of New Zealand and also had a class of girls beyond the Arctic Circle Try as I might I could not get them interested in anything but rhythm he ex ex- plains They all like dreamy southern songs of the mammy variety though I was surprised to hear bear the Maoris singing the Stein Song Alabama Lullaby a 11 mammy waltz song which a friend sent me also made a 11 great hit in tho the Ant Ant- It was quite a sight to see aee i of Maoris dancing to this i 1 I. I piece 1 I a ter Is one of the few men hr v n 1 1 i t rim fie II both poles with Byrd J P in n si I J between pu 1 sr r n 10 tto which I i. i rc e u. u one lJ in HI the lia- lia |