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Show AMUSEMENTS. Ben Jerome, the composer of the music of "The Royal Chef," the big new Shubert musical comedy which will be seen at the Salt Lake theatre on Monday, Mon-day, Tuesday and Wednesday i. xt, tells an interesting story of how he came to write "The Spirit of '76" march, which is becoming as famous as any of the Sousa two-steps. Mr. Jerome Je-rome is a thorough American, both in spirit and intent. Mr. Jerome happened hap-pened to be in a town in Illinois one day when the home regiment was passing pass-ing through on parade with a big military mili-tary band preceding it. "The band played different national airs of America. Amer-ica. I noticed.!" said Mr. Jerome, in speaking of it. "that there was not a tune played hi- the band which had the least martial ppirit to it. I thought to myself what j. great opportunity there Is for a fiv. , military march, to the air of which soldier boys could swing themsel.n long. The need of a kJ'op-er kJ'op-er ma-" limber became deeper deep'j'Mu ated in my mind whe nexr j. jsaw another regiment liiA ncSwr-K n- 1 then and there "5 J jj Vj would write the inuoh-rl j-r. r,-h. I went home and for .aim- Kvorked and the result was I. !t I f '76 march. So that the 1 riv I themselves are responsi-' - imelody, to the tune of ITl they will often march. |