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Show A HAPPY DRUMMER. He Won the Applause of the Eccentric Eccen-tric Hans von Buelow. . Hans von Bulow, the famous leader and composer, was one of the most eccentric members of a profession wherein eccentricity is common. It is related that one day, while walking the streets of Vienna, Bulow came upon a regimental band on its way to the castle. cas-tle. Immediately he ran to the middle of the street and joined the small boys about the drummer. Following the band, he kept bowing to the surprised sur-prised drummer, applauding him at almost every beat. "That is rhythm! Excellent! That's the way I like to hear it!" he continued to ejaculate, to the surprise of all and to the great delight of the small boys-. Persons in the street began to recognize recog-nize the famous pianist and joined the procession, so that the band had one of the largest audiences to which it had ever played. Bulow listened attentively to the end of the last piece and then made a deep bow before the drummer and his instrument in-strument "Thank you," he said. "That was refreshing! re-freshing! That puts my nerves in good condition again'" It is said that when the drummer learned who his strange admirer was he was the proudest man in the regiment. regi-ment. St. Louis Republic. |