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Show EILEY AS A SONG WEiTrB. (St. Louis Globe-Democrat.) Aside from his youthful efforts in the Greenfield brass band, which his pastoral j verse has made famous, no one hereto; or.. has suspected James Whitcomb Kiley. 1 ! the lloosier poet, of possessing musical ! I talent. Mr. Riley, however, has sur- I prised his friends, jmd Is the author of a . quaint bit of melody which shortly will i be presented to the world at large' bv a ' well-known muieal publishing bouse. Tti- critics who have heard the son; declare that it possesses merit as marked as that dominating Mr. Riley's verse. Mr. RiU"-himself RiU"-himself said tonight: "Yes, t have wrP- , '. ten a aong, but I haven't been talking ; about it. It is not ready for publication. ' There will be three stanzas. My air for j the words might prove so defective that ; my good friend, a technical musician, may ' advise me not to print it. "X don't mind telling you what it is. ; It's an Klizabeihan catch, and harks bae'e i 10 the quaint pastoral poetrv and song of that p riod. At least that is what 1 in- j tended It should be. j "You ask as to my musical ability, t j pou'noed the snare drum in the Greenfield J band in the year is?.") or about that time. j I have a little musical gift, but no culti- vation. I've operated on the violin, bat - jo, guitar, base violin, niano and organ. I started out with the' flageolet. You ' know that remarkable instrument. It has ! a goiter in the neck, and swells out lik1 a : I cobra di capello. You blow in one end of I j it. and the performer i often us grtatiy J I surprised at the output as are the hear- ! era. That's the only training I ever had." ' f |