Show alio tit tuneful harp harp playing la Is again in vogue fashionable ton young women are hanging 1 their banjos on the willow tree they are taking lesson lessons in harp manipulation tho the lesht airs of the instrument so long held sacred to the nezro are forgotten fora otten I 1 iu uthe the deeper and more dignified of the harp wo we suspect that the de decora co r a tivo qualities of the harp have considerable sider sid erable alje to do with this revival of that ancient instrument A barp harp Is a pretty thins A curiously carved cabinet from venice or an oddly fashioned table from franco france cannot be more effective in a drawing room the harp has a noble ancestry skill in 1 bringing ringing forth music from its chord chords won von pr paraiso and honor in the day of king david 4 id kings and queens have enjoyed its inns music ic through hundreds of years its addition to the orchestra however does not date back many years A chicago musician has made a study of the instrument and lie atys f ita its possibilities are not yet fully understood that the semi tonea of the harp can call be regulated with a nicety heretofore unknown no doubt Taun hauser and orpheus would not recognize the tile harp barp if they were to eee see it with the chicago modifications standing in a white and gold parlor and responding to the graceful touch of a it michigan avenue belles slender fing a erat indianapolis news |