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JAZZ OUTJAZZED IN BORNEO
ing craze will be back upon us with all its old vigor,
and jazz, which is so often hideous, willhide its head
in shame."
Music of Wild Land Fascinating Enough to Make
Wooden Images Dance, Says Explorer.
The natives of Borneo have American jazz beaten
by a million jazz millemeters, according to Frederick
Burlingham, the famous explorer, who recently re-
turned from one of his trips to remote places. "The
musicians play on gongs which are tuned to the Jav-
anese scale of five tones," Mr. Burlingham said. "The
rhythm is a peculiar one, so alluring that you cannot
keep your feet still, and a weird delight is added by
the muffled beat of the tom-tom. There is no more
fascinating music in the world than that produced by
the natives of Borneo. It has Hawaiian melodies
beaten right off the map and would put jazz in the
shade in no time.
"The music of Borneo is even more delightful than
that of Java. It has an almost barbaric splendor and
a sensuous strain which would make a wooden image
get up and dance. I would like to see it popular in
America, and when it is on-ce introduced, the danc-
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January 6, 1923.
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OLD SONGS AT INAUGURAL
Friends of Governor Smith of New York Hear
Familiar Strains at Ceremony.
M0S1C A FACTOR
EMiCATlONAL SCHJ JMES
In Some Form It Is Now a Part of Every
( p j A j t t i v i t y , Spcial, and Political in V
feV State.••'-' '-' V '"^
Loyal Democrats braved unpleasant weather to
honor "Al" Smjth, whose inaugural as second time
governor of New York took place in Albany this
week. The band played music reminiscent of the
governor's old days as a newsy.
The repertory included, "Sidewalks of New York,"
"The Bowery" and many other familiar tunes char-
acteristic of the life of the metropolis in those days.
The ceremony took place at noon. The governor
signed the oath with the same pen he used four
years ago, while the band played an old Remick hit,
"Keep on Smiling."
_ & Gerts Piano Co., Dallas,
%MDallas Democrat.)
VH ,3?hl;re fifes.^been "JCv^ery decided awakening in the
pa-st iftfwf.'^eaiss among the people of .-our great Na-
tional fj j democracy,
' a'mbhg
cy, and d especially
p y
g the people
pp
ho tonsil Kite' The
he population bf the great Lone Star
Statfe, as to the significance' 6f rrittsic as,a most potent
•factor ,phd element in the. thorough, education and de-
^•e^opn^nt of the children an,d youth of the present
•'progressive age. _ Tl>is r awakening has also been im-
"riressecf uporftlthe thinking inen and w6men of the
State, and those who are directly engaged in pro-
RESOLUTION HITS FAKERS.
moting
the social, political, educational, religious and
The Music Teachers National Association, holding
financial
development of the great commonwealth.
its convention at the Hotel McAlpin last week,
They are'convinced that there is no moreipotent or
adopted a resolution deploring "the evil practices of
;
the fake music publishers, or 'song sharks,' and in- • necessary iactof' iit' the carrying out of progressive
plans
or
modern
procedure
than the elevating and
dorsing the campaign of the Music Industries Cham-
inspiring;influence
and
effect
of music, and especially
ber of Commerce to save amateur song writers from
is rapidly becoming appreciated
the swindlers." The association pledged its h e ^ to 'ofe'go$>d"music; which
r
the majority of ro.ur peoples • <
warn the amateur writers of the dangers of dealing by
?:
1
•
Most
business .men are so preoccupied and so de-
with any but reputable music houses, and urged that
voted
to
responsibilities and immediate demands of
complaints be made to the Pose Office authorities
the business straggle for success that they become so
when such swindles are perpetrated.
'absorbed m^acciimulatmg si .'or attempting to accumu-
"lateithe elusive dollar that many "of them forget that
music is a factor, and an important one in affording
ANTIDOTES FOR TROUBLE.
:jrei©iea-ti©.n, inspiration, enlightenment, thrill or pkas-
(Chicago Evening Post.)
There is a steadily growing opinion among big j^e,<$gr ^ few moments pr an occasional hour.
employers that corporation finances, instead of being
Fundamentally, any element or any factor that en-
some sort of a sacred mystery, ought to be talked ters into the human equation or in solving the prob-
over freely and frankly with employees.
lem of existence by adding to the measure of en-
The General Electric Company, for example, makes joyment or the joy of living must be encouraged,
available to its workers tables showing the distribu- nourished and developed to the fullest possible ex-
tion of each dollar of income for materials, deprecia- tent, and this rule predominates and becomes em-
tion, wages, taxes, interest on borrowed capital. The phasized just ,in• proportion to the advancement in
Pennsylvania railroad has taken a like step.
civilization and education, be it in the life of a com-
The professional agitator will never be successful munity, a State or a Nation.
in a factory where there, is a perfect understanding
. It is through the evolution of the human mental
between the employer and the employe. And there is process that society and communities divide them-
many a local labor dispute which never would have selves, so that each individual has his responsibilities
arisen had the rights and wrongs of each side been to assume, if he expects to attain success; so that, for
understood by the other.
example—if we take a certain community that is
The "talk it over" spirit is the best kind of an developing rapidly, we find that it is because all of
antidote for labor trouble. The more rapidly it the human requirements for progressive, modern ex-
spreads, the more peaceful will be, our industrial fu- istence are being carefully safeguarded and attended
ture.
to. In the fields of education, finance, social life,
agricultural development, individuals assuming their
R. C. Newach has opened a new music store at 825 chosen professions to callings contribute each a share
toward the great progress and development. And in
Hennepin avenue, Minneapolis, Minn.
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