Presto
Issue: 1928 2200 - Page 15
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PRESTO-TIMES
September 29, 1928
FAMOUS WRITER ORGANIZES TOWN BAND
The power of men of local
standing in a community to en-
courage the promotion of a local
band and stimulate interest in its
continued support is exemplified
in the case of Sherwood Ander-
son, the well known writer, and
his association with the Marion
Band, of Marion, Va.
Anderson, who is reported to
get a nickel a word for his short
stories, is championing the band
with a half to a column article
every week in the Marion papers,
which he recently bought.
Not only has this highly paid
writer stirred up support in Ma-
rion, but many national figures
have come to the support of the
band.
Otto Kahn, international banker
and donor to the Metropolitan
Opera, has contributed $100. H .
L. Menken, "cussed" or praised
by perhaps more people than any
other writer in America, chipped in $12. So did Hor-
ace Liveright, well known publisher. Alfred Knopf,
another publisher of New York city, came across
with $5, as did also Fred Black, Ford Motor Co.,
Detroit, and Brig. General Rosenbaum, Washing-
ton, D. C.
Sherwood Anderson says he is not an uplifter. He
claims he took up the band cause from his own
selfish desires. He says he likes a band. Band music
just suits him. He would like to play the biggest
horn in the band himself but lacks ability. He would
like to be the drum major best of all, he confesses,
but he doesn't have the figure.
"What does a band mean to a town?" Anderson
asks in one of his first stories. "Better to ask what
is a town without a band? Life in a town goes on,
just so. You know how it is. Merchants selling
goods, lawyers fighting their cases, farmers coming
THE NEW KTWANTS BAND IN UNIFORM.
into town to buy goods. Spring, summer, fall, win-
ter. People in their houses, women cooking, making
beds. Life is dull enough.
"Days come. See, the men of the band have put
on their uniforms and are coming up along the
street. The big drum is booming, the horns going.
"Just suppose now, in our town, we are visited
by some great man. Hurrah now, let's give him a
big day. It may be the governor of the state or
some other dignitary. Our principal men are going
to meet him down at the station. They have their
best cars there, the biggest and best cars we have
in town, all our leading citizens. And no band.
Pshaw! What a frost.
"And what about Armistice Day and the Fourth of
July?
"Or when the fair is on?
"Older men, staid citizens of a town, may be able
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
Manufacturers of
Right — Sherwood
Anderson, who pro-
moted the Marion
Kiwanis Band.
to get along without a band but what about the
boys?
"When I was a boy my one great yearning was to
play the biggest horn in the town band. I never
made it. There never was much music in me.
"Still and all, I'm not a jealous man. What I can't
have I don't want to take away from the other
fellow."
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PRESTO-TIMES
September 29, 1928
FAMOUS WRITER ORGANIZES TOWN BAND
The power of men of local
standing in a community to en-
courage the promotion of a local
band and stimulate interest in its
continued support is exemplified
in the case of Sherwood Ander-
son, the well known writer, and
his association with the Marion
Band, of Marion, Va.
Anderson, who is reported to
get a nickel a word for his short
stories, is championing the band
with a half to a column article
every week in the Marion papers,
which he recently bought.
Not only has this highly paid
writer stirred up support in Ma-
rion, but many national figures
have come to the support of the
band.
Otto Kahn, international banker
and donor to the Metropolitan
Opera, has contributed $100. H .
L. Menken, "cussed" or praised
by perhaps more people than any
other writer in America, chipped in $12. So did Hor-
ace Liveright, well known publisher. Alfred Knopf,
another publisher of New York city, came across
with $5, as did also Fred Black, Ford Motor Co.,
Detroit, and Brig. General Rosenbaum, Washing-
ton, D. C.
Sherwood Anderson says he is not an uplifter. He
claims he took up the band cause from his own
selfish desires. He says he likes a band. Band music
just suits him. He would like to play the biggest
horn in the band himself but lacks ability. He would
like to be the drum major best of all, he confesses,
but he doesn't have the figure.
"What does a band mean to a town?" Anderson
asks in one of his first stories. "Better to ask what
is a town without a band? Life in a town goes on,
just so. You know how it is. Merchants selling
goods, lawyers fighting their cases, farmers coming
THE NEW KTWANTS BAND IN UNIFORM.
into town to buy goods. Spring, summer, fall, win-
ter. People in their houses, women cooking, making
beds. Life is dull enough.
"Days come. See, the men of the band have put
on their uniforms and are coming up along the
street. The big drum is booming, the horns going.
"Just suppose now, in our town, we are visited
by some great man. Hurrah now, let's give him a
big day. It may be the governor of the state or
some other dignitary. Our principal men are going
to meet him down at the station. They have their
best cars there, the biggest and best cars we have
in town, all our leading citizens. And no band.
Pshaw! What a frost.
"And what about Armistice Day and the Fourth of
July?
"Or when the fair is on?
"Older men, staid citizens of a town, may be able
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
Manufacturers of
Right — Sherwood
Anderson, who pro-
moted the Marion
Kiwanis Band.
to get along without a band but what about the
boys?
"When I was a boy my one great yearning was to
play the biggest horn in the town band. I never
made it. There never was much music in me.
"Still and all, I'm not a jealous man. What I can't
have I don't want to take away from the other
fellow."
MOVING TRUCKS
for
PIANO ACTIONS
ONE GRADE ONLY
HIGHEST GRADE
PIANOS
The Wessell, Nickel & Gross action is a
guarantee of the grade of the instrument
in which it is found.
FACTORIES*
1\IP\A7
45th St., 10th AM. & W 46th. * 1 d
• V
VOPK'
I \JM\
IV
Orthophonic Victrolas
Electric Refrigerators
OFFICE.
457
W .
45th Str««t
Write for catalog and pnces for End Trucks, Silj
Trucks, Hoists, Covers and Special Straps.
JULIUS BRECKWOLDT & SON, INC.
DOLGEVILLE. N. Y.
Manufactured by
Self-Lifting PianoTruck Co.
Manufacture:* of
FINDLAY, OHIO
Piano Backs, Boards, Bridges, Bars,
Traplevers and Mouldings
i, BRECKWOI.DT. Pre».
W. A. BRECKWOLDT. Sec. & Trean.
THE O S. KELLY CO.
Manufacturers
PRESTO BUYERS* GUIDE
TELLS ALL ABOUT ALL PIANOS
of
High
Orado
PIANO PLATES
SPRINGFIELD
E CO MSTOCK, C HENE T Y
IVORYTON, CONN •
-
-
OHIO
& CO.
IVORY CUTTERS SINCE 1834
MANUFACTURFRS OF
Grand Keys, Actions and Hammers, Upright Keys
Actions and Hammer , Pipe Organ Keys
Piano Forte Ivory for 'Jie Trade
Enhanced content © 2008-2009 and presented by MBSI - The Musical Box Society International (www.mbsi.org) and the International Arcade Museum (www.arcade-museum.com).
All Rights Reserved. Digitized from the archives of the MBSI with support from NAMM - The International Music Products Association (www.namm.org).
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