Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1888 — He Han the Scale of Prices, Maybe. [ARTICLE]

He Han the Scale of Prices, Maybe.

It is said that Schubert wrote one of his loveliest songs on a bill of fare at a hotel table. It is a common thing for a man to whistle for bis dinner, and if a bill of air doesn’t suggest a tuue, nothing else will. Even an ordinary musician could w r rite a score of notes to the landlord while the waiter is taking a half rest. Then the bar is always handy and But, you see, there’s no limit to this sort of thing, and it’s easier to compose a whole opera at a hotel table than it is to get a dry napkin and something to eat. Now, if Schubert had gone to the tavern and got his dinner the same day he ordered it, History would have something to write about. —Bob Burdette.