Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 209, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1912 — Avaunt, Hurdy Gurdy! [ARTICLE]

Avaunt, Hurdy Gurdy!

“Did you ever have a street piano under your window when you were ill, and hear the operator play In doleful time, ‘Nearer, My God, to Thee’ or ‘The Holy City?*” asked Representative Bradley of New York the other day. “Well,, that’s why I introduced this hill of mine." The Bradley bill makes It an offense punishable by a fine of *>6> in each case for any person to play a musical instrument or make other unnecessary noises in any neighborhood in the District, of Columbia where any person or persons may be seriously UL The bill requires that notice of such Illness shall be given to the proper authorities. After that every one must govern himself or herself accordingly.