Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1914 — Fable of Misunderstood Pianist. [ARTICLE]

Fable of Misunderstood Pianist.

A fable by Strickland W. Glllllan: "Once upon a time there was a Young Lady who was downright Abusive of the Pianoforte. When she began to Swat it, the Family first, apd then the Neighbors, Beat it to some Place where the Hearing was less Acuta One day when the Young Lady was Maltreating the Ivories, a Great Critic who had noticed the Signals wandered Into the Danger Zone and heard the Noise. He paused and Gasped and people Watching from a Distance expected to see him Fall Dead. Instead he Rushed to the place whence the Noise Emanated and hired the Young Lady for a Concert Tour beginning •Mr. Bingallng Presents.’ ” Moral— Haec fabula dopes it that music is sometimes far better than it sounds. —Kansas City Star.