Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 111, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1915 — Why He Went to a Concert. [ARTICLE]

Why He Went to a Concert.

Josef Hofmann has a story which illustrates the attitude of many people toward recitals of piano music. A pianist was to give a concert, and as the audience was filing in the ticket taker stopped a man who presented two tickets. “You can’t go in,” the official said. “You’re not in fit condition.”, ‘‘Didn’t I pay for my tickets?” questioned the would-be auditor. “Aren’t they in order?” “They’re perfectly In order," was the reply, “but the truth is you’re drunk.” “Drunk? Drunk?” mused the other, solemnly placing the passports in his pocket. “Of course I’m drunk. If I weren’t drunk would I come to a piano recital?”