Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 206, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1916 — STOPS ORCHESTRA OVER BET [ARTICLE]

STOPS ORCHESTRA OVER BET

Director Called to Telephone to Ll*, ten to Wegner's "Tra La" Imitation of Music. Ernest Hussar, director of the Hungarian orchestra at the McAlpin roof garden, was called from his platform to the telephone the other night. “I say,” he heard, “you’ve got to docideSt- wager. Tra, la, tra lala, tra — my friend bets SIOO that’s from ‘Faust.’ I say it isn’t. Tra la, tra lala—" “Really.” broke in the musician, “1 can’t waste my time—” “Just a minute. Tra la, pom pam, tra lala. Get me?” The musician had become interested. “Sounds something like ‘Lorsqus done des Folles Amours.’ But that goes lala tra, tra la tala —” “That’s It, exactly,” came the voice from the other end of ■ the wire. “1 win' the SIOO. Thanks so much.”— New York Tribune.