Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 309, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1916 — Musical “Soles.” [ARTICLE]

Musical “Soles.”

I have ever been a fond lover of music—that is, good music. Music that does not grate upon the ear like the filing of crosscut saws I can tplerate or even enjoy, if need be. It’ may be repeated a thousand times per day upon a coffee grinder or phonograph; if it bristles with harmony every repetition adds joy unto my bosom. I also love the shrill notes of the oriole and the lonesome, muffled ditto of the cuckoo. These do not tire me in the least; but I shall never become accustomed to the inharmonious squeak of new shoes. Manufacturers of shoes who make a specialty of the squeaky variety should pay more attention to pairing them up in iiarmonious duets. I cannot imagine a greater shock to a nervous system thsfn ill-tuned footwear. The squeak! squeak! of the hired girl’s high-heeled, bronzed number tens would drive a saint to cuss words. But we must not heap our displeasure upon the poor girl. She is not the author. She is only the reproducer. She merely acts the part that the wax cyif inder performs for the phonograph. There Is just as great a necessity for a musical director In an up-to-date shoe factory as there is in grand opera, and no workman should be per mitted to build a pair of squeaky shoes unless he can pass a severe test in harmony ! —Cartoons Magazine.