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The Story of a Music
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By FANNIE HURST
(© by UoCiur* Newspapor Syndicate.)
<WXU Service)
Living in the machine age should
in aonie measure have prepared
the director for what was com
ing ; hundreds of the more as
tute had seen it in the oiling for
years, before it actually happened, and
la many instances had run for the
cover of kindred professions or occu
pations.
Klinger, however, had stuck, as the
saying goes, like a captalu to a sink
ing ship, until the inundation of
'Vaulted music” was something that
even his stubborn kind of resistance
had to reckon with.
No doubt about It, the day of the
theater and moving picture orchestra
was gone. A man had not a chance to
earn any sort of decent living for
himself and family, if he depended
upon a profession that had literally
died in its tracks.
In vain the perishing vocation
fought for Its life. An organization
was formed, of which Klinger was
vice president, to combat, by news
paper and magazine advertising, this
demise of an honorable profession.
DO NOT PERMIT CANNED MUSIC
TO BE SERVED UP TO YOU.
THE BEST IS NONE TOO GOOD.
PUBLIC. DEMAND YOUR RIGHTS!
Of course the public did nothing of
the sort, the sound-screen became Its
own orchestral effect, orchestras died
out of the theater, aud at fifty-seven,
Otto Klinger, for thirty years director
of an orchestra in one of the city's
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found himself, Incredible us It might
seem, out of a Job.
There was the alternative, desper
ately clutched by so many of his men,
of rushing to the picture studios of
California, but even had such an op
portunity presented itself, Klinger
was not tlie man to subject his dignity
. to any such flagellation as thut.
Playing on a motion picture lot!
Otto Klinger, graduate of a Berlin con
servatory of music, one-flme concert
£ melster of a Nurnberg orchestra and
- -rtBim, .for.Thirty years, director of an
aggregation of thirty'men, going Holly
wood. Never!
" Fortunately, it was at a time of his
life when his family^ containing grown
sons and daughters, had agreed among
themselves It was best for him to
retire.
Hearing' tliree girls and three boys
on a scale of decent and substantial
living bad, of course, not enabled
Otto to accumulate, but when the
catastrophe of the dissolution of his
orchestra came along, there were for
tunately, three out of his six chil
dren who were earning. Flrmln and
Max. the two elder boys, steady and
showing the results of the spartan
rearing that had been theirs, were
both draughtsmen drawing substan
. rial wage. Mnthltde, the third, daugh
ter, a staid, careful, uncoquettisli girl,
who so far as the modern flapper was
concerned, did not exist at all, was
confidential secretary to the German
consul.
So, all In all, while in the heart of
. Otto calamity had descended, his fam
ily, including his wife, was of an
opinion, secret from him, that consid
ering his age and gouty constitution,
It was Just as well for him to retire.
The Klingers owned their little
home on the outskirts of New York.
There were only three children left
at a school age. Mrs. Klinger, twen
*i usuauui
and of Arm heroic build, was a house
wife of Impeccable and amazing ca
pacity for economy.
The Klingers could make out all
right.
Hut the effect upon the morale of
Klinger was what troubled them.
Prepared as the family was for the
let-down that Inevitably must take
place In the somewhat Bismarktan
figure of their father, who for thirty
years had ruled thirty men, to say
nothing of a household, the actual
happening was nothing short of ap
palling.
He became a household tyrant, dom
ineering over the daily routine. Inter
fering In his wife’s capable regime,
exercising even more discipline with
his children.
There came a time, In that little
home, when so for as the members of
It were concerned, the Idea of sending
Otto off to a private hospital at some
Quiet seaside resort actually began to
present itself.
That project never took form. The
Klingers were too compact a group
for that; too grounded in certain rudi
ments of family solidity, but it does
go to show the extremes to which they
were pushed, by the overflow of their
father’s chagrin Into the household.
Then Bertha, the fourth child, lilt
on a-scheme that, while It was to in
crease the household tyranny in many
ways, was nothing short of stroke-of
genlus.
Secretly, so that not even his wife
or children knew it, there had always
smoldered in Otto bitter disappoint
ment that not one of his children had
followed in his musical footsteps.
They were a practical, sensible lot,
youngsters any parent could be proud
of, and for that matter each and every
pne founded In a musical education.
But among than, with the exception of
Edith, who waa too young to reckon
with, not one of the girts or boys had
exhibited outstanding musical talent.
Bertha's idea, however, was founded
on this rather casual musical equip
ment of the family.
Father must form a family orchestra
and they could practice evenings.
Mother at the piano, the three boys
nt the violin, flute and viola respec
tively, Bertha and Matlillde nt the
harp and ’cello and little Edith, who
was now eight and taking her first
lessons, at the violin.
Well, somehow, the Idea caught with
Klinger like wildfire, and catching,
did some tantalising things to family
life, curtailing the outside activities
of the grown boys and girls to such an
exteut that their souls or their eve
nings could no longer be called thelf
own.
Bad as was the evening after eve
ning practicing of the group, under
the surveillance of Klinger, it was
offset by the fact that once more
clenched by an Interest, something of
the old good humor, and normal
geniality of the man revived.
I.ife In the Klinger household was
once mors livable, as the Klingers
put It.
And then there began to develop
the aspect of It all that made the
Idea of Bertha seem to blossom luto
something that was nothing short of
genius.
Time and time again, conducting
this little group of his family or
chestra, Klinger began to find himself
amazed and 'delighted by the musical
precocity of the mite of a girl playing
the third violin.
Within two months, trying to keep
down within himself the rising hope
«ui4 ms 11-Jin^ cAtuciucui {.tint fieri«
in this child wag talent, he saw the
thin little wisp of a girl superceding
her delighted first violinist brother,
playing in ids place.
Six months later, by arrangement
made by Klinger, Edith was taken to
the conservatory, there to play before
the great Richer, who pronounced her
of outstanding and amazing virtuosity.
That busted up the Klinger orches
tra, so to speak.
Six hours of each day, Klinger, who
has no more time for his family or
chestra, interested to his fingertips,
tender of her youth, adoring of her
talent, tenches his youngest, und plans
for her musical future.
Systematic Hunt for
Priceless Old Papers
Quit recently a London workman
was cutting out a piece of old parch
ment Into segments for making Into
a lamp shade when he noticed some
old and faded writing on the piece he
had cut. A close examination, re
vealed the parchment to be a deed
of the period of James I. Here was
a valuable old document that should
have been preserved in a museum be
ing ruthlessly cut up to gratify the
passing whim of fashion, nnd when It
had served its purpose to be cast aside
on a dust heap, a loss to history and
the severing perhaps of a valuable link
with the past.
Hundreds of priceless old documents
are being cut up in this way, but
thanks to tiiat distinguished scholar
and antiquarian, Mr. William le Hardy,
a public appeal lias been made to end
this needless sacrifice of historical
documents for the sake of a craze. He
is asking to be allowed to examine the
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uri.-iines or oiu-esiauusiiea solicitors
offices in London, where mauy o£ these
old documents are to be found, in the
hopes of discovering deeds that will
throw some light on the history of
some famous county families. One
firm lias already given Mr. William le
Hardy permission to go through their
archives, with the result that many
important facts concerning the ids- j
tories of ancient manors have been re
vealed.—London Mail.
Automatic Mixer
One concrete mixer has an auto
matic control system operated by pin
to-electrlc cells that can be depended
on to measure out tbe different ingre
dients with unfailing precision and dis
patch. These cells are built into dial
scales in such a way tbat tbe pointer of
each scale swings between an associate
cell and its exciting lamp. Each ingre
dient is brought to the mixing plant by
conveyors that feed Into weight hop
pers. The charging goes on until the
pointers pass through beams of light
focused on the electric eyes, when sen
sitive relays stop tiie flow. With the
eyes on watch, concrete of a uniform
grade can he produced regardless of
tbe number of batches made up.—Pop
ular Mechanics Magazine.
Botanicaliy Speaking
The out-of-town guest was showing
some snapshots of her little grand
daughter, and among them was a
charming picture of tiie little glrj
standing In a bed of tulips, which
reached quite above her head. Sonny
was a very Interested onlooker, and
when some one remarked, “Just see!
Tiie flowers are taller than tiie child,”
Sonny drew up to ids full stature, and
announced lmnortantlv;
“Well, If they wanted to get flowers
taller than I atn, they’d have to take
hollyhocks I”
Poor Underpinning
British pirates threw their gin Jugs
and gambling chips in a sea-level
swamp, then built up a city, Belize,
which a hurricane, helped by a tidal
wave, recently demolished. Says Time:
“it would have been better If the city’s
fathers had thrown In a few more pots
und chips, for Belize is only a few
Inches above sea-level.” It might still
have been better If they had thrown
their “foundations” on higher and drier
ground. .... . . - •
ALASKA INTERESTS AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
By Will. A. Steel
Washington, D. C.,
January 28, 1932
The Explorers’ Club held
their annual dinner at New
York recently, at which Admir
al Byrd showed some interest
ing pictures of the South Pole.
Among the group present who
are interested in Alaskan af
fairs were Robert Frothing
ham, big game hunter; Ernest
Walker Sawyer, of the depart
ment of the interior; Merle La
Voy, Mt. McKinley explorer
and picture expert; Carl J. Lo
men, Alaska reindeer man; Ilia
Anarevitch Tolstoy, Mt. Mc
Kinley “fan”; Earl Rossman,
writer; W. B. Poland, of the
Alaska Central Railroad, and
John M. Holzworth, big bear
enthusiast.
The Federal Rado Commiss
ion has rendered a decision
.favorable to the application of
|lhe Telephone Bond & Share
Company, a Delaware corpor
ation of large assets, for the
construction permit for a short
wave telephone experimental
station at Ketchikan, in an ef
fort to determine the commun
ication feasibility of a perma
nent radio telephone communi
cation link between Ketchikan
and the wire line telephone
connections in Canada and the
United States.
On January °6th Delegate
Wickersham had a hearing be
fore the Committee on Territor
ies on his bill to repeal what is
generally known as the Alaska
Bone Dry Law. A large maj
ority of the committee mem
bers were present and listened
to a lengthy presentation of
the reasons why the law should
be repealed. In many particu
lars this Act is in conflict with
the Volstead Act and the
courts have held that where
there is sue h conflict the Alas
ka law, which was passed by
Congress in 1917, must give
Chamber
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Hyder, Alaska
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The Hyder Weekly Herald
way to the Volstead Act. The
Delegate maintained that the
two laws are confusing and
now entirely unnecessary.
Bishop Cannon, jr., was pres
ent with his attorney and asked
a few questions. The request
was made by the attorney that
the committee do not make a
report on the bill until after
they have had an opportunity
to study the Delegate’s printed
satement and make reply if it
is so desired to do.
The Welch bill, which seeks
to regulate the operation of
floating canneries in Alaska,
will have a hearing before the
House Committee on Merchant
Marine and Fisheres on Febru
aary 11. A. H. Bradford, pres
ident of the Associated Fisher
men of Alaska, wires from Se
attle that he will be present to
represent his company in oppo
sition to the bill. The Internat
I lonai i^acKing company nas al
! so indicated that they will have
| a representative present to op
I pose the bill.
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Speaking on the amendment
j to the Agricultural bill that
would provide for the contin
uance of the Matanuska exper
iment station, Representative
Buchanan said: “It may be
that is is in the interest of the
country and the development
of the railroad, and that, there
fore, there would be a smaller
deficiency necessary for the
operation of the railroad. Let
us see what Alaska gets under
this bill. She gets $27,000 from
the Hatch and Lever extension
Acts; $27,705 under the rein
deer appropriation; $16,900
for musk-ox investigation; for
the enforcement of the Alaska
game law there is $105,966;
j for the forest highways, $350,
000; or a total without this
Matanuska station of $525,
771. These are the facts. I
submit the question to you.”
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Culled From the Newspaper*
Of the Territory.
Anchorage merchants have
organized a credit association.
The Ketchikan Chronicle is
supplying its subscribers with
weatherproof route boxes to
protect the papers from rain.
The Alaska Game Commiss
ion will open a permanent of
fice soon in Ketchikan, with
H. W. Jewell in charge. Frank
Dufresne will have charge of
the northern end.
Al. Parmentier, old-timer of
the north, passed away in An
chorage recently after more
than a year of illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Luke Hunter of
Nulato were recently sentenced
to serve 90 days in jail for vio
lation of the Alaska dry law.
Rev. J. Allard, O. M. I., for
28 years with the Catholic
Church in the Yukon Territory,
has been named resident priest
at Seward, Alaska.
Immense herds of caribou
have been seen in the Keno
Hill district above timber line.
The animals are on their south
ward migration.
William Nielsen, former U.
S. Commissioner at Koggiung,
where he also ran a store for a
time, died recently in Seward
and was buried there, the fun
eral Being conducted by the
Pioneers of Alaska, of which
he was a member. Deceased
was a native of Denmark but
came to the United States in
1898. He was 55 years of age.
Metlakatla’s 60-ipiece Indian
band will give a concert in
Ketchikan soon. The band,
which has a world-wide repu
tation, was recently presented
with $3,000 worth of new in
struments by the city. The or
ganization is over fifty years
old.
Do You Buy From
Home Town
Merchants?
HELP STIMULATE PROGRESS
In legal parlance there is a term, “caveat emptor," which means “let
the buyer beware.” And that does not single out any class of buyers.
There are people in Hyder who buy everything at home and from
home-town merchants... And then again there are people is this commun
ity who buy very little at home, thoughtlessly spending their money out o
town where it is lost to the community. ..Those who buy at home benefit
their community by keeping the money at home and reap the rewards ol
buying from business enterprises that, depend for their very existence upon
their reputation for fair dealing.
The home-town merchant gives his patrons and his community the
fruits of his industry and his community’s patronage.
There never has been a time in the history of this comunity wher
patronage of the local merchants and other business institutions wae
as vitally necessary to community welfare and prosperity than at present
With business at the lowest ebb in our history, the local dealer stands in
imperative need of all the patronage the camp can provide in order to re
main in business.
The same principle which urges people to patronize the local merch
ant who haB his money invested where It serves them most should also urge
the merchant to advertise in the community newspaper. This paper le
the camp’s best advertisement and its principal means of letting the world
know why and for what Hyder is in existence. Day in and day out it is
a heavy investment and like the merchant is dependent for its existence
as a booster upon the patronage of the community.
Merchants advertise in newspapers primarily to Increase their busi
ness. Consumers read newspaper advertisements that they may buy with
the least expense of time and effort and to the best advantage with re
spect to price and quality. Both advertiser and buyer often forget that
this advertising makes possible the newspaper that brings them the newr
of the day and provides one of the chief stimulants to community growth
and betterment.
The Hyder Weekly Herald
RADIO PROGRAM
Iv O M O
FISHERS BLEND STATION, INC.
Metropolitan Center, Seattle Wn.
(Owing to poor reception during the
earlier part of the day in Hyder, the
programs printed below will include
only such broadcasts as occur after
5 p. in. daily.)
Program for week ending Saturday,
February 13, 1932.
Sunday, February 21
5:00 Enna Jettick Melodies, NY
5:15 Collier’s Radio Hour, NBC-NY
6:15 American Album of Music. NY
6:45 Buick Motor Co., NBC-NY
7:15 Barbasol Co.; NBC-NY.
7:45 Sunday at Seth Parkers, NBC-SK
8:15 Seiberling Singers, ET.
8:30 Carnation Contented Hour, SF.
9:00 Chase and Sanborn Program,
9:30 Texaco Half Hour, NBC-LA.
NBC-SF.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes; LA.
10:15 University of Washington Edu
cational Hour.
11:00 Silent.
Monday, February 22
5:15 Stock Quotations.
5:30 Pacific Coast Borax Co., NBC-NY
6:00 Maytag Orch., NBC-Chicago.
6:30 General Motors Program; NY.
7:00 National Radio Forum, NBC-NY
7:30 M.J. B. Demi Tasse Revue.
3:00 Amos and Andy
8:15 Vermont Lumberjacks, NBC-SF
8:30 Voice of Firestone, NBC-NY.
9:00 Florists Telegraph Del. Assn. ET
9:15 G. Washington Coffee Refining
Co. Sherlock Holmes, NBC-NY
9:45 The Stebbins Boys, NBC-Chl.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes
10:15 Gold Shield Symphony Hour.
11:15 Globe Trotter.
11:30 Hotel St. Francis Dance Orch.
12:00 Fox Fifth Avenue Organ
12:30 Silent
Tuesday, February 23
5:00 Brazilian Coffee Matinee, NY.
C.OA Il„n| Ilniimnninn AT
5:45 United Staes Rubber Co. ET.
6:00 McKesson Musical Magazine, NY
6:30 Fuller Brush Man, NBC-NY
7:00 Lucky Strike Dance Oreh, NY.
S:00 Amos and Andy.
3:15 Gen. Pet. Corp. Memory Lane.
8:45 Sperry Smiles, NBC-SF.
9:00 Caswell Cofte Concert NBC-SF
9:15 Oldsmobile Melody Speedway.
9:30 Baldy Homespun Melodies.
9:45 The Stebbins Boys, NBC-NY.
10:00 Richfield News
10:15 Fisher’s Blend Hour.
11:15 Globe Trotter.
11:25 Hotel St. Francis Dance Orch.
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital
Wednesday, February 24
5:00 American Taxpayer’s League.
5:15 Stock Quotations
5:30 Goodyear Tire Co. Program.
8:00 Halsley Stewart Hour NBC-Cnl.
1:30 Mobiloil Program, NBC-NY.
7:00 Coco Cola Program, NBC-NY.
7:30 Washington Baker’s Program.
■1:00 Amos and Andy.
3:15 Vermont Lumberjacks, NBC-SF
S: 30 Wesson Oil Snowdrift Sales Ci.
9:00 Rin Tin Tin Thrillers, NBC-SF
3:15 Montag Fireside Hour,
10:00 Richfield News
10:15 Fisher’s Blend Hour.
11:30 Hotel Olympic Dance Orch.
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital
12:30 Silent.
Thursday, February 25
5:00 Fleischmann Sunshine Hour
6:00 The Big Six of the Air. Chevrolet
6:30 Maxwell House Melodies, NYr
7:00 Lucky Strike Dance Orch. NY
S:00 Amos and Andy.
8:15 Standard Symphony Hour, SF
9:15 Sperry Smiles, NBS-SF.
9:30 Baldy Hoinsepun Melodies.
9:45 The Stebbins Boys, NBC-Chi.
10:00 Richfield News
10:15 Mozart Hour.
11:15 Globe Trotter.
11:30 Olympic Hotel Dance Orch.
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital.
12:30 Silent.
Friday, February 26
5:00 Cities Service Concert Orch.
6:00 Cheesborough Friendship Town.
6:30 Armour Hour, NBC-Chi.
7:00 Pontiac Automobile Co. NY.
7:30 RKO Hour NBC-NY.
i 8:00 Amos and Andy.
;8:15 Brownbuilt Footlites, NBC-SF
'8:30 MJB Demi-Tasse Revue, NBC-SF
9:00 Unon Oil Co. NBC-SF.
9:45 The Stebbins Boys, NBC-Chl.
10:00 Richfield News
10: 15 Olds Motor Works.
10:30 Globe Trotter.
10:40 Moonlight Meditations.
11:00 Olympic Hotel Dance Orch.
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital.
12:30 Silent.
Saturday, February 27
5:00 Health Products Corporation;
Danger Fighters, NBC-SF.
5:30 Totem Broadcasters, Program
under auspices of National Ad
visory Council on Radio in Ed
ucation. NBC-NY.
6:00 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
6:30 Campana, The First Nighter.
7:00 Lucky Strike Dance Orch. NY
8:00 Amos and Andy.
8:15 Gilmore Circus, Gilmore Oil Co.
8:45 F. S. Lang Male Quartet.
9:30 Associated Oil Co., Spotlight
Revue, NBC-SF.
11:00 Globe Trotter .
11:10 Olympic Hotel Dance Orch.
12:00 Fifth Avenue Organ Recital.
12:30 Silent.
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