Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1925, Page 91

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (.—GRAVURE SECTION—JANUARY 18, 1925. PARLOR TRICKS By W. E. HILL. Copyright, 1925: Chicago Tribune Syndicate The height of polite decorum was the The talented child, young lady of the late s In 1925, no matter what brand of parlor trick you possess, it won't do you a bit of good—that who, in the eighteen eighties, who played . unless you get on the broadcasting end of a radio. That's your only chance of a hearing nineties, saddened trick pieces on the many a drawing room piano at the behest of group with tragic reci- her hostess: “Carnival \J § tations. She was of Venice” and “Moss 1 strong on “The Bur- Roses” were always glar's Child.” asked for, with “Lis- - . ten to the Mocking Bird” (with varia- tions) as an encore The big noise, so to speak, in 1918—among those who could be relied on to entertain - v b & —was the war knitter wenty years ago ¥ : - 2% ’ - X / . She had it on good there were talented j: i 2 2 = e authority from her voung men, who could | $ ; 5 . : J : 4 : . Swedish cook, who get up and give an o - ¢ 8 knew a buck private imitation of almost b y g 3 { intimately, that all the everything from a % 3 ¥ 1 y < nurses at a certain steam roller whistling 3 i v e : Py g <0 ‘ 4 Army hospital had ;,) él!’:nlhbr ?(eam rol- * i i - A - . ! k g“n convlclcddof pro- er—to a buzz saw 4 2 . v, E ; k ¥ v § ¢ i erman tendencies, sawing timber, or a G d 4 e E J i 5 and had been taken gramophone. They | {3 : 2 » % F B ¢ out in the back yard were in great demand. | S8 F ) 2 b T iR / ' S B and shot one morning H 1 4 at 4 o'clock In 1895 a mandolin and a sweet girl graduate just seemed to go together. This lovely, lovely Wellesley girl is playing her own accompanmment and singing. “First she gave me candy. then she gave me gin,” etc.. which was considered very roguish in 1895 The drawing room soprano of 1902 was al- 2 SR ways ready to do her share when urged. No In 1914, parlor tricks were at their trickiest. The popular authoress of 1908, or there- elassic stuff iTor Her. She Litew what the The young bloods of the period who knew about, used to give readings from her works boys liked—gave them “Nancy Brown” and all th_e intricacies of the tango and maxixe to a select few, and once started it was hard “Good Old Summertime.” The big hit, how- were in great demand at tea dances. to stop her ever, was, “Mary Green, Sweetest Little Girlie Ever Seen, Light and airy, Like a little fairy,” etc., etc By Qi)