The evening world. Newspaper, April 24, 1918, Page 14

ee ee eee ons ae ee ida eT PURI IS TAN "4 N WEDNESDAY, ers APRIL 24, 1918 APRIL 24 Blame It on John Philip Sousa, «Trap Drummer” in Band | Now Plays Must Moke Sound Like a Ship Riveting Machine to Give ON THE JOB HE’: Real Thrill to the Latest Sousa March—The Drummer’s Life Is One Slam Bang i f a After Another. CHIMES JAMES | LENT NN ag STEEL wegen } Until “All Clear’? Signal Sounds, : c | aaa af be By Bide Dudley a Sine Hie. OUR FR FS oF By Robert Welles Ritchie Copy 1018, by the Pr ITY the poor trap ¢ P bang contraption af the composer, the stage ¢ them as a creature of extreme ver ope with any Position, a m great responsibility, for much of th situation calling for n cal piece’s effectiveness and, in fact, the id his noi ed | v effect is ne trials ar tion may rest with him a Though he be surroun r to the collection if a ne Sousa, knowing so we would hesitate to make Whe March King he does not hesitate to use the versa fn new fields if need be. believes so thoroug position; therefore, “effects” the noted bandmaster must have. SLEIGH peeve be sat ihe oe , fe : 2 immunity against A few weeks ago Sousa wrote a new march, which he called ‘ BELLS Fe E ile Bt = Lin : d civil, » the | ¢ Wolunteers.” 11s idea was to de OES CHE TORE OE EW RAVE TIO Ys atti F pict in music to those who Istened | ¥8h8, believing the clown alone ts greatly lesser aban he warning is subject Me Coad of the auipball ho|To*Ponsible for the fun, The clown How do London-and Paris act in| Nhat ce eV” k of the shipbuiiders WS0) nas done his share, all right, but an air raid? What h becor o Sahn eno ee have rushed to the ald of Uncle Bam in these war times, N ily, tho building of ships calls for riveting, and if you have ever lived near the Jocation of a steel building fm course of construction, you know what riveting means so far as nolse fg concerned. The man finished, all Sousa nesded to complete its ef: fectiveness was some bort of a con trivance that would make a noise like a riveter. Naturally, the man to operate such a machine would be the trap drummer. Sousa took his new march to the Hippodrome to have it played by a big band at a benefit for a war fund. The band was eager to play {t, but the leader admitted he was stumped by the demand for the riveting “ef 28a fect.” o “Our drummers are not trap| @rummers,” he said, “They play @roms only.” at's all March King right,” replied the 1-see Jimmy.” Sousa asked that James I, Lent, the tall, thin, sorrowful looking man who makes the nc for the Hippodrome moned, Jimmy came fistened. “That's easy,” he sald, “I'll fix| Bp an ‘effect.”” | Jimmy did, and thus tho trap} @rommer's riveter came into being. | “It just took a little thought,” €aid Jimmy. “I got an electric el tor, put @ little wheel on it and at-| tached a plece of iron to the wheel Then I got a plece of sheet iron for) the other piece to hit, After that I ust turned on the juice and the riveting began in great shape, That riveter, I call Trap No. 76, because I was using just seventy-five before Mr. Sousa called for it, It will have to be used wherever ‘The Vol unteers’ is played or the punch of the march will be lost.” Jimmy says he doesn’t Intend to Patent his riveter, because he doesn't believe one musical composition can create a big enough demand for it, And then, any trap drum- mer with the requisite amount of common sense can make One out of his motor boat * it. “I'm going keep the riveter with me in the orchestra pit all the time,” he said, “I may be able to find some other place to use that hammering ‘effect;’ 1f I do, the con- frivance will be worth a lot more Bs @ convenience.” “How many of your eeventy-alx fraps do you use during a per formance of ‘Cheer Up?" wa waked “Pretty much all of ’em,” he re DPlied. “During the two and a halt * hours that the show is on I guess T'm the busiest man in the building Wow and then I use as many as three or four ‘effects’ at tt time, but usually I do , bunch ‘em like that, Af orchestra, be sum and Jimmy same t have to r a show teambout whistle, an auto horn, aj do the swallow stunt with the siip| Years a 1en Williams and! m that into the lens or opening of I go home and re Iwo per- ugh, several bird calls, sand-|horn, I wanted my dutles to come| Walker, tho negro comedians, went funy ~aioralbaaitl ke 3 wer of re then the eyes In the ple- fermances a day give me all the tom-toms, a motor-boat ex-|in crowds. ‘That's why I took up the|abroad they took Jimmy Lentalon hi at always be directly on an: pxercise I need. , 4 aeroplane exhaust, lon-| trap drum and its family,” | “They selected me,” said Jimmy, | terre ona erie looking & Jimmy's job is one that cannot roar, a cow-moo, two revolvers, a! There are times, when Jimmy 15] “because I could give them a chicken UE: RDOSABE NO) ‘ ; ; true ¢ tings. 1 be slighted for a moment. He must/triangle and numerous other nofse | hard at work, that one might ¢ he | ‘effect? in ragtime, Those boys just : , Kk y at i Ae fhe alert of eye and quick of move-| making devices iveter he had impression that he had gono ¢ }couldn’t resist it? Do you want to get bunions on your nose mn ping t Ke oy ud ar aire , ue pa sy i ‘a ment all the time or some scene ome for further experimenta-| He's blowing, tappi kicking and! The t ris a man who| turf every time ono of the Ka ns flatfoots t e > me ery a phe of the # may miss attaining the utmost in squirming all at ot t each con- | seldom semalth (one fainan Bit If you don't want to, buy anoth: aaa 6 Will follow you, When youare? > @ffectiveness. S)uch, the clown, ap n to take up tortion means ething to the per-|in tb is of as much im. eas so & gly t as to be a +n ¥ at a picture of a person and Beare on the stage. He attempts to ny was asked, formance, He claims to be the first] portance as t yaple syrup is to & Do you want to get 1 s in you ‘ kow-towing to high | Withstand the ¢ £ the exp au BOs oH VOU) YOu rae ow wok a “tight rope” laid out on t & musician," he man ever to drum ynoopa-|buckWheat-cake breakfast, And that,| {mperial officers? but + ortaln of t tiara oF t_whon tho pide _ He trips; he fallg,and “pou” | replied d (he trombone, but tion is his hobby, and he can “rag” as almost everybody knows, is the If you don't want hinges {n your neck—— pane eons BS t taken or painted rw fae : z chimney, 1m tt > with om, by ont pene the bees drum, pe #udience| 1 cquldy’s, ase wasredt May oCuNATY, |ADYtAID, FO A Ip to [ue @ane of Luporfauce, { Buy avother dong, ae Jatand this sudden pressure Pi fe LR A ng Co, (The New York By ‘or and the actor. id tribulations of the trap drummer, Jual’s duties more arduous. “Effects” are of vital necessity to a Sousa com- If Air Raiders Came to N. Y.! How Paris and London Are 4 Warned; ; What They Do! Telegraph and Whistles Tell of Raiders’ Approachin London— Fire Apparatus, With Sirens Shr ie king, Warns Paris | All Lights Go Out and Shelters Are Sought | OD § sy WEDNESDAY, Jimmy Lent, Busiest Trap Drummer, In ‘Action A WHOLE SHOW IN HIMSELF AT THE HIPPODROME, WHERE HE PLAYS SEVE. TY-SIX PARTS, FROM A DOOR BELL TO A RIV ING MACHINE. 76 tees < World.) rt him life is just one new ralilety- : is the victim of the whims of He is looked on by i man who can successfully | winp MACHING aa in that the Germans intend cafe war to New York by dropping tons of explosives upon m aeroplanes. The Vos ng is quoted from arines are being constructed te y York, whence the on an air raid over this port. the threat from Be: BRA The Hague to the effect t! 3 OPERA, ; | carry aeroplanes to some point in the Atlantic off Ne SEAT assembled machines can be launche Custsont Rear Admirals Fiske and Peary and ofliciais of the Aero Club of propt thre The Evening World in December last that a raid we be undertaken by the Germans in certain contingencies, and outlined as the me tho ils whereby the enemy would transport his alr chines wil hh The Hague despatch nveys. : | Lond ny for Yams » Whether it be in a musical com- act or what not. His is a position of nedian’s fun, the descriptive musi- § success of an entire stage produc. Ame (FAKE OEP FLATE For coal Boat, Por-PUT = i bee Drum For CUSHION Far, AGRoPLANE e®recr) by dozens of traps, he must add ed. One might think John Philip | m of “frightful- through bitter experience, n slaughtered, have learned how g hawks of t —to protect But no! ly in originality in composition that tility of the noise-making gentleman ) protect themselve: are the 2 nig comparison with the condition in both cities across the water, In London every upper hemis blotted out with escape upward Jimmy has put the frosting on the | cake the instinctive impulses of prote > normal ni tion with their people be said that both cities bh New York) *treet lamp has t re of its g t so no ray ma, INDIAN j oon MUZETTE . 7 | Jenjoy an advantage wh have—they An engine appears and across the — etage. Jimmy becomes moves Immediate! xceedingly active, A bell rings, sandpapers grind’ and | would nc ro inland|? }|towns and approaching riders have | Pt! & whistle blows. ‘The scene is ef to fly across thickly populated dis-| Paris is dark as tho grave after fective and the audience ts thrilled. tricts before they actually are over | SUudow? “Isn't that natural?" whispers the capitals, The Channel coast of} | After \ abe Hasan ded the lady in the second row to her England and tho territory to the, @omer or sian knows by experi as Well as official flat, his next to seek the cellar; {f he ia escort, And there 1s applause, but | not for Jimmy. Ho is entirely over- north, west and east of Paris are|@Dee | v an ee hickly sown with scouts whose looked, but he doesn’t mind, The ap-| 4 trained ears are strained every night treet, to get to the first shel ause is his reward, even though it or the warning whirr of propellor ble. Many of the deaths in aivociaal aver Llc head At iberatax Sladea. that ingenuity | london have been due to failure to ‘The acrobatic bicyclist sits on his| has not been able to eradicate obey this rule; the Englishman hae wheel on a raised platform, Ho is| The telegraph carries instant warn-| ted in considering the alr raid balancing himself, preparing to leap, of the approach of hostile air-| # “show wheel and all, to a teeter-totter af-| craft to the headquarters of the aero! In Paris the visit es over each fair that will toss another rider a| defense forces of both Paris and entrance to the Metropolitan under pmersault in the air, His sligat | London, This gives a leeway of from| eround the sign, “Abri,” which means nod gives Jimmy the signal and the fifteen minutes to half an hour for, shelter. Every one who is caugh ter avai even German ‘not to be missed STEAM Boal RAT EN wISTLE KETTLE DRUMS snare drum begins to “roll.” Grad- the efyil oMcers of both elties to|on the streets by the signal of ap ially the volume of the sound tn-! warn inhabitants of approaching proaching raiders is. supposed to creases, and when it is loudest the | danger. | make for the nearest Metro entrance leap is made. A “boom” from the big drum follows and the performers | { rush down «tage to receive the plau- | dits of the audience, Jimmy looks at the small boy In the fourth row and | marvels at the ster shows, @ warning and remain 1 the wires ven by the| there is no subwa erground until the iven, Where ; ion available g In London the instant t of an air raid comes ove the danger signal i wing of specified whistles all over 8 have designated cer the great city. This chorus of steam| tain cellars of semi-public buildings stles {8 reinforced by the police! as havens of re! whistles of every constable on duty.| In London and Paris all cafes and, There is not an obscure suburb or) restaurants have cleared out their mean street in the East End that! cellars for temporary occupancy by does not know the night flyers are guests who happen to be caught din- coming with their bombs ing by the German flying men. ‘Thea In Paris the warn or “Alerte,”| tre audiences have schooled them is sounded by special automobiles of | selves to sit tight rather than flood the flre department possessing wall-| the street when falling bits of shrap ing sirens. These dash from their|nel may be spraying it. Hotel stations, cover a specified beat and) guests are instructed to leave thelr return as soon aa possible, Thelr| rooms and assemble on the ground raucous cries fill the night. Every] floor, however unconventional may one {s warned. be their attire, The whistles in London and the} Ambulance centres in both cities \ siren shriek in Paris are not only aj are alive with the first raid warning 4 » authoritie erest the young: Already the trap drum- mer has forgotten the stunt and ts 4 walting to #end forth a ripping sound | Ail Levchornt aN | “THE ONLY THING: Lene oe when the bulldog grabs the trousers | of one of the clowns, It is all me chanical with him It doesn’t make any what sort of an Jimmy has tt, Does the prima donna Se soa Why You Should Buy Another Bond good! ‘The breeze will sigh. Jimmy | pea has several kinds of sighs for it to ay evel: king: of 3 t When Columbus Realized That He Had Discovered America, He Also Realized faaloata Haerecan nae epee That 3,000 Miles of Water Is Some Stretch-—But You Can Stretch It Further P TRIne Hut a command in tolitelt:|andoready tal ruah apecial carpe ee and the wind acts accordingly. ~-Each Liberty Bond You Buy Adds Another Yard to the Width of the jes. They mean “Lights out!” This| physicians and nurses to every place Frequently Jimmy 1s a “life saver Atlantic, Keeps Iron Hats Out of the Subway and Hinges Out of Your is absolutely imperative, and one| where falling bombs have killed and | | for some certain atunt, Tho come-| ; falling to douse the lights tn his home! maimed the theatre with a heavy cold. He| 1s supposed to laugh loudly at some | “effect” 19 dest \j diffe rence | é | By Arthur (“Bugs”) Baer 66 ertaln point in hts act, but his vocal | alts WIS, Ly te Pre 3 1g Oo, (The New York Evening World.) | happy sailors sang a lot of happy suiluy songs, but it was a stag affair, IT h e R eason WV h ae acres Gre Gn & gitiks, Deen kal A Oe ae eee, Dae DRALE ER ZPRTRIA SRS. #0 it didn’t make any difference, worry? Not at all. Ho explains the| Jose ape Honsta on hor alarm clock, beer bottle ope While Chris was practicing his best Mongolian expression his boat | Scientific Facts Applying to Questions You situation to Jimmy before the per-| is hand and aimed hin pad Ae eS Sesh bye ig hss x Bee stubbed its nose on some other object, and when Christopher investl- | Should Be Able to Answer Gorennpoe basins, and: at the Bropet| ‘cruastecnes cents Gane ec re eae oF Binge Gated ho discovered that {t was a ballot box stuffed with votes for a WhyD Expl Break| acainst tuem and 4 ire moment Jimmy furnishes the laugh} ‘eyeful. His old waterwagons flatwhecled on and ral nigier Ss hase Mayoralty candidate opposed to Tammany, So he cancelled the Asia | hy Does an Explosion Brea gig 7 ann: ey iS Zosond ys ; with an Instroment that gives forth| seemed to get any further than a one-eyed Nepublican armadilio gallop. | MOIY S24 Fealized that at last he had discovered America Windows at a Distance #7 ll cctaon the outaica chine winneae a - : merrintnh Tae _somedien ing in a revolv: aRoA dina a ta 2 i : oe vey ; fore = Bs bed at 1 so far and s¢ Jong that bis boats got round-shouldered, Aden ex-| Just the same as though you ape A mo nd holds) ing for about two months, Christ np hoing Yamane areagany rode was 5,000 miles as the Old Crow files, tance Mke|on the outside with your hander his sides. Five minutes later Jimmy| round in some big spoonful Sarad din tha oat aact n, Columbus put himself on record as saying that those ne elastic) against the windows and pushed nay be assisting @ pantomimist In @] months were that threo a eet teen ei FF ‘ saa aman 8 of water rendered America practically invulnerable to in- a t has | t ything that {9 thrown 4 chicken-catching tmitati~n, His part| 4 ome leak, = : abies vasion from European vandals, And he wasn't talking up any rain- Sonile, | SERNAY wiodow (with: mone tone is to furnish the chick's “cheep-| : spout either loud | than the glass can resist will brea cheep.” And so it goes. | , ce ut an Hise fae eee Picci: her guys ware | That 3,000 miles of water 1s some stretch a the | th Window and even slight explo I visited Jimmy during a rehear-| T#ht and that tho world was flatter than a stale beer, one of his sailors | But wou ‘oan kiraten ic supibes $ * may be so powerful as to throw sal recer and took a look at his| ‘00% his face out of his dish of goulash long ¢ mp & q Libary bond oun Sue ahda senthar vend 10 4h4 © t the aera fe Avey from Seale tion of instruments, Among} ect Moating in t Old Christop ‘ i risks ox Atl 2 roe LS ave soother 7% ? own 1 ack ty] W! ¢ as to break windows them I found a bass drum, a enaro| °° o the curiosity w SOAR Th Wan ukulele which had ko the Atlantlo wider ue i ton | ween eee drum, cymbals, @ xylophone, sleigh| eared from a Br RANG Ane Wan Rone mo. Gute: hotles tae | Buy enother bond : ee Wh ri h bells, a dogrbark, @ scostercrom, 9| ‘try t0 Fett UP tm Go ho Agured that he must be ness » and his i ia directior i othe Eyes inSome Pic- cia cae mbourines, & " ; =| Isn't the subway crowded enough with our elbows and ears and A great) tures Seem to Follow Us? 4 ba! cloth-ripper, a clatter, an| enough in an orchestra 1¢ wind in @ graveyard! tings? , nb 's picture is taken with 1, an engine whistle, a) Anybody, with a little pr ni, | sa ny es of the person looking di- Do you w the subway more overcrowded with iron hat