Them was the good old days, in Davenport, Scott County Iowa . 108. Street Music and Catarrh. E HAD bully music back in the old dayssport, before the marimbo, xylophone,saxophone, and uke got jammin up theworks, and not countin the ocarino, tin-whistle, or jewsharp, nor solo work withthe triangle, tambourine, or bass the Swiss bell-ringers showed atthe Metropolitan hall the standin roomsign was stuck up for the first Martini had the folks all diz-zied with his sleight-of-hand tricks at the Metropolitan, too,and when he mesmerized the little gal dressed in a whitesuit, w
Them was the good old days, in Davenport, Scott County Iowa . 108. Street Music and Catarrh. E HAD bully music back in the old dayssport, before the marimbo, xylophone,saxophone, and uke got jammin up theworks, and not countin the ocarino, tin-whistle, or jewsharp, nor solo work withthe triangle, tambourine, or bass the Swiss bell-ringers showed atthe Metropolitan hall the standin roomsign was stuck up for the first Martini had the folks all diz-zied with his sleight-of-hand tricks at the Metropolitan, too,and when he mesmerized the little gal dressed in a whitesuit, with boys pants and ruffles at the knees, and put herto sleep up in the air, with her head restin on her hand,balancin on her elbow on a broomstick, he had the towngaspin and wonderin. Then Martin Greeley named a cock-tail in honor of Martini, with lotsa hop to it, and the folkswith classy tasters and jaded appetites gave that Martinidrink an awful play. Joe Emmett showed how easy it was to play Home,Sweet Home with variations on the toy harmonica at theBurtis, a
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