The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, August 22, 1919, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2
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Delving Into the Gene
(Current Opinion.I | In si
Good or bad, fad or institution. Jazz is
Jazz was born in Chicago, developed Brocks
in New Orleans, exploited in New held at
York and glorified in Paris. So writes Zet land
one of the many authorities who have birthda
recently delved into this latest man!- discove
testation of American music that has native
conquered a p'.ace in the western "Wh
world. Howard Brockway. the Amer- I was
ican composer, attempts to explain. Siames<
in the N. Y. Review, the characteris- Orienta
tics and origin of Jazz, but its origin harmor
still remains obscure. Chicago claims essence
it. and. according to E. M. King. Chi- like no
cago still holds the strongest title, heard.
But Jazz, claims .ur Brockway. absolut
though it is new to us in tne I'nited were t
States and ''rough us to ooth Eng- moniac
land and Franc . is not absolutely accents
new to the w< rid. Tie attempts an percuss
analysis of this newest musical phe- ous mo
nomenon: and lou
"Just what is Jazz? In striving to I have
answer ths query. I can not hope to mood r
imitate the admirable brevity of the is no r
word. Jazz is ordered and calculated our ow
noise It is a compound of qualities, erous.
both rythmic and melodic. It seeks, kindly :
and with absolute success be it said riment.
to sweep from our minds all simul- Othe'
laneous consideration of other things/ ties are
and to focus o.ir attention upon its Anreric;
own mad, whirling. involved self. York T
Herein lies a large part of its com- zet. for
pelling force and appeal. It may well Ohicaec
be that General Gouraud could find "At
the hideous load of responsibility Jazz,
lightened, perhaps even put aside for of havi
the moment, as he listened to Eu- ear. wi
rope"? jazzing. ami that he feit his many i
pulse responding to the virile rhythm, flavor o
and his emotions joining in the tush that CI
of the humorous care-free mood. Cer- case,
ta n it is that our dough-boys, fresh tion.' sa
from the trenches, with days and was bo
weeks of grim endeavor and physical New Or
strain behind them, turned to the Jazz and glo
furnished by their band - and found in present:
it relaxation and s la e and cheer negro n:
which enabled them to forget what cornet
was past and to ah ir. 1 n themselves sober.' <
wholeheartedly to the joyous hilarity or'hodo
of the present moment. freely c
"There is not the .-lightest doubt Pastime
that in th.s maelstrom of rhythm above ti
there al des a powerful tonic efTec. baric at
Through the medium of the phy.-.cal. woman
it reaches and influences the psycho- he held
logical attitude. I have been con- tlonal i
vinced oMhe truth of this fact by per- vva" P'a
sonal experience, undergone not once Jasbo i
but many times." i taken t
Jazz is composed of rhythm, m -1- musi'% w
odv and a certain modicum of contrapuntal
inne- voices, continue- Mr. " " a
Brockway. But the greatest of t )>.? - ? 1
is rhythm. The Jazz band star's out '
, . .. . * ?r ria vv
to cet you ana leaves nothing *o
chance. "It is fairly well established
that only an oyster ran resist the ap- a,1(* 1
peal of syncopated rhythm when it is "uv" 111
performed with masterful abandon " "1''
self-nre?
which absolutely controls dynam
gradations and vita! accents." Il?-r? 1
, . , - bands t
is the veal secret of Jazz:
r- pressi
"The howitzers of the Jazx band's
ex press
artillery are stationed in the 'trap- '
I'nder this heading we find all the in- 0p|l|,?nij
struments of percussion. - ich a.- the , j ^
big drum, the snare drum, cymbals. n.t,jon (
triancle. wooden blocks played upon j . j
with drum sticks, xylophone, cowbells,
rattles, whistles for the pro- ,,,.iv_rar
duct ion of vario- - ird muses, and a
host of other implements, often the OIj~jn.
personal conceptions of individual
plaver- of 'he ;p- The trombones
. . . ., broken
in y r en resent f > . 1 .nrs, w the
router <
clarinets, oboes, aaxonh >nes, alt i
. . . -Not oni
horns an! cornet- th ripul.
.... traveler
hie batteries, l he lange mung po nt....
. . niornin;
blank. .? - easv to see whv tin . .tee!
. . . , Jazz ba
of the 'drum-fire 1- complete!
than sn
"The melody will always be borne ,tmj (j()V
by suff enf .nstrun.ents to ensure its { tv,(
getting o\er.' Then, in ill- inner (j
voices of the band, will take p ate a nofhin"
comb.nation of effect- which adds Thee' w
enormouslv In Ihn r.. T .1 /I iv.. ?v.?
- - ? -- "" syncopa
number Here are certain of thr* c >n- *gweet
trapuntal features which are men- les-maj?
tioneri above. They consist of a 1- p(j on
riety of hilarious effects. produced by ,hp jake
trombones or saxophones, attained by an(j
n curious sliding from note to note. j,j,.rcP(j
This creates an extremely comical re- r,.a! m;,
suit. This characterisMc and droll Chicago
portamento has become so v. 11 known likes it.
nnd so popular that it has achieved a sjt on tl
specific name -'blues.' a humorously hear! .
apt designation. A -trikinu contrast jn chirr
is made by the mournf 1 soughing of 8 ,rUP ,
the tromroncs in t < rr ds? o* the pj(rh in
joyous rict of th re.-t of the hand i.ands. \
Sharp rhythmic ejaculations ai:-< ,he |ak
front out the welter of sound, and propaga
over the who.-- tumult the traps-play- [f one
er spreads his arraw of dazllng ac- thetic sf
tents, brought forth with absolute feelings
cirtuositv from his motley army of1 0f fhica
noise producers It almost seems, at "This
times, like a case of 'each for hitn-'a whole
self and the devil take the hindmost, j jt OVPr t
But it is not so. and there is definite rrater. a
purpose and ordered means in it all make
? ? duclion
Rub-My-Tisnt is a powerful ontl Ja7z fm
septic; It kills the poison caused .
from Infected ruts, cures old sores
... I overheat
tetter, etc.?Ad*.
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^CASTER NEWS, LANCASTER, S. C.
e musicians, with construction,
silvery note from Question President Three I
?r who cared not When Senator Fall. Hep
be roasted for his New Mexico, suggested th
he crowd looking amendments to the league c
holy-rollers ex- would not require Germany's
; the chuckles or as she was not a member
>nd over all the league, the president replied 1
>i!ity of old horse had thought of that feature,
would be a thi- agreed with Senators Brande
l Knox. Republican. Pennsylvar
?rts of the iKast asserted that the treaty wou
Washington is al- into force among all the sig
k is rent in spots, as soon as three had ratified i
ly Jazz. But the For more than three ho
te throes?and it committee members questioi
until conscious- president and afterward thej
for lunch at the White House
'ontributes to the the recess was taken there h
... (Continued Kro
th New Orleans, where so
iliosyncrasies of Senegambian ^e could not disclose
iricinated We are convinced 0f international good
licauo ha> made out a pood an(j for the same re
Good or bad. fad or institu- could not go into the :
iys the brief for < hicaeo. 'Jazz tliFrench frontier
rn in this city, developed in niittee a copy of the
leans, exploited in New ^ork Shantung promise,
rifled In Paris." And Chicago Early action on
j as Exhibit A. Jasbo Hrown. a urged in a statement
lusician. who doubled with the at outset of the <
and piccolo 'When lie was was necessary, he
continues the brief..'he played peace basis might be
\ music, but when he imbibed other treaties under
if pin. which was his favorite at Versailles were be:
. he had a way of screaming the world learned wh
he melody with a strance ha- to the treaty w ith (5e
tandon. One evening a young he saw no reasonable
frequenter of the cafe where ate reservations but
forth, tired of the conven- wise to incorporate t
manner in which the music fieation itself
ved. called out. "A little more in replying to a lot
n that piece!" The cry was tions by Senator lira
ip " Jazz! Jazz!" and Jazz can. Connecticut, th
as christened." led into an exhaust!
zz one of the spiritual results ,he co-mingling of
ttempt at assimilation of some obligations in troatie
ine different races" questions "A moral obligatio
ing in the N. V. Evening P >st. son. "is. of course, sv
all the itinerant musicians-- obligation, and if 1 n
and monkeys. German bands greater binding force
irdy-gurdies. ferry-boat fel- obligation there is
d those who jangle the tarn- judgment; in a legal
i inn Pint (i in a sont-me tor is no element of judf
nervation? A certain pro- Like a I
emarked i?st winter that Jazz Senator Hrandegee
vere merely outbreaks of ir- was no important
ble spontaneity, which would cause we are obligate
itself momentarily and then "I thinV: it is of
ir Hut they are becoming poitance," replied th
c. international. Mr. Kim: cause the element of
that Jazz is a ragged comht- into it."
.f letters that suggests bump- jiUT i am ass urn in
snorting, wind and banging Hrandegee. "if the c<
broken glass and the devil- v-se Uj; to (j0 a ro
e back of it all ' hicago, congress refused to d
e. he asserts, is its inevitable oth,.r nation's r.*pre
bly can do the same
traditional place of wind anil to me i.k* a rrtpo of
gla-s. and the geographical effective tribunal wh
>:" the Jazz bands is Chicago, in promoting peace."
-c in a long journey did a "The reason 1 do
in ar more manifestations, you." Mr Wilson re
r. noon and night, of what do not think such
nils can do under pressure likely often occur. I
lote the car in Chicago. l*p be only upon the gr
. n Michigan av. nu the bands- and. in ease eongres
? air with their tonal curses indifferent to foreign
ring the height of the loan Senator Harding. I
:e.-s than "My Country Tis of suggested there was
as subjected to irresponsible a "written compact
tion Jumping and throbbing, to fulfill Its mora
Hand of Liberty' was p'tif tl which the president i
st. . Certainly there ascend- "Hut it steadie- th?
hieago's famous Broadway by its promise before h
actual cosmic vacuums, holes stand with other na
iii apace, ii you piease. judgment to niainta
by instruments lifted in ethe- world."
issacre To all appearances. When Senator Hrai
not only does not mind, but president's opinion
O Chicago, couldst thou but ras- of the present
tie parapet once removed and Rumania and iiunga
. Surely, if the general air said he could not ans
ico is preeminently Jazz, if it would inolve passing
hat the good people naturally foieign political ques
id roll 'o the iii* of the many considered Inadvisabl
vby should the country allow Senator llrandegec
e city to constitute itself a tention that many ai
ting choir of Jazz immortal? ternational law had <1
municipality has lost its es- meaning of various i
tnse. has it no respect for the treaty, and that Cha
of others? Shall the popcorn William Howard Taft
go blow over all the lot? had suggested reser
is a fair metaphor, too. I'ut president insisted thi
band in a giant popper, hold perfectly safe to lej
he clowing coals of an ample language to the intei
nd. shaking well, command it ture statesmen witho
1 some jolly music -the pro- t'nited States would
would he meticulously true to
in: The wheezei of the quickly reliev*
... , , llilioii>.ne*->., Ixiss ol
g horns: the popping of the ?Pa<Ll< hrH> due fo .
d drumheads; the groans \,jv
THE LA!
and pleadings of tta
I ? f now and then a pure
CLlOOf JCLZZ a thoroughbred pipt
a rap that he was to
iipport of his contention that ar1, ra*'n8s of 1
not new to the world. Mr. on' erN 8 es an<*
... , .... , .. . pressing themselves
av tells of a t hinese festival '
? , , .. . . . 0 .. a few cannibals; a
Paderewski s chateau in bwit.
. ... . .. raucous imperturbat
. in honor of the great pianist s _ , .. _
x. i? . fiddles. . . . That
v. At that time Mr. Rrockwav
. , . , cago Jazz baml.
red phonograph records of a ?
... . . "So far many p;
Siamese orchestra: . .
. .. . . ... , , have been spared. 1
en I first heard them p'.aved, ,
... .. .... most free. New lor
astounded, for there in this _
, . Boston is only slight
? music, in spite of the strange ...... ... , ,
, ... , ? .. . .. Middle est is in tl
1 idioms, from an Occidental s
... .. may never know it
lie standpoint, was the verv
, . ness returns,
of?Jazz: The music was ?
. . . . Henri Duvernois c
ithing that my ears had ever _ _
. . ... Paris Femina an am
and uncouth to the point of , .
,. .. . T, . Jazz craze in the Fr<
e uninte.ligibilitv. But there ...
. . Blanditeurs are giv
he insistent rhythm, the de- . .
. . their recently affiant
inergv, the fantastic riot of . . . ,
. , colored Jazz band l
from the drums and other
concierge is persuad
in in?triimrnte otui o w /-? ?_
. . . , , , , in his ears: the bar
od which made me laugh long
. , orders to plav so thi
d It seemed humorous to me
, . . A. All the other tenants
often wondered what that .... .
. building are invited t
eally was in, Siamese. There ,
, / . if they were not the;
oom for doubt when we ' ear . . .
. , , . complain of the noisi
ti Ja77.. \\ hob : .rt. hoi.-t?
The musicians them;
rough. but the very soul of , , ,
, fer to play classica
stood humor and care-free mer* , ..
they real ze that th?
. , niand Jazz with its i
r less erudite musical authori.
. . . , sortment of noisema
satisfied that Jazz is purelv of ,
' on in particular, sir
an origin. \\ e find the New , , .
Jazzers explains, "th
elegraph. Hroadwav s own ga- .
,, that they have an au
instance, giving the credit to
> PRESIDENT WU
last we have the genesis of INTERPR1
Chicago disputes the honor' *
T\& firct Ct 11 ffn/I Oc?f r*n !n it ^ - ? - - - ?
using skit on the no discussion whether the
?nch capital. The was to be resumed during th
ing a party for neon, but later it was decidei
:ed daughter. A do so There was no intima
s engaged. The nicht whether the committei
ed to put cotton seek a further conference. To
id is given strict it will resume its open heai
it he can hear it the capitol. Senator Fall 1<
of the apartment Mr- Wilson a list of question
0 the party, since the latter said he would rep
c would certainly length later. They concern t
e to the landlord. t>rs of the president or coni
selves would pre- declare a state of peace, de
1 selections, hut the resumption of trade am
>ir clients all de- niatic relations with German
miscellaneous as- disposition is to he made of t
kers?the "klax- man colonies, and the need fo
ice. as one of the ir?n representation on variot*
at reminds them peon reconstruction commissi
tomobile." The president's declarath
compelling moral obligation
LSON the league was emphasized in
2TS LEAGUE ment issued jointly tonight b
? tors Borah. Idaho, and Johnsc
m Page 1.) fornia. Republican members
? committee, and two of the I
> "in the interest opponents to the treaty in ii
1 understanding ' ent form. They declared th
ason he said he testimony had borne out thei
negotiations over that the league world lead t<
or give the com- minable foreicn complication?
record of Japan's also pointed out that Senato
son had developed in the day'
the treaty was ing that a cood part of the tei
by the president settlement resultinc from t
onference. This was yet to he determined,
held, so that a The arrangements for publi
reached and the transcript of the discussion,
negotiations now _... _# - -
pin. uui ui a suggestion rr
ing delayed until committee that senators he
at would happen q?, sted to keep the proceed
rmany. He said confidence, had Mr Wilson's p
objection to sen- supervision. After the commit
thought it un- departed ho went to the White
hem in the rati- pas, nicnt. where the correspc
ere waiting for the last of it
lg series of quos- ographic report, and asked v
ndegee. Itepuhli- ev^ything there was going sir
e president ess ..j ,.ame down." he said to t
\. discussion "f rrspon,jonts ..j0 inquire of y<
moral and legal j# tfje report of the con
was handled the way you wan
n." said Mr. Wil- _
p, rior to a legal gam Tm)k H||| Remnlni| WU|
lay say so. has a _
, , George Ade says that a frl
>. In every motal
, his in Bridgeport. Conn., has
an elementt of
..... . ored boy working for him as ,
obligation there
One morning ham announced
gment.
,.f < ??i was about to quit.
suggested there laks you, Mistak Blank,
distinction, "be- * ~f
, . . .. <><;<) has more imitations th
'd in anv event. ... ... , .
other < lull and I etfer Tonic
ilte greatest im- market, hut no One wants
e president, "be- tions. They are dangerous
judgment enters in the medicine line.?Adv.
g." returned Mr
uincil should adrt.un
thing, and
o it. and if every _ _
assenttiling,
it seenis LJ
sand and not an
ieh would result ? B
not agree with
plied, "is that I
a refusal would
believe it would When it'? ?C
avest grounds?
s is riuht. I am
criticism."
lepublican. Ohio,
no necessity of
for this republic .
.1 obl.gations to
eJoined: ^
t jW 1,1; f ?,r 11 ,by
he
jthoritii'.s on inl.fi'T*
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of fu- I y I * * BVI
ut fear that the R I
suffer by th'-ir,
f \p|?etite and
Torpid Liver.?
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The rlave
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the best B
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to f Up w/
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He ng paid off. ho departed. Two
days later he tamo back and applied
for his former place. I
li linn.
"Didn't vou care for the new job?"
lend of
a col- "1 <,uit hefo' * Kot dat bar." stated
janitor, the negro. "Yistiddv mornin' I toes
that he over to dent munitions works and I
tells de man in de little office at de
and I Kate dat I'se done come to get one of
them fo'-dollah-a-day Jobs. He says
an any 'nil rizht." and den he gits out a book
on the anrt he axes me whut is my name;
IrnitA* j tjen jip sav. "\vhar do you want
things
de remains sent?' And I look him
that you can't think straight ; when the
beads stand out on your forWioad and
the heated air is absolutely motionless?
Pepsi-Cola brings the sea breezes to you! J'
For brain fag and l?ody drag? ta.restor#
the old punch and optimism?Oh.hovl
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