Life — October 26, 1922 — page 31: what you’re looking at

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The Fine Art of Bathroom Vocalism T has often been said that music’s place is in the home. Grand Opera Houses, Concert Halls and the like may be all right for professional singers and instrumentalists, but the average citizen should limit his melo- dic efforts to the four walls of his own residence. And there is no part of the home so admirably suited to the worship of Calliope as the bath- room. Here, indeed, the most unmusical person can afford to run wild—and usually does. There is something about the construction of a bathroom which impels one to burst into song. Even the falsest note, reverberating back from the glistening surface of the imitation tiles, will assume a quality of resonance out of all pro- portion to its real merits. I have known many men whose at- titude toward music was, “I can take it or leave it alone.” Ordinarily, they could not stumble halfway through “Some Sunny Day,” and had no will to make the effort. Pales- trina, Tschaikovsky, Dvorak were just unpronounceable words to them, ranking in the same vague category with Przemysl. But once these men stepped within the enveloping spray of a shower bath, their harmonic inhibitions would fall from them like adjectives from a press agent’s lips, and they would proceed to cut loose with a volley of concertos, arias and fugues. The more ambitious the selection, the better they liked it. I myself have been known to sing A Year of Culture for 25/7 Let Life and Letters be yor guide to theideas and philoso- Dhies of the world’s greatest minds, Each issueof thislarge, well printed monthly magazine is dominated by some great gure of science, philosophy, tory, or literature, wi artic! nomergus_ shorter . eultural CRALDEMANJULIDG. general cultural ‘guative thought to youin ex fiveform. Thematerial i "i Letters cach month orm. in Syreparcd by the ablest critical minds of the country. Sra brings you LIFE AND LETTERS les, of interest. Pro- It presents Life and Letters is edited y E, Haldeman-Julius, called by The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “the Northcliffe of America” in an editdrial which said “‘The best things ever writ ‘at iners i ‘theuitern-y capital oft -y capital o tothe Cheney or Magasince what his fo "Series has done for books—it vailable to all. PER YEAR all six parts of the sextette from “Lucia” during the course of one shower, stopping only to remove par- ticles of soap from my eyes. There have been various sporadic efforts to promote interest in com- munity singing. Choral the country, and musical get-togeth- ers have been held in public places. Some of these have been largely at- tended; and yet, for all that, the movement has been a failure. No- body will sing. But I know a remedy. Instead of staging these song-fests in parks and playgrounds, the choral societies should confine their activities to | huge bathrooms, constructed for the purpose from municipal funds. All the guests should be dressed in bath- ing suits, and placed under individual showers. Then let the music start. The resultant uproar would sur- pass anything since the days of the first Wagnerian festivals at Bay- reuth, R. ES. societies | have been organized in all parts of id, a Home Billiard & Pool Tables Magnificently made in all sizes, at all prices. Game exactly same as standard table. Become expert at home. Use in any room, on any house table or on its own folding stand. Quickly leveled, ‘set 3p or Some in ome Smail amount down, Small payments monthly. Ask your dealer or WR! US TODAY for Catalog and easy payment terms, E. T. BURROWES CO., 2 Free St., Portland, Maine Sure Relief FOR INDIGESTION 25¢ ano 75¢ PACKAGES EVERYWHERE comicbooks.com