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1 am going to start this article on
ragtime with a single definite state
ment. In which is contained my most
earnest belief and stand In regard to
this phase of music. Here it is. Mod
ern ragtime has no rightful claim for
existence. Why. I nape to be able
to show conclusively to thinking per
sons why ragtime has no rightful
claim for existence. On the face of
it this stand In regard to ragtime
may appear ridiculous, exaggerated
and untennable, for the great p re-
valency of demand for this feature
almost appears to give assumption
that ragtime has its use and belongs
in the activities of the world. I will
show you before I am through ,1
hope, the use and place of ragtime
and then Bee if this is wuat Is wanted
by true cultured people. But, like
most Questions, analyxation is neces
sary for a complete understanding of
this subject in order that any defi
nite conclusion may be reached; and
this analyzation must have a wide
field.
The secret of civilization is due to
Just one thing, and regardless of the
varying philosophies of different
ages or the different religious beliefs
I hold this one thing to be one main
cause of civilization, and that is
the hope and steadfast belief in a life
hereafter. Without this hope life
would have degenerated Into mere
animalism, Instead of letting the, ape
and tiger die and arising to monu
mental spiritual heights through the
God given soul of Man.
Now I want to take a survey of the
past and it must necessarily be brief
and fragmentary. Man's first step
upon receiving mind was his desire
to appease his crudely understood
God, and this took form in various
ways. One particular form was that
his gods would be more pleased and
his chance of a happy life in the next
world was greater in proportion to
the number of skulls of men he had
killed and were added to his collec
tion. But as the population of man
increased and the invention of lan
guage was necessary, Man formed
tribes, the first step in the social life
of Man, and ceased bis individual
slaughterings, but took the same
means of appeasing his gods by the
extermination of neighboring tribes.
And it was many centuries long after
the tiibles became colonies and col
onies states and the states countries
that these warfares came to have any
different meaning, such as the devel
opment 'Into the idea of National
Honor Patriotism, Protection and
Defense of Principle. Now it was en
lightenment caused by necessitating
circumstances that brought about the
decrease. in manslaughter, and it was
enlightenment that . finally brought
out our more developed understand
ing of the real use of war. And yet
as the eavagea slaughtered, thru hopes
of eteraal Ufa and .gradually ceased
his slaughtering thru the same hope,
so we have come to abhor war and all
crimes of all nature thru the same
hope of a future life and by a greater
and. deeper .knowledge and , under
standing of our creator. And so 1 be
lieve that in the same manner all
phases of our present day civilisation
may be traced to the same principle
that the hope of a future life had led
to the enlightenment in ail branches
of life mental, moral, physical.
Now what is It that liws hereafter.
The soul undoubtedly, for that Is the
real person .which is unseen and un
knowable except thru the manifesta
tions of his dally. activities. . There
fore, what Is the real purpose of this
life. Simply , the education, training
ud development of the soul for its
larger life in the next. The more of
the life of the soul here, the greater
possibilities of the . life Of the soul
hereafter. . Therefore WHATEVEH
SERVES MAN TO THE DETRI
MENT OF THE SOUI HAS NO
RIGHTFUL CLAIM FOR EXIST
ENCE. Enough more eould be said
to fill an entire newspaper on this
much of our topic, but the foregoing
must suffice to bring clearly to our
ntlnda thu uselessness and degrading
tendency of ragtime.
Music, as art, is one of the most
powerful factories In the world for
education, self-development, and civ
ilization. Please take this for granted
for In later articles I shall endeavor
to show how. Music, as art, serves
the soul exclusively .as it appeals to
and brings out every emotion and
passion known to the soul. In thus
serving the soul Music takes its place
among all eternal values of God's
gifts to man. . It takes its place
among literature, science, painting,
education, and religion, etc. But
ragtime is God's gift of soul-development
degraded Into low, vulgar pur
poses. By ragtime I am including
not only ragtime proper but also hes
itations, fox trots, senseless two
steps and sentimental waltzes. .This
entire line when words are put to
them express mostly the lowest of
suggestive thmitrbts. a misrepresen
tation of the sacred ness of love, or a
sichlsh slugrish mess of sentiment!
Mop.' And this low stuff appeals to
low minds and countenanced by peo
ple ; of 'pretence of culture. Is this
what 'you want as National Folk
SonCgs of -America; and this what is
being considered aa fact in Europe.
Compare "In the City Where No
body Cares." "Beets and Turnips
Rag." "You Made Me What I Am To
day." with "Every Valley Shall
Exalted," and the "Halleujab
Chorus" from the Jriesslab. and "Put
on Your Paint and Powder," from
Pagliaccl. Enough. said.
So far as the theoretical side of
ragtime., writing -is 'concerned, ; rag
time Is fcorrectly written, but it-la the
low state of a man's Intelligence that
prompts him to write that kind of
rausle. Oh. It- lent music. It Is
prlmatlve tom-tom work ; for music
has design and purpose, while th'
only purpose' of ragtime Is rhythm,
and this we foand. to be the first ele
ment of undeveloped music and used
exclusively ' foe. frenzied stvare
lances. The rest of this must t
continued next week. I know that
this article will appeal to. tklnklnt;
people,' but I be( each person who
reads this to do Just one thing r
thlnk, v think, think of why you
were placed here, and tf you can ar
rive at a sane conclusion then the
different phases of life, music In
cluded, will disclose their proper
value to you for your own best good,
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Another Hotjuct for the "Q."
He rode on the "Q" thru the sand
hills
HIb longest trip yet, I guessed.
As the train sped fast on its journey
The scenery his fancy impressed.
At length he became so excited
That I swear on this good word of
mine,
He wrote on a postal, "Dear Mildred,
These mountains are certainly
fine!" F. B. T.
Ouch!
There was a young lady named
Banker,
Who slept while the ship lay at
anchor.
She awoke and she pouted
When the mate on deck shouted:
"Now raise up the top sheet and
spanker!"
Luke McLuke.
This tale on its face seems menda
cious; The mate was, perhaps, too loqua
cious, But the boat was at anchor,
And raising the spanker
Was perfectly proper, b'gracious.
Dally Drift by Doc Bixby.
If the 'ship had been In western
Nebraaker
The mate would not have had to
ask her,
To raise up the sheet,
.For oar winds can't be beat, -The
sheet would have blown to the
pasture.
' Hie Original OpfcimlNt
J. & Kroch ., the Ogalalbv traveling
man, relates the following: "The
i HI from, the tenth story of. a build
ing in Kansas City and who. as he
passed the eighth story going-down,
called out 'I'm all right so far,' re
peating hia call as he passed each
story."
A. Woman Lied to Him ,
Two Alliance women, whose names
we wilt not mention at this time,
were In Omaha recently, standing. on
the street across from , a-new sky
scraper hotel and looked up to see a
man fall from the eighth story of the
building striking the sidewalk with
a sickening crunch. They rushed
across to pick up his mangled re
mains and were rendered speechless
by seeing him rise to bis feet and be
gin to brush the dust from his
clothes. They naturally plied him
with questions as soon as they could
speak, asking him how he happened
to fall from an eighth story window.
"Ob," said he, "a woman lied to me."
'A woman lied to you? What did
she sayf" they asked. "She told
me,' 'said the now immaculate vic
tim, "that her husband was In Kan
sas City."
And Ibis Was at Sidney
"Not many moons in the rear a
certain married man in this village
received a severe Jolt in the domestic
machinery through an awkward
blunder. It was at a special func
tion and the man was ore than inter
ested In a young woman who doesn't
belong to him. The young woman Is
making a collection of ardent smiles
and even carries some court plaster
around to apply to bleeding hearts
which became so from her killing
looks, so she did not set the married
gentleman back In his own orbit but
quite the reverse. At a later hour
the man slipped into a quiet retreat
according to previous arrangement,
and in the gloaming gathered the
.uaiden's hand into his large warm
clasp as a beginning to a real hand
holding scene. A soft voice-breathed
gently, 'don't crush my flowers,' and
bis heart was congealed at the famil
iarity of the tones, which, except for
the softness, belonged to the wife of
hia errant bosom. Now that house
hold doesn't have to buy lee, for the
atmosphere is down around forty as
she wonders whose hand he though
he was holding, and he. wonders who
the devil her liquid tones; were for.
It is' awful good of us not to name
names but the' parties eoncerened
know' what they are." Sidney Tele
fraph. r-
Here' is the way our old friend
Walter Mason, -sings of the juall or
der Clothes: I bought me a suit of
the Searsbuck brand, they aaid It was
tailored and sewed by hand; they
said It was woven of finest wool, and
and . couldn't b torn by an angry
bull; they said It was fine, and would
kurely last, till Gabriel tooteth the
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CONDENSED STATEMENT
OF THE FIRST STATE BANK
MAY 18, 1916
Resources
Loans f217.061.0S
Furniture ft Fixtures. . . 8,600.00
Cash 86,886.20
Expense . . 4,140.18
1260,678.46
Liabilities
Capital Stock 886,000.00
Undivided Profits. 8,081.28
Deposits 206,798.66
Cashier's Checks 11,812.29
Depositors G. Fund ... 484.11
2260,676.46
final blast. It was ten -cents cheaper
than suits I'd bought from local deal
ers, who seemed quite hot, and abed
a bucket of briney tears, when I
bought my-clothes or the Saw buck
Rears. : I- wore that suit when the
day was damp and It shrunk to the
Bize of a postage stamp; the coat split
up and the vest split 'down and I
scared the horses all over townr for
the buttons' popped and -the. seams
they tore .and the stitches gave, with
a sullen roar.' And I gave that .suit
to a maiden small, ho found It handy
to dress her doll." Hastings Trl.-bune.
"After this," warns Judge Ander
sen, Vwhen a man who has had a mis
hap,with his car wants us to stop and
help hirahe must have a red light or
some other stopping signal." For
on night recently, while . the. Judge
was coming from south of town, he
noticed a car stopped by the side of
the road.- Thinking the driver was
in-distress, the. Judge stopped and
asked if they needed assistance. The
driver of the car by the aide of: the
road took his arms from around a
young lady sitting beside him and
said to her, Do we need, any help,
dear?" , Se replied, "No, you seem to
be doing all that can be done." Hence
the above ultimatum. Dalton Delegate.
CORVALLIS. Ore. May 21 Dick
Kiger. a tanner, made a mistake Knd
mixed wall planter Instead of a ferti
lizer. called "land plaster" with his
clover seed when be seeded a sixty-
acre field. After the field was seeded i
he .discovered. his mlstak an' ,
the experts at the Oregon Agricul
tural coUece what he should do.
I "We would advise that you now
tint the field or put on some neat
rural design of wallpaper," was the
answer.
-r - Spotted Ilia, Buslnee ;v ,
First Trasap Once I was in. a fair
way- ter becoming a millionaire, but
a- labor-savin' r device ruined; me.
Second .Tramp Yer don't say so!
Haw was-that 7 n First Tramp 1 was)
gettin' on i nicely as a barman, in a
public house, when the boss bought a
cash register. Liverpool Globe.
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