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...Boston, one John Wilder, 80, Vermont fiddler, did not hesitate to blazon far and wide that he is an uncle of President Coolidge. He announced that he had read of the exploits of "Mellie" Dunham, famed "fiddler-to-Ford," and is prepared to play for the fiddling championship of New England. A few credulous, unmusical reporters were impressed when Mr. Wilder displayed his violin. "I tell you it's nearly 100 years...
With every fiddler in New England clamoring for a chance to wrest the crown from champion Mellie Dunham, Bob Lampoon, honorary editor of the Lampoon, veteran piccolo player, has signified his willingness to match tunes with the Maine player. Bob claims to have over one hundred different pieces, where Mellie has only three or four, but the piccolo player declares that with a little practice he can become profficient in "Turkey in the Straw" and "Old Zip Coon" as well...
Henry Ford sat beside his wife in the fine front-parlor of his home in Dearborn, Mich., and heard Mellie Dunham, champion fiddler of Maine, play "Money Musk." Fiddler Dunham had been imported in a special Pullman all the way to Michigan to contribute to Mr. Ford's appetite for country tunes and "racy" U. S. music. Fiddler Dunham is an old man; his fingers are gnarled from making snowshoes; his white mustache is so long that he tucks it under his fiddle before he plays. He struck up "Turkey in the Straw." Mr. Ford snapped his fingers, knocked...
...Jazz America" (new) Sousa 7. a. Saxophone Octette, "I Want to be Happy," from "No, No, Nanette" Youmans Messrs. Stephens, Heney, Goodrich, Weigel, Weir, Johnson, Conklin and Munroe. b. "The National Game" (New), Sousa The Band 8. Xylophone Solo, "Morning Noon and Night" Suppe Mr. George Carey 9. Old Fiddler's Tune, "Sheep and Goats Walking to Pasture" Guion The Band
...wives brought them. Some of the unattended ladies were Representative Mae E. Nolan, Mrs. Eugene Hale (mother of Senator Hale of Maine and widow of Senator Eugene Hale), Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant (daughter-in-law of the famed General), Mrs. Edward B. McLean (wife of the Washington publisher). Fiddler Albert Spalding and Tenor Ralph Errolle gave a musicale afterwards...