THIS FLUTE PLAYER SCORED.
Gin Uee-ie, the Swedish diileot comsdi\n, ha I a curious exp.rfouce the other day. lie was at au orchestra rehearsal in a small Wesb-rn town in America, and was grieved to find thab the member who tried to play the flute was a wretchedly bad performer.' His efforts to keep time were pitiable failures. At last H.ege became angry, and said to the flute player, "See here, we want you to-night. You just drop out. The flute player arose and said witli considerable dignity, "I'm the Mayor of this town. I'll play to-night or else you don'b geb any license to show." " All right,", eaid Heege,"you can play."
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Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9443, 15 June 1896, Page 4
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