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o MEDFQKD MATL TRIBUNE.1 MED FORD, OREGON. FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 193SL PAGE FIVE Beer's Back So the Quartets Get in Tune, Reviving 'Sweet Adeline' and All Her Crew -4 JtyRPtE LOCAcT3 l0Gj .1U 8 8 Barber shop chords are limbering up agnln. under the Impulse or legalized beer, and trying the high and low notes of the famous old songs of the pre-prohlbltlon era, when singing waiters did not lack aid ' from tavern tables in putting the favorites across. There were "Sweet Adeline." "Down Where the Wurburger Plows" and dozens of old songs, Including the contemporary ditties that were adopted by convivial assemblies, the Hiking clubs and Clam Bake so cieties of pre-war times. So altogether now and hold that high note) (By Associated Press.) With, a foaming seluel to wet their whistles, the singing boya reassem bling their beery quartet after 13 years of silence. Once again, aa the 3.2 per cent . lager begins to flow from 250 brew eries, there are being revived throughout the nation hundreds of Vie ancient Saturday Afternoon Clam Bake and Hiking societies. la the pre-Volstead days every fair-sized town boasted several such ' clubs of convivial spirits, the most popular titles usually Including the appellations of "Deutcher" and "Maennerchor." Their equivalents In the larger cities were mostly of a. political nature, as the First Avenue Boys or the Canal Street Pals. Aim the Same for All They all had a mutual aim, a weekly gathering outdoors In fair weather, but In an Indoor garden If the sun failed to appear. The pro grams consisted almost entirely of conversation, consumption of kegs of : cold beer, pretzels, spare ribs and sauerkraut (If In the south the menu MP OF was changed to beer,, 'possum and sweet 'taters). After the beer and food, the boys concerned themselves almost entirely with singing harmony sweet and sour, but It was harmony. Although "Sweet Adeline" (hold that high note, boys!), "Moonlight Bay," "In the Good Old Summer time" and "Sidewalks of New York" were the favorite selections of these quartets, there were many others Wthlch struck the nation's fancy from time to time. Song Acclaimed Wurzburger Perhaps the one that old-timers most easily recall is "Down Where the Wurzburger Plows," written by Harry Von Ttlzer, then one of the most prolific and successful tune smiths of old Tin Pan Alley. It was written for a musical com edy first, but was pigeonholed and remained In oblivion until the. late Nora Bayes decided to sing It. This she did so well that she was known for years both here and In London as The Wurzburger Girl. Tfte lyrics (remember?) start: Take me down, down, down where the Wurzburger flows, flows, flows, It goes down, down, down, but nobody knows where It goes. At the end of the chorus there was a couplet that made the song, for the words could be howled, yodeled or sung: The Rhine may be fine, But a cold stein for mine Down where the wurzburger flows. There were various tunes " that dated back long before, such as "T,he Little Brown Jug" and "Cham pagne Charlie," whose clarion call was "good for any game at night. Champagne Charlie Is my name." Free Lunch Extolled Then, too, there was "The Free Lunch Cadets," written by no less a person than John Philip Sousa, ex tolling the gratis lunch counters in Philadelphia beer gardens, where he then sawed away at a violin in an orchestra prior to his days as band master and "The Stars and Stripes Forever," Many of the songs were composed to praise the various brands of beer and wine, and there was one, obvi ously written by a strong-stomached Jougleur: "Oysters and wine at 3 a. m., a a. m., 2 a. m." The Bomantte Touch ' In the beery circles, the usual ten dency at that hour was not wine, or warbling thereof, but a doggerel, bayed at those within earshot: Around her neck She wore a purple locket . . . . She wore It for her lover Who was far, far away. Which would lead the singing boys Into even a more romantic mood, and they would oblige (or annoy, if not In good voice) with "I'd Love to Live in Loveland With a Girl Like You" or "Oh, You Great Big, Beauti ful Doll." With a couple of more tankards to whet their German accent, the sing ing boys could be depended upon for a Bhlneland number or two, best known being "Aoh, Du Lleber Au gustine" and "Eln Prosit." BEVERAGE BACK (Continued from Page One.) nue home with a case of the new beverage. Puts Money In Circulation n the confusion and frantic efforts "by brewers to keep abreast with or ders, no estimate could be obtained Immediately as to how much of a fillip the legalization of beer had given to business, how muoh money was being spetn on beer, or ,how many men had been put to work. Brewers In Chicago estimated $5,000, 000 had gone into clrcultaton there Immediately, while a newspaper said about 40,000 persona had got Jobs In Illinois as the result of beer. From the first few hours' sale in Minnesota the government garnered 9100,000 In revenue. Wide Price Variance The price varied. In New York, a much quoted figure was $3 a case of 24 bottles. The price for a glass nickel for a small glass, but In hotels and some restaurants, It was In many cases 15 cents a glass and sometimes as high as 25 cents a bottle. Four hundred thousand barrels of beer began rolling away from brew ery loading platforms In New York, but from there and ot&er sections came word that the demand leaped ahead of the supply. . In many places the brewers held , fast to the plan to hold deliveries until after dawn. In California the bour was set for 8 a. m. and In Ore-: 4 on for 8 a. m. j Planes Deliver Suds Milwaukee, home of famous brews, welcomed beer with German bands tooting "Ach. Du Lleber Augustine," and some 2000 "soft drink" places selling the new beverage for 10 cents a glass or 15 cents a bottle. Air planes augmented trucks In deliveries to distant plonts. , A carnival spirit reigned In St. Louis at midnight, as whistles tooted . and 25,000 persons crowded around one brewery alone to cheer as spe cial trains and big trucks rushed the shipments away. Hotels, night clubs and restaurants did a "gold rush" business. j Philadelphia, pronouncing Its new brew good, cheered as 10 breweries opened their gates to let the flood out. The price In Indiana was generally SO to 25 cents a pint, and $300,000 was collected in license fees. Oregon Supply Scant In Oregon, the supply was believed unequal to the demand, while In Seattle, where pint bottles sold at 15 to 20 cents, celebrations were pri vate and brief. In Reno, a brewery's entire supply of 3720 gallonst sold In a midnight rush. California's governor signed a tax bill at midnight, which officials es timated would Increase revenu $775, 000 a year. Crowds overflowed beer selllng paces In San Francisco but In Long Peach, which remained dry, police p Tared a large" quantity of tie new brew into the butter. The big Iron doors of New York's many breweries clanged open at 6 a. m releasing hundreds of loaded trucks. 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