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MEDFQKD MATL TRIBUNE.1 MED FORD, OREGON. FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 193SL
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Beer's Back So the Quartets Get in Tune,
Reviving 'Sweet Adeline' and All Her Crew
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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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