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until such time as they could push in and out 
together ! 
1 remember an occasion when the Colonel 
of a cavalry regiment, while on the line of 
march, complained to the bandmaster that 
the kettledrums sounded like “ old cracked 
pots,” and told him to find out what was the 
matter with them. 
Unable to deny the truth of this, and 
anxious to discover what was amiss, the 
bandmaster summoned the drummer when 
they arrived in camp, and told him to remove 
the drumheads. The drums were full of all 
sorts of odds and ends ! Anxious to carry 
their kit as conveniently as possible, the men 
had literally “ packed ” the drums ! 
Mr. DAN GODFREY, 
Typical of the popular taste in music, 
may mention an occasion when our orchestra 
was playing on the pier. A movement from 
Beethoven’s “ Pastoral Symphony ” wan 
down on the programme, but, owing to thu 
popular nature of the audience, I left thi-a 
out and substituted “ The Gondoliers ” o; 
Sullivan. 
The experiment was evidently satisfactory. 
Four people came up to me afterwards and* ] 
said how much they had enjoyed the concert 
— “ especially the piece by Beethoven ! ” 
So much for some of the public and music. 
Now for the musicians ! Only a short timei 
ago Dr. Markham Lee, M.A., lectured at the;: 
Winter Gardens on the subject of the great? 
composer, “ Dvorak,” and in the course ofi 
“THEY NEVER ]5Y ANY CHANCE PUSH IN AND OUT TOGETHER.” 
that have occurred at Bournemouth, that I 
find it somewhat difficult to recall, on the 
spur of the moment, just those which would 
be most likely to interest readers of The 
Strand Magazine. 
his remarks mentioned that Dvorak’s father 
had kept a public-house. 
There was at once a great shuffling of feet 
among the members of the orchestra, which 
Dr. Markham Lee smilingly remarked upon. 
