RURAL CRITICISM.

Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 614, 8 March 1921, Page 3

RURAL CRITICISM.

After the well-known pianist’s concert was over the rural critic quietly to ;k us aside and gave vent as follows to bis pent-up feelings:

•f tell you, mister, she was a slasher. Our Jennie couldn’t hold a cantlh to her. 'When she first sat down she looked wild, then with a howl dug her finger-nails into them ’ere rough notes and shot ’em like lightning tip into the thin ones. Then she paused for a reply, mister. She then commenced at the right-hand side, went a-rippling along, hand over fist, till she got clean down making a noise like thunder.

“She then yanked a handful out of the centre, and plated them at the end, then wiggled with two fingers, grabbed up another fistful, punched right and left, went ripety-hopot-y----sootehy up and down, and I tell you that ’ere planner howled. “She then gave another snort, and when she went she busted in like mad, raised up off her chair, stuffed three fingerfuls there, crammed six more in the corner, gobbled up a few more tunes, and settled their hash m about a minute.

“After that she tackled it with la left band alone. Between you .and nu mister, the man that owned that <"■ planner went shutin’ about on li. chair as though ho had a carpet-Um-under him. Good-night, mister. ”