Music: Melody Three

An editorial writer spoke of "that Big-time Melody Three, Insull, Ford and Wanamaker," in commenting on the fact that each of these three famous men was mentioned in the musical news of last week.

Henry Ford sat beside his wife in the fine front-parlor of his home in Dearborn, Mich., and heard Mellie Dunham, champion fiddler of Maine, play "Money Musk." Fiddler Dunham had been imported in a special Pullman all the way to Michigan to contribute to Mr. Ford's appetite for country tunes and "racy" U. S. music. Fiddler Dunham is an old...

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