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THE CHINA MAIL.
MUSIC
ARMY BANDS.
NUMBERING THE DAYS OF
JAZZ.
Lieutenant-Colonel J., Mackenzie- Rogan, former Director of Music of the Brigade of Guurde, was in reminiscent and humorous mood in the speech which he delivered as the guest of honour at a luncheon given by the City Lery Club at the Carpentors' Hall.
He spoke first of the development of military bands. In 1880 ench British regiment, he said, was per mitted to have one oboe, in addi- tion to its drums and fifes, and later the number of oboes was in- creased to twelve. It was not till 1904 that the State took any hand in the upkeep of military bands, the cost of which had previously been borne by the officers,
DRAMA FILMS.
seemed to him to have played ox- the Swedenborg Society), Duchess tremely wall the bolonel replied, "of Hamilton, Major Uggla (Swedish Baron and don't know anything about the Military Attaché), music, but I noticed that those feh Baroness, Back Friis, Sir John lows in front were not pushing Burnet,, Mr. E. Brayley Hodgetts.. those things in and out at the same Professor Va N. Polovtiev. Mons
and Madame time."
Dormer, Consul. General B. G. Samin. Sir Campbell Rhodes. Mr. Patrick Braybrooke, Sir Lawrence and Lady Weaver. Sie D. Plunket Burton, Professor J. G. Robertson (University of Lon
ton). Sir Henry and Lady Penton.. Miss Kate Simmons, Rov. J. R. Prealand (secretary), and Mr. E. H. Bayley.
He referred to the trombone and said he would have the men sent to the drill sergeant to be taught how to do it together
SWEDENBORG.
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HOME STAGE NOTES.
The Swedish Minister presided at
"Madie," musical comedy from lecture on The Philosophy and Vienna is likely to be staged in Theology of Swedenborg" by the London this spring by Philip Ridge-
The music in by Robert; Rev. Charles A. Hak president of
the lyrics by Reginald the General Conference of the New Stolez. Church, in Swedenborg H-11. Hart Arkell and Theodore Komiser-
Ejevsky. Street. Bloomsbury. This was the first public gathering to be held in the new alfal hondquarters of the Swedenborg Society.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, 18, 1927.
DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.
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In 1793. when we were fighting the French, the Fourteenth Regl ment, now the West Yorks, was be
Miss Itala Conti's company has ing driven back by its French op-
Baron Palistlerna introducing
undertaken a four weeks' matinee ponents, the enemy being heartened by the playing of the revolutionary the lecturer, said he had been season of "A Midsummer Night's tune "Cara
the Winter Garden' The position was deeply moved in passing through Dream" at desperate when the English colonel the rooms of that beautiful hall to Theatre. London. fordered his band to play "Ca Irn." note with what enres everything and placing himself at the head of that helped to furnish an image of his men said "Come on, inds, we'lSwedenborg was collected, and pre- beat the Frenchmer with their own laerved. damned tine." They did and to this das "Ca ira" was the quickstep regimental march of the West Yorks.
Moved by A Hymn.
band. In reference to his own 'that of the Coldstream Guards, the Espeaker told how in 1785 the hired tg. obey refused musiciana the Duke of York's order to go to water Greenwich and play at a party. The Duke was so incensed that he went unfortunately) to Husover and raised a band for the Coldstream Guards.
Other regiments followed sult, but each was a law to itself in the matter of pitch, and when xt: Seatari during the Crimean War the nte Duke of Cambridge arranged for the grouping of thirty or forty bands the result was pandemonium. and the Duke almost threatened to commit the musiciana to prison: As a result he subsequently found ed Kubler Hall, formerly the re sidence of Sir Godfrey Kneller, the painter, as a training centre for military musicians.
He the speaker) was sorry, to notice thas students at Kneller Hall were occasionally permitted to go to our music halls and play jazz music. This, in his opinion, was lowering the standard of music. He felt sure that the days of jazz masie were "numbered.
Deaf to Music.
King
JAZZ IS DEAD."
He only wished that his own countrymen displayed the same veneration for the memory of that Syncopated jazz" is" dend. AB new jaz tunes will be based on very great man.
Mr. Hal mentioned that Sweden-melodies similar to these of 1913," borg spent the later years of his life gays Mr. Herman Darewski, the and published many of his works composer and music publisher.
HDRAWOOD & UHOLEWOOD, M
Albert Bernard; noted French artist, who has been recently elect- Monsieur ed to fill Pierre Loti's seat in the French Academy. Beanard is shown putting the Anishing touches on the well-known Canvas "Eight o'clock Tea."
NOVEL GRAMOPHONE RECORD.
The Columbia Graphophone Com pany has issued a souvenir copy of record of the speech made by Sir
At Dublin ist 1907, said: Colonel Mackenzie-Rogan 11 speech waB demanded from him by an audience packed with Sinn Feiners. Instead of speaking at once, he got his band to play "Abide with me," and the effect was electrical When the National Anthem followed he could not see a single covered head, and one of the councillors, afterwards told him with treat emotion that in London, where i movement was A Austable now on foot to erect though he was a Nationalist, he
Sweden- and: had uncovered
the monument to his memory. National Anthem. "Are you borg had a universal genius, and sorry for it?" he was asked and in the course of his life ran the his reply was: "No...I would sing gamut of poetily, literature, nd it again under the same conditions."music, and practically every branch Dudley de Chair, the Governor of of science known to his day. HeNew South Wales, when he opened anticipated the submarine, invented the company's now factory at Home- Taking of the quality of banda magazine gun on the lines of the bush-an establishment which is instruments he said he formerly got modern Maxim, and designed anclaimed, by the way, to be the most his heavy brass instruments from airship. Perhaps his greatest claim complete recording process factory The record is, cer- Vienna. Now there was no coun- en modern recognition was his an- in Australia. tly in the world which could make teipation of the nebular hypothesis, tainly interesting in its novelty, better band instruments than this When Swedenborg was "66 he ex-The interruptions which punctuat country.
perienced a "revelation," which led his Excellency's speech (which, led him henceforth to claim to be is reproduced with exemplary clear. qonverse with the spiritualness) are delightful, notably the great applause on occasions, which. Among those present at the lec- has created a sound effect reminis
cent of a heavy hailstorm on a tin ture were:
roaf The record was not made for commercial purposes, and it was. produced under very many difficul ties. The small noises which are heard in the reproduction of the speach are due to the tinkling of glasses and the ruttle of crockery,. knives and forks, etc...
Mr. David Wynter (president of
There was a great difference in commanding officers in the matter in of appraciation of music. A well-rent. known Irish colonel of d battalion. about to leave Malta, once told his bandmaster that he would have none of those nonsensical tunes like "Auld Lang Syne" and "The Girl I left Behind Me:" the band was INTESTINAL PARASITES. to play the National Anthem only.
Worma are an affliction from which However, following custom, the
Their band was ordered to play "Rule, most young children suffer Britannia" before the National elimination from the system is readily Anthem, as they were on a British and harmlessly effected by the use of
Baby's Own Tablets. ship. The colonel was the only man who stood to attention and attain no opiates nor any poisonous the salute, and he angrily demand ingredient, and will be found an ideal
These Tablets are guaranteed to con-
A hitherto unpublished play by ed how it was that the officers and remedy for those disorders of infaney troops were not standing to atten and early childhood arising from de- Mr. Thomas Hardy, entitled "The tion for the National Anthem! Frangement of the stomach and the in- Three Wayfarers," was included in What could be done with a man testinal tract, such as indigestion, con- the Wessex wireless programme Whe could not distinguish be-stipation, colic, vomiting, diarrhoes, from Bournemouth. tween "Rule Britannia" and the They quickly allay teething pains, quiet the nerves, bring calm, restful, health- National Anthem? (Laughter),
Another colonel complained of giving, sloup
Of chemists everywhere, or 80 cents This band that their performance the vial, post free, from The Dr. was disgraceful, and when the Williama': Medicine Co., 60 Klangse bandmaster protested that they Road, Shanghal,
Mr. T. P. O'Connor, President of the Board of Film Censors, has notified the trade that in future of organised representations knuckle fights will be prohibited.
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PLAY WITH THREE ACTORS.
London, Fun: 5. Mr. Harry Tighe's, play, entitled "Open Spaces." which is being produced at the Queen's Theatre
since is regarded as remarkable only three actors take part in the four acts. The setting of the play is in Australia..
Lord Berners, who wrote the music of "The Triumph of "Nep- tune," the British ballet produced by the Russian Ballet during its rer cent season in London, has written the "Spider and the Fly" dance for the Lyceum Theatre" pantomime, "The Sleeping Beauty."
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