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WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1933.
Art & Drama.
A NEW MUSICAL
INSTRUMENT.
Neo-Bechstein May Replace Piano.
RESEMBLES AN ORGAN.
The Neo-Bernstein which may, in the course of a few years supersede; the pianoforte as we know it to-day, in, in outward appearance just like an ordinary pianoforte, but it has. so many new features, employs so many principles new to the piano- forte that it may be justly regarded
as a new instrument.
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Original Viennese Comedy
Plays That Attract Austrian Audiences
"MONEY ISN'T EVERYTHING”
(By Sydney W. Carroll)
On the occasion of my recent be on absolute equality.
visit to Vienna I saw a number
THE CHINA MAIL.
KING SEES CRAZY-
VARIETY.
£3,000 For Music Hall Charities.
A VERY FINE SHOW."
The King and Queen. and the Duke and Duchess of York were! present recently at the eleventh Command Variety Performante at the Palladium.
From the Royal box, turned into a glorious bower of flowers starlike golden irises set off with deep red carnations they
I have, perhaps, in telling the watched the cream of English of interesting plays. One of story of this entertaining social
the most original in idea and diversion, done it some injustice. variety giving their best, and, In the first place, nammers and treatment was a comedy called For although the author has de- judging by their laughter, a well
as they were "Money
Isn't Everything." by curated his situations, and his appreciated best. the sounding-board.
Ladislaus Bus-Fekete.
dialogue with a certain amount
The Duke and Duchess
understood in the pianoforte proper,
have disappeared-the strings are
I saw this on a Sunday night of saccharine sentimentality, he
were
at the Deutsches Volkstheater, is never dull and is frequently the first to arrive, the Duchess. However much wearing a flowing gown of her
st in vibration by hammers, it is when even the standing accom- most amusing. true, but the impulses are conveyed Imodation was crowded to by electro-magnets to
loud- E apeaker through which the tone is produced. This loud speaker may be aut beside the piano-forte or at any reasonable distance from it.
te we may agree or disagree with favourite pale crushed straw- limit and no seat appeared to be his Socialistic opinions, judging unoccupied.
Like an Organ.
or any various occupants.
his work outside a political angle berry, with a coatee of white and land purely as drama, it has a pink brocade velvet.
greater
The play calls for a revolving quality of unfailing merriment The arrival of the King and
the stage, showing as it does and sincerity. Its characters apQueen was heralded by cheers complete exterior of a suburban:
peared to me to be reasonably tenement house and revealing at! in tone the Neo-Bechstein closely various stages of the action the Austrian life, and yet capable of from their car amid a roar of true. so far as I could judge, to from afar off, and they descended resembles the ordinary Bernstein respective interiors of most of Grand, but it has certain important the rooms, from the kitchen and translation into another national welcome. The Queen wore un-
¡ity. differences. In the first place one of ante-room up to the best parlour.
der a long coat of embroidered I cannot conceive of it being white silk a dress of powder bive!! the great limitions of the piano Ax the action proceeds the forie is that from the moment at house revolves on an axis, and played anywhere except with the chiffon, embroidered with shin- which a note has been struck the we are taken in turn to considers of a revolving stage, but ing spangles, and a tiara of dia- tine diminishes steadily. It is in the characters and lives of the omwone perhaps with posible to hold any note
vision than I have may think monds and sapphires.
The King was attended by the otherwise. I should certainly chord at the same intensity for any The popularity of "Money like to see someone attempt it in
Earl of Dunmore, V.C., and Col. time-a crescendo on a neki note or Isn't Everything" in Vienna is the English theatre, because of
Reginald Seymour, and thei chard is quite out of the question, probably due to many
Queen by Lady Desborough. Not so with the Neo-Bernstein. Vienna, in spite of its many aris ameliorate the 18t of the its originality and obvious desire has a swell pedal which produces altocratic associations, is vividly result approximately that of the democratic in political colour, worker. swell pedal of an orgae, and once and this vimiy night justly be the chord has been struck it can be described as a lesson to employ- duminished or increased in tonelors-of-domestic-labour.Its-plot- absolutely at will.
lis conerned chiefly with domes. Again, there are certain difference tic service and the manners and of tone between a Neo-Bechstein andļeustoms of masters and mis-
causes.
LONDON FESTIVAL OF MUSIC.
the ordinary pianoforte. In its, tresses as wel as those of the Three Brahms Concerts
upper registers the Ner-Bechstein people who come has a tone quality at times like that control
of a celesta, in itx lower registers:
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under their|
A Damsel in Distress.
to
This Month.
Inquiry For III Conductor. With his customary kindly thought, the King, as he enter-1 ed the Royal box inquired at once about Mr. Richard Crean, musical director of the theatre,
who was taken seriously ill and rushed to hospital just before the dress rehearsal.
"I was so sorry to hear about about poor Mr. Crean," he said. "I hear he has had a transfusion of blood, and I do hope he is go-
London, May 6.ing on well."
Mr. George Black, the mana-
it is fuller and clearer than the or- Into the strange conglomera- dinary planoforte. Then in play-ition of hammany whi: inhabits The ear's Festival of Music. or- ing it is a different instrument, for home comes a well-born and ganized by the B.B.C., will be held ger, said the latest news was that whereas the technique of playing a well-educated, pretty girl, who at the Queen's Hall this month. Mr. Crean was a little better. pianoforte, is dependent upon the happens have struck bad! The festival will consist of six and the King expressed his plea- porels percussive nature of themes. She is a yung lals who concerts, of which the first three, sure. pianoforte, the Neo-Bechstein is not
Then Mr. George Dason, the a percussion instrument pure and assed all her school examna, on May 8, 10. and 12, will be de
tions with distinction, but now voted to the music of Brahma, first violinist, who was deputis- simple, the fingering must, for cer unfortunately has been turned whose centenary is to be celebrated ing for Mr. Crean, struck up the tain passages, be closer to that that,
jupon the worki and is
Dr. Adrian Boult will National Anthem, and after this odo employs for the organ.
had been heartily sung by thej able to find a post. She is with-i conduct all three concerts, out even enough money to buy a At the first concert Herr Artur whole audience standing, crust of bread. In this emer- Schnabel will play the Second 'performance began. ENGLAND'S BATTLES rency, what more natural thing: Pianoforte Concerto, and at the
SINCE 1066.
Exhibition Of Prints.
job?
un- this year.
the
It was the first time the King' than she should turn to her old third Herr Adolf Busch will be the and Queen had seen "Crazy friend. the employment agent on¦ soloist in the Violin Concerto. Variety," and the King's verdiet the ground floor, to find her Three symphonies will be includ-on it as he left was: "A very on May 8; the fine show; a most enjoyable even- ed-the Fourth Teacher's work is, alas! out of First on May 10: and the Second
¡ing."
Flower For Royal Box. the question. London.
Any kind of posin May 12 The programmes also tion in the higher grades seems include the Tragic Overture at the during a Hampstead Heath Bank There was an amusing incident The first exhibition of the col-impossible for her to secure. frst concert; the Haydn Variations holiday scene. lection of English military bat-She will take anything, and in and the Second Serenade on May songs were sung, and then Ted- tle prints recently presented to the end the only thing that turns 10; and the Academie the nation by Col. C. de W. Crook-up, and this she accepts, is a job Overture on May 12. shank, M.P.. was opened at the as a parlourmaid.
however.
soon finds a
A number of old Festival die Knox, in the character of a coster flower seller threw button-
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The early arrival of the first of
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HALF PRICE
SUN HELMETS, CAPS, STRAW HATS.
20%
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NECKWEAR.
BOW
TIES
$1.00 each.
Usually $2.00 to $2.50.
Long Ties from $1.75
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The Gentlemen's House.
9, Queen's Road Central..
SPAIN'S DIVORCE FIGURES.
Of Law.
Madrid. Arst year
since
1
Royal United Service Museum, Marie finds a post on the first on May 15. 17, and 19, will be con- stalls. Afterwards he threw a
The second week, with concerts holes, to people sitting in the 4,500 During First Year Whitehall, recently! The mu-floor up above, and become im- ducted by M. Koussevitsky. seum authorities have decided to mediately the ject of an amor- first programme will be divided
pink carnation to the Royal box. The flower lodged among the show the collection in sections. us gentleman's persecution. between Prokofiev, Sibelius, and others which decorated the front
The collection is the fruit of Marie
During the Tchaikovsky, whose twenty-five years
Symphonic of the box, and the King leaned divorce was made legal by the Re- of patient manly protector in a footballer Classique, Seventh and Fifth sym-forwards towards the Duke of public 4,500 couples have been work, and in making it over to who resides in the basement, phonies are to be played. English York and apparently asked him divorced. Barcelona, with 1,300, the nation Col. Crookshank has and one of the most amusing realised his life ambition "to give scenes in the comedy is where, in music will be presented on May 17 to get it. The Duke did so and was far in the lead, Madrid's to the Army and to the nation return for other services render by Walton's overture. "Portsmouth handed the flower to the King, divorces totalling only about 800.
Billy Bennett, in his sketch, In Victoria, a Basque city of the nucleus of a pictorial record ed, Marie rewards the footballer Point" and Bar's Second Sym-
phony.
divorce "Almost a Gentleman," had the 35,000 inhabitants, the worthy of the amazing feats of by teaching him social etiquette | arms of
our Empire in every-the proper way to eat, peas The last programme will be de-success of the evening in amus-courts had a holiday, for no martial part of the world."
and the proper way to speak the voted to Beethoven, the Fourth and ing the Queen. Throughout his bonds were severed and la Segovia, language. In several diverting Ninth symphonies, with Miss Ria turn her Majesty laughed con-near Madrid, only four cases were Included in the exhibition are
handled. Few divorces were sought many rareties showing valuable situations she proves her skill as Ginster, Miss Muriel Brunskill, Mr. tinually.
She laughed, and so did the in Valencia, San Sebastian, Bilbao, details of contemporary dress, a teacher and her charm as a Frank Titterton. Mr. Harold Wil equipment and
woman, and life, in spite of her liams, and the B.B.C. Chorus join. King, as the comedian told the Curunna and Oviedo.. topography mental occupation, takes on an in- ing forces with the orchestra. The audience confidentially how he Of all the marriages that went on Among these may be mentioned a large plate of Culloden published tereating and rosy colour. orchestra throughout the festival had gone into a restaurant and the rocks fewer then 500 were mar within six months of the battle. I found it a little difficult to will be the B.B.C. Symphony asked if they served crabs. "Sit riages of less than five years dura-
down," replied the waiter, "we tion, indicating that there were up-¡ There is also another print of understand how Marie got so Orchestra.
{serve anybody."
happy couples before the Republic! Culloden together with a small much time off and why she seem-
There was a burst of laughter passed the divorce law-Reuter issue of the same plate, the title ed generally, to be engaged not
from the King when Billy Ben- of which has been altered to "The the execution of household Battle of Tourney, 1793.”
The
duties, but in teaching the foot
nett described how, when he hadj. • latter is only one of several in-f; baller school exercises, or in tak-
found a piece of rubber tyre in teresting and ingenious fakes of ing the dogs for promenades, but which there
even authors of comedies like are specimens. Prints illustrating the American these have their little idiosyn-
crasies. War of Independence. will be the chief feature of the first exhibi-
tion.
*
Final Flare-Up.
DEATH-MASK OF
ELLEN TERRY.
Gifts At Stratford.
A
his sausage, the restaurant keep NO PLEASURE RIDES
FOR PRIESTS
ler explained, that it was put in Ito show how the motor car was
taking the place of the horse.
MOOSE JAW AND G.B.S
Distraction Danger.
Budapest,
Over £3,000 was realised by Budapest Primate On Lady Flower, on behalf of the the performance for the Variety Finally, there is a flare-up, in Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Artists Benevolent Fund and The collection covers the which Marie shows the more governors at Stratford-on-Avon Institution. period from 1066 until the last offensive people in the building recently received from Miss quarter of the mineteenth cen just where they get off, The Edith Craig the death-maske and
A warning of the possible dan tury, when photography, and pro-flirtatious husband is put in his cast of the hands of Dame Ellen
gera of motor-cars" and bicycles to eess methods were established. proper place, so is the bullying Terry, and also a number of re-
priests is contained in a circular mistress and the immoral land-lics and costumes of Sir Henry Mr. Shaw's "Too" True to be issued by the Budapest Primate, Jo lord
Irving, presented by Mrs. H. B. Good" was as popular in the re- his clergy, az anyah Yea! Money isn't everything. Irving and Mr. Tom Heelewood. moter "one-night stands in The circular states that the use of What matters in the world is a Models of the Globe Theatre, Western Canada as it was in the these vehicles, may lead "to exces¬ The Theatrical Garden Party loving heart, courage, and dis- destroyed by fire in 1613, and Eastern cities of the Staten sive attention being paid to lay in aid of the Actors Orphanage clpline. There are no real differ- Blackfriars Theatre, were also Audiences in places like Moose matters and he recommends the took place at the Royal Botanic ences in human beings. The presented by Mr. Topham For-Jaw listened with rapt.... attention clergy to confine their use exclusive- Gardens, Regent's Park on Mon-daughter of a doctor and the rest, architect to the London even to the long Einstein speech in ly to purposes of their Ministry...---
June 12
daughter of a footballer should County Council,
the last act.
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20%
Discount on all
SILK
To make room for new winter stock all silk Kimonos, Pyjamas, Shawls, Bridge Coats, etc., will be offered at 20% discount.
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