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No. 1 HAMPER-$42.
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1 Pt. Blackberry Brandy, 1 Pt. D.O.M.
Champagne 2 Qis. St. Julien Claret
1 Qt. Martell's XXX Brandy. 2 Que. King George TV Gold Label
or Perfection Whisky.
1 Qt. Old Brown Sherry, Black Seal 1 Qt. Puritan Old Tom or Dry Gin, 1 Qt. Burgundy, Burgoyne's" 1 Phial Pomeranzen Bitters.
No. 2 HAMPER-$38.
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1 Pt. D.O.M.
1 Qt. Burgoyne's Burgundy,
1 Qt. Martoll's XXX Brandy,
2 Qta. King George IV Gold Label
2 Qt Tawny Dry Port
2 Qt. St. Julien Claret.
1 Qt. Puritan Old Tom er Dry Grin
1 Q. Vino de Pasto Sherry,
1 Phial Pomeranzen Bitters.)
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No. 3
HAMPER-$33.
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1 Pt. Peppermint G.F.
1 Pt. D.O.M.
2 Qt. Superior Rich Old Port
2 Qta, King George IV Gold Label
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1 Qt. Engrand's XXX Brandy.
1 Qt. Amontillado Sherry.
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OPERA KILLED BY
LIGHT MUSIC. PUBLIC DEMAND FOR GROTESQUENESS.
ways that ruin the nerves and leave vae incapable of serious work the day after.
Opera has had its day, but to iday a new kind of music is wanted, adapted to the changed conditions of life. Some composers" think all this can also be expressed in upera. The day of grand opera is over. But opera is, by its nature, elevat- Mascagni, the worlded. The aim of dramatic music has declares famous creator of "Cavalleria never been and never will be" to Batisty the grotesque desires of the audience.
Rusticana.
"I have written fourteen operas, and the fourteenth may as well be the last.
་་
The scope of opera, or the con- trary, is that of touching what is "I have, at least for the pre-most profound and what is best in sent," he states, "ceased to com-human nature. poss, not because inspiration is Incking, but because I see no reason for writing a new lyric opera.
"Only one of my operas, the
torrow, "Happiness,
passion. affection, and poetry are the mo tives of opera.
*LOOKING. BACKWARD
ON THE WORLD."
(Continued from Page 1.)
Chaotic Taxation. Business-men, foreign and Ch nere, complain that the taxes levied under the new arrangement are more chaotic than ever before. They cite the fact that nine separate taxes are collected on furs between Mongolia and Peping, and that seven of these are "illegal" in the Opera seeks to awaken all this sense that they are not endorsed by Cavalleria, has achieved world-in our hearts, and that is the reason the Central Governmeat. They wide fame. The others are almost hy opera can never be replaced by unknown to the public, although jazz or other forms of music deriv-point to the fact that taxes of 20 several of them are just as beauti-ed from the brain and not the heart. per cent, are levied on second-hand I am inclined to believe that the goods shipped from Peping to ful as the Cavalleria.'
The cataclysm of the war urged decadenes of opera is due more than Shanghai, although such goods do the public's interest towards new anything else to the deficiency of things. The opera's popularity die-advertising. The young enthusiasts not pass out of Chinese territory. appeared with the older generation, while only lighs music pleases the "The great majority of the pub- lien do not care for opera.
'new one.
who used all their energies in pro- They are most bitter against the pagandising, and the impresarios export tax, which exceeds in some who in past times enthusiastically supported opers and real music of cases 20 per cent., and which basi- all sorts throughout the world, ness-men declare is uneconomic and is gradually strangling important Chinese industries and handicrafts
It has no interest for them behave either become rich or died.
"Their successors do not under- cause opera is a pleasure of the soul, and to-day the general iden stand real music. They are busi seems to be to conceal the soul and Iness men whose only, aim is to Avoid as much as possible the create a fortune. memory of the existence of that little human failing.
Light music and jazz, which aim to satisfy the mere ruglar pleasures, are from this point of view much more lucrative than
People seek stimulants, and not artistic pleasures; they want to divert themselves in sensational 'opera.".
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£74,500 VENTURE OF GIRL GUIDES.
RAISING MONEY FOR LONDON HEADQUARTERS.
"This is the house that the Girl Guides, are building. said the secretary of the Girl Guides Association, as she pointed out the new Imperial Headquar tery which are being built in Buck-
Girl Guides in every part of the ingham Palace-road, S.W. Empire are working hard to raise money with which to "buy" por. tions of the new headquarters.
With half-a-crown they can buy one brick. Staircase stepy cost £2 10s, each, windows from £5 to £50, doors the same, corner stones £10 and whole rooms from £300 £1000.
to
£9,000 Council Chamber. Packs and companies are buying- corner stones, staircase steps and pieces of walt. The Chief Scout Lord Baden-Powell, has bought the t
A busi- connected main entrance doorway. ncas man who is not with the Guides has bought the Council Chamber. This cost him. £2000.
The Guides are raising the uncy in all sorts of ways," the
secretary said.
The Government's attitude, how- ever, is that they can properly arrange taxes and equally import
"A company of native ghides in ant matters only after the revolting Nigeria have sent us baskets to elements in various parts of the sell. Some girls have nicked black- country have been subdued.. long as the Germent must fighteries, made jam and them sold constantly for its very existence, it ianpparent that its leaders can devote little attention to more con ztructive measures.
it.
"One company set up a ten stall
Ther made £10. on a busy road one bank holiday.
"Another organised a dance at During 100, the Government has which they hoped to make £s to been compelled, to keep up an
buy a window. They made £ 10s. elaborate inilitary organimation, be-.
"We are receiving money for the cause no sooner was one revolt sub-fand from Canada, India, South dued than another began brewing Africn and Australia.. We have The Chinese people have had to not, however, asked the public to support the soldiers not only of the help us. The movement has always Central Government but of its op been self-supporting and we want ponenta. This has proved a great to be so still. drain upon the country.
Continuance of civil wars has been particularly depressing, be cause. millions of Chinese have been close to starvation during 1020 in nine of the eighteen provinces. The American Red Cross Commission to China reported' that there is enough food in the country to feed the en- tire population, if a strong Central Government could be established to regulate the flow of food and money.
The Ralways. -
One of the more hop ful acom- plishments of 1029 was the restora. tion of the Government railways to something like their former status, Civil wars have interrupted some of the main trunk lines for short periods, but in general the rail- ways have been kept running, with consequent improvement in revenue- and business,
The Ministry of Railways has struggled valiantly to break the szip of militarists upon the systems For years past various military leaders have felt that certain rail- ways belonged to them, and that they could interrupt traffic at any time they wished. It is apparent that the Ministry has succeeded to an appreciable extent in convincing many of the militarists that the railways belong to the Government and not to individual heads of armies.
A real achievement was accom- plished by the Government, in co- operation with American aviation interests, in establishing regular airplane passenger and mail service between Shanghai and Nanking and Shanghai and Hankow, with a prospect of making this service nation-wide during 1930.
HORRORS. OF WAR.
REVELATIONS IN BOOK BY ROBERT GRAVES.
more
A new book controversy has be gun, which is bercer and acrimonious than that provoked by "All Quiet on the Western Front." It concerns "Good-bye To That" by Robert Graves, the poet, in which astonishing statements are made, some almost incredible.
He tells not only of executions. for cowardice but of suicides by men who could stand the strain no longer, of two privates who were shot by a Company Sergeant-Ma- jor, the murder of prizoners by Loth British and German officers who drank two bottles of whisky a day.
Official Lying..
Mr. Graves proceeds: "Execu- tions were most frequent in France. My first direct expérience of official' lying was at Havre in May, "1915, when I read in back files of Army Orders something like twenty re- 'ports of men shot for cowardice or desertion.
"Yet, a week later, à Minister in the House of Commons, answer- ing question from a Pacifist mem- ber, denied that sentence of death. for a military offence had been carried out in France by any nem- her of His Majesty's Forces."
The book is redolent of sensation- nl, stories. It says that a "two- battle" Company Commander, who is still alive, got his company need. lessly destroyed because he was no longer capable of making clear de-
The book also tells many stories of noble heroism.
"The number of Guides has in- creased by 140.000 in the last year. We have outgrown our accommoda- tinn here. The new headquarters will cost £74.500. We have now over £12,000."
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