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15-Sharp
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23-Muscat intrants
24-Mezai-baring vela
26-Twina
27-Words derived from
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39-Luck
40-82
41-Bo be it
47-High card
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(Arabfan)
47-Toothtens
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Count the "TELEGRAPHS"
everywhere
The bride wore-nothing!
OT two hundred years
NOT
ago many brides in Eng- land went to the altar dressed only in a short shift, or just nothing at all,
In the middle of the eighteenth century it was no unusual sight to see the bride- standing at the altar in her birthday suit, or with just a shawl thrown hastily over her shoulders by some sympathe- tic friend,
Londoners seem to have been the first to disapprove of this custom for, after a már- ringe in St Paul's in the late eighteenth century, the bride was seen running across Lud- gate-circus in her shift, pur- sued by mocking cries.
In 1724, n Wiltshire girl, Anne Selwood, was reported to have married not only without clothes, but without headgear.
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And in Lincolnshire, naked woman climbed down a ladder from her bedroom win- dow to go to church and meet 'her bridegroom,
That time, however, her friends were worried about her health because it was win- ter, and rushed after her with an overall.
History can be amus-
ing if you look at it in. the right way. MAR- CUS HOLLYSTONE specialises in fishing out odd and interest- ing facts.
was
And why
this credible custom allowed?
Because po- pular opinion
and even the clergy believed that a man was not liable for his if he married bride's debts
her in nothing
but her shift,
or, better still,
in no clothes at all.
· A nul ! bríde signified that a man took a woman as she stood, with neither family, debts nor any she
her
might
in-
have contracted before appcar- ing at the altari
The Inst nude woman to be seen in St Paul's was in 1936, when a woman suddenly threw off her cloak and, revealed herself completely naked to the congregation, to draw at- tention to some statement she wished to make.
Modern congregations being more shockable than their an- cestors, the lady was put back in her cloak and led away by an embarrassed policeman.
Old-time War Songs
The spirit of the people
clings tenaciously to the . maxim, "Sing as you go" and
all that it stands for, in time
of war stress, cheery vocal music is a tonic far above price.
The late Professor John Stuart Blackie once said to me:"The only way to keep the devil out of the house is to sing and pray." No man ever uttered truer words.
War brings about many changes, and during 1914- 1918 the Tommies. at home and abroad gave voice to their feelings. by lustily singing popular ditties of that time.
One well might ask, What has happened to the song- writera of to-day? It does not require a genius to com- pose a popular song, yet nl- though millions of young and old ure longing for "numbers" of the "Keep the home fires burning," "Pack up your troubles," and "Tipperary" type, up to now they have been doomed to disappoint- ment. A faint echo of "Roll out the barrel" still renches the car.
VIBRANT PATRIOTISM
The music-hall songs of other days struck the target · every time, particularly the patriotic ditties, which breath- ed the spirit of "Rule Briton-. nia" in every line:-
"Britannia, the pride of the
оседи,
The home of the brave and
the free;
The shrine of each sailor's
dovotion,
What land can compare
unto thee?
Thy mandate makes heroes
assemble,
When Liberty's
stands in viow;
form
·
By
Wilson M'Laren
Thy banners make tyranny.
tremble,
When borne by the red,
white, and blue."
This song was sung in the olden days with great success, by Mr Davenport, in "Black-Eyed Su-
san."
"There's money in the country; the
there's thunder in the air. Little Turkey's threatened by a
great blg. Russian Bear, -But-the-British-Lion's watching, so they'd better have a care; That's what the people say in
England."
The singer of this song was N. C. Bastock, who, in the 'seventies, had made a name for himself in the singing of comedy songs. An Edinburgh boy; he first appeared as a Scots comedian in a penny golf, which stood on a piece of ground in Lothian Road, now oc- cupied by the L.M.S. goods depart- ment. Seventy "hils,"
years ago this West End vacant space was happy fair ground, where a circus, boxing booths, peany gaff, and hu- man monstrosities, delighted the citizens of "Auld Reekie."
Yearly thousands of songs are submitted to publishers, and hun- dreds are sent to artists in the hope that they may becomo Song-writing, however, is a great
tambic. For one that makes a "hit," thousands fall flat, and it is a hundred-to-one chance of writ- ing a winner.
Those who were privileged to hear G. H. Macdermott in his great war song, "We don't want to fight, but, by Jingo, if we do!" will readily admit that as a direct per- sonal appeal from the stage, it was unsurpassed in keeping the morale
of
the whole nation right. It not only encouraged but roused every- one to Bght for Justice and free- dom:
"We don't want to fight, but by
Jingo, if we do.
We've got the ships, we've got the
men, and got the money too: We've fought the, Bear before, and
wille we're Britons truc,
The Russians shall not have Con-
stantinople!"
I
un-
Lord Beaconfield's firm stand when Russia was at war was doubtedly responsible for the cren- tion of this song, one of the most famous ever writien. The music- halls at that period were. more closely in touch with the ordinary people, the result being that "We don't want to fight,"
was wildly sting Dil over the country. The words were even quoted in Parlia- ment.
LOTHIAN ROAD CIRCUS
Mr H. E. Moss had just opened his little theatre of varieties In Chamber's Street. Edinburgh, and I can well remember the enthusi asm when Macdermott, who had come straight from London, sang his patriotic song.
Another popular "number" nt that time was "That's What the People Say in England?” Hero is the choru
Bostock was a striking persona- Ilty on the stage. Immaculately dressed, stoutly built, and possess- ing a powerful volce, with consum- mate skill ha followed in the foot- steps of the great Macdermott, and roused his nudience to a pitch of enthusiasm seldom witnessed in a music hall.
MARTIAL ENTHUSIASM
At a later date another expert in patriotle songs was Charlen God- Irey. He was the singer of many popular comic songs in his day, but ns the originator of the descriptive song with
setting and a dramatic cifects, he will always be remem→ bered by those who frequented the "holls" in Victorian days. Ged- "On Guard" was striking contribution to song: propaganda s0
prevalent at that time, and his song-scean was received with favour. The chorus is worth quot- Ing:-
"Here upon guard am I.
Willing to do or die; Fighting for Queen and country,
too,
Fighting for home so dear, Cannons are there in sight, Bayonets to left and right, Hands true and steady are will-
ing and ready,
And hearts which know 110
fcart"
What measure of success would similar war-time songs receive to- day? A new generation has arisen, and it is to be feared that much of the martial enthusiasm of the old days has disappented, or now expresses itself in other ways.
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