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USE OF THE GRAMOPHONE.

At last has arrived the ideal aid for which teachers and pupils have 白い long waited-one which is destined to mark an epoch in the annals of modern language teach- ing, and one which will be an ad- vent in the records of educational work,

To learn to speak a foreign lan- gunge fluently, students must. above all, hear

the language frequently spoken. As our readers know, the grammar is one thing, but the spoken language is some thing entirely different. To speak it correctly the students must hear It frequently hear it spoken with absolutely correct pronunciation and yet in a sufficiently simple form to enable their concentration to be focused on the sounds; sounds that are so foreign and strange to the students that unless they hear them frequently-very frequently ther fail to retain them.

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NOVEL PLAN.

A CLEARING HOUSE FOR ARTISTS.

LEAGUE TO ORGANISE WORK.

Mrs. Hunt, a woman painter of

New York, has founded a League of

NEW CAPEK PLAY.

THE NEW WORLD AND THE OLD.

ADAM AS CREATOR.

Prague, April 13. The long-awaited first night per-

Artists, which will probably revolu-formance of the new play by the tionise the world of art.

Brothers Capek, called "Adam the Creator," was given last night at the National Theatre before a large and enthusiastic audience. Judg-

"Ninety-nine per cent. of the out. put of artists remains unsold," said Mra, Hunt to a "Daily Express" cor- respondent in an interview on the eve of her return to the United ing by the bursts of laughter, States. "In the future the artist which followed the ironical dia- must consider himself a working-logue of Adam and the Alter Ego, man, and be treated as such. The

artist is to be blamed and not piti ed; he must organise himself. Hunt, "the artist has to beg for "At present," continued Mrs. work really he should be asked to work. Today, the world in general ir hostile to artists. We live in a period of commercialism, and we regard artists like the unemployed. The dream of the artist is to create a future, and by artists I mean not only painters, but sculptora. musi efans, actors, writers and inventora, in fact all those who discover new truths."

Misery.

idea of founding the league came to Mrs. Hunt tells me that when the

fullest enthusiasm-can supply, the

rent auxiliary of the Medern Lan-he in New York she had no money uage Teacher has been made: an: no friends, except those who

laughed at her scheme. the Linguaphone Language Re this army of which you speak?" "Where is norita.

present the army only exists in my she was asked, and she replied: "At head."

By means of these, the students will, at any time, hear perfectly Booken French, Consisting of thirty remarkably graded records of nerfect Parisian French, snoken by beautiful voice, these can be used, at will. on any kremo. phone, and by students in their own homes.

Prepared by Experts. Fullling the dictutes of unfo«)

"Ifved through "ree years of misery," says Mrs. Hunt. "I have two young children, and had to support them, so I hired myself out as a cook, and often on the corner of the kitchen table I wrote my letters oegging people to patronise my forlorn little league."

Mra. Hunt, however, found the date methods of education, combin-ay after a hard struggle. "Enlist in the greatest efficiens and the big people," she says and all throughness with the greatest in divided the people she had to con- the others come tagging on." She terest, these records were compiled quer into four groups-scientista, b- education experts with the ex-artists, Church and bankers. press purpose of capturing the in- terast of the students, and so the subjects forming the conversations of the records are those dear to their hearts: the. home, the street. The theatre, the shop-in short, the bustle and intriguing interest of

daily life.

The early conversations of the series are spoken very deliberately.

Gradually, as the students become

Accustomed to the foreign sounds and voice, the rate of sneaking in renses, until, balf-way through the saries, the students find they are able to follow easily the normal speech of the cultured foreigner,

Thus the Linguanhone Languago Records are used with equal results throughout all the modern languae classes-juniors, intermediates and

seniora.

and the conversation of the other creations, the play may be said to Justify its title of fantastic comedy.

Play," it deals with humanity en Like "R.U.R." and "The Insect gros, a type being picked out here and there to illustrate the author's philosophy.

The

perfection of a modern pageant Combine the stage revuo with the didactic conception of an old Morality Play, and the brilliant wit of a benevolent possi mist, and you have some concep- tion of the new Capek play. new world created by Adam is no whit better than the old, and in tive in its vices than before. Even fact, is more repulsive and prital- from the point of view of physical perfection, with the exception of seem to have been very successful. the earlier creations. Adam does not

better reaults with his endless re- Nor has the Alter Ego achieved. duplication of the same type of cloth-capped worker.

Adam and his Alter Ego, and the Eventually the quarrels between dissatisfaction and ingratitude of the created, ending in revolution between the followers of each, so disgust the two creators that they hands. But they grow old in their long to repudiate the works of their misery, and are despised even by the loathsome beggar who has such life. At the solemn climax they tenacious hold on property and both welcome, the voice of God which gives them rest from the thankless task of creating. The Pope gave an 'audience

The play, which relies for its cently to Mrs. Hunt in Rome. Mr. dramatic effect largely on staging Ollo Khan is a member of the and impressionist scenery, was re- American committee. while Sir markably well produced, the first William Open. Bertrand Russell, scene, in which the planets whirled Sudermann, Pirandello, Havelock chaotically in the heavens, being Ellis, and Fulda are among the particularly striking. It was 1 members of the European com-realistic rainstorm, accompanied by

mittec,

Stabilisation.

re-

FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1927.

DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.

(This cross-word puzzle, has been made by an expert but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spellings, such as harbor, plow, and altho.).

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18

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HORIZONTAL 1-Remaining 6-Incite

7-Precious stone

65

154

ÜTHE INTERbATIONAL SYNDICAT

HORIZONTAL (Cont.) VERTICAL (Cont.)

148-A farinaceous food 18-Injure

48-Old cloth measure |21-Confirmed 49-Chemical symbol for 22-Trained

tin 50-Wlaked

11-beli-ovident 'truths :3-Conceit 15-Large container for 153-About

#iquida

16-Each of two 19-Conjunction 20-Arablo (abbr.) 21-Proclaim 23-Point of compass

(abbr.)

24-Faline quadruped 26-Measure the girth of 27-Expira 29-Close

31-Lang ton (abbr) 32-Money

55-Halp

37-Over there 166-Furlong (abbr.)

69-Score keepar 81-Complain

63-Losthe

84-8our

45-Paker term

VERTICAL

1-Malten rock 2-Byzantine governor 3-Convulsion 4-Toward

34-Turned to the right, 6-Employing

as a horse

36-Pouches

37-Employer

38-Insect

39-9mall excrescanoes

+1-Exist

43-Rigid 45-A grain

6-Occurrence

7-Upon

B-Metal faujaner

9-Made amends for

25-Gmen 28-inculcate

29-Flat bottomed boat 30-Percolven 32-Enthusias, (alang) $3-Eco

35-Practitioner of

medleine (abbr) 36-8pecific gravity

(abbr)

40-A liniment 14:-Granary 142-Exclamation

44-To display 46-Fun

47-Open to vlow

40-Window frame 81-Organ of vision 52-Befors

154-Forest product

55-Point

10–Stringed instrument 5B-Part of feh

$2-Mals humana

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14-Portion of a circle [~ "again"

17-Labor

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SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLVING CROSS-WORD PUZZLES

Start out by filling in the words of which you feel reasonably sure These will give you a clue to other words crossing them, and they in tượn to still others. A letter belongs in each white space, words starting at 1e numbered squares and running either horizontally or vertically or healt

(The solution of the above cross-word puzzle will appear in to-morrow's issue clong with a new cross-word puzzle.)

Further, the Radio, Society offer-

the League of Artists, has formed a designs for the most part depict a Mrs. Hunt under the auspices of lightning and heavy thunder. The Central Clearing House in New mechanical age, with tail, crazy fourth, 1,000 zlotys, by the municip- York. Its aims are to make art a Grent praise is due to Dr. Hilur, the

sky-scrapers reaching to heaven.ality of Warsaw. business. It will control'the busi- ness relations between the artist producer, and to M. Hofmen, the the real functions of the artist. It And the public; it will make known stage designer, for the production, ed a prize of a silver goblet for the will stabilise the rates for purchase and sale, and will fix the value of that which is original.

When one remembers that ninety- nine per cent. of the products of artiets is unsold, one begins to be- lleve that Mrs. Hunt has the right idea, but what will Chelsea think of art as a business?

A SCHOOL FOR PRODUCERS.

Another excellent point about Linquanhone, Languan Records tint, while dealing with subjects of everyday exnerience. the conver- sations introduce valuable idioms as well as an extensive vocabulary. Differing from much of the vocabu- lary found in the ordinary text- books, this vocabulary, for example, embraces conversations dealing with the Railway Station, the Post Office. Two hundred would-be dramatic etc.—words one would need to know producers from the provinces are in were one to go to. Paris: and also London this week learning how to words which the student will wp-put plays on their amateur stages preciate to express himself nie. to the beat. advantage, said the suntely in free composition. Even "Daily Telegraph" of April 21. the seasons are treated in a new | Many of them are drawn from coun- light.

try villages, where there are, wo- These are but a few of the in- men's institutes and clubs which teresting conversations.. Our produce little plays during the win- readers will readily see how they ter months. Miss Edith Craig, not only will stimulate the students daughter of Dame Ellen Terry, has vitil interest, but prove a means of selected three widely varying test substantially broadening their pieces for the students whom she everyday knowledge of the lan- herself is Instructing. 'One 18 Thirty Minutes in a Street," an

xunge,

Rossler, and Esperai to.

Readers are recommended to nak Anderson's for a copy of an in- treating 24-page book on the sub- jeet.

The

The same criticism can be made of this play as of "The Insect Play" and "R.U.R.," to both of which it bears some resemblance, namely, that symbolism and type psychology taken the place of a study of in- dividuals. The first scene, too, though it begins with world anni- hilation, yet lacka, action. authors. for all their skill in drama tic art, do not allow one to forget the fact that they are philosophers firat and foremost, and that to them the expression of their philosophy A the main thing Adam the Nihilist, at the end of his ghostly failure to recreate, perceives his error, and as a converted "pragma- tist" is brought to realise that the existing world is best, and that all destruction only results in greater chaos.

The performance of M. Vydra, as Adam, and that of M. Karen, es the Alter Ero, were of a high standard. necially in view of the fact that it was a first night.

CHOPIN ARTISTES.

Records can be had in Inch, attractive comedy: another is • The international competition for Spanish, English, German, Italian,Everyman," and the third is the the beat performance of Chopin's Trial Scene from "The Merchant of works recently took place in War. Venice."

saw. Besides Poles, competitors When the British Drama League. came from various countries-Rus which organised the "Producers' | sia. Germany Austria, Hungary, School." anounced the scheme some Switzerland. Holland, and Belgium. time ago it was expected that the number of students would be suff; elent only to supply double casts for the plays, a complete group of understudies, and stage staffs. The Hats, however, have risen to 800, of whom about a third are men, and not all of the students can be ac- tually used In the productions.

As one of the 'speakers said....it' might be likened to the troubadour tournaments of the Middle Ages, The standard was a very high one, The performers were indeed finish- d artistes of greater or less talent. The Fresident of the Republic gave his protection, and also the first prirn of 5,000 zlotya: the second

There is distinct danger at the present moment of the British stage becoming a sink of sexuality. To he auccessful every new play has to a bit further has to be more daring (it used to be spelt inde- rency'." This sweeping statement Next week the plays will be pre-rize of 3.000 zlotye was given by was made by Mr. Jerome K. Jerome duced publicly, and the students the Ministrý of Education; the in a shoech from the stage of will do all the work in connection third. 2,000 lotvs. by the Chopin Bristol's Little Theatre on April 8. with them.

School of Music in Warsaw; the

YES-SIR- THIS WAS A BREWERY IN Ng THOSE DAYSİSBE THE WORDS"LICHT: BEERKINSCRIBED ON THIS PILLAR!

"BY GOLLY, I'VE BEEN „LOOKIN: FOR THESE

WORDS EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN IN JAPAN)}}

BRINGING UP FATHER.

FHOPE YOU WILL UNDERSTANDI WHAT I WANT!;

LOOK AT THAT-

best performance of Chopin's ma- zuka. The first prize went to a Oberin; the second to Mr. Szpinal- Russian from Leningrad, Mr. aki from Warsaw; the third to Miss Rose Etein fourth to Mr. Ginsberg (Russia). (Warsaw), and the The silver goblet was awarded to Mr. Sztomke (Warsaw). Diplomas wore presented to the next best per- formers, among whom were most ex- cellent planists,

The jury consisted of all the best) musicians in Poland, and of repre- sentatives of other arts, of the Min-| istry of Education, and the Foreign Office.

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