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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1930.

'MUSIC AND THE

ALL-BROW."

SYNCOPATION AND JAZZ.

EXTRACTS FROM LAST NIGHT'S

RADIO TALK,

The following is a summary of the sixth talk in this series-given last night by Mr. Dudley Bartlett from, the Hong Kong Broadcasting Studio:-

POSTAGE STAMPS.

WEEKLY NOTES FOR COLLECTORS.

MORE ABOUT EARLY

KONG ISSUES.

British Post Offices in Japan.

CORRESPONDENCE.

Regarding the D30" I would make, bold to state that this chop. was never sent to Kobe, and con [For obvious reasons, tar tillity sequently was never legitimately of his correspondents must be known used for the cancellation of postage to the Editor. All letters intended stamps from that port. I base my far publication must be accom HONGstatement on my knowledge of con-panied by the name and address of ditions prevailing at this port at the writer, not for Bublication, un the time the said chop was received less so desired, bill as evidence of here from England. Arrangements good faith. Correspondents who do were well advanced for the closing not give this gination will not of the offices at the Japanese ports, see their letters in Brink--ED.] and Mr. Cister was not the man to amuse himself by despatching WHAT'S WRONG AT THE

CATHEDRAL?

A CURIOUS CANCELLATIÓN,

[By W. 6.]

About a fortnight ago reference was made to the issue in the late

Having so far dealt with music seventies of regular 16 cent stamps of the more serious kind-that oh in place of the provisional 16 on which you have to concentrate for 18 cent issue. The total number of complete appreciation we will turn to-night to the lighter type. Now, 10 coat stamps sold, including both there are few of us who are cap provisional and regular stamps, nhle of multiple mind-concentra during the three years they were in tion and great concentration is

After deducting nscessary to spot, the intricate use, was 204,586. charms of harmony, accompaniment from this number the provisionals and all the other attributes of the which we have already accepted music we have already discussed.

things unnecessarily.

MARTIAL LAW AT NEW ORLEANS.

GOVERNOR'S SCHEME TO SUPPRESS GAMBLING.

FRESH POLITICì sroki EXPECTED

[UNITED PRESS.)

New Dricans, August 13.-Gover not Buey P. Long of Louisiaha

for thought and for speculation in [TO THE EDirök Ul Fitz « HONG KONG bins, it was letered today, to

place New Orleans under martial la to-night in an effort to sup- press kambling. The barnor's order will include Suburbs.

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Excitement of all, tarióties has contred in Governot bog through out his incumbener Recently compelled banks in New Orleans to call their municipal, loans be cause the city would not support bim in a bond issile, and the New Orleans States editorially termed the Governor, a counterfeit Mus... solini" and fittle chincapin-

When Commander Lother headed mishit."

More will be written about Treaty Port cancellations at a later date: but there appears to be food both

the "Agreement relative to the closing of British Post Offices in Japan," Article 6, which is as

Six-1 is always will a feeling follows: This agreement shall take effect from December 31, 1870, of pity-d sentiment which I know on which date the British Post will be resented, though I have no Offices at Yokohama, Kobe and intention of being offensive-that i Nagasaki shall be closed, and the postal business thereof transferred red letters like those appearing to the control and management of recently in your columns under the the Japanese Postal Authorities at

nommes de plume of "Mirfeld " The foregoing remarks should put and John Blunt." To my mind, the other hand, needs very little 39,915-it will be noted that only collectors wise to the absurdity of it is truly a pitiful sight to see men

Modern, popular dance music, on could not have been more than those Ports." concentration, the only essentials in 184,671 of the regular stamps were including stamps subsequent to the of the type of your correspondents the hearer being an ear sufficiently made available for collectors. If 16 cent value in their collections as sincere and carnest Christians sensitive to know dno tume from an-

having been postully used in Japan. striving to reach heights which it other and also a sense of rhythm, all were still in existence, it must Such stamps are known to exist, is impossible ever for them When you consider that the modern be admitted that the number is and although one writer has contain, groping and struggling for Arnauld de la Periere, captain of popular music known as "Jazz" small to meet the demand, particu. /cluded that they are forgeries, I something beyond their reach the German cruiser Emden, called Mardi Gras celebration this year, can be enjoyed at the same time

would express the opinion that they religious uniformity, that is, Cathon Governor Long during the as you are masticating or talking larly with the amount of specialiam are not forgeries, but an improper licity.

Says "John

Blunt":"It he was received by the Governor or both, I think the foregoing is which characterizes the hobby to application of the proper chop, fair comment. For this very rear day, with every specialist raking in thought out by some smart person should be possible for any Church attired in green silk pyjamas, Bon "Jazz" and its associates have

for the purpose of monetary gain of England man or woman to go lounging robe, and bedroom slip- a very important place in the diet large numbers of a single value from the "Easy mones "of collec- into his church in any part of the pers. The commander was much of the All-Brow, who needs some-for the purpose of studying variators who delight in trying to get one world, and drop right into the ser- insulted.

Such a drastic step as, the im- better than their fellows.

vice, kaowing from years of train- thing easily and pleasantly digest-tions in colour shade, postal can- ible after having chewed the strong cellations, etc. meat purveyed" by serious com- posers. So for the time being, let us forget the beef and attack the trifle.

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What is Syncopation 7 What is syncopation " It has been wittily described as an erratic and unsteady movement from bar to bar. This is quite true in a way, but we need an analytical idea of the nature of that unsteadi-

ness.

A Strange Cancellation.

It is significant and worthy of more than passing notice that a good number of this value exist with the postal cancellation "YI."

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Dominion of her various resorts, and it seems a business-like step to take advantage of the wonderful scope offered by postage stamps. Many smaller places than New Zealand have resorted to the issue of stamps to make known the at- tractions of their country or place, no doubt with advantageous results, so little exception can be taken to that Dominion adopting the same

Recent statements by the Post master-General of New Zealand Beem to convey the impression that the time is not far distant when the question of a new pictorial set of stamps for the Dominion may be considered. There has been much I believe, in my experience as advertising of late rears by the collector, that proportionately more 18 cents stamps with the said cancellation have come my way than any other value. This fact cannot be attributed. to the expansion of postal affairs with Japan, as for a number of years out postal business with that country had been getting less and less, through rival offices offering communication with America and Europe at rates less than half of ours. for a route course. San Franciser, equally as speedy as that vid Suez. A Yokohama alone nearly 10,000 letters and 6,000 papers less were posted for the Suez route in 1876 than in 1675. A mail despatched from that port via Sandi Ferrucci. Francisco was on one occasion as much as fifty bags by one packet. Much of the contents would no doubt have been papers, etc., which but for the low rates would not have acen posted at all, but a few years” Mary had a little lamb its before this, all the rest would have Acece was white as ange.

passed through Hong Kong. and Every where that arg

Furthermore, it cannot be at went that lath was sure to /tributed to the fact that it was the go. Now ther, transfer prevailing letter-rate during these the accent in bars, 1, 3, 5, 7 to the three years, as on April 1, 1879, the second beat and in the others to the postal rate was lowered to 8 cents. fourth beat and we get this:

If you remember, we discovered that on the first beat. in the bar there a distinct emphasis which is not shared by the other beats. In common time," or where there are four beats in a bar, numbers 2, 3 and 4 are on the weak beats. Actually their weaknesses are not equal, as 3 is alightly stronger than 2 and 4. Well, syncopation morely consists in a systematic em- phasis of these weaker beats. To simplify matters, we will take a well-known rhyme and syncopate the words of it. Here is the thyme with the natural emphasis on the first beat of each bar indicated in

italics.

New postage stamps have been issued by Italy to commemorate the 45 Centenary of the death of the great Florentine Captain Francesco

Postage stamps bearing the por- traits of Chinese revolutionary celebrities will be on sale at local Chinese Post Office shortly.".

at-

von

ing exactly what was happening, position of martial law is expeteted Such a contingency would be im- to bring down a fresh political possible in the Hong Kong Cathe-storm on the Governor's head dra

What an indictment, summed up in a few words,, of the so-called Anglican movement! A different service in Hong Kong from that in Singapore; a different fitual in, say. St. Mark's from that of St. Luke's only a hundred yards away. Low Church, High Church, and all the varying stages between. Genu- fection here, bowing there; the confessional anathema in St. Luke's variety, change, dissension.

in St. Mark'e is

In my wanderings throughout the world 1, as a Roman Catholic, can enter any of our churches and take part and appreciate the service of the Mass, which is the same every day in every church throughout the globe, even to the extent of being conducted in the same language Latin,

FRENCH ECONOMY

COMMISSION.

BODY CREATED TO REDUCE

BUDGET ESTIMATES.

Paris, August 13.-The Govern- Budget estimates by 6,000 million ment's efforts to reduce next year's francs to the current year's figures of roughly 50,000 millions began to-day when the ministerial econo- my commission the institution of which was decided upon at Tues- day's Cabinet meeting, constituted Premier Tardieu is chairman and was created. Minister of Finance, Reynaud is the chief member.

If I suggested to "Mirfield" or "John Blunt that the only wav The latter, in an interview given to attain religious uniformity would to the Press, gave vent to his. be to walk along about a hundred doubts regarding the feasibility of yards op Garden Road to, snother curtailing the disbursements of the and smaller church than St. John's various Departments since nearly Cathedral, my suggestion would half of the Budget went towards probably be hotly repudiated, but the payment of interest on debts and war pensions and it was dif it is the only way,

Again I think I am entitled to fcult to find room for economy în

the remaining appropriations sign myself

CATHOLICUS, Hong Kong, August 20.

DAILY FREES."]

S18,-May a woman say a word on the subject of what is wrong. with the Cathedral-if anything? If the wives and mothers in this Colony were to practice themselves what they expect their children to do, there would be much more real interest taken by everybody in Church affairs.

The Philippines are to have a new issue of stamps to be used exclusive- ly for official business mail matter. They are to be known as tourist stamps, as they will be in the nature of a series to advertize the Archipe- lago, depicting the most picturesque The Effects of Philately.

spots. The Philippine Secretary of Stay had a little lamb its

Finance has authorized the expen [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONG KONG /fleece was white as snow,

What, then, can it be attributedditure of P.24,000 to cover the cost and Everywhere that Mary to My opinion is open to dis of designing and printing. Ameng went that lamb was sure to go cuission, but I am prepared to sub the scenes to be reproduced are the mit that it was due to no other Pagasanjan Gorge, Mayon Volcano, Frothblowers! Anthem.

reason than that stamp-collecting the Baguio Trail, Manila Bay, and in its finer pointe, had got a hold several other local scenes. The de- of a large number of persons who signs are being prepared by Sr. considered it a milestone in the Fernando Amorsolo, the famous history of British Post Offices in Filipino artist. the Far East, in that it was the last Hong Kong'stamp issued prior to the closing for all time of the said Offices in Japan, and that such a stamp bearing the cancellation "YI" was essential in a well- There is a further kind of synco- formed collection. pation in which the words are It might be argued that if there emphasised on weak beats and the is reliable substance in my state musical accompaniment is not.ment, why is it that stamps are You all doubtless know "I want seldom, if ever, seen with the to be happy and how the accent N2" and "D30" caticellations?

August persists on the unimportant word Can it not be stated with the same 19. The Japanese war, scire some

be. The natural pulation of amount of certainty that many times dangled before the American too? the words would be:

would have desired these is well?

Our next step shall be to dyneopate in the same.way" the Frothblower's Anthem," with the music added, In its shape, as you know it, there is no weak-beat emphasis at all.

The more we are together to/gether. to/gether. the more we are together, the merrier we'll...be/"

1 2 3 4 1 2 3

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I want to be happy but i can't 41234, 123, 4 1234

be / happy if / you "ban't be happy

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Dance"

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PACIFIC WAR SCARE EXPLODED.

FORMER AMBASSADOR'S

EXPOSITION, -

(UNITED PRESS.] Williamstown, Mass.,

CANADIAN BAN ON IMMIGRATION.

RESTRICTED ADMISSION FROM EUROPE.

[UNITED PRESS. }

Ottawa, August 14A Govern- ment Order-in-Council announced to-day by Mr. Bennett drastically I think it most unfair to be alrestricts immigration from. Europe way blaming the elergy. What during the period of Canadian un-

employment. about the congregation?

Americans going to Canada must be able to show that they are abl:" to support themselves or they will be compelled to remain south of the border. Returning Canadians are not affected by the order.

If women will not trouble to at tead Church-if they prefer going out for picnics or having tiff parties and after-daner joy-rides and bathing parties what can clergyman do? He cannat force

This measure is in keeping with people to attend church, and if they are slack, what more natural the, general policy of the Conserv than the clergy become indifferentatives, who returned to power is the recent general election, and is What is wanted in this Colony is expected to lead to further protect- My reply is that it is not always people la a myth quite without easy to gratify one's desire: The foundation, Mr. William R. Castle for a few earnest women to set an ive actions. "No" cancellation was certainly Jr, the Assistant Secretary of example in the matter of church- State and recently temporary going make their husbands go with used at Nagasaki, but opportunities Ambassador to Japan, declared to them. of sending and receiving malls were day before the Institute of Politics.

If more people went to church, the same source the word Sciences is defined in part as follows: extremely limited, and as far back He refuted the argument that the clergy would be encouraged to

"Knowledge; knowledge of prin- aa 1869 the agent's, salary was re-trade rivalry might result in war do their best; as it is, they get ciples and causes; ascertained truth duced from one hundred pounds per and hatred that the balance of disheartened and perhaps slack, but

anum to forty pounds, and even

We have now reached the stage at which you can appreciate the whole idea of syncopation as typified in such an item as "Be with the then the expenses of the agency trade lies in Japan's favour while from Mr. Cinders, were io, excess of the revenue. It the United States and Japan sell which simply bristles with false is reorded that in 1877 only 10 different commodities, to China and emphasis.

letters & week were passing through thus have no rivalry in that res

pect.

War with Japan, according to Mr. Castle, would practically pat an end to all Japanese trade and thus would be suicidal for the Japanese.

Just one thing should be hotel. Part of the music (actually the accompaniment) is in strict pulan tion, otherwise either the syncopa tion might be missed or else the whole thing might become such a weiter of irregular accents that the mind would not grasp the rhythm at all. (In possing, may one regret that the term "Ragtime ever dropped out 1 It gives quite a sound idea of the effect of syncd-

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pation, which that meaningless

word "Jazz" does not.)...

History of Syncopation.

this office..

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·M. M.

tical interest in the Church, there is simply exact knowledge of the if women were to show more prae- or facts. Thus Christian Science works of Jesus Christ and the spiritual understanding of the would soon be a great change in divine Principle which underlay the the situation, Yours, ete,

truths taught by him. It is this Hong Kong, August 20.

exact knowledge of Jerus teach ings which a study of Christian CHRISTIAN SCIENCE. Science imparts, which enables its adherents to heal disease and over- como sin in accordance with the HONG KONG Scriptures,

DAILY PRESS,”].

Writing of this. Mary, Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, says in S1-May I trespass on your

"Science and Health with Key to space once again to correct the comment junde by a Canton cor the Scriptures" (p. 341), In valvélées, Proof is eslential to a respondent on Christian Science in Christian Science mere opinion is The hoary argument that Chris- due: estimate of this subject. tian Science is neither Christian, Sncers at the application of the

Science was worn word Science to Christianity can. threadbare years ago in the early not prevent that from being scienti-

Then during last century it was even more common. Take a real highbrow case, that of the first He also denied that Japan de [TO THE EDITOR OF THE movement of Tschaikowsky'a "Fifth sires the Philippines. Symphony: The first tune and, a

No Waż Over China. later one that appears in waltz-

ME William R. Castle time: Are

Following strongly syncopated, especially the latter.

Jr. as a speaker before the Instituto In conclusión, modern syncopa of Politica here to-day, Rear tion in dance and song is of great Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn said value in at least three ways! that Mr. Castle had presented & your last feste.

(1) It heightens the interest of correct interpretation of Japan's the older forins of ballroom dance and America's mutual war fears. пог

Japan, he declared, is afraid And now for the history of music which sometimes lacked

that the United States might go syncopation-perhaps you regard it vitality."

(2). It acts as a relief after listen to war over the question of policy days of the Christian Science, move- fic which is based on divine Prin- As a new departure in composition.

Since then indisputable ciple, demonstrated according to and therefore without history. Noting to music which needs intense in Chind. Such a development, evidence has accumulated every given rule, did subjected to "proof.

however, he asserted to be unthink where to show that these terms The facts are so absolute" and " a bit of it. Dear old Bach-to concchtration to understand.

lava se to drag him in some-(3) It develops a keen sense of able for American opinion would exactly defue tble, religion, which numerous in support of Christian Fromnes body lovicu Zhey do berpetolootbort such ecchi tish and comforte. She seeingze that misrepresentatis Rad

gard it is the be all had end vetureishewing ordinace with the bananenaber cannot overthrow-d Fuguce for the forerunner

—Youra, etc.; se piano and the last of those pre-music, this type is most admirable that Japan fears American inten- teachings of Christ Jesus

WILLIAM H. ADLER ludes is full of false accents from for students to practice for the tions in China and America is In Webster, the word Christian

Christian Science Committee' on beginning to and. Many other development of that sense,

last of Philippines. Both are mistaken.

Publication for Canton and examples over 200 years old could Next week's talk, and the list of fraid of Japan's intentions in the is defined in part as One who

Hong Kong. be quoted.

this series The interesting Each nation has from its own

fears, manufactured a scare.!!

Hong Kong, August 20-20 (Ooniihiled at foot of hext column.) period in which we live.

ment:

believes in Jesus Christ and the truth as taught by Ilim." From (Continued at foot of next column.)

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