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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 1932.

MAN WHO COOKED GANDHI'S SUPPER.

FAMILIAR PICTURE OF INDIAN LEADER'S LIFE:

SOUTH AFRICAN INCIDENT OF 1909..

DR. MISTOWSKP'S ADDRESS AT ROTARY CLUB.

Dr. Alfred Mistowski, examiner for the Trinity College of Music, London, delighted the members of the Rotary Club yester- dny by an excellent address in which ho gave his audience a glimpse of the interesting things he had seen in different countries in connection with the study of western music.

The speaker spoke of the excellent impression he had of the Japanese nation. They were making great strides forward in their musical education and were being, assisted to a large extent by a number of Russians, many of whom the professor aaw in the dif ferent cities in Japan.

Dr. Mistowski suggested that it would be a good idea to have a school of music in Hong Kong

"Speaking of his visit to South Africa in 1909, Dr. Mistowski enid he had met Gandhi there and gave some interesting glimpses of his meeting with this leading, figure in current Indian affairs. He claimed that he once cooked Gandhi's supper.

The Hon. Dr. S. W. Tao, presided.

WHY. NOT SCHOOL OF MUSIC FOR HONG KONG

JBALL

must

**The most universal appeal is to action, hence the popularity of the dance. The purveyors of music pe to it that there shall be music for overy typo of man-good, bad, and indifferent and even vulgar. Of the latter we have more than our share and more than we de. serve. It is well-known that those who play down to their audiences uften play lower than they need. That is found in the cinema pro- grammes. The treatment of music in the cinemas is very morbid and this applics more to, the noise that is served out with it--that manned stuff that America exports in such a quantity.

The Real America.

America produces some wonderful i things and in that country I have noticed д remarkable keenness shown in school musical competi tion where the enididates have to travel sometimes hundreds of miles to compete. This is very encourag- ing and it was magnificent and re- freshing to see. That is the other

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side of America-the real side thated to thousands of listeners, it gives they do not adverties. I am afraid us plenty for serious thought. It the things they foist on us to behovos us as teachers to wage war' really a libel on the American!

TARZAN

ARRIVES TO-MORROW

people. It makes me think we upon all this vulgarising, influence, should have sa tensor of music. I envy the cultured amateur and Why not? We have a censor of sometimes lament the fact that pleys. More bad music is served music has been made a profession or business. It is a pity it could music. That Russiin influence out to the public to-day than at

not remain a sort of priesthood. ! go back to the time of the Russo-ang other period of history. As a Japanese war in 1904.

consequence the public. taste has There is no need for these pur- wrote dull operas and symphonies. never been so utterly depraved-veyors of music to starve the anul Į but - splendid musical comedy,.... Sir Outside Tokio, I visited a native strong word, but not strong enough. so completely in their endeavour Hubert Parry also once wrote-it school of music (Japanese School of This is not an attempt at being to feed the body.

The speaker was thanked by was the start of the jazz age-a Western Music) run entirely by highbrow-there is plenty of good

Rotarian R. T. Barrett who said he prelude to the production at Oxford Japanese. There were 300 students light, music available.

musicians of a Greek play. It was a delight- wished that leading would "write down" to the people. ful soufie, working in the current. He instanced Arthur Sullivan who rag-time themes.

THE

Dr. Mistowski said:-I cannot help contrasting myself after this delightful lunch, with Mr. Gandhi who starts his fast to-day and to think that in 1009 I cooked bis supper for him. My examination work took me to Johannesburg and Mr. Gandhi was billed to give an address. I went to it. I was in there and about 30 Japanese tea- This bad musto must have a de- troduced to him by a mutual friend, chers, many of whom had graduat-plorable effect on children's taste a German architect who was living ed in Americit and some in Europe, and when we remember that this with Gandhi. This friend was very There I had the opportunity of much influenceli bý Gandhi and had observing the high standard they become almoat. a Hindu... They ark-had reached and was convinced that ed me to spend a week-end with these people really know their job. them, the only condition being that Another thing which surprised me I should help with the work in the was to come across Japanese music house. I thought that would be textbooks, written in Japanese and, rather fun so I went out on the although I cannot read Japanese, I Saturday. After their repast, which can say they were quite good. was a very frugal one consifting of nuts and fruits, it. struck me that I might add to their fare, so suggested macaroni. Gandhi had not heard of it, so I told him would get him some. I came back with the anacaroni, somo tomatoci etc., and started cooking it had almost forgatten how to cook it but I thought I would bhuff it Aftor I had cooked it they thought it delicious but I thought it was horrible. I am glad, to think that his fast is in no way connected with my cooking. (Laughter.)

I must say that in those days I had a great deal of sympathy for him. In those days in Africa, there were certain vexations rules, re gulations and restrictions against Indians which must have been very irritating to man of Gandhi's education as he was a University man For instance, Gandhi told me

These Japanese reminiscences Bet mo thinking. Why should there not be a musical school in Houg Kong! I do not see why there should not be. There are enough cultured and musical and well-to-do people who take an interest in music in the Colony. I think it would be a good thing if could cential share where cause students could SIR WALTER SCOTT. prepare and where there would be a musical atmosphere and some standard held up to them. I a sure it would be self-supporting and Dear Kiddies.

needs only initiative on the part of We can hardly pass over to-day, some of the citizens to help in the without a mention of Sir Walter

You have excellent ma scheme. terial here discovered, quite a Scott, one of the greatest British. musical temparament amongst the novelista. Just one hundred years Chinese boys and girls here.

ago he died at the age of sixty-one; having been a taronet for 12 years.

All over Sedland and in many parts of our Empire, including Hong Kong, his Centenary will be celebrated. Is Hong Kong, the St. Andrew's Society, will hold a dinner

Im Australia.

CHILDREN'S

THE

BY

UNCLE JACK

STAMP COLLECTOR

Pictorial Stamps form a most in- teresting and cutstanding collec

CORNER

IN LIGHTER VEIN

The Remedy

Well, how do you like my new Anita man risked his friend as they seated themselves at their usual tablo for lunch.

"Not bad," replied the other. "Only there's a wrinklo in the waistcoat. You ought to get rid of that."

"So there! Waiter! Whore's the menu

A Relation

"I say dad," said little Lawren-

own uncle?"

Dislike

After Japan, I proceeded to Aus that he was once travelling in a tralia. Never was a country look- first class carriage and he was oring more beautiful with nature in a dered to get out although he had a most smiling mood than on that first class ticket. They treated him occasion. I cannot say the people at Lune Crawford's, Ltd. like a Kallir and I am afraid the were in a smiling mood, I don't No doubt many of you have read, tion-for these stampe depict the ce, looking rather puzzled, "if I Dutch element in Africa did not think they had much to smile at some of Scott's novels; perhaps the scenic wonders of the work, the were your brother, should I be my differentiate between the highly under the deplorable regime of Mr. educated Indian and a Kafir, He Lang last year. I think they have best known are "Waverley," "Guy inhabitants of distant isles, their

Mannering," "The Talisman," hiso told me that he was travelling thrown off, by now, those, deadly" Rob Roy" and "Ivanhoe." one day on an old-fashioned couch coils as we have done ourselves on the box-seat when a Dutchman came along and asked him to get aff. He said he had paid or his seat but the Dutchman said; "Never mind, you get off. A good many instances like this must have had a very bad effect on a man of Gandhi's temparament and on cdu- eated Indians generally,

some time before.

Tho Australian people are very keen on music but what strikes one especially in Australia is the pre- valence of beautiful voices... It seems to be like another Italy, Little girls will sing with the most wonderful full voice and you wonder where it all comes from. It is real-

Of course, from that time, only wonderful. 'entered his soul and he went back

to Bombay and called together.

in

America.

meetings of indignation, at which In America I visited some of the he said: "If this is how England Universities in the Eastern states treats fellow subjects in a Colony, and I was much struck by the num what moral right have they to ex-ber of Chinese, Indian and Japancso pect our loyalty". From that students those universities, moment I think a lot of harm was What impressed me most occurred done through our Colonial Dutch in the University of Ithica. The friends. That is the inner history university has a church attached to of Gandhi.

it and the authorities make a point of inviting the different denomina- tions to hold services there on dif ferent Sundays. Most of them Faccept, with the exception of the

To-day, I have very little sym pathy for him. He has gone too lar and is, I am sure, a higot. Ja his idea of simple. life he has gone Catholics. On that particular Sun- to a biser degree. He would day it was the turn of a famous abolish things like electric lights and trains and everything which Jewish Rabbi, Dr. Wise of New make life worth while.

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York. I was very interested and attended. The place was packed and I listened to a sermon that was Musical Japan,

remarkable and could apply to any After addressing you last year, I religion. There was no question of went to Japan and there I found a dogma and the sermon was on the great deal to interest me. What highest moral plane. They try interested and surprised me especi- many experiments in America and ally was to see the cultural and that Icertainly was an original one. musical development of Japan. I cannot imagine that kind of thing went there of course in my capacity happening at my University at Ox-

ford.

After dealing with other aspects

Cheerio,

UNCLE JAOK.

BOYCOTT

Captain Charles Boycott was an estate, agont in Co. Maye, Ireland, about 1880. Because ho refused to accept low rents fixed by the tenants they molested any one who tried to help him in any

way.

They even tried to prevent supplying tradesmen from

him with food. It took 500 soldiers to protect the Ulster Orange-men who got in his harvest.

This new way of retaliation causo a sensatimu, all over Europa. To boycott" came to menu o combine in re fusing, to holl relations of any.. kind, social, commercial, pub- lic, or private, with the hat- ed party."

Every country in the world uses the term to-day. Lately Gandhi has sought to intro duct, similar methods into India,

HURRYING TO THE FAIR

of examiner and I was wonderfully impressed to see how firmly fixed

Hurry, hurry the fair- our western music had become in of life in America, the speaker went fun enough for all!

t

the scheme of Japanese culture. In on to any that if musical education Flags are Byg, tents are there, the first place I visited the Nation was to spread at the same rate as Pipo and while call; * al Conservatorium of Music in it has been spreading, it might be Bande are playing up and down Tokio. It is a state affair where his privilege to examine in the At a lively rate European professors are at their upper Yangtaze before reaching the Yonder goes a funny clown head, and it has a great many age when all professors should be skipping through the gate, Japanese students. Only Japanese pole-axed. are allowed to go there

The speaker went on to say that Hurry to the jolly fair, In Japan I also met a great many music made its own appeal to each Monkey's on a string Russian-artistes-who-must-have had one of us according to our indivi Begging, begging pennies there, a great influences on the musical dual temperament and a man who Bold as anything; influence of the country. In all the thinks himself indifferent to music There'll be horn and whips and towns I had been to, I met Ris surprised when a dormant chord wheels, "mmm quite a number of then, is struck which makes him react in Every kind of trick visibly engaged in teaching. That a peculiar manner. Some of us Tunsa are tickling in our heela of course explains the standard that will be roused to action by mousia; Hurry, hurry, quick the Japaneso have reached in somo to tenderness,** heid.

and

NASUY BYRD TURNKE

traits and occupations, the flora fauna. History and romance, Tacher: Every day we should charm and beauty are brought, be- do at least things which we fore our eyes in kaleidoscopic array dislike.

by these colourful bits of paper Jones: I do, sir. Each night I go to bed and each morning I get upon whose surface the designs are

up! artistically etched and engraved.

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More Wise

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A striking example in the new set of New Zealand pictorial post- A teacher spent a considerable ago stamps shortly to be placed on time driving the theory of vulgar sale. These works of art are ex- fractions toto the heads of her

ecuted by local artists and are the class. When she felt that the class selection from some 250 designs volved, she asked

had grasped the fundamentals in-.. submitted in competition before the New Zealand postal authorities. The selected set contains 14 designs that am strikingly local and re- présent the best work of a dozen artists.

"Which would you rather have- one ounce of toffee or two half-

unces of toller?

The historical scene depicted on to the shilling value represents the landing of Captain Cook at Pover-¡" ty Baya

Some of the famous peaks of the islands are shown in scenic views.

One of the boys shouted instant-

"Two half ounces, Miss." The teacher sighed. Now, why.

you say that she asked.

Please, Mis, replied the boy, there's another, bag to bust

Answer Pleaset;

Mount Cook is shown on the 23d, I was the only boy wan could slump, surrounded by a frame of Mount Cook lilies. Mount Egmont

is shown on the 2a, and Mitre Peak +

Blower the teacher's question this inorning."

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Splendid! What was it?

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POUR LES PETITS.

YESTERDAY'S

on the 40. All three stamps are of i "Who broke the class-room win excellent design, ang lahat.

The native Moori is well repre sented in this set of pictorials. On the ad. is the profile of a Maori maid, on the 14, is shown a native woman lowering her basket of food i one of the many boiling springs or hot pools, en the 3d. a native but is shown in a setting of large tree ferns and on the Dd. is arranged a native Maori ornament and decoration

The chief agricultural interests of the colony are suggested by the reaper of the od. and the drover on the Ja, stamps.

Among the fauna of the island, we find ropresented on the sa huge sword fish leaping from the water, a tuathra of iguana-like. lizard of the New Zealand waters on the 8d kiwi or anfaryx, one of the island's most famous birds, on the id and on the id the fan- tailor Australian fly catcher, shown against a background of cle tatis blossoms.

TRANSLATION.

I have a very all dog, he is called Perict. When I throw my ball he runs quickly to get it.

YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE.

Here is the solution day's puzzle:

Hard

Ha

Easy