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"DON GIOVANNI IN MODERN DRESS.
AN AUSTRIAN EXPERIMENT IN PARIS.
Washington, May 11, At the May festival in Paris, Without a record vote, tho under the leadership of Gemler, a Sonate to-day passed a bill grant cycle of Mozart's operas was por- ing a penalen of $5,000 a year to formed by Austrian artiste, with Mrs. Louise P. Wood, widow of the Bruno Walter as conductor and As stage late General Leonard Wood of Professor Reinhardt
Manila. The measure now goca manager," the scenery being pro- to the House. The annuity would duced by Professora Oskar Strnad replace tho small pension Mrs. and Eugen Steinhoff.
Wood now receives from the War An entirely modern version of Department.
As a recognition of services which General Wood rendered to Cuba after the Spanish-American War, that country has awarded Mrs. Wood an annulty of $6,000.
MYSTERY FIRES IN A LONDON HOUSE.
POLICE GUARD AT NIGHT.
described an What might be the mystery of Manchester-square"
"Don Glovann!" was given. In an interview Strnad declared that. since Mozart does not mention any definite date or time in his opera, there could be no objection to its imodernisation. The figure of "Don Giovanni" will be an eternal problem at all times, und ther fore he may and ought to appear.] and ought to dress in modern style.
For instance, during the "cham- pagne air, Leporello will assist his master in getting into his evening-dress; and at the end Don Giovanni will sit at the table' in a smoking jackel. With regard to the ladies they may be modern in the magnificence of their toilets, showing their arms, backs, and Текн.
DEVELOPING has succeded not only in annoy, it otherwise somewhat fantastic,
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At the end of four and a half day's threshing of old corn stacks on a Yorkshire farm at, Willerby 972 ruls were killed. The terriers accounted for 861 on the last day.
Of the 219,000 members of the Amalgamated Engineering Union, 13,224 were unemployed last month.
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ing the Hon. Richard Bethell, his] wife and their household, but also in keeping Scotland Yard awake of nights without bringing a solution approachably nearer.
This
new version of "Don Giovanni" may be performed by the Vienna State Opern as well.
For several days at the end of last month outbreaks of fire haye occurred in the carpets, window curtains, sofas, and rugs of No. 12, guests were at luncheon, the room was filled with the odour of Manchester-square, W.
On April 13th. Mr. Bethell smouldering cloth. It was found found that a valuable Persian that lighted coals had been thrown rug had been badly burned, on to a sofa in Mr. Bothell's smok- And it was thought that a piece of ing-room and a cushion pinced on burning coal had blown from the top of them. grate. The incident had been nl- most forgotten when, a few days later, emoke was seen issuing from the silk window curtains in the drawing-room. The prompt action of the butler prevented a serious fre. An electric stove normally stood in the middle of the room had, it was found, been placed
which
underneath the curtains and switched on.
The servants were questioned, but no explanation was forthcom- ing, and on one was found to be possessed of a poltergeist capable of causing conla to leap on to car- pets or electric stoves to amblo across the floor of a room.
Coals on a Sofn.
The police were called in im- mediately but, although a detective- inspector and a constable spent the night in the house, the mystery re- mains unsolved.
The damage to articles of furni- ture is estimated at $100,
Some of Mrs. Beibell's friends have suggested that the fres are the work of spirits, but Scot- to find a more land Yard hopes material origin.
"The whole thing is most my- sterious," Mrs. Bethell said. "We are satiefied that carelessness on the part of any servant is not thej cause."
The Hon. Richard Bethell is the! heir of Lord Westbury. He was present, as Mr. Howard Carter's The following afternoon, while secretary, at the discovery of the Mr. and Mrs. Bethell and noma tomb of Tutankhamen.
SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1928.
WATCHING THE AMERICAN TROOP SPORTS IN SHANGHAI.
A few of the spectators who followed with interest the sporting events in the Mounted Gymkhana held by the American
Troop at the Champ de Courses Francais, Shanghai, recently.
WELCOME INTERLUDE DURING SHANGHAI MILITARY SPORTS.
A glimpse of the marquees and tea tables which were well patronized at the Army Sports held on the Public Recreation
Ground Shanghai last week.
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