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One

Janet all much in love with Half,

night on A atreel ear she meets Jay CRANT, ng engineer who has resur moest to the rooming homes where she tree, A few nights inter HOLLIE LAMBERT, who on a blind date with two of Hollie's friends

ven across the hall, perennes Janet lo no

Janes ares Half with Betty Kendall and more unhappy than ever,

On a army March evening she sets out Bha from the office, undecided where to go. walks down street that fa untkenlitar and

LAURA LOU BROOKMAN

were drawn lines in her face and her it was about how

man had come

eyes seemed so tired. Hor shoulders with the coal and wood and said it were slightly bent and she looked thin wns for them and that it was pald and worn and very weary. Her dress for. was a cheap cotton, faded by many washings.

"It's

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been just like Tommy told her. "Only better! Last Christmas--Gee, we ádn't ket any. thing!"

Janet explained about the clothing

Over the boy's head Janet glanced they had brought. Most of the things, the said, would have to be made over at Jeffrey Grant. He had sent the but they were good material. Jeffrey fuel, of course. Why, he had done family." She would insist on paying went outside and began to carry in more than she and for the "adopted the packages.

half of the $26, though. She had the money in the bank.

Tommy, who had been sitting in the rear of the room, got on liis crutches then and enme hobbling forward.

He It was the precious savings account

aimnet lowes her way. Coming back abestod in the window and looked out Janet was thinking about--the money Rosle cropt who had worked so hard to save, look- child crying in a doorway. The little wirt at the roadster, Little RUIRE BULVANI. Janet bugs her hot beside him and the children exchanged ing toward the day when she und Rolf would he married. Already she meal and meta afterwand to take her whispered comments,

home.

They ste u

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It was when the cast-off sult and had dipped into this amount to buy catches Janet's arm and demands her purse. tite sweater for Pat Silvani were fou and clothing for the Silvania. Sailing Suddenly Jeff Grant displayed that Mira. Silvani broke This time alte thought of the money

without even a pang of regret.

Кон петиелия.

Tune. Je takre bollup man t Jart and Itemin to the 111tis girl's home in bent. They talk to IAT BILYANI, Rosie's

two

years,

father, who has been mut of work for nearly The famils is almal sketituto Jon and Jeff, on the WAY home, deelito top" thesta,

CHAPTER XVII

For half an hour longer she and Jeffrey prolonged their visit. Telfrey and Tony and Rosie engaged in a game the two children had invented while Janet and Mrs. Silvani went Mrs. over the packages. Oh, yes. Silvani sald, she could sow. She had children's, Everything Janei hadd always made her own clothes and the brought would be useful. There was

right just as it wem. The others one dress that

could be altered.

was almost exartly

"But how can I thank you 7" Mrs. silvani asked brok wly. "How

ever thank you enough!"

Can

and wept. down

"My poor Patt' she moaned. "¡le's needed a suit for so long! All the time in the freezing weather he didn't an overcoat. Oh, I can't help it. Just can't help crying 1" They were joyful tears and nobody minded them. Presently Mrs. Silvani The rest of that week was a busy wiped her eyes and after that she Janet had to break a movie date seemed to talk mure all told them

such a good husband, she with Pauline Hayden and cut her evening French clans. At noon sheOh, it had all been so different a few These days when he had years agot barely took time for a sandwich and nothing to do were hard on him. cup of coffee at the corner lunch worried her. Rosa Silvani sat. It It was counter. Then she was off on wasn't just not having hurried shopping trips.

the way Pat looked. Sometimes when he'd been out all day trying to and al

It wasn't question bot an ex- The problems of the Silvani fam-job and then walked home becaUSO |

"Don't try Jnnet sid ily hail become Janet's own. The pennies for carfare counted up therei clamation.

"It's enough juni to feel eyes that; quickly. first purchase to go to the Silvants was something in his

She was afraid Pat that someone is getting some good was an order of food--a huge order frightened her.

da something something out of the things." including flour, milk, butter and might

Rosie's bubbling siguent of laughter eggs, fresh vegetables and a large hot we're going to find work for mode them both turu then. Rosie assortment of canned goods. Then

Innet Assured her. "He's going had been trying to make the same Tunny shadow pictures on the wall there was clothing. Janet looked

n job." for bargains and found them. She

"ab. Miss, if

could!" that Jeffrey Grant made. Now she you only had gone through her own wardrobe effees Grant explained then the elapped her hands in delight,

Look. Mamma," Rhe Aquealed. and selected what she could spare. important part of the visit, detfrey

ko it Ser? It's u From Mollie Lambert and Mrs, had talked to man in the ofliceTommy can

the way la ears As a matter of donkey! Lank at Snyder and a girl who lived on the where he worked. floor above Janet collected other fact he had talked to several of them. go!"

The children were still laughing This man (Simpson was his name) garments conts and dresses that needed some repair work done at his about the new game when Janet and could be cut down for the children home. Something changed about the Jeffrey said goodbye. Half way to the or that Mrs. Silvani might remodel garage and a couple of rooms paint car Jeffrey parsed to be sure Mrs. for herself.

ed upstairs. Simpson had expected Silvant had it right about where her Jett rey Grant had a suit that to do the work himself but he'd kept husband was to come Monday morn "wasn't much good," he said but patting it off. If Jeffrey was aure ing. Mrs. Silvani had it right. obviously better than the

"They're a couple of cute young- Pat Pat Silvani was reliable he'd be will- ana Silvani fand been wearing the night of ing to hire him. It would be alkout asters, aren't they?" he said climbing what was into the roadster beside Janet. Tea their visit. Jeffrey had a heavy wig's work and he'd pay

bad about Tommy's leg." sweater, too, that he never wore any reasonable.

more.

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"Pat'n do it" Mrs. Silvani said He and Janet loaded all these things eagerly. He'll do'n fhe job tool Pat's Into the rondsier Saturday afternoon as hotly with tools. When does he and drove out to the little house on want him to begin? Maybe I could the dreary street. It was Rose who get hold of him this afternoon" met them-Rose Silvani with her!

Grant told class daughter, little Rosic, peeping from

her gently there was behind her skirts until she saw who such hurry. Simpson had suggest the guests were, then darling forward, et that Pat Silvant should drop in Rosie was radiant this time. Her face at the office Monday morning. He'd was freshly scrubbed and her dress tell him what was to be done and was clean. The house looked sa bare arrange a price. Then the work could as It had before but what Janet start in the afternoon or next day. noticed immediately was that it was Meanwhile, the young man went on, There was a fire burning in there was the matter of that rent the small square chokstove and bell. If the Silvinis were in danger hind was a bin filled with wood and of being dispossessed they'd better coal.

it back after рау Sityani was working. "Oh-you're the ones who sent the accept a loan and food MTR. Silvani exclaimed. Jeffrey drew out his check book, Won't you come in, please? I don't and fountain pen. The amount was know how to thank you. I don't $25. Rose Silvani said. There were know how to tell you what it's tears in her eyes again, tears that obscured the fares of the young man

d young woman before her. much less voluble than her husband. Obviously moved, who could not find Rose Silvant murmured.. Her voire words to express her thanks. Janet caught and then went 97, suspected this was partly the res like nogels from heaven!" traint built by months of hardship. Janet turned quickly to speak to Mrs. Silvani had been a pretty woman. Tommy and to listen to the excited Rasie wanted to tell. She was pretty now except that there story little

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"Mr. Hamilton says he could go to school." Janet told him. "Ile says the school authorities would send n law for him if his parents would fill out an application. They that for other crippled children. I didn'ı nay! anything about it to-day because I thought until Mr. Silvani has steady work it would only mean extra ex pense. There'll be books and lunchen and things. Oh, I wish we could find a regular job for him!"

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"We will," Grint asrured her con- fidently. "It may take a little time but we'll find it,"

There was a note of confidence in

voice, There Jeffrey Grant's, confidence in his manner, toa, na though anything he undertook would be sure to be successful. Perhaps it was because he was so tall and strong looking, Jeffrey Grant looked as

were all muscle. There sumably the singers curs, etc., on it. one in London. The music was ren- though he when't n

The Chinese films also are doing dered by the usual European orches- of surplus weight inee

any n great deal to make their audiences tra,

Indian airs, ote,, being nbout him at the broad shoulders

our own instruments, with the exception I think of one gested strength.

Rose Silvan, they soon found, was paints bless and keep yout" and eapable, well-shaped hands sug. from among the millions understand adapted to

"You'rel

CHINESE MUSIC TO-DAY ideas by Chinese methods and vice- versa we have something, very crude

EFFORTS AT SINO-WESTERN FUSION

comment. different acceptance

sibilities.

porcelain.

the

(To Be, Continued).

Sino-European Orchestra

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ancy. As the Chinese have no

.

"Love Parade" and "Carmen"

Д troupe

and apprecinte Western music.

I was at the Alhambra Theatre, song by the hero to his late. They had driven a block in silence when Grant turned to the Zirl.

Kowloon, on Friday evening last to

Japanese Music see the new Cantonese talking ple- "I wonder," he said, "If you'd be ture which was being shown.

Japan has made auch haste to willing to do me a favour."

This picture has actually been

becoine Westernised that filmed in Hongkong and in one phardly had time to do

she has of it there is

more than a striking example

adopt our methods na apart from of my subject.

The title of the play is Theher own traditions, but the Japan- Farmer gets rich" or "The Tender-se are also much influenced by our than the foot", and in the scene referred to taste though far less stores In the big Chinese as yet, but with amazing future pos. | Hongkong, Shangkal, etc., it is pos- sophisticated town miss oblige each military bands and orchestras are in the simple farmer's daughter and the Chinese are as yet. Their modern sible to buy the latest song hits and other with a

song. The farmer's equipped like our own and they Here it will be well to say that dance music, with European words daughter's song was of course pure play Western music of all kinds very

well indeed. their uptitude in copying-Western and music, and Chinese words, prin- ly Chinese, and

accompanied by

They also broadcast models is amazing in many ways,ed on the same page for perform Chinese instruments only. The other some charming national music dally. A very interesting address on the and here to, if any real success is

which the piano is added to the ac fasion of Eastern and Western music to be made in the future in this written music as yet, the violinists, girl's song was called "Why I love and of this I have some records in most dieult and sensuous art of guitarists, ete, presumably you" and was very much a mixture. in Chinn was brondenst from BW music, they will require the utmost now the tune by her father he tune was a popular European companiment both of the volee; and

dance tune; the words, sung in of the koto, and the famisen. last night by Mrs. K. B. Lewis.

I also have some rather wonder- of that concentration and delicacy by ear, for the writer has never seen Chinese were a translation, and the ful records made by them of their Mrs. Lewis said: Bronicasting and of touch, which distinguishes their them use any music. At the gala music was supplied by the same

performance of a Chinese play dur-Chinese orchestra but with Western most primitive aboriginal music. I De Films are inseparably connected

ing the Jubilee festivities in Hong, violins and guitars added in this pe to let you hear these at komo In the minds of the proples of the

Influence on Europe

future time. kong recently, the orchestra seated case. world with music. Just Rs every

on the stage consisted of four Euro-

I saw performing recently in Here then in an example of a There can be no doubt that Jazz, pean violins, four Chinese ditto, one the spoken language helonging to

of Balinese zung by a Hongkong Western popular tune civilised Cand acensionally semi-that musical product of the New છું. two stringed, two European

Europe. In this case the Javanese civilised) races is broadcast to-day World, with its clever and (now) to guitars and two Chinese ditto, two Chinese fin star in Chinese to mix-ancers who were on their way to

ed musical accompaniment, and without raising surprise or ven most of our ears, pleasing data clarinets, and a few Chinese wind listened to by an admiring Chinese is to which they danced, were

se the same almost intions of native African rhythms and instruments and fluter. This ming audience.

Western violins and a played on of music is accorded to syncopations into

piano, the dancers keeping the time the extraordinary diversity

of civilised America, in the pioneer ofling of Eastern and Western varieties

with their small hand drums, anklet bella, etc. But again there was ro rationni music which anyone with the music fusion of East and West of the sume instrument had a most interest in the subject and a suff-which is the subject of this article: pleasing effect, especially when play- ing soft accompaniment. The con-

1 huve by me at the moment at amalgamation of Eastern and West- eiently powerful set, can find in the Of course, many years before Jazzstant banking and crashing of the home in Hongkong a gramophone ern words and music such as the What the daily programmes broadcast to the was even thought of,

the rhythms gongs, drums and cymbals which record made by Fathe Orient Ltd. Chinese are attempting. world."

of other lands were sometimes used joined in every few minutes ruined 1 is of the "Love Parade" slow fox- outcome will be of thin esany on the in Western music.

things for Western cars however, trot on the one side, and the part of the Chinese it is hard to The most famous artists and or

The most we have done in the chealrus of Britain and America, The French composers of the early as did the high nasal monotone of Toreador song from "Carmen" on the way.

the singers.

other

Both are entirely rendered West for a hundred years is to in- Russian Balalaika Orchestras, Hun- part of the last century In parti

by Chinese and to anyone interest corporate the saxophone, after many garian Tziganes, Japanese Samisen cular, were fond of going to Al- That this will be altered in the ed, worth listening to, whatever your hysteries and malédictions, into our Players, Hawaiian Ukeleles, Mexican geria, or Morocco, and using the future seems certain, for the educat- opinion of the performance may be dance orchestras, so we have no ex Guitars, Chinese music, Scotch Bag-Arab rhythms for their ballet musleed Chinese are admirers of our at the end.

perience to offer them! pipos, Indian Music, Arab Music, and orchestral suites. Verdi' too in Western music as presented to them

Add to these attempts children's It seems to me that in the future"- Negro Jazz, etc., etc. We can tune Aids, has gone to Egypt for some by broadcasting and the music for nursery rhymes sung in Chinese, some now musical form must be the in to our choice and, if dissatisfied, of his effects, and Mozart aming the films, and are cleverly adapting and many records of Chinese tunes outcome of such real Interest on

In this the great Germans has some East their methods to our own. switch off in a moment.

and songs, some of them played on their part, Wether it too will be a way the brendeanting of European orn effects also. One wonders who-

The originators of Jazz had only their own instruments with piano form of jazz-my highbrow musical musle has had a profound effect on ther a more universal Idlom would

and violin as well, or simply adapt friends have expressed their horror the musical sense of the nations of have arisen carlier in music, if the drums, knucklebones and a horn or the Far East.

great composers of the last two cen- twb to contribute as an orchestra, ed to our dance bands, and I think at this thought-or in song, or ballet turies could have heard at will. the but the Chneso have a large orches It can be said that quite a largo form, one cannot say;

tra of their own, and Into this they field of our music is being experi-| It is really not possible that the They are daily becoming more and music of all countries broadcast an

are now boldly incorporating our mented with.

music of the West superimposed more accustomed to the rhythms of wo do to-day?

of upon the mugle of the East will out There are two other aspects European music, and far from-dia- All the above mentioned however, instruments, a thing never before at

Eastern nation. this music on which I do not proposof the latter altogether and that the liking these forms so alien to their wore special examples, and practical- tempted by

which played during to touch this evening, as there is no Western violins will gradually ro own, they have shown both Interest ly unknown in the popular sense of The orchestra

rather walling and enthusitam in trying to дя-

the word, Jazz alone so far ix a the Gala Performanco alluded to was time to give them sufficient atten- place all the soft similate them. The Chinese in par- popular blend of the music of the composed entirely of Chinese play. tlon, One is the serious work of in-Chinese ones, and leave no trace of in the their sound. It is more likely that ticular are trying to make some African and American Continents era for both European and Chineas dividual Eastern componers

and Western manner, and the other is some future great composer, from thing now out of the medley of understood and appreciated by the instruments, and the music

were also Chinese. sound broadcasted to which I have civilined world, But China is now songs

Thore religious music such as hymn tunes. the East is going to create a won- referred.

no, printed music whatever, With regard to other Eastern darful now music out of the materials broadcasting offers him so lavishly of the music of Europe and Asia though the lender of the orchestra, nations. In their deliberato efforts by which is most interesting, and which clarinet player, who sat with his means of danco orchestras, songs, should have far-reaching effects in back to the rest, had a small single films and plays, to render Western the future of the Art.

sheet of paper before him with pro

making an effort towards the fusion was

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I have not aven any recent Bims of the best of both hemispheros, and made in India by Indians only, but that the first crudo efforts to pre- a few years ago I saw a very good paro the way for him have begun.

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