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SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1948.

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JOMEN are like pickled onions. They will persist in popping to the surface to remind you-as if you wanted to be reminded of their prosenco.

Once upon a time, my friends, this was a won- derful world in which to live. There were wars, of course, and blood ran down every gulter in torrents. There were plagues and perils. Fires destroyed cities with Star Ferrylike regularity. Babies were born overy second with hacking. neuritis and barber's rash. There were execu- tions and excrescences at every street corner.

But it was, indeed, a wonderful | This is the old world-wonderful because first of a women only nagged their hus- serios. bands and not the world

large! Ralph Shaw will write The world today is decidedly

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From an ancient Briton blowing raspberries at Roman invaders

CANADIAN regiment has taken home from the

battlefields of Europe an unusual form of loot. It hus ndopted Lili Marlene us its march.

From the curliest days bands of all nations have borrowed ideas and themes from each other, and it was not so long ago that Britain went to Germany for bandmasters, which ac- counts for the German origin of many of our marches. Be fore that we took instruments from the Turks and improved upon them.

through a primitive cow's horn to-a_postwar—conscript-listening to opera in Vienna, the British soldier has always liked music

William the

Conqueror

brought minstrels in the berges to stir up his seasick soldiers

LILLIBULLERO

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Charles II, influenced by what to victory. One company which he saw during his exile in had, wavered very badly, sud- France, introduced an instru- denly put on a spurt and the ment known as the hautbois to battle was won; a victory for his Horse Grenadiers, who re- the bands. named it the handboy. Today it is the oboc. Later oboes

Afterwards it was learned that an NCO had shouted to the men that as long as the band played they to fight and that he personal- ly would shoot anyone who showed signs of cowardice.

were

were adapted for all foot regi- ments and each company was But down at Keller Hall, allowed n fictitious name on its Twickenham, where all our roll so that each player could

Napoleon

en gave Britain the idea of bandmasters are trained by the have extra pay. This was the making bands bigger than the cus- tomary strength of ten, but War Royal Military School of Music, start of the non-effective rank. Omce establishments did not increase Musicians were mostly Civi- at the same time, so officers had to they consider that they have lians and they did not take pay for the extra upkeep and most "built up the best school for kindly to Army discipline. The "CO's ̈made them contribute 12 days

rattled the

pay a year.

Ernani which he had arranged. So good were the sales that he

was

appointed editar of Boose's Military Journal by 14 Arm of publishers. Eventually three bandmasters of the

Foot Guards were all editing rival

Journals.

But civilian bandmasters, and number of bands, disappeared by the time of the Crimen.

woe-and women!

But, what kind of equality do

women want? It's about time that a male champion arose to

shed some light on the nefarious duggery of the greatest bunch

nibblings and shallow akull-

of crafty chisellers that has ever been allowed to exist on the right side of iron bara and double-bolted cells.

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Council of Women. They want this-and they want that! They want a bigger may in public affairs. It's all summed up in this

misused word

much The standard of playing fell off and in 1854 Queen "equality.". And yet, when you Victoria was shocked to hear the bands play the National Anthem not analyse the situation, it's not only from different arrangements equality they ask for, but a but in different keys. Two years

later the Duke of Cambridge, later heck of a sight more. to become Commander in Chief. started a milliary school of music, cach regiment contributing to its upkeep.

It reminds me of the story of the man in the crowded tram, And so next year the Royal Mili- who set unconcernedly in his tary School of Music came into. be-seat as a woman, directly in Ing at Kneller Hnil. Since then every bandmaster in the Army has front of him, gripped the strap had to qualify there.

and glared at him with ferocity that would have shaken lesser.souls to molecules.

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Finally, she apoke: "Are you a Adjutant and Quartermaster, and the Director of Music-but 19 civilian man?" she asked. "Yes, madam," he professors teoch Individual instru- replied. "Do you believe In equal ments. There are two sets of classes rights for women?" "Certainly, I -students and

Students are pumasters; there dol" Well, stand up and enjoy 'em NCO's training as are normally 50 of them in a three- then." And there you have it in a years course. Puplis are men und nutshell. boys training as musicians;

their course lasts a year and there are 250 pupils at a time.

legacy in the leopard skins elaborate drumstick flourishes of to- orchestras.

day.

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military bandemen in the world., Duke of Marleborough refused

Future bandmasters learn hartuony Black, men from the West Indies and counterpoint, church music, or Britons have always thought to have them near him and once were imported to heal the drums chestral instrumentation,

musical a dictation, conducting, the tuning a lot of military music. Poly- at a military review, when and tambourine's and they left

and bands and arranging for bands blue, the Roman historian, re- asked by the King where the

sit for

examina- ports that the Roman Legions musicians were,

tions and coming for composing, were met by ancient Britons money in his pocket and said,

conducting and writing direct for who began their attacks with "In here." Yet Marlborough's

military bands, and qualify in con- ducting a church service with full taunting songs and deafening men campaigned in Europe to

choir and organ. After all that, howla accompanied by trumpets the most famous marching song

students are eligible for promotion to and shrieking horns that ter- the world has known, "Lillibal-

bandmasters with the rank of War- rified the invaders,

WIL

Saracon Bands

VILLIAM the Conquerer went one better. He brought min. strels with him in the barges and their job was to make the fghtened and, no doubt, sea- sick troops sing lustily all the way over and then go battle singing.

Into

The word "minstrel" covered

all musicians. Trumpeters were

the most popular, being reserved

lern."

Bandmasters were often German, Austrian or Itallan and always civi- tians,

so it was a common sight to see a band in bright uniform being conducted by a bandmaster in drab civilian clothes. These bandmasters would rarely go overseas

You can't have your bread but- tered- both sides-not-in-these-in-- flationary days, at least. And that's. what women want. They want an equality of their own choice. It's got to be either one thing or t'other,

TAKE the National Assembly nt 1 Nanking. A bunch of women de- legates, have been insulted because the male members of that body have

The Duke of Wellington tooked when their battalfone resign- rant OMeer, Cinss 1. They may take heckled them during their attempts

more kindly to bands and during the fighting at Busaco sent for his musicians to play, hoping the music would inspire his weary and starving troops

SEVEN POINT PLAN TO

HE future of the British Second

It is one

were order-

ed away on a for

a foreign tour, Bandsmen wrote their own music because no publisher would risk money on marches a century ago. In the Scots Guards, decided to 1845 Carl Boose, the bandmaster of and publish a selection from Verdi's

print

a later examination for promotion to commissioned rank as directors of music. Only Guards and Corps staff bands have commissioned directors.

PETER LAWRENCE

Modernise the Lords

by GEORGE MALCOLM THOMSON

• Nomination to be for life.

to speak. "Treat us as you would treat your wives' they said. In other words, "We are women and, while it's all right for you to scream your heads off when men get up to blather, you shouldn't do it to us because we are women." Bah! It makes me sickl

If that's equality, then I'm the Archbishop of Canterbury! Equality, as far as I'm concerned, meons equality. And just take the case of that lady wrong-doer, who appeared before our learned beaks the other day and pleaded for leniency on the

that she grounds

Was a woman!

Down in Bogota, where there's been a spot of bother, all American women have been flown out. Why?

It would, of course, be impossible What's good for the gander is also

for the establishments of kings to all the people and not only to a

-First, it is fecessary to brush roanship of a County Council or a and noblea and given officer should address his mind to the issue, which, if they

small, privileged coste. Everybody side various foolish notions Lord Mayoralty

Provostship or rank. Edward III had five resolved

were put into colonial governorship: rank of You see what I'm driving at? to Reck a solution on practice, would destroy the value general or its equivalent in the trumpeters who got 7d a day. common-cense lines.

of a Second Chamber. A system Services, including the Civil Service, If women want equality, then it's of election which simply produced By Ruch The Crusaders found that the 1-Plainly the hereditary principle a second edition of the House of eligible for membership

means a panel of those got to be absolute equality. Sex

could be Saracens used bands to indicate no longer commands reasoned Commons would be farcical

docan't enter into the argument at made up. rallying points because the support in the country, although in

The reproduction in a Second

all. Chamber of the strict

Nomination to be made by the standards were often hidden by practice it works well enough.

party dis dust. They played while the -The need for a Second Chamber clpline of the Commons would un- Government of the day, as vacancies

dermine the pre

of the new are created by death in a Chamber prestige battle went in their favour: certainly by everyone who under- to recruit a Second Chamber solely

is recognised by most people, House. And it would be a mistake of limited numbers, absence of music indicated that lands that, in present conditions, in the Colours were in danger or Britain as well as abroad, the real Parliaments are not well served by for a member of the Second Cham-good for the goose in these days of

from "distinguished

individuals. the battalion broken.

danger to democracy comes from genlusea.. the bloated power-complex of

ber ever to become a member of the equality, And it's an easy way to It was only in the 15th cen-successful demagogues.

-The aim of creating a Second House of Commons. Appointment get rid of a few of 'em in a nlee, tury that troops began march-function of n Second Chamber to 6 Chamber which will command to the Second Chamber should In-

clean manner. as a brake upon the over- sufficient respect both from

volve definite sacrified of the highest ing at a regular pace, and the serve

weening drum-major was introduced to Hitlers

ambitions of these little ability and from its reprezentative political

No Second character and which, at the same Chamber coulds,

ever acquire the re- discipline slack drummers.

2- 'now Second Chamber should from the fours of Commons this a temporary asylum for men who About the year 1560 fifes behave as much

time, will be sufficiently detached quisite prestige if it might become

power came the rage but fife players present

or even will best be achieved by fixing cer- had been unfortunnie in an election." ADIES first." Not on your life in Ibuse of Lords-or even

these days of equality) It's about tain. conditions or membership- By metids such as these it wi

time that women stopped finging were rare. Henry VIII sent to more. It should be as representative

bo possible to call into being their sex into our faces, immediately Vienna for ffes and commands the present House of Commons- A reasonable lower age-limit, say Second Chamber which will gain there's something nasty around the ing officers had to offer four These are ideals which the creators

or, if possible more representative, 45 years.

authority through wisdom and will corner. And the sooner wa men exert that authority in independence get down to giving women the times the normal soldier's pay of a new House must seek to realise service to be imposed on those from of both Government and Commons. equality they don't want, the sooner to get trained players. Band®- mon were considered to be 4-Obviously, however. It is idle to whom the Second Chamber is 7-As for powers. It is often held will we be rid of 'em. non-combatant in those days and to be entrusted to a Second Chamber required that they should have at- simply

For instance, i might be that a Second Chamber exists

How many women want equality, to delay the impetuous anyway? in 1080 it was ordered that all until agreement has been reached tained. Ministerial or Privy Council actions of the Commons. This is a spinsters? Or the body corporate, so frustrated trumpeters would have the ends on the methode by. which is or rank; some defined status in mistake. It will often bo the task to speak? of their swords broken:

Anyway, let's give it to representativo≫ status to be industrial or professional organisa- of a good Second Chamber to urge 'em thick and heavy, What do secured.

tions like the TUC or the FBI chair- speed upon a dilatory Glovemment. you think?

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