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The picture illustrates the $145 Columbia model. Its appearance is dignified and artistic; the shapely cabinet is mounted on casters, and in all the details of finish, this is an exemplary sample of what the best Canadian craftsmanship can produce. [It is equipped with the Columbia Individual Record Ejector, the the last word in the many exclusive features possessed by @ all Columbia Grafonolas. Other models as low as $24 C. W. LINDSAY Limited, PAGE TEN * On Approval means just that: You can't always decide as conveniently here as at your home which instrument and which records (if any) will suit you. We make the matter easy by sending a complete COLUMBIA GRAFONOLA 'outfit wherever yousay,so you can take your time about it. 121 Princess Street. A pleasant wedding took. place Three horses belonging to Wil- Dec. 11th at the home of the bride's | liam Dillabough, . Montague, were mather, Carleton Place, when Elsie | killed on the C.N.R. track Tuesday Pearl, only daughter of Mrs. Mary | night. A. and the late Myron Sterns, was At a meeting of the Perth town married to Douglas James Melley, | council $1,000 was granted to the son of James Melley, Renfrew. British Navy League. 2 hat THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1917. _ {eisic==7©me| 200, DISCOUNT Considers Rag-time Has Injuriows rhythm being thus disturbed causes Effect. {a coresponding mental and emotion- {al disturbance within ourselves, whether we are aware of it or not. Imagine yourself, while walking T 1y rag-time has a host of cri- tic 1 a strong _band of defenders. The po colin ater oy a with an easy, natural gait, suddenly pee ox soge, hog and. ever ome | cOmpelled to take one short step in portant personages, ven s CS EE aus a who own up to having been converted | P¢tWeen--or to hold ob foot Sus subject. An the debate is still pended in mid-air, half the time o subj a Lhe ods on. A the next sfep, you will have a mental ho allies himself with the|and suspension corresponding with Filia ABLTIG produces | the physical. Try it, and watch the Ss © ag- > roduce: a 2 : x a telling contribution to his side of result on. your mental "equilibrium. the question Here = is his argu-| This is exactly what rag-time does ay or ii pwith your whole syétem. To play *n : 1 " | with | temperament emotionalism is Abraham Lincoln once said *'the 4. > Lord must have loved the common|8 dangerous (hig at best, While ua. people--he made so many of them." 1°T ©€F n ~ if you do not want to De tlassed) Watcl the girl whose taste runs among the great herd of common his Ny ual Seti veople--do -not do common, cheap | 5 Sp Ragtime is not only com-| better music reaches the Sauishing mon and cheap, but degenérating, | POInt, While het Bile of hii 4 oop because it weakens the desire for [80 musical rags grows te better music Music that only ap- the external agent that appeals to the peals to the 'physical senses without senses, and because it is artificial and 8 I ysics ses BE 8 ! ; stimulating the spiritual, is a dan-|€X0H¢ it benumbs and destroys all gerous toy. {true music life until the merry jing- T iow s ; 1 | ler finds himself incapable of enjoy- The fundamental principle of mu-!, thd : 4 sic is order; rhythm and time. Sim-| OF anything dette i The Drain Te ple musical rythm is "one two, three and fina Uy EL ov ot the will to act four," correct accentuation requires 41% 10a if a were true the strong pulse, to be 3 the first] rag-time is the music of the aud third quarters of the measure,| i » 5 asses 4 ve its but when we make it "one two and, IT Ss: A eroula Sot Ligre De three four and," or '"'one and two, Fight to t vil hi} list. three and four," for miles and miles,| ntrained minds will always listen t is oe IF at thly fl wi river :{to the bright and joyous rag tempo, oh 19 as kt a empoih OWINE TVET 18) because time and noise are the bar- suddenly turned backward, forming a arian' fist. sv tom of mukical whirpool; a musical monstrosity re-|8rians first symp Musica sults, and we have the alluring, tin-| motion, its seductive artificial rhy- selled rags of music. The natural| NM intoxicates the senses and at the i ~ pl ew | Same time tickles the feet! The great musical treasures of | re did not grow to their per- C AS I O R i A | fection out of a rag-time soil. There | the masses, simple untutored people, | were saturated for years, for cen- For Infants and Children | turies, with pure melody, founded InUse ForOver 30 Years | ov natural musical rhythm. | Do not confuse rag-time with Aware bepirs Syncopation. Syncopation, as used . by the great composers, has always Signature of been employed to express a great musical idea, for emphasis, or to show forth some particular phrase in a different light. But syncopation is | always used sparingly, just as rare lace trims a garment; the whole gar- ent is not of lace. Rag-time is not constructive but destructive, as is the fungus which thrives on decayed wood often beaun- tiful to the eye, but unproductive. It could never lead an army to victory or inspire a great reform; no true musical life will ever germinate from the fungi of rag-time. Music's War Compensation. | A Toronto musician made the plea |at the Exemption Tribunal that he [was an asset to the country by con- | tinuing the practice of his profession. In a sense he was right, but he, was drafted none the less, and no one can. find fault with the judgment. Many thonsands of myggicians are In the armies of the Allies and of the Central Empires also. War is the death of art, but the life of it also. Fritz Kreisler the Austrian violinist fought in the ranks of the enemy during the first year of the war and was wounded during the Carpath- jan campaign. He came to New York while the United States was still a neutral, and the critics de- clared that he played -hetter than he for Christmas A | ever did. It is not unlikely. He had seen life in its primordial aspect and had discovered the wonder of 'man. "THESE special Pathe' Christmas PA After all it is character that makes a musician, The man who foilows Records will help to make Christmas a duty to the last hour of act will play brighter and a merrier day for they express Sr ing batter than his neighbet who is ready to avoid-his responsibilities in fullest measure the true spirit of the AN to the State and to humanity, The Yuletide Season. are students of Paris were in the thick of the Commune troubles There are Records for children and Records fer grown-ups-- Records that AN whien rowed tie Franc Prumian tell all about Santa Claus, and Records that preserve all those grand compositions ON \ » gthat for ages have been associated with this great Day. Here Is A Partial List: Gravelotte. No inconsiderable num- ber of 'them were slain. . Yet the survivors had such a broad know- ledge of the spirit. of France, mainly because of their experiences, that Make sure of at least some of these Pathe' Records \ they built a national school of Paint- 40058 [Hark ! the Herald Angels Sing ing which made all the world mar- 3 [Nursery Rhymes No. \ vel. Cloistered Art is al fem- \ While Shepherds Watched . . $1.50 20248 {Nursery Rhymes No. ! 90 y inine, and often Boh Sod Adeste Fideles 20248 [Nursery Rhymes No. 3 S It may be confidently stated that a \Sileat Night, Hallowed Night . 1.50 poet such Swinburne could not be Nursery Rhymes No. 4 .90 A the product of the present age, have been cursed with the notion ! 4 A 7 For many years the British le 30323 {Justa Clans' Own Story 20242 {0 a ar Holy \ sh peop Santa Claus' Journey with-His Toys 1.25 30324 {Sauta Claus Comes to Town : a. «i 0 that music was a pursuit . of per- Christmas Valse (Hawaiian) sons who were less manly than their Santa Claus Distributes His Toys . 1.25 20245 {seni Gavotte © .90 bretiren. There is no reason' why All Pathe' Records are double-sided --a different selection of each side. Their long, broad sound-wave, and reproduction by means of the Permanent Sapphire Ball instead of a di scratching needle --produce a tone that is indescribably full, rich and natural--and, further the Records themselves practically indestructible. No wonder it is said that ** Pathe' Records are Supreme. Make Your Selection To-day at any Pathe' Dealer's a musician should be less gallant, less virile, than his neighbor who J wheels slag all day long at the roll- gging, - | ing mills. The masters of music , make ZA were men of power and ardent tem- per, and even to-day the high spirit of Terese Careno, the woman pian- ist was that "she played like a man." This is without prejudice to the THE PATHE FRERES PHONOGRAPH CO. OF CANADA, LIMITED ; A charms of the temperament in music 4-6-8 Clifford Street . Toronto, Ontario Tevvitory open for live Agents. Progressive Merchants woiling on theiy business letier head will recevve a confidential bookict on the possibilities of a Pathe Agency, as in life. Nevertheless Art is built (upon force of character rather than upon emotionalism. Let us music- ians go to war if they are needed. Canadian school of Composition. Music and Poiitics. an impertinence, yet there was at least one campaign in Ontario where -mugic had no inconsiderable place. Ask Mr. Ruthven Macdonald if. he remembers 'the Laurier Quartette!" He and Mr, Frank Firth were half of it and ix the campaign of 1896 it : and political managers elsewhere yammered for it 30 Jnsistently that it Had » rpetual and el ng engagement in West. ern Ontario. Its trade was to sing "campaign songs" to familiar tunes. Tearful and wonderful was the dog- gerel poured 'out upon an tant public. Many and Were the "barber shop miner" chords in- 'troduced as decorations in the final cadences. Did the people like music They fairly ate it up of-tact a stirred to th act were e of enthusiasm before the sphhers began their fulsome flattery of the The result will show some day in all ; While everyone fs talking -politics|| a reference to music may be deemed |} with their politics? Did they L pi such meetings were J a whooping success. In a word, the religious revival method was applied i . . to politics, and the result was thrill- | Commencing Dec. 1st, we will give ing. In later campaigns something! |of the sort was tried but the novelty| a reduction of 20% on all 'was gone, the public was politically| . apathetic and the songs lacked || 7 Fit-Reform "pep." Yet is is practically certain : that in the presence of a wide-spread and fiery interest in politics, such {i 1 as we have been revived with ad ! i tage. A few lively patriotic songs in || : the presence of such a national crisis || $ as we face to-day would be likely to rouse enthusiasm. Yet in Ontario we may be sure, a "Laurier Quar- tette'" at this juncture might lack some of the elements 'which, go to||} Good fitting, up-to-date garments. make up a widespread popularity. "Times change and we change with 4 Inspection Invited. them!" f : ™~ Music in Australia. | A little flurry has been caused in|} musical circles in Adelaide, Austra- = | lia. It is over the appointment of a | new city organist. The appointment iH : { \ has gove to a man who is a thorough musician and an organist with a cre- ||| . ditable record for church plaving. He! -- hn Tailors. holds tlie post for a period of three : 3 ; : : | \. years, is required to give six recitals! Princess and Bagot Streets. a year and receives no salary, It is| | - stated that practically every other] city in Australia has a salaried city organist, the one in Sydney being re- uired to give almost six recitals a week at times. |The Telgmann School||| We Sell Goods for Since the war began we have learn- . ed a good deal about our Austra- of Music. What They Really lian cousins and the statement that A almost every city there has a city Piano, violin and other stringed re. organist, and apparently with the one, instruments; Elocution and Dra- New CORE: Te. ahh exception he is a salaried officer, is matic Art. Fall pupils may Shelled FOUN. cqu rhe Mal SA one of those things we didn't know. | begin at any date. Terms on ap- nuts, New Dates, New Figs. New: But it is one that should be heralded | plication. Peels, Turkish Delight, Velvet throughout Canada for it is a cus-| Marshmallow. | tom which we could very well intro- » duce. How better could the city 216 Frontenac Street. Baker 8 Grocery fathers in any of the leading centres | Phone 1610. Phone 1016. spend the very nominal amount nec; Princess and Frontenae Sts. essary than in engaging a civic organ- ist to give regular recitals for the benefit of the masses A lady re- marked the other day that she hoped to see the day when Saturday after- noon organ recitals would be the gen- @ eral thing, and in the larger cities one in each section of the city. It js ew u doubtful if anything would accom- plish this sooner than the city coun- cil"s going into the proposition en- Shi for Xmas Presents The women of Adelaide also take no back seat the sical w " \ They A a De ¥) isles) ne Children's High Chairs, Low Chairs, Rockers, Cradles, Cribs, voices which has given some most Bassinetts, Shaving Cabinets, Chiffonieres, Smoker Stands; acceptable programmes, and in con- Music Chests; Music Benches; Nut « rackers and Bowl; Cas. nection with the Elder Conservatory seroles, Pie Plates, Doll Carriages, C hildren's Table and Chairs, there is a Ladies' Part-singing class. The Largest and Best Stock in the City to Choose From. At a recent concert, hy the latter . t Robt. J. Reid special mention is made of their ren- dering of *'In Shefwood Forest" by The Leading Undertaker and Furniture Dealer, 280 Princess St. Motor and Horse Ambulances. Phone 577. Liza Lehmann and Schubert's beauti- ful part-song "God in Nature." A Sad Premiere. Perhaps no other Grand Opera is so widely popular as Puccini's Ma- dam Butterfly, produced recently in Toronto by the Boston Grand Opera 'a Company. Let at its first perform- ance the work was a complete fail- PENNANT JR . ure. Campanini was the conductor * and the scene of the performance was LaScala, Milan. Zanetello, one TWO FUE] 3 RAN a the principal tenors of the Boston pera to-day, sang the Isle of Pinker- W( N ) ton on that occasion, February 17th, GAS, COAL OR D. 1904. The popular attitude towards . the opera was expressed in the Ital- Same Oven for Either Fuel. ian manner, by whistling, boosing N f and laughing aloud, and it is said o uss, no that Puccini offered to reimburse the manager of the theatre for the ex- pense of the production. muss, no work An BACKWARD or worry by WEAKLY CHILDREN || having to shift Dr. Cassell's Tablets Strengthen Feeble Little Folk i Portily the Coustl- sooty grates or Bvery mother should know that Dr. Cassell's Tablets are just as suitable to P burners. for children, even for bables, as they are for grown up people. Dr. Cassell's Tablets strengthen the constitution of Only one stove children and gendrate that vifal energy | Which ehables the little body 22 a . ki h velop naturally, and thereflore health. fly. This they do because they pro- mn your tc en mote digestion and ensure perfect as- similation of.the nutriment which di- . gestion provides. 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All talking machines have already advanced but the New Edison has not, and as these old prices will prevail only up to the end of December, it would appear to be wisdom to buy now, and take advantage of this substantial saving in price, Second, it is the Christmas Season, and a New Edison brings as guests to your home the greatest musical artists in the worldl. They entertain you untiringly and at their best. We give you free demonstrations either at our store or in your own home, without any obligation whatever -- Our terms are so easy, it Is no inconvenience to buy ---- ask about them. 4 This "New Edison" in beautiful mahogany or Oak can be bought now for - $137.50 | | | 1 | | i | | On January 1st the price will be adyanced to $146.00. The J. M. Greene Music Co. Limited 3 +