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THE DAILY BRITISH WhiIG. = RA : b FRIDAY, JANUAR Violins of Yesterday. Excepting the plano, ment of modern times. This says 'much for its rapid evolution, when ome considers that a guitar, the fluto and harp, in various form, date back fo 1500 B.C, or thereabouts. Tue Bonor of making the first genuine violin is attributed to Dulffoprugcar, born near Munich about 1514. He probably obtained his idea from the guitar-fiddle of the troubadours and the viol. Close on his heels wera Gasparo da Salo of Brescia and An- "dreas Amati of Cremona. The lat- ter's instruments were rather small, and some authorities assert that they are only a species of viol. By about 1620 the violin was be- coming popular. Though still in the experimental stage, it met with the approval of both royalty and com- moners. Dancing masters and stroll- Ing players found it a handy instru- ment for their purposes, and particu- Jarly favored the small violin, or Kit, which could be conveniently _silpped into a pocket. The violin- ist's great bugbear at this time was the G string, being farthest from the right hand, it presented many difficulties, and all musicians were afraid to use it until Merula of Cre- mona boldly attacked the subject and produced' some sonatas in which the G string was frequently employed. Progress was steady. though the old hankering after frets dled hard, and these did not finally disappear until the end of the eigh- deenth century. By Elizabeth's reign violinists had been admittel into the court's band, but they were much despised by players of the bass "viol, the most popular instrument in fashionable circles. Charlés II, in imitation of Louis XIV., instituted a band of twenty-four violins. This royal support was not to be especial- ly commended, as the graceless mon- arch, in the words of a well known writer, "was not in sympathy with anything great or noble in art, and, although he had a superficial knowl!- edge of music and sang a plump bass, he looked upon it merely as an incentive to mirth, and did not care for anything that he could not stamp time to." -- How Musiéa] Profession Can Benefit Is it possible for teachers of music in a community to adopt a code of Methics, an unwritten governing law 'Ato which all shall subséribe as do, . Ror example, physicians, lawyers and * Architects? 'The experiment is be- 0g tested in certaln leading Canad- . ian mueical centres, and it is en- y 'Gouraging, to know that the plan is working but successfully. alousies, unfair tactics and har evils in the teaching profes- ; "tal asuredly be eliminated if the mmebers of the profession will get together and meet on a common and friendly ground. There shoull be ho discord in the musical pro- fession.. There is no reason why the music teachers cannot organize for constructive and protective measures just as the members of any other profession. First comes leadership, in force of public sentiment, the desire which is in the . heart of every well-intentioned worker to stana well in the eyes of the community, will do the rest. If three or more leading music teachers in a community will put their heads together, effective or- ganization will come about in short order. The members of the music teaching profession have it in their power to do great things for the pro- gress of the artistic life of the com- munity if they will only co-operate kindly and constructively with ons another. To achieve the best success for the cause of music, there must be unity in all ranks. h Lessons from Composer's Life. There is much encouragement for the hard-working music. student in the long life of Camille Saint-Saens, recently ended. Says Groves' sober dictionary: 'Saint-Saens is a con- summate master of composition, and no one possesses a more profound knowledge than he does of the sec- rots and resources of the art, but the creative faculty does not keep pace with the technical skill of the workman." This, of course, is a poi- {te way of saying that he was A firstgclass technician with a second- rate genius, which, however, he de- veloped to an extreme degree by sheer hard work and clear thinking. Genius is rare. Mozarts and Schu- berts are very scarce in musical his- tory. But all of us can work, anil though our endowments may be con- siderably less than those of Sain:- Saens, this gifted mu 'cian shows that {t is possible to work hard, live long, and enjoy a large meaure of success in music by making the ut- most of whatever share of talent we possess. In this respect at least we can learn more from Saint-Saens than we can from, say Schubert. Incidentally, Saint-Saens mixed freely with men, and as an amateur astronomer could be happy alone with the stars. It is well to cultivaie a hobby outside music for this, no doubt, helped Saint-Saens to live io eighty-six. Saxophone and Its Place. T6 most people the saxophone is an instrument which is the rage to- day and which will be unheard of to- morrow, Many hardly even rank at as a musical instrument and class it as a musical toy. However, the saxo- phone has many excellent qualities which undoubtedly will make it a permanent' member of the family of muse. It is interesting to note that the first saxophone, said to have been made in America, was made in 1911, only eleven years ago. Today it Is reported the largest manufacturing companies can not raise the produc- tion of the instrument sufficiently high to meet the ever increasing de- mand. This might be compared to the terrific spread in popularity of a popular song. Through this compari- son critics, with some degree of rea- son, predict that the saxophone will "fome | then organization and adoption of , the violin Is | articles of faith, and then -- the admittedly the most popular instru- | Lord Reading, viceroy of India (left), and his host, the faharajah of Gwalior. rapidly be forgotten just as many popular songs are today. It is human nature tp react against a popularity just as it is to act for it, But is not the saxophone doing something to establish itself as a classic ipstead of a popular song? Critics predict that the instrument would go out of fashion with jazz. Today jazz has considerably abafed, but the saxophone"s popularity 'and | demand has, if anything, increased. This clearly shows that as the public | taste changes the type of saxophone playing will change, but that the saxophone will remain, Because of #ts remarkable adapt- ability the saxophone will have wide use in the future, taking its place with the other musical instruments, and will most probably retain an en- during favor with the public. / Value of Organ In Movies. ~JThe organ in the motion picture theatre has come to stay. In the future it will play an integral part in musical programmes in picture houses and #ven.in theatres where legitimate attractions are staged. Of course it will never supplant the or- chestra, but it will have its place among the, musical features because the public has developed apprecia- tion of it. The organ in the modern theatre, and especlally in the motion picture house, offers the musician who thor- oughly understands It an opportunity that no other instrument can equal, for from it he can draw musical col- oring that will fit every situation. The organ can supply very fine shad- ings and it will give the tempo and even the musical tints that are so essential to the successful presenta- tion of a picture, The competent motion picture or- ganist always secures his best results vithout premeditation. He uses very little manuseript and usuaily builds up his organ accompaniment fur 2! be in some small coastal steamer |some birds he saw in Papua. picture by observing every scenes and then providing his own musical set- ting. He does not, moreover, use stereotyped programmes made up of excerpts from yvurious numbers suit- in those waters, however, which if {she has not gone to the bottom by| able for specified scenes and strung together, Neither does he use cue music written expressly for picture | qualities of a sailor---I am speaking evident. playing. In a' word, he improves. In playing for motion pictures ona "His Master's Voice: Victor Records ty. = A | to that sort of thing. I went on that is largely governed by public taste. The ravvie organist 'must always study the audience. To play for ple- tures successtnily a musician must | know something about the emotions | jof men and women, their sense of {humor and the things that stir them. f | To interpret pictures properly from a {musical standpoint a musician must | {feel them. | | The Use of Music. ! We are only beginning to realize the true meaning and significance of music in everyday life. The use to which music is put after a man or | woman leaves college, when compar- | {ed to the use he or she makes of | | French, German, chemistry, physics, | | philosophy, or many other subjects | which one might name in no 'way substantiates its absence from our | school curriculum. | Music has been classed for many | years among the cultural subjects, | and a stigma has been attached to | this word cultural. It is indeed un-| fortunate that we have been intent! | upon pratical and technical educa-| tion that we put off into a sep-| arate class certain subjects, call them cultural, and as a-result leave them almost unnoticed and always | unrequired. | r | | | ENGLAND | {A TRIP ON THE MERRIE "The shallow geas are stormy seas, | When Trade winds wildly blow; 1 The breaking waves do as they please| And they flood the decks below." "It can be very rough, Teddy," said Uncle Frank, "when the Trade | wind is blowing off the coast ot Pa-| pua, and many 'is the nasty tossing! 1 have experienced. Sometimes it] | would be in a little cutter that one would not think could possibly live in the great seas that get up so quickly, and at other times it would [that would ship a big green sea on| her nose and dive so deeply that one | | never expected her to come up again. | | {There was one great little boat up| now, is my choice for testing the] of the government steamer--the Merrie England. She is England at her very merriest." "I bet she would not make me | geasick, Uncle. I never feel sick on swings or any of the things that come round with the fairs and cir- cuses." "That's good, Teddy, but before you say too much I would like to say that I once heard the governor of Papua say to three British admir- als that he hoped they would not be| seasick. They were quite huffy about it--had been at sea all their lives, don't you kngw, and not given trip and the steward told me the next morning that, with the excep- tion of the governor, every man om board had been sick, even the cap- tain. I was not sick--I could not fairly describe it that way I was so frightfully ill that I was not well for a week afterwards." "How did that happen, Uncle?" "Well, Teddy, the Merrie England had been a gentleman's steam yacht $nd he sold her because he thought she was top-heavy. The Australian government bought her ' for Papua, and a great leaden keel was put on to prevent her rolling over on the big seas. The keel was made of lead purposely because there are reefs everywhere in those seas and it she bumped on to one by accident, the lead would only be dented, I guess that there were many dents made in that keel. Now you can understand why she is such a great boat for making people seasick? You see she rolls nearly over and then that heavy keel brings her back with a jerk. She plunges, dances, and rolls like an unbroken cayuse, and I can tell you, Teddy, the land-lubber is soon looking over the side, feels ing as if nothing mattered any more in this worl." ' ! "I'll take it all back, Unele, I spoke out of my turn. I feel sea sick now without going on board. Down to Cloudy Bay. "We left Port Moresby, Teddy, in the Merrie England in the afternoon, the governor having promised to drop me at Cloudy Bay. It got aw- fully rough as soon as we got out- side and I did not care where I was dropped. I remember once during the night she gave a big roll and seemed to over on her side, The water poured everywhere and I made sure we were gofle that time. I jumped up, but my cousin, who was with me, said: "Stay where you are, ofd man, if she does the right thing slie will roll right over and come up on the other side again. You cannot swim in the sea tonight." {and the governor on his tours of in- {orchestra consisting of Saxaphone, I could not help smiling in spite of Veteran Market PHONE 153. CENTRAL STORE ' PHONE 694, LUCKIN POPULAR STORES OUR LARGE PURCHASING POWER ENABLES US TO SELL AT THESE PRICES. : VEAL LEGS .............. 2c. 1b. LOINS .............25e.}b. FRONTS............ 15c.lb. STEWING .......... 10c. Ib. WESTERN BEEF OVEN ROASTS . . .. .14c. Ib. HOULDER ROAST .12}c1b. HICK RIBS ....... 15c. Ib. RUMP ROASTS _.. 1c. Ib. I POT ROASTS . ....... 9c.lb. PRIME RIBS ........17c. lb. ROLL ROASTS ......12c. Ib. STEWS .............6clb ROUND STEAK 19¢c Ib. PORK ROASTS ...........19cIb, LEGS... Natelh CHOPS .. ....... ....25¢c. 1b. . ase 20c. 1b. Pure Pork Sausage 22c Ib. JAM .............4]bs.50c. HOME-MADE PICKLES POTATOES .....15 lbs. 19c. ROLLED OATS .. .6 lbs. 25¢. HAMBURG 3 lbs. 25¢. EASIFIRST SHORTENING 'i sini shuns Pa weno SOC PATH BUTTER-- Belleville RICH CHEESE ......25c. Ib. PURE LARD ........18c. Ib. OUR TEA ......... .49. Ib. OUR COFFEE ...... 37¢c. Ib. veins. S8c. 1D. FRESH EGGS ..... 42¢c. doz Bm being so ill. She did not roll over, but she came back with a jerk that upset me too much for any remarks. The Merrie England carried the gov- ernment officials to their stations It's Mrs. Leonard Carl Mitchell. Mrs. Leonard Carl Mitchell is ont of Syracuse's few New Year's brides She was formerly -Miss Clara De Lacy Prest, Belleville, Ont., and was mar ried New Year's night in St. Mark": Episcopal church, Syracuse, N.Y, by Rev. Percy T. Fenn, rector. had the misfortune to lose a cow yusterday money. £. party of | young people from Lee Valley in- tend attending the Euchre party and dance at Webbwood tonight. B. Sexsmith is taking the load, it is understood. Miss Helen Andress has gone to Esepanola to spend New Year's. W. and T. Coburn were ee , home from camp for christmas. Maybe the reason why we can'{ -- ------ keep our friends steadfast longer is Bath Road Notes. because we expect too much of then, Bath Road, Jan. 2.--The annual school meeting was held on Wednes- day with the usual attendance, three trustees. Miss J. Babcock, Odessa, was re-engaiied as teacher. Mr, and Mrs. J. W. Redmond attended the funeral of the former's mother, Mrs. J. Redmond, Holleford, on Tuesday last. Mr, and Mrs. A. Crozier and Miss Merkley, Westport, visiting at J. Orser's, have returned home. Mrs. FJ Palmer, Fulton, N.Y., Mrs. A. Thompson and daughter, Deborah, Sydenham, and Miss Mildred - mond, Thorold, at J. W. Redmond's. Mrs. Christie, Bloomfield, and Mrs. Pringle and daughter, Phyllis, Pic- ton, at Miss Lottie Ferris'. Mrs. J. Cliff entertained on Tuesday even- ing in honor of her daughter, Miss Thelma Cliff, B.A., Dutton. spection. Now I think I have given you a little ddea of what travelling by sea is like around Papua in a big boat. I have yet to tell you what it is llke to meet the Pacific in a cut- ter or whale-boat. There are no rail- ways, no street cars, and only a few bridle tracks in Papua---the sea is the only real road from place to place." Tomorrow Uncle Frank tells about At Lee Valley Lee Valley, Dec. 30.--A surprise party was held at A. Lachances' Fri- day evening last when Adel came home from attending schobl at Stur- geon Falls, and an enjoyable time was On Monday evening a party met at Joseph Lachance's where a Jolly eveying (was epam. On Wednesday an informal dance in the hall was well attended. Espanola M. Fenney violin, traps and piano. NAVY CUT CIGARETTES "Youre a Wonder!" 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