KINGSTON. 0; ONTARIO. FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1918 Does Familiarity With Music Breed The old ay "familiarity breeds contempt' is applicable to _ nothing more fully than music. Try it out for yourself withigur phonograph. It's easy to prove there's "a moral in it very well worth while. Familarize yourself thoroughly with an er of various types of musi- <al compositions. Learn to know every phrase, every delicate nuance, every modulation. What is the re- sult? They begin to bore you. You know them too well. There is no thing left in some of them for you to discover, and you exclaim wearily "I'm glek of that tune." A "tune" you call it now, though probably it was a "melody" at first. "Familiarity breeds contempt," and you are only human. But did you notice, as you be- came familiar with this group of selections, that some yielded their secrets more readily than others? Some have given you all they had AAA fr PA SN The Telgmann School of | usic Plano, violin and other stringed iastruments; elocution and dra- matic art. Pupils may begin at any date. Terms on application. Engagements for concerts ac- cepted, 216 Frontenac Street. Phone 1610. can get it. in and you have tired of them already. Others withheld something; you do not.guite understand them yet. At each hearing they reveal new beau- ties, and these still interest you. What is the moral? It is this. In almost every case, and almost in perfect ration, thé pieces you would describe as "classical". or possibly "highbrow" arefthe ones best hold- ing your interest. You liked them least at first, but the sum total of the enjoyment you have had from them (pilus what they still may have to offer) is far greater thap you derived from the others. anére are exceptions .to every rule. Individuals differ. Truly has it heen said that there are as many different kinds of people as there are individuals. Undoubtedly there are some who never ltked anything more soul stirring than "Alexander's Ragtime Band." You could not vonvince them that Massenet"s "El- egie" is just as tuneful, and far more satisfying, when you are fam- ilar with it. 'The loss is only theirs, for the "Elegie" will live without their appreciation or applause. But do not, for your own selfish gake, neglect any enjoyment i you Take the testimony of "Gopd music is not bun. It has merit. You know perfectly well it has, or it could not fool so many people for so long a time. As for myself, statistics will show that there is less than one chance in a hundred that you are incapable of enjoying good music. Give it an opportunity to prove to you that millions. ae | vice is also atpteTudicol Nobody has anything to gain but you. : Yesterday's Best Not Good Enough For To-day. The study of harinony should not bo a matter of lines and spaces dic- tated by a harmonic prescription which means nothing more to the student, but it should be something dealing with tonal effects which one is obliged to hear and feel, and something to be uséd. 'A prominent educator says: "Ar- bitrary rules are a crutch for medi- ocrity and fetters for genius." When a student is given a rule without re ference to the tonal effect of musi- cal principles which give rise to it, he observes the rule which absolute- ly no gain in skill or power, because there is mo understanding. The abandonment of arbitrary rules does not mean that a student should be left with no basis for work, but that the tules are replaced with under- standing; a knowledge of the nature of music. By virtue of as various relations, in "scale, chord, to rhythmic accents, etc.,, the material of music is possessed with certain gualities and tendencies for voice leading which provide a comprehensive working basis that embodies the rules and their long train of exceptions and vastly morg that meets the needs of the student ai every point. He thinks and hears with intelligent 'discrimination and uses the same skill with tone material that one doés with language when the closest shade of meaning is understood. your musical soul is not dead. May-} One who works on these deep, all be you you're wrong. think it is, but probably This imsclicited ad- -- pm, J er | The LINDSAY Piano is the oN Piano among the many Canadian-made instruments in which high quality and low price are united to such a remarkable degree. ' One Price Only -- Cash or Terms ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE FREE | C. W. 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In the history of absent-minded and forgetful men (that remains to Fe Wren Y "Beethoven must tainly have a prominent place. eer time he was engaged in the "Pas- toral" symphony, he went into a restaurant and ordered 'dinner, but as there was sone delay in' serving the meal, his mind reverted -to his iconiiposing; and when the waiter came and offered dinner, he waved him away, saying, "Thank you, 'I have dined," and laying down, the price of the -meal took his depart- ure. The King Got His. Salomon, a London musician, had as pupil ng George III. One day, when the king had not distinguished himself by great practice or skill in playing, the teacher gave him the following. classification of fiddlers: "Fiddlers, your Majesty, may be divided into three classes: To the first belong those who cannot play at all; to the second those who play badly; and to the third th who play well. You, sire, have already reached the second class." Dotted Notes. Jack Spratt could ne'er sing loud His wife could ne'er sing soft, So they sang the Swiss Echo Song, And everybody laughed. \ A one-time Russian soldier said hé had sung this song in the ranks for three hours steadily: On the stoop, On the stoop, On the stoop, Stood General Paul Demeitrieff. One, two, one, two. a ul Dp you ever try to listen to music in a way that will allow you to re- fax completely? A voeal teacher says: "It seems impossible for some péople to relax. . Their muscles are in a constant state of tenseness that results in tired nerves and over-taxed muscles, and if they 'are singers the tone they produce is bound to be flat and strident with no mellow- ness or carrying power." It is related of him that about the} [WALKER TELS OF WEES ROBLES Health Was Fail Takes Tanlac and Overcome, . Fast-- roubles "1 actually believe that Tdslac sav- ed my wife from a serious illness, for when 1 started her on it she was 0 weak and run-down that her en- ergy "was just about all gone," said John W. Walker, the wellknown proprietor of the grocery and meat market at 518 Carlaw Avenue, To- ronto, the other day. "For several months," he contin- ued, "my wife's hsalth had been fail- ing fast, and she suffered so dread- fully with her nerves that her whole system was in a wretched condition. She lost her appetite and when she went to the table nothing appealed to her and she could hardly force down a thing. Every morning on getting up she complained of feeling tired and worn out, and she didn't appear to have a bit of life or ambition at all. Her strength was all gone and she was so weak that she was barely able to get around. I was very much worried about the condlition she was in, for I knew that if she kept going down at that rate it wouldn't be long before she would be laid up in bed. "I had read so much about Tanlac and heard so many people praising it that I got a bottle for her, and I'm here to say that it was worth many times what it cost in the good it has done her. In fact, she began to im- prove right from the start. She has taken four bottles now and is much stronger and better in evéry way than she was before. 'That old tired, worn- out feeling is entirely gone, she looks better and says that she feels bettér than she has for a long time. Her appetitie is just fine and she eats big, hearty meals and relishes them, too. All that nervousness hgs been overcome and she never complains of a thing being wrong with her now. 1 do not usually recommend medi- cines, but Tanlac has done my wife so much good that I am glad to en: dorse it, and only hope that what I can say will help someone else to try this wonderful medicine." Tanlac is sold in Kingston by A. P. Chown, in Plevna by Gilbert Ost- ler, in Battergea by C. 8, Clark, in Fernleigh by Brvin Martin, in Ar- doch by M. J. Scullion, in Sharbot Lake by W. Y, Cannon. - . ~--ADVT. OLD WHIG READER WRITES HIRAM WALKER AND. WIFE OF YARKER, ON LONG TRIP. Paid Visit to New York, Washing. ton, Buffalo and Other Polnts-- Whig in the Walker Family Over Eighty Years. =. Buffalo, N.X., July 9.--(To the Editor): Dear Sir--Being born in the township of Kingston, in the year 1842 and my father. and myself having taken the British Whig for at least eighty years, I thought per- haps some of your readers might wonder what has become of me. Well, my wife and I left Yarker, Ont, for a Httle trip on June 4th. We came to Kingston and went to Cape Vincent, arriving to Watertown the first day, and stopping at the Woodruff House. We got a train next morning for New York, arriving there in the evening. We were met at the Grand Central station by friends, who took us through the subway, under. the great river, to their home in Brooklyn, where we were entertained for a few days. They showed us through some of the principal parts of that great city with a population of six million souls. We afterwards got a train for Washington, D.C., where we arrived in the evening, béing met there by our nephew, Winslow Lewis, who has been employed in the Printing De- partment for seventeen years, as proof reader, his 'brother from Chicago, and a friend . from Winnipeg, Mr. Caldwell. { Winslow Lewis took us to his home, entertain- ing us for three w , and showing us through the most beautiful city in the world, and also an auto trip rsa rem steds, sizes 25 to 34. - BOYS' SUITS From $4.95 up to $12.00; specially priced for Saturday, the styles are the newest in pinch back and trench models, in the best English tweeds and wor- ER SO An Exceptional | Opportunity for | Men & Young Men Presents itself Saturday in a decided repricing of fashionable suits taken from the better grades in stock and marked down to $12.95, $14.95 and $16.95, dark shades of grey in plain and fancy stripes, brown checks and blues, plain 3-button model for men, = form fitting and trench models for young men; soft roll lapels and = _ plain patch pockets; trousers well- trimmed, finished with belt loops = and cuffs; sizes from 33 to 42. 2-button a nom a en en et en] : WOMEN'S WHITE CANVAS SPORT BOOTS Just the thing to take with you for every day wear in the coun- try. They are cool and comfort- "able. We have them in all sizes. Reg. $4.00 for $2.95. $4.95 up. A117 « NO PEAT THIS WINTER, Experiments Planned in Ontario Giv- en up For Preseat, Toronto, July 12.--Peat, as fuel, will not help to alleviate the coal shortage in the province next win- ter. Whether it is possible ¢0 pre- pare peat fgr fuel will not be known for at least anather year, according to Hon.. G. Howard Ferguson, Min- ister of Lands, Forests and Mines. Experiments which the Ontario Gov- ernment intended carrying on this summer in the manufactare of peat into briquettes have practically had to be given up. Some work is being | done om a small scale in one or two bogs in the province, but the experi- Karly last spring Hon. 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