NOTED PIANA TEACHER " Disapproves of Memory Work in Out spoken Fashion, "No terms that 1 could employ would be too strong to express my complete and absolute disapproval ofy the modern craze of playing from memory. To see, as we do, an an- Rpuncement in the syllabus for ex Aminations in our public musie "Schools that credit will be given for the performance from memory of at - least one of the test pieces' fills me "rT ihine ome time, waste of energy, a fruitless tax with artistic performance than the material of which the seat at the pia- no is constructed has with the fingers Indeed, in §ome cases, not to say in many, it retards and interferes with the highest obtainable executive re- sult; for, while the pianist fs making the mental effort of trying to re- member what comes next, he cannot Josuibly give undivided attention to is rendering of the music. "And again, playing from memory is no indication of higher musician- With impotent rage, so inconsistent | ship, If he labors at it long enough, do I consider such an exhibition witn itue artistic endeavor. And it Is Strange "that while such memory Work is exacted from those whe play Wolo, no such 'demand is made upon Bose who take part in concorded "musie." : - This very direct and stinging asser- tion is made by no less a personage than Francesco Berger, professor of Planoforte playing at the Royal Aca: demy of Mustc, London, "Let me not be misunderstood;" he writes in the "Btude, "if the pianist has played his "#0lo 80 often that he feels he no lon- ger requires to cousult the music Pages which face him, feels that he ean dispense with them, there is no objection to his doing so. What is ob- jected to is: that he should be res quired to make efforts to achieve so Poop an end, That he should be Invit- od to devote precious hours--"mem- orizing," hours which he could far more profitably eniploy in "reading" « pew music, or in perfecting old. "Reading is #n accomplishment which bears fruit. The more one "reads", the easier it becomes, And facility In "reading" is desirable be- cause it enables one, in a given num ber of days Of years, to become aec- quainted with a far greater number of works than if the process were slow and labaripus. But playing frol memory bears no such fruit; it is & barren of any profi ; "The act of mem&Tiing is waste of Rids Feet of Corns. 'Removes Foot Lumps. '++ Sure and Painless 'What any corn needs is the sooth- Ing influence of Putham's Painless ~ Corn and Wart Extractor, which in twenty-four MNours lifts out every root, branch and stem of corns and warts. Just clean riddance to the old offenders--that's the way Put. nam's Painless Corn and Wart Ex- tractor aets. Refuse a substitute preparation for Putnam's Extractor, 248¢., druggists everywhere. = i Pin, Tot taht sgt any fool can commit a piece to mem- ory. It Is the true musician who dis- dains such drudgery. He. refuses-- very wisely refusés--to tread thd same limited bit of ground over and over again, until, liké the blind horse at the kiln, he cannot go wrong from sheer habit. His artist's soul revolts from such a cramping occupation. Long before he has committed it to memory he is weary of the 'piece, sick of the composer, slams the pia- no-lid, upsets the stool, flies from the room into the fresh air!" = Are Musicians Keeping Step? Self-esteem, within the bounds of moderation, becomes the musician. He is proud of his att and there is every reason why he should take red- sonable pride in himself, To justify that pride he must do things. He must help to make music a vital fac- tor in everyday life. This is not an age for the hermit, the recluse, the anchorite----musically or otherwise, e Telgmann School of | Music And music, from the vefy nature of its mission, must be in harmony with the age. Our modérn music, as sueh, does mirror the restlessness of spi- rit, the breaking away from the rile and line, and the craving for release from old dogmas that have quickénéd the pulse and put a flush upon the face ot this sometimes freshened, sometimes jaded, sometifnes naive and sometimes Dblase old world of ours. But if it is a day of restless ness, it is also a day of achievement +a day when the men among en and the women among wonién who arg worth while know their worth, and taking pride in it, strike out boldly to do something big in cognsons ance with the bigness of the world. Are our musicians keeping step? Are they letting opportunities slide? Are they dropping into ruts? Sharps and Flats. Have you ever thought of having a musical festival in your town? When guests come into your home, always lidve the plant open to wel- come them, Somehow or other it adds to your hospitality. A closed plano is not inviting. 3 } mm------ Unquestionably the largest num: her of music students are those whd study piano playing. Co uently the piano is the most aphropriate in- strument to 'use in cefinection with the study of musical theory. Paganini used to electrify His ay- diences by playing music or ine ble difficulty dn one string of his "violin. A Parisian cabby onee dts tempted to overcharge him for & 'i short ride, pleading as his exc "You charge a great sum for playin RR | ge, Theae yeas ngo today, july 25. 1315, and drove the Turks ourof Aimenia. Find che Turs, 2 Answer to yesterday's puzzle, Upper Br on one string." To whith. Paganini retorted, "I will pay youl the fare you demand when you dive me on one wheel." Our duty is to see to it that the ris- ing generation shall absorb a real love for good music. Urge them to hear it whenever possible, but urge them still more to take part in it, for In the making of music lies its grea- test joy, S-------- A law that shold be passed is one that would demand a big penalty from aly music teacher who attempts to teach the children, who come io her for lessons, on a piano that is out of tume---not that this erime is frequently committed, but as a safe- guard. Violin strings are graded in thiek- ness according to the pitch to which they are to be tuned, thus the E. is the thinnest because it has to be tuned. to such a high pitch, and the othef strings in proportion. How- ever, each of the strings of the violin can be proeursd in slightly varying thickneseses. Some violins sound bHet- tor with slightly thicker and some with slightly thinner strings. The best size of any violin can only be ascertained by experiments conducts od by an expert violinist. After the sike for edch string has been Jearned by experiment, the size can be tested by a gauge which can be hought #t any music store fdr a few CASTORIA _ Por Infants and Children juliss Fur Over 30 yaar Sigeatire of . ~ Gentlemen: -- ciated * KINGSTON, JULY 15, 1919. 2 THE LINDSAY PIANO CO., LTD. KINGSTON, ONT, . _MR.M.S. GRACE, MGR. The Conductor, Officers and Members of the Kingston Symphony Orchestra' desire to express their sin-. cere thanks for your kindness ini giving them the use of one of your'very fine Pianos on the occasion of their Concert in the City Hall, on the evening of Thursday, July 3rd, 1919, C= The Concert was a great success, and we appre- your, assistance. Yours respectfully, * |B. J. TIERNEY, ¢ ly % 3 i 2 Grand Dus Nicholas AA A . Canadian concern has stepped into the fleld for the first time last year, S%| ate an active competition. E| will bé the price offered for the took Erzingan left corner down, eye at elbow. cerits, 'and a record made of the sizes, 80 that the violinist can always or. der strings of thé same size as indi- cated by the gauge. would be worth mafiy times its t to take your violin to a good violinist and have 'him test it and find out what gauge for gach of the strings would give the, best results. OUR OWN.TOBACCO. Something About the Ontlook of the Industry In Dominion. : The hour has struck for the do- méstic tobacco industry to assert itself and take a strofig position, in Canada at last. As far as Southern Ontario is concerfied there is no doubt that even If the acreage devoted to the production of flue tobaeto is much "increased it will take many years | before the tobacco growers can ! set the demand for that type of t3bacco. © The area of soils especiAily i 3 fidarted to that type of leaf is com- | partively limited, and as the curing | of that tobacco requires special ar~ | tention it is only gradually that such elopment will take place. ] However, there should be no doubt as to the future of the mar- ket, especially if "we bear in mind that the demand for Canadian flue cured tobaceo has always been on the increase during the last three years. War conditions may account for this, but it should not be for- gotten that the tired last erops p flue tobacco have been produced uh der the most unfavorable weather conditions. which have beef expers fenced for years, In a normal season it will: be possible to raise a mich better type of leaf, as far as the color at least is concerted with prob- ably a little better yield which will compengdte fof the refurn to normal trade conditions. ivi The Whte Burley crop, though a little larger in 1918 than it was in 1917 and 1918 has not yet reached its normal output. There is, therefore, room for de- velopment in 1919, especially if one takes into account' that a large and was one of the strongest bidders for White Burley. 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