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OFF TEA BUY CHARM BLACK TEA Guaranteed equal to any, I QUARTER POUND FREE. & Son, Limited 7 a Nas VITAL MUSIC. | and prizes to nervous, and | STUDY PIANO CLASSES. {How The Boys and Girls Appreciate The Piano Instruction, The last word in teaching public! ! school children in classes has hot {been said, bul the first word un- doubtedly nas, for already the fruit- age. begins to appear. This is the | statement of a school music super- | visor who has had an experience of | over--four years in teaching piano | tlagses. "From time to time during the y2ar" says this supervisor, 'the | plano classes give little recital pro- | grammes in their respective schools, {and at the end of the year a "big one" | in the High School Auditorium. On these occasions the diminutive play- lers dome to the front stage and an- | Bounce the names of the pisces which | they are about to play, the name of the composer, the meaning of terms of expression and tempo, the keyv--or keys--in which the composition is written, and proceed to play the scale of that key with both hands, fouf oe- taves up and down the key-board, be- | fore playing the piece. All this in {accord with our belief that musician. ship should be taught instead of mere | keyboard dexterity, Duets and two- | piano numbers are considered In | "good form," particularly when the | Players all belong to the same family, If a brother or sister of the pianist plays some other instrument op sings, the pianistic member of the family | must be one governed by sense, -- sical s sixteen or seventeen. of technieal study on the study of music, either theore- tical or in the learning of new reper- toire, Then-two hours a day should be Spent on the study of languages and a certain studying acting grace, bodily poise, and so on. Tie art of singing well {2 | much hore mental than physical. The | singer should become a thorough mu- | sician and should read much of musi- cal history and biography. The aver- | age singer is no Musician, many of | them hardly know how to count time, | and bother the conductors with whom | they sing. TO-DAYS FASHION || By Vera Winston. may appear in the role of accompans | ist. The reason for everything done | be found in the question, in this: work may affirmative answer to "Can the | { Nine Nationalitfes Represented, { In one school forty children are studying the piano in classes. In this group nine sented. . To six of the homes repre- ented, Santa brought pianos at Christmas time as re well done in the class ren from one Hunga been in class Ss. Three child- ian family have the | child use it in the home?" ! nationalities are repre- | ards for work | 'om the beginning. All | their practice is done under the close | supervision of their father. A little Italian girl was wont to have wash- | ing the floors as her Saturday morn- ing"s task. In order that.she may | now take her plano lesson on Satur- | day after the family has retired on Friday right. She had no plano, but begged 1 50 hard that she was taken into the class, had torn a strip off a red checked morning, she washes the floors | It was found that hér father | table cloth, and tacked it onto the | edge of the table for a practice board. The piano classes bave seemed to exist for two classes oh people--thosge who are 100 poor to pay the private teacher's fee, especially does this ap-! | Ply where there are several children | from the same family all studying at {the same time--and those who are willing to do so until they "find out whether Mary is going to do anything With it or not." In the majority of cases Mary does "do something with it" and goes on to a private teacher. | This coming and going lends a lack {of stability to the classes, Which js [amply compensated for in the Know. | ledge that one more youngster has | been helped to find himself, and that | the children of lesser financial re- | Sources, are, to some extent at least, | having their "chance." The attitude of the piano teacher I | have found to be one of approval; | that of the parents, gratitude; a blind | man could read it in their kind faces | | when they come to our Httle recital { programme to hear their children | play. : | / a ---- Music Stimulates Sales. There is a stationery store in | Springfield, Ill, that is making a j Practical, successful, everyday use of | music in its store to stimulate and en- courage business. But the music is | selected according | taste that he think |store, as he finds that 'just music" ~------ jog an unwilling muse, | they have nothing to say that need be Music is of a plgee.witly lite. Tt is | sary 3 aR ear filling dainty, nor a couch for tired minds, nor the language of ] man. Music is born of living, in travail and with prodigious exertions | it is breathed into being. No man | Who has never suffered, drunk bitter | Mpegs. can hope to interpret life to | x silent fellows. Sucn a man can- 'not hope to create, and indeed, never created, great music, What our composers are under- going is what the composers of every country have undergone. Every ex- | ) nce, sad of gay, tual vocabulary py : Strong Heres stionger and the | 'Weak aré broken n the drab test of | 'everyday. If our composers can meet | and conquer it, they wil write | sie. Not otherwise, If thew © music because it is in them and Bst out they write wital music, and Ot otherwise. If they need baits ~ ¢ - Made Instantly * and without a bit of waste INSTANT PosTuM the table drink so prefer to tea because of rich uniform flavor, moderate cost and superior health value. WHAT U.S. CITIES ARE DOING FOR MUSIC. The people of C hicago subscribed over $700,000 to build a hall for its symphony orchestra. Detroit is fir ing an $800,000 auditorium for orchestra, Business clubs in St. Louis have bought up the tickets for the entire musi¢ season of its orchestra, The citizens of Philadelphia have | Seattle has financed fts orchestra a three-years' basis. New York business men subscribe $100,000 per year to each of two Symphony orchestras, Boston is endeavoring to raise a five-year fund to rehabilitate its op- chestra, on ---- ---- --JHn = | or coffee A mag {clined toward the clasti | sent the jarring noise | likewise a young devotee of terpsi- | chore may fail to linger longer /if she | has to listen to the "'Miserere." Mr. Foster, that's the manager's name, watches the crowd, and the | appearance of the crowd decides the | nature of the music, A high-class phonograph with a | varied asdortment of records, easy of access, is advantageously stationed, {and, as a rule, the music is toned {down to awsoftness, which keeps it |i8 not enough. iwho is in- | from intruding on the general busi- | store; it is heard just suf- register its subtle influ- It is not intended that the | ness of the | muse in the phonograph shall dis. [tract the attention of those who are concentrating on purchases, there- j fore, no voice records are used. | "I watch the store" says Mr. Fos- | ter, "and if there is a purchase of | mourning cards, no music is allowed. | If, however, a group of young people is buying, we turn on some of the | catchy, popular music with a dance | swing to it. If there is a preponder. ance of older people in the store, we | use orchestra or violin records of rather a classical nature, and for special days or seasons, such as Ohristmas, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, and patriotic occasions, appropriate records invariably make a desired im- pression. "I have found," continued the | Springfield man, "that music, if intel. { ligently used, does much to overcome the tendency of the man who always | hustles in and bustles out. Under thé soothing influence of the strains of some selection with which he is, per- haps, familiar, he lingers, and the more time he spends in our store, the more he sees that he is likely to pur- - | chase." i Tt will be observed that Mr. Fos- [ tor's sudcess with music is based pri- | marily onthe fact that he uses_his | power of observation and governs the | selection of his records by the kind | of people to whom they most appeal. | Of course, there are doubtless many | retail establishments where a phono graph owuld find itself in strange and ppropriate surroundings. In fact, the question of the use of music So | Admirable for cold weather is the jaunty fur coat. This model in box [style is quite short and would be | particularly becoming to a woman of | Youthful figure. It is made of Hudson geal. The collar, however, shows a union of {Summer ermine with the seal which | is most effective. The cuffs, too, are made of the summer ermine and it is | successfully used to decorate the | pockets, } Should its wearer prefer to have a | low collar, all she need do is to un- | fasten the fur-covered buttons and drape tre collar about her shoulders, | The gray velvet hat that acéom- { panies this suit is elaborated with | ribbon bows, ete A Boston inventor's phonograph an hour or more with- | out attention, changing automatical- |ly from one record to another, or will stop at the end of any designated record. Although Nicaragua is the largest of the Central American republics, { With an area of 49,200 8QBare miles, it ranks fourth in population, having | fewer than 600,000 inhabitants, | ORIN rr rn, FUN FOR WOMEN | 10 DIANOND DYE { Old, Faded Garments, Draperies, | Everything Made New for . Few Cents. | : » Kingston women can do wonders with a package of Diamond Dyes. An old, worn coat, skirt, waist, sweater, kimona, dress, or faded stockings, gloves, draperies, portieres, chair cov- ers--anything, whether wool, silk, linen, cotton or mixed goods, can be dlamond-dyed to look like new. Easy directions in each package guarantee perfect results. Druggist has Color Card showing actual materials ;dia- mond-dyed in a wondrous range of rich, fadeless colors. Don't risk your material in a poor dye. OA i. = nn, Neuralgic Pains og te in's Wizard Oil is a safe, simple and effective treatment for * both headache and neuralgia. Rubbed in where the pain is, it eases the tortured nerves and almost in- varia i ick relief. Keep -- ! Average Singer Is No Musician. } younger.a student begins mu- | udy, the better---most young | people can begin singing at the age of | In° regard to practice the length of time must be | i'mited according to the capacity of | the pupil, but ordinarily, two hours | a day is egoygh | for the average student. There should | also be at least two hours a day spent | period each day in| ---- vr o-------- | THE BREATHEABLE REMEDY LWAYS keep a box of Peps on hand,and immediately you feel a tickling in your throat and want to cough, put a Peps tablet in your mouth. The medicinal fumes given off by the dissolving eps mingle withtheairyoubreatiie, and like the Pine Forest air of Switzerland, reach every nook and corner of the throat and lungs, where the danger lies. Peps bathe the breathing tubes with a germ-destroying vapor, which is a sure safe- guard against infectious coughs and colds. When a Peps tablet is in the mouth every breath taken strengthens your defenceagainst throat and chest troubles. 50c. box, 3 for $1.25. Al dealers or Peps Co., Toronto. FREE trial package sent upon receipt of this advertisement and lc. stamp for postage. AEN ok COLDS « BRONCHITIS What You Missed When You Were a Kid. Bring in the little folks and ask: us to show you how this wonderful instrument ap- peals to them. Kiddies enjoy most everything for a while, but they'll love the Columbia Grafo nola all their lives. Just as you Will, after you hear it played. It's a beautiful instrument----a musical gem that will please and delight every member of your family. Equipped with its ex- clugive Nop Set Automatic Stop, the Columbia Grafonola. plays and stops itself. Nothing to nove or set or measure. Be Sure to ask us to demonstrate theistop that needs no setting, KNEE RUBBER BOOTS Men's Grey or White Men's Grey or Black with white soles $5.00 Men's Black. with red sole and heel ..$4.50 Boys' Black, with red sole ........5350 Boys' Black Sole . . . . . | ay ..$2.50 ETRE AGENCY FOR ALL STEAMSHIP LINES Speclal attention given your {amily UF irivads going 1g or returning (rum | 19e Vid Cuuniry, For Information and rates apply te J.P. HAaNLKY, CP ane 1 a G.T. Ry, Kingston, Ontario. 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