THE DAILY BRI TISH W hig. é i . CEP Aan. ce SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 0a' [Listen Wo flester Reynolds has Iren, and doesn't want any. i be bothered with them," says Hester, *ho has a dozen irons in all white hot. "I'm doing the world than I could by giving it babies," and with this sanctimonious fe salve for her conscience she dismisses I the whole subject. Dick, her hus- {If there is any human function which band, doesn't dismiss it quite so | ministers to the needs of all human. easily, although ke has long since 4. and Stopped trying to argue it out with and hopes are based, it is fhe func- Hewier. Always did have a longing | tion of child bearing. And because for a "little shaver," did Dick. Want- lot that, child bearing is nat and can- ed it to carry on the family name-- Inot be a purely personal concern. It and go fishing with him sometime. ™ 'vitally and inevitably the concern But--rArt is long and babes are bleat- | or ne nation, and more and more is ing. Bo there are no children in Dick the nation insisting that we shall n't any chil. "Can't Who "can't be bothered" ----who pre- s a Complexion, or a Career-- tt do you think of her to-day? It there is anytt ing in the world s of surpassing' Importance to he past, present and fature lité of ankind, that .thing is The © "hat mis rid! THIS TALK IS 1 upon which all human plansTer responsible, "oa ew dt. from this wider angle. { y nation, I do not mean the con- 1vi WR ITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED DY R pes ABOUT BABIES | No----they don't, more shame to thera Nevertheless, through na- ELSIE R the delinquent or abused child. We | have legislation against child labor land child marriage--free play- lon--a Hh - {grpunds, oompulsory education ation of palivical parties fune- | tional legislation, all Humanity is " g under one specific flag. 1 mean the great commonwealth of n or- ganized to forward the pro es of civilization, regardless of « reed vparty or platform. To that great assem- bly, to that great dream, is the moth- And it, in its turn tis responsible to her, | "That sounds very fine," snoTls Mrs. Jim Murphy, "but syour great commonwealths of men won't pay for little Jimmie's shoes, and your vast | 2voumme won't send Peggy through college." > ae deme {beginning to serve its servants, Or- | ganized society does now take a hand in the rearing and guarding of the r hild which it did not dream of do- ling some two generations ago. In some states eugenic protect its [biren. In some states the mother's (pension has already come; not the {wholesale payment and support which will come seme day, but at least a pantial payment. - The illegitimate chidd and his mother are now being protected. Juvenile Courts and Ju- venile Ald Societies guard and direct Zelda St. Claire has no children, | and doesn't want any. But Zelda has | a Figure instead. And a Complexion { | Reynolds' home, OWN RELIGION, OR YOUR POLITICS. AND SHOES, AND YOUR TASTE IN BOOKS & PICKLES MAY BE ANYTHING YOU CHOOSE :~ They are both very expensive: to keep up--but such a comfort at tea dans- ants, Mary Smith and Rita Higgins have no children--but they do want them, | But Mary is {11 and Rita '"'ean't afford | them' on the precarious salary of a erippled bookkeeper, | So there you are, and how about | #? Does it concern you? It most | certainly does, for on the decisions of | the Hesters and the Zeldas. the Marys { and the Ritas of the country hang | - the future of the world So here's | where we afgue the question--is child bearing a purely personal mait- | ter? | Is it a family affair or a na'fonal A concern? YOU MAY TOSS YOUR WIFE OR AIREDALE, AND NO MAN WiLL SAY YOU NAY, OR INDULGE IN WHICH TURN MID~ NIGHT INTO DAY: * BUT IN ONE GREAT . OCCUPATION MANY CENSORS you WILL FIND, IN THE JOR OF RAISING DATBIES YOU MUST ANSWER TO MANKIND! Is it "nobody's business but her own" whether 'a wife becomes a mother or not? For those mothers to whom Na- ture has denied the joy of her own children, there can be only pity For those, too, who "cannot afford babies," there is also pity---but pi'y eoupled with a righteous rage against a soclety which makes such a condi- |" tion possible. Jut for the mother ~ | to participate. During a recent "Paramount" week, the New York Rialto Theatre orchestra, enlarged to three times its MUSIC IN THE HOME. | Musical Briefs, j with a change of programme every The Pianomaker of London, Eng-| hignt, and, of course, a change in land, estimates that there are be- pictures. The musical settings in- tween 1,800 and 1,900 piano factor- clulled "Tannbauser," "Romeo ies in the world with an average an- Juliet," "Madame Butterfly," nual production of 500 lustruments, ca," "Rienzi." This would mean a normal. produc- "Music boxes," S80 popular a gen- tion of 900,000 planos annually; last {oration ago, gave employment to 20,- year, however, production reached ! 000 men in Switzerland alone when only 700,000, these instruments were at the height The Halifax, N.g,, of their popularity. . Soclety are this year The, house In which Mozart died musical contests between In Vienna was entered by thieves, boy scouts, girl guides, public > who stole a bronze memorial tablet school pupils and church choir mem- valwed at 500,000 crowns. bers. The aim of the contests is to stimulate choral and community! singing in Halifax. Philharmonic conducting choirs ot -- Tonic For Musical Passimists, It was the writer's privilege re- The orchestra of the State Opera | cently to hear the famous St. Ola House of Berlin, Germany, intend | Chor, and there are impressions touring America next season. { gained from the programme that In connection with the Jubilee Ex-| ought td be broadeasted throughout Position to be held in Gothenburg, | the land. The experience was a fine Sweden, in 1923 a song festlval Is tonle for musical pessimists. In 'he Proposed to be held in which 8,000 first place, the enthusiastic audi- singers from all parts of Sweden are ences and the influences set in mo- bn - mn [ks Back Home. Uncle Gus. "Sam Ball an' his wife had a row fast night," said Uncle Gus, as he moved to make room for me on 'he counter, "an' it goes to show <¢he wicked ain't got no chance o' gettin' by, as tho boys say, Sam, he'd been chawin' tobacco on the sly fo' years, bein' careful to ringh his mouth a 800d befo* goin' YB home, an' his wifa lp Dever suspected nothin'. But last night him an' her go: to talkin' about somethin' an' Sam fo'got an' had a chaw in his mouth befo' he Naturalness, When the clerk tells you he hasn't that brand in stock and offers you Something "just as good," your re- sentment is tinged with shame---not because the article offered in substi- tution is inferior, but becauds the world contains men who are con- tént to be imitators, When you 'meet a friend, an Am- erican, who wears an eye-glass and a tweed suit that doesn't fit, and uses an "a" as broad as the Atlantic, your reaction is very similar to that ex- perienced when you step on a toad-- N YOU MAY PICK Your | FREAKISH PLEASURES [usual size, held a musical festival, | Sketches by J.-H, Striebel I . " BUT NE 15 MY BUSINESS! "MIND YOUR > OWN BUSINESS! | tion by singing of this character re- | tute any such statement as that this continent is going to the dogs must- cally. This choir, unique in the ap- plause it receives, sings nothing but religious musie--praise to God. fr |thousand safeguards where none ex- listed before, We are on our way--may we not {loiter when the Ohildren call in need In the meantime, are women to refuse to do their part simply be- cause oonditions are not perfect for their protection? °I think not! The Woman who cannot give her child a | healthy body or adequate support is, at present, entirely Justified: in not can, by some measure or sacrifice, rerhaps manage to support it, is not Justified if she refuses to have that child, It is unfortunate that the na- tion has not as yet awakened to the full measure of its responsibility to- ward her. . But that in no way ab- solves her from her duty toward the nation, : And child bearing is a woman's duty to the nation, provided she can do it in health and economic safety. The woman who won't do it is a slacker. She has failed her country,' but she has failed. herself worst ef all, ble price in the end. For a few years of comfort she relinquishes an in- finite dream. None of us can tell whether our soul's life shall extend beyond *he grave, but of all human beings, the mother has least need to WOrTy over the question, For she hag tasted immortality while stiyl tn the flesh. She has laid her hand on the generations to come--she has placed €hall do in all the years that are to be. In comparison to this, what is a "girlish figure" or an unwrinkled skin! -- Next Week--"This Talk Is About Mothers." (Copyright, 1922, George Matthew Adams.) A ------------_----_-- the glory of God. | Such an attitude is a rebuke to any | church soloist who would in any way commercialize that position. music, and for The choir is composed lun "Don't fail to teach your pupils tc read music," said a speaker at the Nationa! School Music Supervisors' [convention "If you do ; i ble t i dergraduates of St. Olaf's College, do, If they grow up unable to read : Yor 3 i i * It is never classed with choirs At the beginning of each new year music, the next generation will not the finest selections from | ! that give i Be oid ol {a new body of singers | and | grand opera, oratorlos, the old class- Old members are retained only Af | Tos- | ics, folk sengs and humorous mo- | Nd are worthy. Re-election to |5UA38C. A person cannot be musical 'positions in a mixed programme. It *not only treats music as art, but goes even farther and treats muse as religion. It could go anywhere jand lift any average man in any aud- {lence out of the dust and turmoil of this old world and set his feet on the 'mountain top from where he gets a new vision. The St. Olat Choir can |move any audience in a way that is [a standing and unanswerable proof ot the power of good music in tha life of ordinary men| and women. The name of each soloist in the organization is withheld from tha public. No programme nor next day's newspaper write-up contains the name of any soloist, much as the public would like to know. The Individual! is lost in the cholr for the good of the choir, for the sake of ! -------- not because an eye-glass and an {l1- fitting 'weed and a broad "a" are offensive--but because the American. | who affects these things is an naita- tor and therefore despicable, The combination of sounds we call "Jazz" may not be music of a high order, but it is Popular the world over because it is genuine. It is a Spontaneous product of the American cosmos, and it is as genuine as the litney, the installment plan, ard the dotted line, The culture of the Incas spected only because it revea . is re- Is 'the 7 The Girl Across the Street. knowed it. She e-country, wickedness sho' gits a ble. My folks moved up . #&ive him down-th "Habits o' feller in trou here when I Was a little chap, and I bad to fight the town boys a right _Smar®. Licked 'em, too, mostly, on focount 0° me havin' copper-toed boots an' kickin' the' shins. I know- ed it wa'n't no fair way to fight, but I done it ever'time, An' then when Summer come an' I was barefoot, - boy jumped on me an' 1 plum' fo'go about not havin' no boots on an' kicked him on 'he shin, Like to o' busted my big toe, tn ' "It learned me somethin', though. ~~ It learned me that a man ain't much ~ but a bundle o' habits In a skin, an' duce the habits takes root the' ain't ~ BO ~hance o' hidin' 'em. | ---- The girl across the Street returned me Tuesday, tell. us about fit, "I forget to Set on some of Pa's butions, Sometimes, but S0metimes 1 forget ou pur Pose just be- cause I know how' much he enjoys feelin' neglected." the, "and my nails were fixed good and everything, but I was afraid I would seem mighty green before city folks. You know Aunt Sue is a kind of society woman, and has writers fand artists and things a: her parties. "Well, me and Hiram had been spending our evenings improving our minds reading heavy stuff that bored Us 'stiff, and I was all primed with: "I knew my frocks ware nice,> sala | "Well, Aunt Sue had a wonderful rty, and lots of swell folks were there, and they tried to be nice to but I couldn't take part in the talk. And I'll bet you can't' guess why I was left out. It was because they spent the whole evening gossip ing about folks I didn't know any. thing about. Honest. And from how on, me and Hiram will spend our evenings naturally and let the high- the choir depends upon the individ- val conduct and scholarship of the student-singer. This gives assurance that there will * be no self-satisfied "lying back on the oars" with the feeling that 'once a member, always a member." | | -Out of the eight hundred studencs {at St. Olat's College about three hundred try for the choir, and about sixty are chosen. Those who join must give up an hour of thelr re- creation time every day for rehears. al, and must sing at the Sunday churth service every Sunday. To compensate them for this work and sacrifice of their play-time, they have whatever pleasure the singing means to them---and it must mean a good deal, By Robert soul of the Incas, still figures in song and s*ory becauee she fs genuine. The first essential of greatness is naturalness, The imi- tator ig a second-rater, and invania- bly a pose confesses mediocrity, ---- Method. There was a certain man who had read that the easiest way to win a woman is to appear indifterent to her charms, This blag, according to the Writing chap; piques a woman's van- ity and arouses her predatory in- stinets, and persuades her to run at- ter the indifferent male until she captures him. So the man employed the system in an effort to win a wo- man he loved, but she turned her back upon him and married a chap who regaled her with cave-man stuff, In due season the man fell in love with another woman, and determined to profit by his Wormer experience. He' pursued her with great enthusi- asm and courted her with great vio- lence ang industry. He did mot drag her away by the hair of the head, the point of doing ed him by marrying a man who had piqued her by an in- difference to her éharms. The moral is <hat sugar attracts files. and the trout will rise for a grasshopper; but he is a wise man Who knows what he wishies to catch before he selects his bait. . Willie The teacher of the third grade called on another boy to clean the black The country lass Willis, says women are not to be counted on and he win never get mar. Bo to grass." is chosen. | | this same ni jorial, seeing how o} '(the Bee Sucks™ and | be. musical any more than they will be literary if they cannot read lan- | | unless he can read music. This seems [ foaltsn to say, but many seem to { think it is unnecessary to know any {thing to be musical, One of the. sin- |cerest joys in 'he world is the joy of accomplishment, It is from this that true joy in music study springs. When a pupil can read and has read | phusie of the finest type everything {We want him to do and be in music [nas been done if she proper kind and amount of music has been learned {n the proper way. It is the open se- Same to music in all its phases. Then |again, it is in the reading music that the principal edu value of musie study {he rapid, rhythm | things {the mu cational is found. 1t ig ical doing of many at the same time that makas sic student nimble witted, and mbleness of wits can bu used in other things." ees Composer of Rule Britannia, Aithough twelve years have pass- ed since the bi-centennary of the birth of Thomas Arne, the compos- er of "Rule Britannia," that event has just been celebrated in London, England, by the unveiling of a mem- orial tablet in' St. Paul's Convent Garden, of which church Arne was for some time a parishioner, g8ir Frederick Bridge, who probably knows as much about Arne's music As any.man living, presided at The ceremony and performed some of his compositions, Miss Carrie Tubb, Lady Maud Warrender ang Topliss Green, who assisted vocally, while Harry BE. Wall was at the organ.) No more appropriate spot cduld have been chosen for this Arne men osely linked with Convent Garden and the nejghbor- hood was the composer of- Where Other charming and characteristic Shakespearean settings. It was in King street that Arne's father carried on his uphol- sterer's business, and at Lincoln's Inn Theatre, not far afield, Arne's first opera saw the light, while at Drury Lane, in 1738, Arne's musical adaptation of Dalton's "Comus" was first heard. It was In 1740 that Arne composed his immortal "Rule Britannia." Enterprise. A Scotsman in a small town, an- xious, as usual, to make a bit, hit upon the idea of collecting old tins and pieces of scrap iron. Having ac- cumulated a good collection he sent them to a local marine store. Some. how or other they went astray and were delivered to the wrong place, The next morning he received the following letter from a garage: "Dear Sir: Your motor car to hand. 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