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by. And] no, create 3 sales. of stock near Europe by “I egian Steam om: near the M...Lc.h.9~ rindé of FLE SHERTON ities of .s for LS Toronto “Whiz: 11' Richard Wagner was the youngest of a family of nine children and was born at Leipzig on May 22, 1813. His father, some minor oflicial post in connection with the police. But Wagner never knew his father. Around his cradle, as some one has put it, was fought the battle of the nations. One hundred and twenty thousand Germans and Frenchmen lay dead or dying in the fields near Leipzig when the baby Richard was snuggling peacefully in his cot; and the epidemic fever which followed rendered the future composer fatherless when only five months old. Ithinkitisasplendidideatomake scrap book containing the biographies of great composers. Your music teach- er has the right idea of keeping before his pupils a high ideal and knowledge of musicians can only be gained by knowing the lives of those who have done great things. I how your scrap- book will win the prize at your recital. Yours sincerely, -â€"Ruth Raeburn. '--v vw--â€".â€"-- _ sides a handsome villa in the vicinity of the palace. “Tristan and Isolde”, “Meistersingers” and “Parsifal” were three of his great works. Liszt was a friend of Wagner for many years. In 1372 Wagner moved to Bayreuth which was his home in later years. In 1883 Wagner, the moat stupendous musical genius of the last half of the 19th century, passed into Eternal silence. ner ripened late. like Schumann. It was literature that interested him first rather than music. Thus at school he took a fancy for Greek and made great progress in it. He conceived also a vast admiration for Shakespeare and under that influence wrote a tragedy himself when he was fourteen. As a child of seven he used to strum on the piano upon which, later on, his Latin tutor gave him some lessons, only to predict that musically he would “come to nothing". It was a hearing of one of Beethoven's symphonies that practic- ally brought about his decision to be a musician. He set to the study of Bee- thoven’s works in dead earnest, and it is stated that he knew them all famil- iarly before he was twenty. Early in his teens he heard Gothe’s ‘Egmont’ with Beethoven's incidental music. This inspired him with the idea of writing incidental music for his own portentous tragedy. mentioned above. He wrote overtures, and one of them he carried to Dorn. the conductor at the Dresden Theatre Royal. Dorn. was kind enough to put the thing in performance, “much to the bewilderment of the aud- ience." says the biographer. For a time he filled the position of chorus master in the theatres, first in Wurzburg and secondly in Magdeburg. In 1836 he “billed” Magdeburg with a new opera for performance, but the audience were so disappointed with it on the first night that the second re- presentation had to be stopped half- way through in deference to the empty benches. In Paris he expected to get “Ric ” staged. and thereby to win fame and fortune. But the managers of the Grand Opera would have nothing to do with “”Rienzi and the despairing completed in seven weeks but unfor- tunately it was no more wanted in Paris than “Rienzi”. Dresden put on both these operas in 1842 and Wagner was made conductor of the Dresden Opera where he remained till 1848. derstand it nor appreciate it. It was too serious for them. In 1845 “Tann- hauser” was given for the first time, again at Dresden, and it failed to bring him the success it should have brought. Even when the London Philharmonic put this work on in 1855 it received witfiwvas Ludwig i1 one of the mhd Kings: of Bavaria. who saved Wagner to the world. He was fond of music. took a fancy for Wagner, and oflered the composer a subspgntlpl gpcome. be- been prodigies, as we nave seen. Wag- In 1828 Wagner went back to Leipzig and entered the University. He took music lessons from an excellent musi- cian called Weinlich. cantor of that same Thomas school with which Bach was connected. At the end of six months Weinlich told his pupil that he had arrived at technical independ- ence. and might be left to himself. Wagner had no more formal instruc- tion in his art. His aims were high and he had to go through an immense amount of experiment before he found out how to express himself fully. utmost indiflerence. if not aversion. It did not reach London until 1875 when a leading critic described it as an opera without music. It was in 1875 that Bayreuth first heard the “Rhinegold”, “Valkyrie‘. ‘Siegfried’. and the “Dusk “Tannhauser” has been one of the greatest draws in the Operatic reper- of ma composer was left face to face with a struggle for bare existence. A new ed its reception was luckwarm and hes- itating. The public could neither un- RICHARD WAGNER rmwmmmmzm Storieuollomnnflcu'u” Come in Chat Awhile -â€"Ruth 3101mm. At Home “My. Ali] 10. mo “The Ring”. sllde fastener. The rather mu long sleeves are drawn into a narrow tall- Two models sketched reveal now <11- veraifled jackets may be, and also ob- viate any chance of error in buying. Above is a green suede slip-over Jacket, suggesting the cage theme with - â€"-_L_ To go into rhapsodies over the new blues is entirely excusable this spring. There are countless shades from baby pastel, a compliment to the blonde; green tone shades for the red head; vivid colors for the brunette and soft grayed tints for those who find silver threads among the gold. 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The Beauty Blues ployment is the lack of purchasing power. “We have almost entirely sol- ved the problem of production. but have not even commenced to touch the pro- blem of distribution. Governments are not making an intelligent contribution to research in the solution of this pro- blem.” . . . “I say to the Prime Min- ister that until he and his colleagues appoint a body to make a survey of ecohomic and social conditions. a com- mission capable of intelligently analy- zing the situation, he is not taking step in the direction of the real solution of this problem.” He was oi the opinion The question of unemployment occu- pied almost the whole week. The dis- cussion was precipitated by the resolu- tion moved by Mr. Heape of Winnipeg: “In the opinion of this House the gov- ernment should take immediate action to deal with the question of unemploy- ment.” Mr. Heaps said that the work- ing man today is a student. he wants to know the why of things. He sees about him the material things of life which he himself has produced, but suddenly he is out of work and unable to purchase the things he has produced. He pointed out the care that is taken to guarantee capital a return on in- vestment; we give certain concessions to our banks; guarantee certain rates to our railways; protect our industries; but do not guarantee work for the working man. With the increased use of machinery enough goods can be produced in a few months to satisfy human requirements in accordance with the purchasing power of the masses. Economists claim that during the past twenty years production has doubled; but wages, that is real wages, have remained almost stationary. would be an It is now well known that we are in a cycle of depression. This condition is general throughout the world, and in our case is aggravated by a smau crop in the west last year and the inability to market that crop. The common people lack purchasing power which has its result in working men lacking jobs which makes less purchasing power. so round and round we go in a vicious circle. In view of the fact that the resolution was opportune I was per- sonally surprised that the government game it the cold shoulder. It would have been good politics to have at least given it “sympathetic consideration.” The Hon. Mr. Heenan, Minister of Labor, commonly called Peter, a genial delightful Irishman, made a three hour speech on the subject of the resolution. A speech which pained his friends and amused his enemies. A speech which did nothing to enhance his personal re- putation, did not add to the laurels or the government nor did it solve the problem of unemployment. He was followed by Dr. Manion, whose rapidity of utterance and well stocked vocabu- lary was turned on Mr. Heenan’s speech with telling , effect. It was conceded that the speech made by Mr. E. J. Gar- land, member for Bow, River, Alberta, was the most profound heard in debate. He showed that there are more than ten million unemployed in the thirteen in 1923 increased its production from 625 to 1,000 cars and reduced its work- men by 5,000. Mr. Garland stated too that Western Canada needs 60,000 less harvesters than formerly because of the combine. He quoted a noted British authority, Mr. Arthur Kitson, “Even today the labor of less than ten per cent of the population will readily suf- fice to maintain the entire inhabitants of Great Britain in a high state of comfort.” Mr. Garland pertinently asked, “Is work to be the sole basis of living, Mr. Speaker?” He gave it as his world. He quoted James L. Davis, Sec- retary of Labor for the United States of America, as having said, that the Unit- ed States can make in seventeen days all the boots and shoe-S that are re- quired by that country for a year. It is not many years ago since the man who made boots and shoes by hand turned them out at the rate of two pairs a week, or roughly, about one hundred pairs a year. Today one man with an improved machine can product 1,800 pairs of shoes in a working year. The rapid improvement of machinery and the speeding up of production is clear- ly shown by the fact that the Buick branch of the General Motors business Miss Macphail’s Letter On Thursday evening Ottawa, Ont., April 7, the root cause of unem- THE DURHAM CHRONICLE much cause to regret. To the astonish- ment and consternation of the House he stated, “I would not give a single cent to any Tory government on earth”. In replies to cries of “Shame, shame.” from the Conservative opposition, Mr. The New Models You Have Been Waiting For! Rogers-Majestic Dealer I further enhance the reputation olHCanada's Largest-Selling Radio”. Each one a masterpiece of radio engineering. 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There was another outburst from the Conservatives, but Mr. King continued oblivious to it. “With respect to giving money out of the Federal treasury to any Tory Government in this country for unemployment purposes. with those Governments situated as they are to- day with policies diametrically opposed to those of this Government, I would not give them a five-cent piece.” I have never seen parliament more shocked by any statement. We know knowtoothatinhisearlylifehewas extremely interested in those who suf- fer. We can but hope that he did not intend his words to be taken seriously. I am quite disappointed that only four high schools in Southeast Grey availed themselves of the opportunity to enter the essay contest on “The Ad- vantage of the Contract System in the Co-Operative Marketing oi Farm Pro- ducts. 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