These are hard times for musi-clans. There were two big concerts in London on Saturday last—one with high-class music and the best performers and the other offering merely a special election of jazz music. It makes one a little de-
Pressed to notice that the former was only able to draw an audience filling half the hall, whereas the latter in the same space could not all the people who wished to gain admittance. This is indeed symptomatic of all concerts; very few pay, except when absolutely. the biggest stars appear and then fear many, if not most, go out of curiosity. Galli-Curei can fill the Albert Hall and so can Paderewski who by the way is now giving six concerts for the benefit of our! ex-servicemen—and so can Kreisler and Cheliapin and possibly Clara Butt, with, of course, Melba, though think that even her hold on audiences is weakening. Possibly too, John McCormack, but there the list ends. Really' first class players and singers are now ready to ko on sharing terms to seaside and other resorts and come away with £12 to 420, with which they are more than satisfied, 1 was talking this week to the tertainment manager at Hastings, perhaps the most enterprising:
the south coast, and. he told me that he was surprised at] the number of frst close executants who were satisfied with what seem. ith one of its Trade Union has a ct quite. a small return, but he Schered that, they would fire him, called This particular a (Einav a ce: lly Se ied hina Sets of petiedi the' mest combative in the coun 2E cathe there are far tut ie is expecting isto at the present time, They tow many time, much feom any Government Depart-/8f¢ turned out every yes ment to ask it to wet 8 settler of disputes members, he first two months of any year the gloomiest we comes people Yeo would the pavers vainly at the time for much ut a oft" and thereafter their own affair. Most of them sink lin the pond of competition into [which they have been pushed and yun soon find playing Then, An Overrated Nuisance He yon ud T speak with a great dei The Church has been running deputation to the Hone Sveretary against might elahe, ard Sir William Joynson Hicks mised esting introduce it without general. The night club is, however, very large They are dreary holes, and Fevw people free 1 which hav firma disaster to music, though I fo not think it will greatly affect the theatres, which must rely on ile and whose perfor erly visualize with:
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