To the Editor of the Si—A crowd of "15,000 attend-od the race" at Luna Park Saturday.
int" last, and some 300 persons listened to the delightful concert of the Municipal Orchestra in Jessfield Park. Last night "another jarge attendance saw a programme fail of variety" (at the races), and '250 attended the concert. Far'be it from me to attempt to persuade people to refrain from losing their money in a haphazard way cause they "have no. definite advance information relative to the identity of the animals entering the hi-weekly meetings at Luna Park." Nevertheless, may I _remind some of the fifteen thousand that they are losing out on a good thing—by far the best serious of summer concerts yet presented by Aaestro Paci and his Orchestra?
At the concert one reclines in a comfortable canvas chair, in' a softly illuminated garden, for one and three-quarters hours of relaxation after a hot, wearing day. There are five numbers on the programme. Between each number is a two minute interval, except between the third and fourth, when occurs a ten-minute stoppage. So, for three twenty-cent pieces one is beautifully entertained for some hour and a half.
At the dog races one site in a brilliantly illuminated stand for some two hours. There are seven races on the programme, Ench race lasts from 31 to 35 seconds. Between each race is a twenty-minute interval. So, for a dollar or so (plus taxi fare if not a car. owner) one is spasmodically excited for some 3.6 to 4 minutes of actual At the concert, one need no longer take coverings for ankles, for an attendant' goes through " the audience several times each even-"g, spraying around each person's chair one of the patent "mosquito What has become of the Chinese who so often have pleaded "We would like to attend the concerts in Jessfield Park, but we are not admitted?" They are admitted, now, and 15 come to the concert, 10,000 go to the races.
Each report of the races tells of good dividends paid. Receipts at the concerts barely pay for the broken strings.
And dare any opponent of the Orchestra put forth the feeble excuse for his absence that this sen-son's programmes are too "high-brow:
Tam, ete, Grove Corvr. Shanghai, July 14,1928,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.