1t was Stevenson who remarked that life was hard enough for poor mortals without having it embittered by art, and he would probably have had something to say about art being hard enough without it being encumbered by stockings—that is if he had chanced upon the trouble now affecting Bayreuth From all its associations with Wagner, Bayreuth ought to be intensely musical, if in a somewhat Jortissimo sort of way, and that element should be the heart and soul of the artistes there. Perhaps it is, but the chorus there has brought to the notice of the opera management that it has legs as well, and furthermore that it wants silk stockings for those legs. Moreover, not having been provided with silk stockings it has gone on strike, and as usual in a case like that, once out on strike the members find that there are other things needful, more pay (naturally) nicer blouses and neater shoes. The stockings, however, were the main thing, and they have brought the opera season to an untimely end. With both the management and the chorus one can fully sympathize: one wants to b® appreciated as to its beauty and the. "ther is probably nard up There wooms, however, to have been JittTe effort towards a solution. If an opera were n¢5 already 'n existence on could surely hav- been written where the chorus went bare foot.
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