Lying there under the stars in perfect physical comfort, cool breezes wandering by caressingly, one's aesthetic nature pleasantly stirred, what could be more ideal? Wlaestro Paci has shown ysychological insight in his choice of programmes during the summer, offering popular music of a high order, aiming at the Average Hearer, who is perhaps midway between the devotee of the Chamber Concert and the man who wants the latest and the liveliest fox trot. While some of the music has been new, notably the Overture from '"Guarany" by Gomez, played for the frst time, a good deal of it has been agreeably familiar to the A. H. and he has endorsed the performances, turning out a thousand strong to many performances. And _besides those who pay the modest sum of 30 cents for a chair, there are many, particularly in Hongkew Park, who linger on the outside to enjoy what they may of the programme. What it must mean to some of the music-loving Russians stranded here in Shanghai it would be difficult to estimate.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.