HARMONY, Facing an are of yellow glow on pedestal his, tussore stands, Jacket fay obedient sprites give music at his bidding. And what is the of his sway? The music fal rises, swells or fades, shrieks oF wails, soothes or excites—now gentle, now trippingly light, now. grave, now. mystical. But let it play; it is a mere background to the moods revealed in the out-who stretched hands, the wand and the swaying figure' of the Maestro.
eis lifting up his arms in signals wrath. passes: up go the hands again in tense gesture of ecstasy: he is fairy with benevolent intentions, gnome wrapt in the wonder of as, Yet another change: the bends sharply forward, the wand has a fiercer thrust; it speaks of reckless satanic energy. It gives itself to the notion that mischief jis the true aim of its magic. "I'm a demon" the whole whirl of arms, wand and body seems to say "and I love being a demon, so look out". Swiftly demoniacal fury drops its pose: the figure goes back to the stiff erectness of the earlier mood, but now there is a. bracing from heels to finger tips; the wand points upwards after ie passes in circular guise around head which it would halo. Angelic fervour speaks; it is impossible to believe that anyone could be so divinely sublime and indifferent to the ground beneath. There is one more rush of the wind of change: this time the human note of joyous abandon finishing on a quick flourish of the wand, a terse point with arms brought to a rest, a tum on heels and a bow to those who then had but seen the back: Maestro Paci has wrought his spell.
Tue Shanghai General Labour Union, together with the National Salvation Federation, have _des-shed urgent telegrams to Marshal Chang Heueh-liang, pointing out the strategic value "of -Jehol Province and asking him to despatch troops to assist in the defence of the province. Two new public organisations to deal with the manchurian problem are to be formed by a number of Chinese residents in Shanghai Cav, Uff, Attilio Riggio
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