Mr. Boynton's references to the Ise lacipine of the unicpal chestra recalls an exciting passage {in the career of the orchestral band of a very famous Britisty administra tion, This band was recruited largely from Kneller Hall and was provided with a military uniform, as all such bands are, For the purposes of discipline ft was under the command of a Military Secretary, a colonel in the British army. Trouble arose, and it became apparent to high authority that the band was quite out of hand. The crisis came with what amounted to something very like mutiny. The Military Secretary resigned and another colonel took his place. -Appre-clating the seriousness of the situation, the newcomer lost no time in dealing with the musicians Recalling the tact that they were technically on the army pay roll, he ordered early morning parades for infantry drill, and he attended these parades himself with strict attention to the reulations in the handbook. After managing to revive their memories of the manoeuvre known as. forming fours, he insisted that they should get their' hair cut in accordance with military predilections. Within three weeks the band was in a blissful state of docility, playing as well as fever, and it was found unnecessary before long to disturb the artistic temperament with too strong an insistence on early morning parades. Whether this line of action would commend itself to the Municipal Council cannot be fudged. But it is
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