"Bor tie better far to laugh then ery This is not a bad working philosophy, as the Jovial Monk knew. But what happens when you cannot laugh and cannot ery and cai not speak; when you are shell-shocked and cannot make yourself do things? Then you sing.
I was surprised to see so many men in he old familiar hospital blue (writes a "Daily News" reporter), and at @rst sight the hall of the Chelsea Polytechnic, where the Vocal Therapy Sociaty had its united concert looked like, a room in a hospital where an entertain ment was about to be given by a visiting concert party. But here the men were to give their own concert, however hard it was for some of them to "get going."
The society believes in the value of choral singing as a cure for neurasthenia due to wounds or Sir Frederick Mott presented a silver challenge cup for choral sing-ting, and three of the choirs competed for it during the afternoon in private. Meanwhile the others had a sing-song.
"A Jovial Monk am I" was the first chorus, Tt "hung fire" for a. verse or two, but by the end of the song it swang along splendidly.
Later there was a severer test The Ewell Choir sent up a mandolin quartet. Playing appeared to be more difficult than singing, and the men were grateful for the courage shown by their teacher, Miss Meta. Dredge. The quartet was a great success, 'THe Italian warship Calabria lett Basra on June 19 vid Persian Gulf ports for, Italy. She carried on board the bodies of two Ttalian a tora who lost their lives in 1920 while flying from Italy to Tokyo {instructors to the Japanese Air Force. Their bodies were exhumed recently and taken on board at Bushire, where an impressive ceremony took place, in the presence of Col. Pr Geaux, British Resident in the Gulf, Commander Guy Coleridge, 2. and the officers of H.M.S, Cyclamer The Calabria was returning home from the China station and. under orders from the Italian Ministry of Marine investigated oil supplies and prices at various points en route.
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