'The effect of music on the Licodpressure of musical, moderately musical, and non-musical people has been shown by Dr.- Swale Vincent, Professor of Physiology in the University of London. 'This will be bad' news for those who attend classical concerts, and pretend to be high-brow, for their blood-pressure give them away! Professor} Swale Vincent is conducting ex. periments at Middlesex Hospital and he says that his subjects react quite differently to the same tune. A change from a musical composition lacking in character to a tune leasing to the subject almost variably caused an immediate fall in blood-pressure in the musical group. This was specially notice-fable with symphonies ey chamber music. Dance music had no effect upon this class and military bands caused a slight rise. Moderately musical people, on the other hand, experienced a slight rice "when the} band began to play" and a fall when it ceased. The non-musical people showed changes only when Jdanee music was played.
Professor Swale Viticent says that the effect depends principally upon appreciation or interest in the music Te quoted one case of a musical subject who was forested in any kind of He said that his pleasure in hearing jazz was probably not a musical emotion at all, but the playing of his favourite foxtrot caused an immediate fall Dlood-pressure, which is a sign of emotion. Musical people usually either breathe more quickly, or else
when a melody appeals to them. hold breath, and then sigh!
'A. press despatch from Cassel, Prussia, dated September 23, states, that one of the carrier pigeons r leased from the Graf Zeppelin after it left Japan on August 23 had reached that town. For some reason the bird was not able find its base in Tokyo and bad flown on across Siberia, finally stopping at the German town, Tt appeared utterly exhausted "and Jdied shortly after, although every'- thing possible was done to save its life, the report continues. Tdentification was possible through the metal disk on the bird's leg which contained a message. The pigeon was one of a group taken aboard by Mr. Dofu Shirai, the only Japanese newspaper ' correspondent aboard the German Zeppelin:
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