To the Editor of the "Nonei-Cuuwa Dany News"
Sin—Judging by the sparse attendance at recent Band performances it Seems certain that this year will write finis to the present Municipal 'On Friday night at the Bund Ge den not more than half-a-dozen chairs were occupied; the usual park Toungers were to be seen concentrat-perhaps more than usual in the Vicinity of the Band stand, but even they, long before the programme was' completed, had dwindled to a mere handful.
There can be only one explanation, and that is the music played is still too high-brow for the great majority of the would-be listeners. Why con-not the worthy maestro and sub-committee come off their high perch and let the public have really "poular" music, something from Gilbert and Sullivan and a few of the latest theme songs? Where is the young generation simply dying to hear classical music? Why, even the sub-committee have so far'been con~ spacious by their absence from the recent performances, Shanghai, June 16.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.