ave ff even" got or st oF even aloe lan hei ares aaa ie coco Bik det ete sce Tempora mutantur, and the §2 of 1038 are $8 of today Who of those who have to make use of a hospital charging $8 has experienced an increase of 300 per cent. in his Income Shanghai. March 11, The Question of Kultur To the Editor of the "NonmuCiuxa Day News"
Sim—As an "untouchable" in the sense that Ido not pay any taxes to the Council I am not competent speak on the issue of how the City Fathers shoutd spend "their" money, but from the point of view, of a man who has spent nearly two-thirds of his hoary twenty-seven years in and out of China and Shanghai 1 may be allowed to air my opinions in your valued journal.
T have listened to many Concerts which T have enjoyed. However. for the past two years I have preferred to get my quota of classical music from XMHA.and lately as well from the excellent programmes broadcast from XCDN on Tuesday nights.
not claim to be a critic, but} am quite willing to bet, that Thomas Beecham,—Waiter, Koussevitsicy. Graham' Paige and "Stokle" are every whit as competent as our own beloved Maetro. Invariably any <f these would-renowned Conductors, and others too numerous to mention, fare included in the repertoires. of the leading radio-station' musical programmes. Thus the culture-starved need have no qualms about their vations of #muzilultur.
It is ridfeulousness bordering the stupid to assert that the weekly concerts played at the Lyceum to a practically 100 per cent, French Concession audience of 700 people con-Slitutes a major background of culture for Shanghai. And were it not for the abnormal influx of the unfortunate refugees in the past two to three years it would still be possible fo see many unsold seats at the concerts.
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