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THE SYDNEY 'M0RNINIG HEkALDlSAtUftDA Y.I APRIL V22.1 1-1939. THE KING OF) y-r -vt Tf.Tf i i i New sgeNic vroad opens up, fresh country. UN IN XL IN IS 'SHAKESPEARE' Not A Student Versus Vandals. ot abroad: "My Friend Grock" HUMOUR SHINING AS GENIUS. Adentuf and Humour.

t4 fevJi 'I MiHUUl "PASSIONATE" CUSTOMS MEN U. i BY ALBERT CAZABON. 1' By Kenneth Scott. To-morrow, we celebrate the days both of St. George and of Shakespeare.

And If ever, a dead dramatist needed saving from certain dragons It is the late lamented William Shakespeare. Think ef the Shakespearean circus and the acrobatics of the parasites who prey on his reputation; the rheumy annotations of armchair critics with their political' theories regarding the Bard, and the attempts to pin his faith down to a creed, and then let us purge our minds with the reflection that Man. proud man Drest In a little brtet authority. Most lannrant of what he's most assur'd. His glassy essence, like an angry ape.

Plays such fantastlck tricks before high heaven As make the angels weep. Seriously, I know one tutor who has been so bewildered with vast reading for and against the Baconian theory, that he acquiesces in a compromise, and constantly refers quite consciously to Shakesbacon. I have heard it put forth, not as a merry Jest, that Shakespeare was the author of the forty- Partly as a vehicle of pro-British propaganda and partly! to demonstrate to sceptical foreigners that the art of the stage still flourishes in England, the famous Old Vic Company was sent recently on a tour of the Mediterranean and the Near East. This company, which is familiar to Australians who have visited the Sadlers Wells and the Old Vic. Theatres in London, restricts its productions to classic drama and first-rate modern plays.

Its members little realised what was ahead of them when they left their native shores. Their, whimsical adventures are related here by Mr. Albert Cazabon, who is their musical and was for some time associated with the Prince Edward Theatre in Sydney. 4' 5 so which he spent in the theatre he was heard to utter no sound. At last.

after, daurilinir, TMlituI in hnnrlo hope, we had word that we could open our uuus, unuaci our scenery, ana go anesa. Tne local stage-staff were. a. wtlllncr crew who seemed to regard the whole enterprise as great fun. Our own chief -of -staff took them out sixth psalm, since tne lorty-slxth word from reircsnmenc, ana came back a wide-eyed, almost electrified man.

He had taken 24 men out to a care ana stood them each a 2i By Kerwin Maegraith. Leoncavallo, in his opera Pag-liacci," tells of Canto, the clown, heartbroken at finding his wife Nedda untrue to him, putting a dagger to his heart. As he raises It to kill himself, he exclaims bitterly: "Laugh for the pain that Is eating thy heart!" Caruso, playing the role of Canio as only he could master it, made his hearers weep when he sang of the bitter struggle to carry on playing the fool when his heart was broken. It is a tradition, or rather, a common belief, that clowns are dolorous people, that they have unhappy lives. But that is not always the case.

I will tell you of my friend Grock. In a sumptuously furnished villa, near Chlasso, by the St. Gotthard, towards Italy and the little town of Onejlla, lives dear old M. Adrlen Wettach. Through the great windows of his villa, a pretty girl can be observed playing on a grand piano.

Bianca ls her name. A luxurious Isotta Fraschinl glides through the towering gates, and Adrien alights. Out over the sea at the little island of Corsica he gazes and he heaves a mighty sigh. "At last, at last," he murmurs, "I shall retire." Adrien Wettach has sold that before many times. Before he has reached his home, however, which Is the show-place of the part of the world In which the great clown lives, hectic theatre agents pester him with urgent requests of "Just another fortnight." Adrien has known dire poverty.

He can remember tuning pianos for a crust. But that was many years before he became Grock, the greatest clown In all the world Grock, the priceless, Grock the man of genius, Grock the philosopher. For years he lived as poorly as the proverbial church mouse. To-day, he is enormously wealthy. He has a yawn that could devour a steam roller.

His very appearance made theatrical history, and yet, strange in say, he is the most modest fellow to talk to. and the most unaffected. His conversation in his dressing-room was always witty and delightful, and he still smokes more cigarettes a day than any other man I have met. His mere name on the variety bill sufficed to pack theatres al) over the world with all kinds ot people, and he was the favourite of Kings and Queens as well as lesser folk. Grock and Chaplin.

The first time Grock saw a circus was when he was a child. He thereupon made up his mind to become a clown. His father had been a clown before him. Of all the clowns of the modern age, Grock Is rated the Charlie Chaplin, of course, is the greatest living pantomimlst of his type, but he and old Grock can never be compared. Tbev are both superb fools, but as different as chalk from cheese, Greek's smile could never be equalled or Imitated.

To draw that face was a caricaturist's dream. Grock has a bald head, an absurd nose, and a big chin. His "make-up" is a work of art. His frock coat and tie and enormous boots all looked so out of place that the -si. of inn, ana tne wnole lot cost two shillings! "And they didn't all have the same, either," he said; "they all had different lots of wines and comic-looking drinks, and it came out at a penny each I How would that go at the Old Vic?" Clearly, Lisbon was a good spot I And then to our music I know all about music being a "universal language," but it is not universal enough to serve as the entire medium for explaining details at rehearsal.

I was fortunate then in having the Teatro Nacional musical director to help me out. Monsieur Rene Bohet is a Belgian and a first-rate violinist, and he translated all my bad French immediately Into good Portuguese (at least, I suppose It was good) without difficulty. Also, he played most artistically as leader of the orchestra, on a genuine Joseph Ouarnerius. But there were difficulties. To put It moderately, ninety-seven of the theatre orchestras of the world are badly designed, being either too small or wrong in shape, but usually both.

This one was certainly, and in the most extreme degree, both. In justice to the Why, in spite of all that can be done In the way of building, fast ships, are- we still so dependent on the whims and tempers of the sea? ye are promised arrival at Lisbon in the late afternoon or early evening, but It needs only a fairly heavy swell to get going somewhere about Cherbourg to set us back several hours. We eventually arrive at midnight, and a sadly sickened company votes fervently for bed and disembarkation at a reasonable hour in the morning. It was subsequently learned that a delegation of dignitaries of various sorts, complete with Press photographers, had awaited us for several hours, and gave up their vigil only -when informed that more than half the company were already in bed. A few of them had.

in fact, gone to bed after attempting lunch on the first, day, and had not reappeared. But that. Is by the way. Incidentally, those among the company who knev Australia. (the Dominions are well rep-mentMt In the company) remarked how simitar the approach up the Tagus was to the river approach to Brisbane.

At night, as we itid It. It certainly waa. In the morning, then we awoke to full sunshine, occasionally shipped by light rain, the Impression of coming to an Australian port waa even stronger. The sunshine, the brightly coloured buildings, the cleanliness of the town, coming so suddenly alter dreary weather In London, made more than one of us feel for the first few minutes that we had been spirited to, Sydney. But there Is plenty to remind us that we are not in a British Dominion.

The Customs men. for Instance, fully uniformed and armed to the teeih, passionate in speech and lyrical In manner-StetedJJgwas never seen In Woolloomooloo. AskerJlfTTid anvthing to declare, I proudly produced a brand new camera with A glimpse of the quaintly-named Coal and Candle Creek from the newiscenic road which is being constructed by the Public Works Department. As an accompanying article explains, this road can be reached from Church Point on the Pittwater or from Pymble. It runs through part of the area controlled by the Kuring-gai Chase Trust and opens to the motorist some of the wild and unspoilt ''areas of the Ha wkesbury River country.

Teatro Nacional, it should, however, be INDO-CHINA. explained that musical productions are never given there, but In the Opera House, which Is very much larger. Casual Firemen. BLACK DINGOES. MEMORIES OF 1914 ABOARD TRANSPORT A19.

For "Man and Superman" and "The Rivals" only entr'actes and a little incidental music were needed, and a small orchestra nf strinirs A Jewel of the Ftench Empire. By B. King, Officer d' Academic sufficed. But we use different orchestral com Several Specimens "Bagged." By A. T.

Newton. Recent correspondence on the sub' a newspaper Being recordings, grave and gay, from the "Kangaroo, published on the transport Afric The boys of 1914 who came through binations for various plays, and Menges'o music to "Henry demands a complement of brass and drums, and these things take up room. It was manifestly impossible to play In front of the curtain unless we removed a few stalls, and, as every seat in the theatre had long been sold for every performance, this was out of the question. There was only (McLachlan), 3. Winner: 10 to 1 against.

That, at all events, was real and Important tne beginning or tnat oeiucose paean twnicn we may soon again be singing if war comes) is and the forty-sixth word from the end is If you produce the Hebrew version 6f the Psalms and refer to such a trifle as that Shakespeare was an Elizabethan, there is always a Theosophist round the corner to assure you that Shakespeare Indited the Psalms the lot of them In a previous incarnation. Temerity of "G.B.S." Quite recently, Mr. George Bernard Shaw had the effrontery to add an act to a Shakespearean play. That is not to be wondered at, since more than once he has assured us that he Is a finer dramatist than the Swan of Avon; but it Is possible to prove that Mr. Shaw did write the plays.

This, you must admit, is a nice piece of scholarship. Well, it is easy enough, if you stultify any critical sense for the nonce. You take the fourth letters from the end of the titles of the undermentioned dramas, and the secret is revealedl Here we are: MoeBeth. Julius CaEsar. Two Gentlemen of Merchant of VeNlce CorlolAnus Comedy of ErRors.

Merry Wives of WInDsor. Measure for Measure. Taming of the SHrew. Antony and CleopAtra, Ail's WeU That Ends Well. Now, this Is as serious a piece of criticism as ever was penned by any of the cipher maniacs.

It Is almost the method of the higher critics In theology. If some of our critics have too servile and cringing an approach to Shakespeare, because they adore a demigod and not a dramatist, the only approach the cipher maniacs have Is that of a surgeon with blood on his ungloved hands and a dissecting knife in his spatulate fingers. These are literary anatomists, not critics. They vill disembowel and emasculate any gem to hold up a splinter as proof of a theory that cannot stand without splints and a spine support. But these are not the most vicious people in the world; they are comparatively harmless since they are In a pathetic and dangerous state of delusion, and nobody reads what they write.

They write about the plays and dissect the plays as literature, but they do keep their hands off the acting, living dramas, A few years ago, a London music hall announced a 40-mlnute "Hamlet," in which Claudius would really be drunk and Ophelia would be drowned "In a river of real water" (is there any other that Polonlus would be stabbed "in front of the arras," and other Inducements were offered, save only that honesty compelled the management to say nothing about a real Ghost. That was bad enough. The Modern Touch. But what do you think Shakespeare would have to say to people who essay to enact the plays in modern clothes on a modern stage crammed with modern trappings and furniture? It Is conceivable, ot course, that such "modern" performances can be artistic that by the Old Vic company, for example but they are not to my taste. I saw "Hamlet" staged In modern clothes.

The travesty was produced by that master of repertory, Sir Barry Jackson. The show was not regarded by the critics as an experiment; it was regarded as a calamity. On this occasion Hamlet wore plus-fours and their fiery ordeal, "The war to end war' Ject of black dingoes, has reminded me To the majority of Australians Saigon is most prominent when the great French dominion of Indo-China, now so often in the news, Is mentioned. Australians, as is well known, fly to verse luce Dees to tne aolaen roa (as in tnts genial one alternative to go "back-stage." So we of several dogs, which were definitely "dingoes," that I shot between, thirty and thirty-five years ago. Dingoes mocking Fates are now, many of grey-haired.

All who were on the troopship Afric will recall their excited interest in the their month of April In suburban gardens), which accounts for the following verse, of which all went up ana placed ourselves right behind the back-cloth, through which all our strident Saigon has been called the Paris of the were very numerous in the "big scrub' excellent effect. ianiares were mown witn Pacific, but that is a rather fanciful newspaper, we can say is thet lt was. weir meantj A Toast to the The King, God bless him. Is roiling in wealth, And. thouzh arowinir old.

ia enlovina Rood health. of the Richmond River district, at that misnomer. Being practically all brass, as be It. was a single sheet, about the size of i which nop jr- rvrj- The Rw. Catinat runs from the quay to a sheet of the "Herald.

and was printed on period, and calves and pigs were fre quently killed during nocturnal raids. fitting this most military of only one side. The Union Jack and the Aus. He has ships on the sea. tie has earls on the shore trafian flafi were nlctured In the headimr.

and snakespea re's uecKea out in jewels ana oraera gmore; But the soldier brlnss to the Empire her peace, God speed to the men from the Ootdep Fleece. a kangaroo on the. left -gave, a- friendly glanoe at an emu on the right, while below was the On a certain public holiday, accompanied by another young man, and also by my faithful dog. and a half-grown pup, I set trj cathedral, the Post-office, the theatre, and all important buildings, such as the Town Hall, the Governor-General's palace, and the palace (on a smaller scale) of the Governor of Cochin-China. Al fresco arrangements for light refreshments may recall to memory the Paris boulevards, but the imposing shops sandwiched between money-changers' stalls The Verse was the contribution of a sergeant announcement: "roe representative news-paper of the Australian Imperial Expedition' arv Force (1st out for a day's shooting In the scrub.

Tur or -o ana it was pnntea between Henry ChappeU's "The Day" C'You boasted the Dav and you toasted the Day. and now the keys and pigeons were fairly plentiful, and From the pages of the "Kangaroo" It Is possible to recapture some of the spirit of plays, I called my orchestra the "Lisbon Tram-w a silver Band," and they acquitted themselves well. Being of the company. It Is not for me to describe their work in detail. Day has and "It's a Long.

Way to we were hoping for a good bag. Peter, aim wie utile rjouiiques of tne native populace spoiling for a hunt, led the way Into the tne croons, 'rnev nan resDonoert to tne can Tipperary." Tne purser or aim, k. t. uutier, felt Inspired and wrote a poem, "When the cAutii; air quite interesting to tne visitor. scrub.

We reached a timber-getter's track, They had been trained until they were as hard as nails. They had tramped through rose-strewn streets, they had been dubbed heroes. The real and unforgettable thing The stereotyped phrase about the French not being colonisers Is played out. Accordingly, I shall as briefly as possible convey some impression of the territory and the 30,000.000 and knowing that dingoes are attracted by pups, I asked my companion to catch the pup by the ears and make him squeal, while Lion Roars," which ended: This war- shall show the world at large, When a lesson they desire, That when they -challenge England's might They fight the whole Empire. So when the Oermans think that ther Have oaught us on.

the nap. They'll presently wake up to find We've wiped them off the map. was c-ne mist or tears or tnose wno lovea I can say, how- tnem. population oi mis portion Prance's oversea dominions. I watched for the dingoes.

With the pup squealing Incessantly, partly hidden by the ever, that their team work is marvellous In spirit and ac- That was why on the Afric, as doubtless on the other ships of the great Armada, they "let themselves go" they had to steel them scrub on one side of the track, was peering The poem was so popular that It was Centuries ago, a Mongol penetration occurred from the north of Asia, and those tribes, mingling with others from India, Malaya, Java, and. possibly, a sprinkling from Aus- intently through the undergrowth, when selves to resist the impact of memories of reprinted. compushme and that the nana-ciasps, embraces, and tears. A sensation was a fire which broke out heard a rustle behind me. Swinging round quickly, I was Just in time to put a full What did the "Kangaroo" say? Among Lisbon public amorur some suaar.

The "Kangaroo's" uua, were tne progenitors or tne present in habitants. otner mings it saia: charge into a huge black dingo that had accepted catn-1 Nesbltt. "It Is only a rumour that the Kaiser Is The earliest European visitors were Portuguese and Hollanders, hut. whon infn.Mn. to enciiaui interest, but It ett them co Tobacco was wanted about.

1 meekly presented eighteen cta-irettes and pleaded one ounce 0( tobacco. The cisarettes they esamlned and pissed. But the tobacco? I must produce it. Un-joriunalely, could not re-mimber lor the Hie of me in match case 1 hid put the jouch; after unpicking cabin trunk and sult-tise without finding it I was In so with what, presumably was Million. V.

took hours In (el our tmill company in this tKhtonanri just I passed the site I was stop-pl by a gentleman whom I look to be the jtneraltssimn of (be Portuguese Army, wearing i bayonet on side of his belt and a huge revolver on the other. He pointed sternly at lcwis casson, Hermlone Han- count was lively. "Baby Bliss tumbled out of his hammock and fell with a dull, sickening thud on the lower deck, A shudder ran through the immense length of the monster A19. Thousands of brave defenders feared a collision and stood ready 'With open mouths struggles were at their worst, an appeal was n.aa I sprung through the vines on to the track, and was In the act of springing back again after catching sight of me. This dog had all the characteristic features of a dingo, though it dead.

People say he sat on a bun and "current" ran through his spine." Poet Laureate. am one section ox tne belligerent. The orTer was ar.rf.nr.Ari anA nen, Andrew Crulekshank tually. the country now called Cochin-China and Alec Ouuv This was perhaps foolish, but; It was a re was perhaps larger than the average. lief 10 sav tnat sore 01 tmna.

uon unasav. and dry tongues to swim lor tne canteen ana save the beer. Ultimately, half the Southern Ocean was emptied into the hold and My next experience of the black dlnso was was ceuea to pTance as a colony. Later, she established a "protectorate" over Cambodia, Laos. Annam, and Tonkin.

In three of those countries there are nominal kings, under the all waa well." however (H Company); balanced one of the Albany Issues with a patriotic poem, "The Day We Celebrate," which the editors thought- so good that they crowned him "Poet Xaureate In the Kyogle district, some fifty miles distant from the scene of this shoot. Riding late one afternoon I saw a black Paddy, the steward, drew attention to hlm- ness (to mention only a few of the names) as being In the grand tradition of dramatic art. We gave three smoked more than one Corona-Coronal Natur uviui.mtuHi ui ricucn "jrtesiaenis." in Tonmn, his Excellency, the Tong Doc of Hadong, is a remnant of Vice-Royalty, influential by his ally, Claudius drank whisky from a decanter. Ophelia minced about and coughed a little as seir py remarking tnat tne not water 'was cold." The bandmaster gave a printed denial to a charge that he had consumed seven Jellies at one sitting. He stated that the dog, unmistakably a dingo, making for a patch of scrub.

I hurried to my hut for a rifle sne innaied ner cigarettes. Foionius answered evenings and a (Winchester .44 repeater), and rode fast to a the telephone. Imagine lti correct number was fourteen I or Aiu." one stanza ran: By sea, by land, the dag that flies For Liberty, now bids us rise. -And to your aid we come: No selfish thoughts of loot ot gain Impels us victory to attain. And march behind the drum.

Of course, little thlnes went wrong, which But this winter of the producer's discontent matinee, and the atmosphere at each was that of continued. The late Oscar Asche staged "The 8EN8ATION AT SEA THE SYDNEY ENGAGES THE EMDEN EMDEN CAPTURED AND BEACHED. The "Kangaroo" starred nroii.jM i-jiaiinuig- personality rattier than by official status. Natural Wealth: In practice it ia convenient to ignore the shades ot racial difference and to group all under the name of Tonkinese or Annaraite though the Cambodians and Laotians have a certain marked individuality distinct from the races Of Cochin-nhlnn Annam onri Merry Wives" in modern dress. This show was sponsored by the British Empire Shakespeare Society.

There were rejoicings when accounts for the advertisement: "If the person t. a I Sl5 ivfv wno tootc a towel irom unaer tne natenway ridge about a quarter of a mile from the scrub where the dingo had entered. Taking up a secluded position, and one that commanded a good view. I commenced to howl like a dingo. In about Ave minutes a pack of six dogs came towards me.

One was the black dog previously seen. As he came directly towards me I raised the rifle, and the movement caused him to see He sprang leading to sergeants' mess will return It to tne sorry anair was nauied on tne ooaras at the London Apollo after eight performances a gala performance. One of the strange things to which we had to accustom ourselves was the hour of starting one miserable theatrical week. Again, in 1931. "Twelfth Night" fell victim.

Tonkin. Bao Dal returned from school In Paris about five years ago, and was solemnly crowned ALBERT CAZABON. Malvollo could never be himself without doublet and hose, and if he carried a mashle Instead of an ebony staff (as he did), nobody would believe him however much he Insisted sideways, but as he sprang I fired. His same place It will save the owner interviewing him. Incidentally it may save A tug-of-war contest between the battalion team and the firemen Of the Afric was won by the soldiers' strategy.

Instead of letting "Baby" Bliss pull on the rope, "his tesm thought It better for him to take up a position in the bows to give the vessel a dip in that direction." Great triumph! Roughs versus Toughs waa "won by both, owing to the rope being made fast to the deck ladder." "Supplement Special War Edition." hnjt a tnese neaoings in tne issue oi novemoer ju, and the A19's Laureate burst into song: THE END Or THE At rest last, tho Emden's run her race. No more can she small helpless ships beguile, Complete her work ot Joining In tht chase, Ber battered hulk lies on the Cocoa Isle, Australia's ships of war have gained the day. And H.M.A.S. Sydney takea the praise. Abuse of naval laws they now repay By laying low the ghost of recent days.

The pride we feel Is echoed through the world. Where'er by lame the Emden deeds are known, for o'er her grave our Empire's flags-unfurled To mark the whirlwind where the wind she'd sown. The "Kangaroo" continued Its brief life with splendid articles, Jokes, personalities (occasionally a shade Indiscreet from the head dropped between his front legs, and he that some were born great, some achieved greatness, and some had greatness thrust upon them. I had to sit in a stall and watch Toby Belch consume a cocktail I turned a complete somersault with a bullet through his heart. This was another beautiful specimen of large slse.

a nue aa emperor oi Annam. His marriage took place about the same time. The great wealth of the country consists of rice. After Burma, it is the largest producer and exporter of that commodity, though Slam comes a good third. Cotton, tea, rubber, sugarcane, coffee, tobacco, and pepper are cultivated.

Maize, grown chiefly In Tonkin, provides surplus for exportation. Pish, dried and salted. Is another Imnortnnt nrtirta nf GROCK, as seen by Kerwin Maegraith. audience would burst into uncontrolled glee whenever he presided ot the footlights. He used to present his violin from an enormous portmanteau, and the effect was glorious.

He would find he could not play his instrument, and would go behind a screen and all that could be seen was the bow going up and down in silent pantomime. Then Grock would come out in front and play his child's violin with the technique of a Krlesler. He was a marvellous pianist, a tip-top flautist, and a clarionet player; the concertina and even a baas drum also figured In his act, which was a veritable cocktail of perfect tomfoolery. Many of his tricks have been copied by other downs, such as moving the piano instead of his choir, but there was only one Grock. As my good friend on the Colboum door said.

onlv nn nnH rhfu Let us have Shakespeare or not. Must Lady Spying a Pack, These dogs were both large, but not as big as cablegram from Sir George Reld (High Commissioner) conveying the heartening news that Macbeth wear Parisian pyjamas bedecked with dragons and serpents every time she walks In her sleep? Poor Fa 1 staff would certainly have tne Ames are winnin in Belgium and Russia export. point of view of 1914, but parochially dull from aenrium tremens li ne neara tne snnu summons of a telephone. Mistress Page would turn over a new leaf if she were made ine siiKworm ma; be said to be Indigenous in Tonkin, where there are several thmuand tnat oi 1U3U), ana especially verse, how tnose is still victoriously advancing." Another "At Ivangorod the Russians charged the Germans and Austrians without waiting for their artillery. It is like all hell let loose.

Men acres of mulberry trees. Tonkin is rich In Coal deposits. The native Tna.nufnr.l.itHn acquainted, through a gramophone, with the modern decadence that Is jazz. It Is a safe industries are chiefly weaving, mat-making, Grock." Ho ought to have known, for he wlut was carrying, and spoke much. It was my violin case thai attracted him, so I held It out to told bun what It and asked him In French If he wished to play It for me, but.

he only made a large chalk mark on the case and said I could go. Of course, It Is Irrational, I know, but one Is always rather annoyed when the natives of any foreign country fall to peak or understand French. And so on to my hotel, a brand new establishment In extremely modern style, all made 0 synthetic marble In pink and black, nicely Picked out in stripes of chromium, and very clean and comfortable and up-to-date in every way, Then, lor complete change, to the Teatro National a truly historic theatre and really beautiful. A perfect horseshoe auditorium, Just like Covent Garden Opera House In shape nd design, with Its Hers of boxes all round, but on a smaller scale. Were it In England we should icall It and, I understand the date of the building to be about 1820.

Our producer of the classic comedy and modern plays Is Miss Esme Church. When she walked on to the stage and saw the lovely old golden auditorium, she gave a happy cry and said: "But how marvelous for The Rivals Indeed, there could no more fitting setting net tnat ciauaius would Become a Recnamte If he saw a momlnc coat, and Hamlet mlaht uutbc.jr, paircr wooa carving, and furniture making. Machine shops and shipbuilding establishments exist in Haiphong be able to make up his mind to act on the spur had seen every act brought to England during the last thirty years. Grock is a Swiss, an ex-herdsbov. He boys contorted their keen hatchet faces to achieve rhymes I The editors wisely allowed the paper to express the spirit of the troops.

Hence various testimonials to beer and to games of chance. No one, not even a chaplain, wanted it to be other than- it waa. It was a breesy, useful; clean, healthy newspaper, because it was a reflex of the character and quality of the Australian elements that went Into the making of the Anzacs of immortal memory. a performance. At Lisbon we were advertised' to commence at S.30, but this was a mere matter of form which convinced nobody.

The audience waa never In a hurry, and in any case they were not allowed Inside the theatre before the Fire Brigade had come In and taken possession I When I say "Fire Brigade" I mean exactly that not the single fireman Is considered sufficient comply 'with ths regulations in London theatres. How many fire-fighters there were in the audience I do not know, but a dozen or more appeared on the stage before the performance, magnificently arrayed in grey uniforms, brass helmets, and white gloves, with rows of lethal-looking Implements belted round their bodies. Notwithstanding their ferociously protective appearance, they themselves smoked cigarettes, and had not the slightest objection to everybody else doing the same. When the Fire Brigade was satisfied that everybody was well supplied with cigarettes and matches, they gave the word to proceed, and up went the curtain never much later than 10 o'clock, which Is about the hour when Lisbon begins really to enjoy Itself. 1 After the performance one simply has to drop Into a cafe for a drink and a talk, even If some more formidable social exercise is not on the tapis (as it often is), so it is really no matter at all what time one gets to bed, I suppose that was why the British Consulate, whom I hod had to consult on some minor matter, rang me up while I was at breakfast at 10.45 a.m., with an apology for.

disturbing me "so early in the mornlngl" or tne moment lor once, instead of thinking stabbed and slashed each other and even tore each other with their teeth. A gigantic Russian captain dealt death on every hand, while the men clubbed one another with rifles." After this bloodthirsty picture (the crude propaganda that was poured out to the men at that stage), the Special War Edition, concluded: Moonee Valley Cup: Qladwyn (Kil-lnrn). 1: Pldelo (CaWnani a LocViarno too precisely on the event. If he saw a news tionicin) ana Baigon (Cochln-Chtna). The Chinese town, nhntnn tm Ham fawi recognised as a great natural musician, and he speaks several languages fluently.

The best of these Is his dumb inimitable eloquence. He paper poster. If poor Ophelia saw Hamlet drinking cocktails (as she did In Jackson's reduction) she would not wait to be told to le her to a nunnery she would seek sanc reddish-yellow bitch that I shot in the same district. This animal measured five feet six inches from tip to tip. and was very heavily built.

On another occasion I sighted, without being seen, several dingoes, apparently waiting for nightfall, and playing in the long evening shadows of a patch of scrub. I retreated silently, and later approached them from the leeward side, armed with the trusty .44. After crawling through long grass and working my way, I came to a spot overlooking the dingoes, and had ample opportunity for observing them. There were ten or twelve dogs, and some were sprawling, some squatting, some chewing bones, with play and squabbles Intermingled. Among the dogs was a fine-looking black, one, and I determined to bag him if possible.

While wondering how I could get near enough to make sure of this dog, for some reason, of course unknown to me, he rose and came In a direct course towards me. He had to cross a depression, and for some time was hidden from view. When he came up from the hollow, he was only about 100 yards away, and evidently scented me, for he stood with nose lifted sniffing the air. This was my opportunity, and a bullet behind the wuuia oe a great ciown nis oruuance started and finished with his acrobatic ability, for no man ever fell throua-h the sent nf a ui; Saigon, is a hive of Industry, with rice mills, sawmills, distilleries, breweries, tile and brick works, and a match factory. The French Government has built hospitals and schools of various grades, and many of the native students have become worthy members of the learned professions.

tuary forthwith. we snouia pray aevoutiy as a nation tnat tne late wniiam tuiaaespeare mignt be rescued from the dragons by his very own patron rainD, mas ne may oe permit-tea to rest in peace, that his critics might be confounded, that every bright young Australian should be LORD OF LANGUAGE. i i i 4 i I he did. Crock's going left a gap that will never be filled. He waa the Orimaldi of his time, and he will be remembered when the Shirley Temples and Blng Crosbys are forgotten.

So let us leave this gifted man in his luxurious retirement. He goes down In tradition as a clown, a much happier fellow than Canto and Orimaldi. Under "The Big Top" of "The Greatest Show on Earth" the tradition of clown is handed down from generation to generation. Great-grandfathers, grandfathers, fatlmra nnd SCENIC DRIVE. By L.W.

Motorists have always considered Dumb Endurance i encouraged to read him as a playwright rather than as a poet, that youngsters should be given full, unabridged texts, undeflled with introductions or notes. We should pray for a "Back to Shakespeare" movement, for this would be ought to have explained at the beginning S. 'epertolre consists of Shakespeare, Bherldaii. Shaw, Glnabury, Wooll, and Priest- 'BY, the lden hi.ln In m-MMil ainffllah rinmn that one of the most delightful Satur a movement pack to sanity and not to satiety. irons teg oxoppea mm nice a log.

On aull another occasion I nav nhortlv day afternoon runs Is to follow the Palm Beach Road as far as Mona Vale and then wind along the few miles of the Bayview Road to Church Point. If tnere is any ouiwara sian or tne economic stress which Portugal Is suffering as a result of the Spanish Civil War. It wai visible to none of us: The Portuguese are a gay-hearted, charming people, and they gave us a great welcome, Including official receptions (In which the British Rmbeusy took Its most hospitable part) of various sorts. "THE KING'S EVIL By J.S. covertog 300 years.

The tour is sponsored by tne British Council, and so amounts to an to spread British oulture by means "povetnment support. It is, in fact, national Propaganda of the very best sort, blessedly il01? Political implications of any kind after sunrise, several dingoes leaving a partly-burnt carcase, where they had been enjoying a feast, and again I felled the black member of the party with a well directed bullet. This road runs along the banks of the in tne instances related above, the dogs had all the characteristics of dingoes, and Pittwater, and It is bordered on its No superstition Is more curious than the belief that scrofula was the king's sons and their sons In tum, carry on In a spirit of artistic exactitude that Is undreamed of outside the theatrical profession. For instance, I may mention the Luplno family. George Luplno was a clown and his son was noted comedian, who has given the theatre such brilliant sons as Stanley, Luplno- Lane, Barry, and now Ida (Stanley Luplno's daughter), who is a screen comedienne.

Princess Elisabeth lost a personal friend when Whimsical Walker, the clown of Bertram Mill's circus, died. When Whimmie expired his little dog Buffer ran round, pining for the great clown he would never see again. The dog died short aftnwiM. other side by pleasant homes whose evil and could only be cured by the owners have solved the problem of touch of royal hands. From the times the colour In each of the four cases was almost entirely block.

Once In the early evening I came suddenly face to face with a yellow dingo bitch, which after running away for about 60 yards, stopped and barked like a domestic dog. This she repeated several times after going short distances. I was puszled until another person found a number of dingo pups In a near-by of Edward the Confessor of England living away from the more crowded areas without being too far from the city. and Clovls of France men have believed that a mysterious power to cure this disease was possessed by kings because Next Saturday1 1 Mr. Cazabon will describe scenes in Tangier, Gibraltar and Italy.

was performed in modern dress to the who did not seem to; resent it. Two members of the company were) seized nd searched, however, because they chose to keep their hands in their pockets when a "Very Important Personage" passed by.l Finishing at Church Point as It did, this run was far too short to fill an afternoon, and the motorist was faced with the alternatives of wandering about the waterfront- and iiuuuw iuh na oetween tne mouier and her nuns she was annarentlv trvuu tn tney had been anointed with the sacred chrism. Here are some "touchlnir" records of the draw me away from' them I s- say, from grief. a. Jit1? "PPsel cynic George Bernard Shaw laughing heartily through his S'ers nt Whimsical Walker's antics? Be 'r-tram MlUi i told us one night at the Savage that he had Just introduced "Whlmmlf" to O.B.S.

at his matinee performance. Walker put out his hand and he said: "It in verv nlCe Of VOIl ta, ahalra I- watcning tne yachting enthusiasts working on rVu P'ays nre as produced at tne th? Vrtom Guthrie. He Is not with but Lewis Oasson is with us as iA and general father confessor and we are all ready for nniJ.I.'i..!1." 10 "dy for personally is mvSu. tnlnt' 'nasmuch as I am to present iL i Mc" town to a completely strange for th? differently consUtuted hon. inmslc "Uurements of each play, and h.

that the advance manager msklng clear our somewhat fequlrements before I arrive to cope rnisn. all. "Allegro Molto" mSi? tlUn aw world mf hi "tfsneous dimcultles will, I hope, part of the fun. a company such as this cannot travel light. ith tne "'y, costumes, and IhS of eight plays.

All guaranteed by our official i-ETra Doibia'. oontratand' eiSL Wnf on might have Cuaom? tUn through the In -fart' 001(1 mere So, but it was a matter of form their boats by no means an unpleasant past. Henry IV. of France complained once that, though he himself was 111, he had to SONGS OF THEm WILD. i ivf 1 wff 4.

til 1 ttk, 1' 'AS ik vy 1 'IHH1 li1 1 fhf I uf; Orv.vH I 1lWWWaaaaasaaMaaaMaMaaa 11 diversion or returning to tne more crowded Palm Beach road and Journeying further north. Now, the Public Works Department Is engaged on a continuation of the Bayview Road, which opens uo some fresh country. It la not The haunting songs stream and bird, clown, Mr. Shaw." OBA7TJtK rot. itheH" 0ld clown hands with, uiucn ov scroiuia sunerers on Easter Day.

Louis XIV. touched 1,600 on the Easter Bun-day of 1688. And, according to Samuel Pepys, Charles II. In the first four years of his merry reign touched 24,000, and mathematl- quite finished, but it is now possible to cover me eonga iosb in wunuer, neara, Like lovely echoes of the spring The songs I feel I cannot sing-Immortal songs from shadow lands, Strange music played by unseen caiiy-inolined observers think he probably GALLIPOLI. Th' eerie songs of the' bush and brake muat, ui 11, oy car, ana wnen tne last section Is completed, the motorist will be able to make a round trip through a section of Hawkesbury River country which Is still wild and unspoilt.

From Church Point, this read Is followed round the southern end of the Pittwater, disclosing some very charming glimpses of the narrow gorge in which It lies, and then atrlkea They conned the linf-w 1 1 sign "Your king and p.avcu wig royai nanus on zuu.ouu sunerers from the king's evil before he died. An account of the times records that "a Mr. Avlse Evans had a fungus nose, and said it was revealed to him that the king's hand would cure him. So at the first coming of King Charles Into St. James's Park he kissed the royal hand, and rubbed hla nnu atifH if.

Mystical runes or valley ana plain 1 Ax my way through the crowded city I take. Mid its noise and tumult I bear them again: Th5' stSTtf1 ttM k'aao-riea' words in byway sitoutaa wh in a few It took To begin With, from the material up Thfeetned th tnunder of ouick-marchlng Which did disturb the king, but cured him." By "him." Of course, la meant, nnt. b-lnw The music of wind and water, Of murmuring mountain rills, The freedom, the Joyance and, laughter i across country past what Is known as the Duck Pond, Joining a road which, to the left, runs to the Pittwater Road, and to the right to Cottage Point, near the Junction of Cowan And smiled when "Godspeed" shook the Civlo tatmested In waa a large Jm.lttl0' hd only to but the man with the curious name and curious nose I or aim Diut torestea nun, US thU brothr ooks against the Lyrics of dawn and sonnets nf noon, BUSHLAND MIMIC. I name to the brow of a steep-sided hill, rst In the shade of a giant eucalypt, and drank in the cooling easterly breese. My ears were turned to the sounds of the forest, and there came In quick succession ths raucous cry of the black cockatoo or nut-cracker: the scream of the parrot, the roseUa, the lowrle, and the king; the whistle and crack of the whip-bird; the Indulgent, dominant laugh of the kookaburra; the call of ths thrush and the tuneful notes of the magpie, the butcher, and bell the flat squawk of the kara-waak and the twittering tones of the wagtail and wrehr all cams 'from a central point In the brush, 300 feet away at the foot of the hUL i By oarefu) and silent approach, I managed to crawl within view of the stage where proudly he danced and strutted and rtythaiiealtr ruffled hi pitsmea, ths while moeksd alt the birds of th bush.t Affiasutgrf shyi this Uk comparable, woodland mlmtei the lyre bird.

POWIBR, creex ana tne quaintly named Coal and Candle Creek. It is from here that nortlon nf tho mad Touching was a kingly monopoly. There was William Clowes, whnan official taDv the oth. j.rT- renearsais, so with Sj director and fnttttp man, the elee-BiSlrJi' from, the Bay of the examination of applicants for touching in still under construction. However, even now treaT wuuia souna r- xney arm oei, foe, stream ana, cioua shadowed lea When the moonbeams silver the lone lagoon I catch the song of the measureless sea: And ever to me the bushlands call But eager to go aneaa.

For those whose deathless valour marked their joigu ui umv uniorcunnce Monarcn, Charles I. Clowes pursued and summoned a gardener who claimed to share the royal Power. This pretender was a seventh son, and this, he claimed, gave him the healing the nrfiT.i. be done between torn. 2..

Emllly nd the Portuguese we wen aitnurf Brothers together milt thu ah.b The magpies' song and the leaping fall- psuot officer of ktu TeVmrt wnK' V-'J li Brave hearts made light of grief's goodbye In tat drowsy noon or tne oew wet eve Uv wavward fancy visions weave 1 thick protective, coating of Courage 4act arava vaaminr vnman it is possible to run three or four miles along tho winding course of Coal and Candle Creek, the road at times being high up on a bluff, and then dropping in a steep, winding descent to follow tlie course of the creek. It was from one of these high points that the photograph at the top of the page was taken. Eventually, the road will complete a circle, rejoining that from Church Point near the Duck Pond, whence It will be possible to run back to the city a km the Pittwater Road, Joining the Pacific Highway, at PymbU, Mjw.il, no uau wiivuicea outers ox nis claim, and that was why the protecting William Clowes brought him to Justice. At the-trial It was alleged that he had "enttetxl lama anri When war's tip heroes atained that tru-tablnc iia aLa tne I Onca more I. ride o'er the lonely plain And hear the wild swan crying again, A westward across the Darling the fly, Thia pencil sketch or Sir MacKennal's SKakeapearean 'group BtMtr.thw Mitchell Library by Miss Enid MacDonald, of Sydney.

ladles to buy the sheets he had slept In" th eigafsttes eXaLJ'S: for his dumb is or tne star a us ceo say. I. -MVAIiTXR D. WHITE, li Our faith keorae green thai arr 1 cepmpanying, article by Kermet acott Glauming- tnat muctektt in sneir aajBDnot would cure all evils. gardeoar, be couldn't flgHt a royal nrntopolyl ij c.k, I turuugnout trrs winy.

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