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PAGE 12 THE WINNIPEG TRIBUNE SATURDAY. AUG. 3. 194C Britain Supports Music And Arts Under Wartime Condition London Still Good Centre For Good Music By JOAN LITTLEFIELD If Th North American fiewapper Alliance. Inr.l LONDON'.

Aug. 3. Though Bri tain it besieged and lighting fur her life as she has never had to fight before, the arts are not languishing as badly as they did in the last great war. Though English governments are notorious for their lack of support for art, something is being done now to bring spiritual and mental relaxation to workers in all parts of the country. Last April a Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts was formed, under the chairmanship of Lord Marmillan.

to organize art exhibitions and concerts in the provinces. It has been criticized because it has given help to amateur dramatic and musirj societies lainrr man uiiauciiig auiii. fine professional organizations as Sadlers Wells and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. This orchestra, the finest orchestra in the country, may be forced to disband through lack of funds. It has had no government help, though friends are ru.shing to its aid.

To Send Out Companies Now, however. C.E.M.A. is waking up, partly because of the efforts of the Pilgrim Trust which first provided money to begin the scheme. The Old Vic is to send first class dramatic companies out to all parts of the' country, small towns as well as large, under its auspices, and it is also organizing concerts in churches, where chamber music and solos by first rate! artists will be given. London is still a good centre for good music.

Sadlers Wells, aftei an anxious period when France fell, made a sudden recovery and was able to extend its summer season to the end of July. It now proudly announces that it will reopen in September with three revivals. "Tales of Hoffman." "Tosca" and "Hansel and Gretel" added to its repertory. Sir Henry Wood to Conduct Sir Henry Wood is to conduct the usual season of Promenade Concerts at Queen's Hall throughout August and September with the London Symphony Orchestra replacing that of the B.B.C.. now evacuated to the country.

More over, he Is to give first performances of a number of works English composers. These include: major new works by Sir Hamilton' Harty and Frank Bridge, and sixl choral songs for unison voices and; orchestra "to be sung in time of war." They include songs of courage, liberty, healing, victory and "pity, peace ana love, ine are taken from Shelley and include: the last lines of "Prometheus Un bound." The composer Is Vaughanj Williams. Mvm Hess continues her daily shilling lunch hour concerts at thei National Gallery with great suc Dr. Georee Dyson has organ i7ed concerts for workers at muni wa luiiitr. rrmni Tht mount Lonaon Bureau tion factories during the last By rB, co months.

Sixty eight concerts have, LONDON. Aug. 3 Work on a been given, and were attended bylvnst new buildings for 35.000 workers. The scheme nasi Whitehall, the governmental cen helped musicians hard hit by nf London. has had to be ahan war.

The cost per concert has been Deomlse of the war. Wheri under Hon. W. Buchan Edits Book On R.A.F. At War rpYnm Th' TNin tjonrtAn Purwu Copynitllt Tht Bou'hra Co LONDON.

August 3 Hon William Buchan. second on the late Lord Tweedsmuir. and now in training as a pilot in th? A F. has become an editor temporarily. He has edited "The Royal Air Force At War," a hook of wonderful photographs linked by a full account of the service, its machines, and Its training.

Produced with the co operation of the air ministry, this is believed to be the first authoritative book describing the Air Force war conditions. under' Z. li3i it Whitehall Work Is Suspended During War the srheme is completed in peacetime it will have cost ten million dollars. The buildings are designed to house four government departments. One can Judge of their size by the fact that it was necessary to sink a shaft eighty feet deep below the level of the Thames and have It faced In concrete to provide the boiler room.

Whitehall gives on to the Houses of Parliament at one end and to Trafalgar Square on the other. It embraces on both sides, the Foreign Office, the Home Office, the War Offire. the Horse Guards (headquarters of the army), the United Services Museum (accommodated In the original banqueting hall of Whitehall Palace, with a ceiling by Rubens), the Treasury and the Admiralty. As new ministries like those of Transport. Air.

Health and Agri culture came Into being, they had1 to be accommodated In temporary!" lVs ih Ti quarters In other parts of the city. I gaged with the government of Ger therefore planned so as to concen k. trhnla V. a.IXP?w one only i machines, such as the "Defiant and the "Beaufort," but aerial pic tures or objectives in uermany and "stills" fi om the astonishing films of actual air combats photo graphed from British fighters, whiie their guns were firing. I As well as giving an account of the growth of the Its1 equipment and organization, thei book contains many reports of active service nights by fighter and bomber pilots, and descriptions of their daily lives.

Named For Raid IPSWICH. Englnnd bomhs were exploding While! about a i Suffolk village neai here girl was born to Mrs. a baby Berry, The Infant has been named bastine. Bom mansions on the banks of the: Thames was demolished to overalls meres no for them. The work Is al advanr1(1 an(1 grPatiSo the government is setting ctretrhe.

of steel frames reach into the sky Tke fishnets Counting the Barks 1 LONDON. Aug. a A tl fine was imposed upon Mrs. Lily An derson, a London suburb resident. hecause her dog barked 354 times in one day.

G. Harris, who summoned her. gave the figure to the court and stated the dog had been howling for the last 1 years, When told bv court she must the dog from barking the owner said, "I don't know how I can. You cannot stop me from' 'talking." I A "Gallant And Gay Airman" LONDON. There i some doubt in my mind as to hether I am a "fit and proper person" (as they say at election time) to writ these notes for today, wTites Atticus in The Sunday Times.

I have come under Influences which stir the blood and may distort Judgment. In other words I have had a particularly gallant and gay airman on leave as my guest for a few days. Having fought the Hun over Dunkergue and other places he regards victory as a certainty. His Idea of a day's sport would be to me the enemy on terms approaching numerical Equality. Our pilots and our machines are incomparable, our morale is magnificent The enemy is poor stuff, victory is not far off and the world is a grand place.1 Thus, If evil companionship corrupts good manners so may goodly companionship infect the spirits with cheerfulness and dissipate the encircling gloom.

Legacy For Duration Th Cnd tn Prn I tc i lhar nFonr)kllrnn many. i I Help For Mothers L. LONDON Now that mother I. strings ror naoy to elulcn up "H' nurseries In industrial areas where women munitions workers may leave their children. War Exhibit May Be Sent To World's Fair 6V Th, N(irtn if aiuo inr i LONDON, Augu.

3 The United States may soon see Britain's war effort in more concrete form than heretofore. There is a propose! aloot to war exhibits of naval, military and air force interest to the Br.t'sh Pavilion at the New York Worlds Fair. Objects to be included would have some war his tory. as, for instance, the fuselage of an aeroplane brought down in action. British A.R.P.

would be well represented and an air raid shelter would be set up. W'Br rhotographs are alread. being sent to the British Pavilion. and the Royal College of Arts is! sending a symbolical picture ol Britain's fight for freedom, which "ll he placed In the Magna CattT hail Fifteen feet long and gh feet. ix inches high, it Is in wh paint on canvas and shows phases of our war effort, from batt'e ships to land girls.

W. Rutt' was responsible for the design and th work has been done by associates of the Royal College of Art. I ii I ii i) Alfriston Church From The Meadows By The River Cuckroere In Sussex This beautiful patch of landscape is typical of the Sussex countryside. Sussex is particularly rich in literary association. The Brighton district is described by Dickens in Dombey and Son and by Thackeray in Vanity Fair.

The picture was taken for The Tribune by J. Dixon Scott of London. LITTLE THEATRES FLOURISH London's only straight play, "Rebecca," has been Joined by a farce, and a new comedy thriller starring Gordon Harker, is likely soon to reach town, writes Joan Littlelield. Little theatres in the suburbs continue to flourish and, as John Clements who runs the Intimate at Palmers Green, told me, "the public will go to any type of play so long as it is good of Its kind." In Central London the musicals continue to do good busi ne.ss, as do most cinemas and the ballet. The latter is particularly popular with soldiers who find in its unreality a complete rest from ordinary life.

YOUTH CLUB INTERESTS THE KING The King Is taking a great Interest in the establishment of a Youth club In Windsor. When the scheme was first launched he made arrangements for the club to have the use of the old Territorial drill hall in High street as headquarteis and he has now headed the first subscription list with a handsome donation. LITTLE PRINCE KISSES SOLDIER When King Zog of Albania arrived in England and was waiting in the Customs House for luggage to be examined, his baby son walked across to a wounded soldier lying on a stretcher, put his arms round him and kissed him. The king, with Queen Geraldine. had crossed from France with a royal party of 30 and 12,000 worth of Jewels and valuables.

WOMEN ARTIST BACK IN ENGLAND I hear that Miss Gwen le Gallienne, artist daughter of Richard le Gallienne the writer and poet, isback in England from France after exciting adventures, writes a reporter. She was the first woman painter to get War Of lice sanction to make pictorial lecords of the war fronts. She went tirsj to Finland, but arrived the day war ended there. Miss le Gallienne. who had already made a considerable name for herself In portrait painting, has an unusual flair for absorbing characteristics and expressions, and reproducing them In the absence of her subjects.

i. i A 1 Kissed Wrong Man Then Married Him By Tit Canadian Prfiil LONDON, August 3. As Lieut. Brian Palmer, 24 year old naval officer, was leaving dimly lit Eus ton station on a short leave. ajp.rm TrTOin.

tj0ndD Bureau pretty girl greeted him with a kissioupyrmh i Tin nouiiun cu.i and said: LONDON, Aug. 3 War has "It good to see you bK difference to the George" jcountrv estates of King George. Where, a year ago. flowers iim.umiir, i.r said blushing. The girl, Mary Woodsford.

21. began to explain she hud mistaken i.ieui. maimer ic a cousin, i nen no(is to Palmer recalled he had met heru. etahles before at a danct. Two weeks later hen the young lieutenant came to London on hours' special leave he and Miss Woodsford were married at Pad Idington register office.

Britons Cheerful Even When Tea Is Rationed IR'lraard bv Tbt Norm American apafrr AlllaiMe, Ine i LONDON. August 3 The rationing of tea is the severest food hardship yet to the majority ol this tea drinking nation. But the order Is taken with the cheerful resignation which is typical of the English today. As one working class woman put it to me: "Usually I drink two onces of tea a day; now I've got to make two ounces last a week, but it's worth it to defeat Hitler" Gladstone would not have liked the new order. He u.ed to ooaM that he drank more tea between midnight and 4 am than any ether member of parliament.

It is said that when he went to bed he had his hot water bottle filled with tea. He warmed his feet with it first and quenched his thirst afterwards; i 4Kinn ma Lord Halifax Closes House To Live In Foreign Offices Overlooking St James Park I Prom Th Trihttn iMiom Buniaift CotiyriRtu by The Southard Co. I LONDON, Aug. 3. Lord Halifax is going to live in the Foreign Office.

A special suite has been set apart for the Foreign Secre tary and his wife, oerlooking James park. He is making Die move from the! hotel where he at nresent stavs Hint tin nun Iip Hi Premiei Churchill's elbow night and day, if necessary. At the start of the war Lord Halifax shut up his palatial house in Eaton square and went to live at a Park lane hotel, thus solving servant and blackout problems. He had to change his place of worship when he removed. Nowr he attends the Grosvenor Chapel in South Aud'ey street several times a week.

He is a High Anglican, as it is called, and very religious. Before the war he was in the habit of walking to the Foreign I i Potatoes And Beans Grow In Place Of Flowers On Estates Of King George nnw are planted and henna are growing The King has said that he intends the royal staffs and house be self supporting In and fruit, and that mere snouia oe a ki suiH.u(r OU(is she wou certain no, for distribution to tne tenantry his estates. The gardeners employed by the King are some of the best in the world. The seniors among them have grown old In the royal service. One of them at Sandringham in Norfolk is a bent old man, more than eighty years of age, living in a small, neat, cottage, rent free from the King.

He had served Queen Victoria British Womeifl Concentrate Or Home By DILYS THOMAS (Canadian Press Staff LONDON, August 3 gfv rations or not, Britain's prerf ing season is in full swl Throughout the United Kingd women are working to preset I for winter use all available ft! and vegetables. But it is not bt, leit to individual lnitiaf.ve. The government has evolvec scheme of co operative picking i preserving of crops so there be no wastage among the sma producers. Even where orcha gardens are remote from estl lished preserying depots, owners can arrange to call fo mobile unit which will can kinds of garden produce, was early in the year wl the ministry of food, co operat witn the National Federation Womens Institutes, worked details ror a mass canning cr 4 in paign. Surveys of farming trlcts were made and sites sel en to estaoiisn central cannf depots.

Grants from the Carnegie tn and other sources enabled group to purchase 130 "hd canning" units in the Uni States To that were added 000 cans and 144.000 preserv iars. Three day instruction court were given for the women charge of the depots. So far there are 197 depots 33 counties. It Is estimated th will be 300 eventually. Cann centres sometimes deal with village only.

In other cases centre will do the preserving or eight neighboring villa The fruit Is gathered by volunttl workers and bought by the depf i i i i in'" wiiiru or mnne inio if the fruit will be distributed eitl through village market stalls hv the Women's Institutes through retailers. The Ministry of Food has onerated hy releasing extra si plies of sugar. Under a special rangement growers of fruit allowed an additional six pourj ner ration book. Housewives biy ing their preserving fruit granted an extra two pounds ration book. Plans are also under way establishing collecting depots 1, surnlm vegetables from garde and allotments.

These are to limited for the time being to no perishable vegetables such carrots, ontons. turnips, a i will be passed Into ordinary coi mercial channels for retailing, Office through the gardens Buckingham palace, usually companied by his neighbor, Alexander Cadonn. The Kii presented him with the key to tl Grosvenor gardens gates of ti piunce grounds. Mr. A.

Duff Cooper, the Mini soitpr of Information, is anoth member of the government whom the war conies as a dome tic upheaval. With his wife, Lai Diana, he is giving up his hou: in the fashionahle Belgrade squai and will take a suite of rooms the same hotel that Lord Halifi Is leaving. Mr. Duff Cooper Is leaving 1 hind him a considerable librar His collection of books is hous In a long room at the back of home. He has strong literary leai ings and is as competent a writi and speaker in French as i English.

and had worked in the peace ft gardens at O. borne in the Isle Wight in a day when the though, of men flying through the air iff machines was the subject of Jok in comic papers. Now, anti aircral guns guard in the Isle of Wight. The old gardener shakes hi head and says, "I don't know whii the Queen would have though about all this. Queen Victoria i this age of murder from th I nave been amUsed.

HITLER WAS LUCKY GOAT Four gcats were in a field In th southeastern area of Englani where bombs were dropped in Wed nesdav night's raids. Three were killed, hut the fourth brought up on a bo'tle and namei Hitler because of r.is fractiou ways, escaped uninjuied. D.S.0. For Godson Of King Edward LONDON. The award of a DS.O.

to Major Lord Sysonby, Queen's Royal Regiment, a godson of King Edward VII, is announced in the latest list of B.E.F. awards. Describing his exploit, the official account says that Lord Sysonby was ordered to lead a carrier platoon In a counterattack. He encountered a company of infantry and caused heavy casualties among them, and dispersed the remainder. He then turned along the line of forward localities, engaging in turn groups of enemy who had broken through.

By this action, the casualties and confusion caused among the enemy prevented further penetration in this area for some twelve hours. Lo Sysonby, who Is thirty seven Is second and only surviving son of the first Lord Sysonby, ot Wonersh, Surrey, who, as Sir Edward Ponsonby, was Assistant Private Secretary to Queen Victoria. King Edward VII and King George V. When his butler was fatally wounded while trying to shoot a magpie in 1937, Lord Sysonby gave his blood for transfusion In an attempt to save the butler's life..