I learn from one of the cardinals that the progress of the balloting which led to the election of Cardinal Sarto was most interesting. In the first ballot he had only four votes, which gradually increased until on Monday evening he had 37, which meant his election this morning. As yet manufacturers have done more in the way of inquiry than of practical experiment, although the number of mills in which automatic looms of one type or another are being quietly tested is greater than may be generally supposed. Upper Chorlton Road continues to be one of the busiest thoroughfares in Manchester, and after a fortnight of abnormal tramway traffic, constantly crowded footpaths, an army of zealous hawkers and a generous provision of police, the residents have almost forgotten the former secluded character of their district. The death of James McNeil Whistler removes from the list of the distinguished living an artist of rare gifts and a strange and intricate personality.
Originality is disadvantageous to a composer at first in two ways.
The more obvious that players and singers cannot, as a rule, do justice to an unfamiliar style. When it is a case of winning recognition for something new and original a thoroughly adequate rendering is half the battle.