Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-29
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| les told of him. 1t is curious that a
man so talked of should have so few
books written about him. Perhaps the
one most quoted now is Harold Beg
bie's kitchener, Organizer of Vic
tory" which was published year or
two ago by Houghton Mifflin Com
pany, and is now in its third printing.
Japan Honors the Great Indian Poet
The arrival of the Indian poet Sir
Rabindranath Tagore, in Japan, where
he was expected at the end of May
was much looked forward to. A re-
porter of the Toxic Asahi interviewed
him at Singapore on his journey thith-
er. Tagore wore a white robe and
! looked very dignified with his gray
beard, reminding one of an ancient
saint. On reaching Japan, his pro-
gram will begin with calling on friends
and acquaintances, Japanese and In
dian, including Taikan Yokoyama. the
noted painter. who once lived with
him in Calcutta, after which he hopes
to spend few quiet days in Kyoto or
Nara. Tagore prefers vegetable diet
to meat. On board the Tosa Maru, he
usually ordered Japanese dishes; misc
soup and tofu, he took with rice a LA
Japonnaise.
Expression in Singing, by H. S, Kirk
land. Badger, $1.00 metz
This volume of 160 pages is a trea-
tise on The art" fsinging, a work
Systematically planned. clearly and
concisely expressed. The work has a
double mission; for the author ad-
dresses those who wish to use intel
ligently the means of expression which
nature has given them" and the lay
men who would listen more intelli-
! 70 ha
writer, who is intimately acquainted
with the author and in fact studied
under him, knows with what fervor
he has applied himself to the work
of giving society at large a means to
appreciate the real art of vocal en-
deavor; means not iconoclastic. but
which goes deep into the realms of ar
tistic endeavor without which, true
expression in any art is a thing impos-
sible. Mr.. Kirkland's book might be
condemned into one thought; good
singing is not a quality of the song
the music-it is of the singer" The
writer recalls the authors statement
that to be a perfect singer, one shall
be able to sing in hall so large that
the last row cannot fully understand
the words of the song, that the singer
shall sing in tongue foreign to his
listeners, yet make his audience, by
his expression" laugh or weep with
him. This then, is the end to which
the author is working in his volume
perfect expression, based not upon
tonal beauty, placement of voice or
method alone, but by feelings of emo
ton and passion, by real expression
through genuinely living" the text
and concept of the words.
SIXTEEN THOUSAND YARDS OF
MARK TWAIN
Mark Twain's popularity is in no
danger of diminishing. to judge by an
order just given by his publishers,
Harper & Brothers, for sixteen thou
sand yards of cloth to be used in bind
ing his books. If Mark Twain were
still alive and this cloth were stretched
out along the New York pavement, we
might see the familiar white-clad fig-
ure walking over this green carpet for
ty inches wide all the way from City
Hall northward to One Hundred and
Fifty-fifth street.
Bonnie May, the little heroine of
Louis Dodge's serial in Scribner's, has
contributed lot of wise sayings on
the conduct of life. Here's some good
everyday advice on being pleasant:
You ought to laugh sometimes when
you're not really amused. And you
can make people take a sensible view
of things sometimes just by Laughing
at them. But, of course, you have to
know how to do it right. If you
bray at them, or giggle, they'll be in
suited naturally"