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phitheater the moonlit peak OF the
Mount OF Tiberias. The audience lis
tened 10 the music with o reverence
bordering on religious piety. / played
TO them. with other things. a piece
by Tschaikowsky. It was a strange
feeling 10 play this rather modern au-
thor amid the ancient biblical surround
ings, and II was still more strange TO
hear the Mount Of Tiberias echoing
the applause.
This was the only place In the Orient
where played In the open air. In In
dia. Japan. China and Java I played
in theaters sometimes built after Euro
pean models and sometimes built and
furnished In the native manner.
Now. what does a concert look like In
these places2 AS TO India. most Ameri-
cans have strange misconception re-
Rarding the audiences OF musical per-
formances. They imagine that the au-
dienees consist mostly Of Europeans
while the natives, ignorant Of art and
not cultured enough 10 understand
classical music. keep away from the
concert halls preferring to enjoy the
melodies OF their own native instru-
ments. This Is an utter misunderstAnd-
ing OF the situation. The bulk OF the
audiences consists OF natives, mostly
the so-called Parsees, descendants OF
Pefstans, many OF whom understand
music and often play some instrument
themselves. My concerts were full OF
them, sitting there In their picturesque
attire, substantial part of which is a
strange headgear showing the form Of a
hoof OF COW. In some parts of India
women~~mostiy heavily veiled---sit In
separate boxes with latticed windows
constructed In such way that the oc-
eupents can see the audience without
being seen. After every number there
Is "A great noise and oiamor raised by
The audience. They applaud, too. but
particular way OF manifesting their
liking Is to throw flowers In the first
concert did not know that. and felt
bit surprised when stood there on
the platform in the midst Of a veritahic
bombaTdment Of blossoms. After every
number attendants had 10 come In with
huge boxes. In which they carried away
the flowers,
In India got used to native and
exotic audiences, but / could not get
accustomed 10 the heat. ordered a
particular dress suit made Ut some very
light tropical weave, but Still felt A.
though ! were wearing tons OF clothing
ana At the END OF every concert the
tropical suit was Wringing wet Nat
uraiiy other artists suffer from the heat
just ~ much. but II Is particularly EN-
barrassing for violinisl, First of all, II
Is very damaging for the flddle. and
secondly, II breaks the strings. re-
member that at Singapore I had Ia
stop playing because ono of my strings
broke and had 10 put on new one
backhlage This very thing happened
three times IN the course OF tha eve
ning. and the audience. not knowing
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reduced my efficiency by at least g
third. In about half an hour ] haC
crossed the north-bound current anc
reached the south-bound. having beer
spun about and battledored and shut
tlecocked by the whirlpools at the di-
viding line.
Just as I had been driven north foi
over half a mile. now began to sal
southwark. In half an hour more
found myself back in line with the fish
ing station, and no more than a mile
out.
One mile nearer Scylla In one hour
And was already getting numb. The
Hellespont cold was hellfire and brim'
stone compared TO this. The rope
swelled and was tightening around ms
waist. The hatred I expended on the
rope exhausted me much more thar
the swim
The midchannel south-bound current
seemed endleSSly broad. Every time
looked toward Scylla 1t was farther
north. In another half-hour was be.
| ginning 10 despair of ever getting there
when an especially entangling alliance
with the hemp boa constructor broke
the last straw of my resolution. hat
| the boatman drag me in and remove
| the hated shackles I acknowledged
| myself beaten. But as no one else
so far as can ascertain. has evel
swum the straits either, need no
have felt so bad about 1t.
| We were now halfway across th'
| channel and one-third the way K
/ Scylla II couldn't swim the rest o.
/ the distance I'd sail IL: so I ordered
| the boatmen to raise their canvas ans
| get me to Italy.
Then / was off to Taormina, arriv'
/ ing TO see the sun set against th'
snow-clad summit of Mount Etna.
/ This glorious volcano dominate:
Taormina with majestic tyranny. 1t Il
a graceful. skyscraping background foi
every landscape 1t blocks the vista
! down each ancient street. One see
/ 1t through the almond trees; one
watches 1t glow and fade as the sea
| sons and the sunlight paint its slopes
one areets 1t each morning when ont
wakes, and looking out the window
sees this queenly mountain rising from
the sea almost ii 1000 feet. framed ir
the purple clematis that climbs abou'
ones balcony
For two magic weeks clung Il
| Taormina I climbed up the venerable
villages perched dramatically on neigh
boring mountain-tops. and met all th'
artists and invalids and Englishmen.
! Though II was November in the un'
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have been just as far as I should have
got. 1t was necessary to proceed be-
yond the garofanos strung along the
shore If hoped TO have any life left
IN me for the remaining four miles. So
/ climbed in the boat and was rowed
beyond them.
A man stood up TO each one of the
four oars. We pushed away and fought
across the intervening eddies. to be
driven hundred yards along the shore
before We were hundred yards away
froih 1t. The whirlpools behind us.
stripped and was about TO dive over
board when the boat owner caught me
by the arm and wanted to fasten the
anti-shark rope about my waist. 1t was
the anchor rope and half an inch thick.
/ stormed with irrpatience at such d
prepoSterous idea-<'d rather be eaten
oy sharks than try to swim with such
an impediment.
He expostulated and gesticulated,
pantomiming the sharks terrific jaws
clamping upon my leg and dragging me
down if didn't have the safeguard oi
the rope and his pulling me nimbly
alongside and giving the big fish a
punch in the nose If he did. ] was still
obcurate and once more about TO leap
when the fisherman became threaten
ing an vowed kIlat II rcIuSeQ 10 use
the rope. he'd refuse to accept the re-
sponsibility. row straight back to shore
and abandon the whole enterprise.
WITH mixture of rage and despair,
w I submitted 10 the harness, and,
attached to the rowers by Is feet OF
tether, at last dived in.
came to the surface gasping from
shock Of cold water and struck out
furiousiy. Before had gone hundred
feet the hemp hawser was tangled up
in my legs and dragging me down by
its weight / tried TO sneak out OF It
in the water where that devil holding
the other end couldn't see what / was
doing TIL too late. The old fox's eyes,
however, were too sharp for me. Be-
fore ! had more than started to unite
the knot he began TO haul me In to the
accompaniment Of more Sire threats.
glanced back TO shore, and the
people standing there looked half q
mile away already This was only be-
cause we were being swept parallel TO
the shore SO rapidly. and not because
I'd swum any great distance from 1t.
must redoubie my efforts If / in
tended 10 reach Scylla before / froze
TO death,
Longer. slower strokes began to get
me somewhere. though the lotion cable
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usic Strs Native Audiences in Remote Corners Of Wor

without difficulty when 'barefooted. "
When ! was about 70 enter the theateE
with my accompaniSt We were politely
out firmly requested 20 take OF our
hoes. Naturally ! would not have OBJ
ected TO this under ordinary circunl-
stances and the only thing Twas afraid
of was that / should not be able 10
play In my stocking feet. After long
pleading We tried 10 set pair OF Japa-
neSe underShoes and to play in these
things. but II proved TO be impossible,
Once YOU are used to playing the violin
with your shoes on YOU must wear them
when YOU give concert.
A new argument started and the re-
suit Of these diplomatic negotiations
was that We were permitted 10 enter
the theater with our shoes on. How
ever. IN order 10 emphasize the excep-
tional character Of this deviation nom
the ancient custom, q special carpet
was thrown before us and We were re-
dueSted To limit our movements to
within the borders Of the carpet,
The audience here consisted OF pro-
vincial Japanese. They all sat on the
.ioor, where the seats were marked by
bamboo~nloSaic
In Mexico PLAYED in the great arena
where they hold the bull fights. There
had been no outstanding artists down
there during the past two years and
the huge amnhltheater was packed,
knew the temperament Of the MexieanS
and expected rather stormy outbreaks.
but l did not know that IN their par
oxySms az enthusiasm they treat vio-
liniStS as they would toreadors. 81
imagine my surprise when. after NY
firSt nunber. an infinite variety Of ch-
IeetS began to fall ON the platform,
There were hats, gloves. bracelets fiow-
ers, rings. penkniveS-~clcSed, Of course
even buttons. among them, kOr an
instant stood there halt daaed, when
suddenly my manager stepped up To me
and hastily told me what to do, had
Evening star., 1928-03-25
The Bad Lands.

THE BAD Lands Of South Dakota are
as interesting and rs beautiful III
their way rs the Rockies or the AlysS.
They cover thousands Of acres and are
. succession 81 hills and mounds. rang
ing from the sire OF small haySsSck
TO peaks and wonderfully shaped
mounds several hundred feet In height,
many OF them beautifully colored.
There Is evidence that a 6iSIntcgra-
ton Of these hills Is gradually taxing
place rs Storm and wind heat around
them. cutting into the soft substance.
which resembles rock, The fine PARTICLES
are sitting down u lower levels and IN
the centuries o. come vegetation VIII
appear where now not one single spear
If green may oc seen. That this il
true Is shown in the low spots and the
outlying hills Of the had Lands. These
are partially covered With varieties of
gunaoo vegetation. short, erVNaC -elSNsl
grass and cactus. ana strangely eISos&a
in the midst cf this gigantte togta ~
waste land are to he found many rrtra-
roses, eloSScming In all their ee.teaEe
beauty
The little streams which aoW
through the how spots have the ErsyiSa
color nj alkan aud she gusaAe Sotl
The pools resemble nothing ~ nuea
IS huge watts e1 cream,
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clinging to a raft. was carried past
Taormina, past Etna. past Syracuse and
the southern end of Sicily. For nine
days he was tossed by wind and wave.
On the tenth the plying gods stranded
him. more dead than alive, upon the
beach of Ogygia, the island now called
Coco. close to Malta. where Calypso. the
goddess of mortal speech. rescued and
revived him.
On this island. in the cave-dwelling Of
Calypso. Ulysses was kept an unwilling
prisoner by the amorous goddess, who
had fallen in love with this handsome,
heaven-sent Greek. and who. for seven
long, hateful years was deaf TO all his
pleas that she send him on to his yearn-
ed-for Ithaca
Before leaving Taormina on Ulysses
trail, I climbed Mount Etna, and. from
its icy summit. saw one of the sublime
sights of the world: Stromboli. 10 miles
away, like o purple island in a snowy
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and Charybds Brought Up to Date by Modern Tourists

Ithacai 1thacal For six months
had been on my way to Ithaca, and now
at last 1t was just beyond the horizon.
My pulse beat bit faster at the thought,
for I knew at this point what Ulysses
did not know-that the greatest test Of
his courage and Tesourcefulness was 70
be in his own castle. Standing on the
cliff above the bay, could see the har-
Dor where Nausicaa's city had stood,
and could picture Ulysses in swift
Scherian ship sailing forth from it,
speeding southwark through the night,
and landing at Ithaca at dawn.
/ sailed away from Scheria and sped
southwark through the night, just as
Ulysses had done. At dawn 1 looked
from a portfolio. There was my island,
mountainous. gray, immortal. 4 live on
clear-seen Ithaca. wherein is noun
tain, Neriton," Ulysses had told King
Alcinous And there was Merton, ris-
ing majestically above me.
go ashore in the Bay Of Vathy, the
very shore where Ulysses vas landed by
the Scherian sailors. deposit my bag
gage at the little hotel. Burdened With
only a large map of Ithaca and my
faithful pocket Odyssey, strike out
down the beach TO the place where
Athena, Ulysses best friend among the
gods, came to aid him. She Is aware Of
the fact that a swarm of insolent suit
ors Of Penelope are living wantonly In
his castle and that he must approach
cautiously and incognito.
It Is a rline-mile walk TO the Homeric
city-up and over the narrow isthmus
which connects the two sections Of the
island. The site OF the royal home Is
on a fiat hilltop overlooking the little
Bay Of Polls. from which the IL Itfacan
ships and 200 men had sailed away 10
Troy.
There, in fancy, see the fearful car
mage as Ulysses wreaks vengeance on
the suitors and l watch Penelope once
more in her husbands arms
The last scene Of Homer's epic has
been played. the last page read. I clos
the book regretfully and turn my eyes
from the precious little volume 20 the
sunset which, viewed through the shin
| ing olive trees on Ulysses castle site. IS
inhaming the western sea. Never had
known a sky TO be so radiant sc~sold-
glorious end Of glorious day and Of
an immortal story. On such a scarlet
/ sky as this. 5000 years ago, Ulysses and
/ Penelope, reunited, had watched the
/ darkness creep.
| And now once more the darkness
creepS on Itilaca-and me. The scarlet
| fades. The evening stars come out.
/ Peacefully falls the curtain on my play.
I pocket my faithful little book and
leave the twilit stage. My Odyssey-is
ended
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Evening star., 1928-03-25
BY JASCHA HEIFETZ.
As Told 70 Ersyry DeF1.

fEr HeafetE Zee b~sa ,efssaed from a
i1e1-year 1oor1 L1tt. azh.sA - ssS hsna '"to
troEseal e@xnfy7<< seseoaA slsatea ~
4saegsoGs ~ European ossssssj
TOE the average tourist trip
GroElG the world ss certainly
glorious affair, though il III
4 usually nothing more than sort
Of gKandiose moving picture per-
forEnznoe permitting the audience 70
throw hzSty glance On swiftly moving
scenes through the Et&teToom windows.
Fer the artist however. who, With
fiddle in MS HANDS, wanders from psace
70 place an strange and unetyiilzed
countries playing everywhere for people
as different from cosmopolitan audi
exaces ag an kEneyscsB-nsAde E2otoT car
offers from 3 japanese Tiksta. . world
tour is "a endless chain 81 strange and
fantastic adventures. q fascinating
ssaacy Ia tgle various races artistic an
clanztaonE. &C unusual and undergraduate
experience ia tie field Of music and
human psTchosogy.
imagine yourself IL the place Of the
artist facing al Oriental audience
soneSfne1e IN India. China or Korea,
Penang or Geo9i. Hskatz o. Bali The
I9eSaer. where perhaps no white artist
Ass ever appeared net0Ye. IL packed with
natives, sosn& of whom have never heard
II Bsesooyen or have never seen such
= Ting ss 8 violin. Clad in tfleir pic
t1seaEli1s attire, which nov. III the
Ekssenee of European clothes. cannot fs3I
10 kgzEe b weird impression on you.
tSsy ere staring 81 y0u with solemn
expectancy. You pEes& the violin under
your chin and begin 10 play You can
not suppress . feeling ~ anguish and
eursosat., and ia your head WisiFi THU
kEslcS 0f questions How w1u Ghese
exotic plsn and wsyfDeIl Ds Impressed by
yoag maEie3 What Will tiley 20 II they
Ike II. and what II they don't? Wfll
oar BlslRic SgsJlsc 10 them a& queer as
the.g native music sounds W the Amer
beats ear, ~ 40 cur classics cf music
spesk al etsTnsliy and Internationally
human language. intelIigf0Gs tor the
FsEsek merchant &c well as for the
AraB skaeak, TIE Chinese mandarin or
tbs American StockDT0keTf
Now that ! have played before al
sin9et enciees variety of foreign audi
sFxcss, ] can give you an answer " all
of these questions There are ia the
hes6 II art tlree Things absolutely snd
supremacy international. Classical mu~
Eie. American Jazz sno applause as the
nlenltsbtOta0B of eD sgidience's approval
Afnic the queeTest ERl0 most fantastic
affoafldtnEE you can ~ sure that your
strangely CARRIED hsaFeFs Nfll like
Beethoven and tDst they VII applaud
II they Hike your production.
As 10 tiese exotic surroundings
eslnk one u my most inieTestlng es'
DeFsDees wsS ny eoncefl Ia the Vsiies
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Trail Characters
MoAaDim nsom-Pc uraquSAin O9reyT

sea Of clouds. spangled by the Sun God
with showers of gold.
7 sailed to Valetta, the chief port Of
Malta, and set out in quest of infor-
nation concerning Coco and Calypso's
cave. Overtaking an intelligent and
courteous-looking gentleman. / stopped
to ask for directions to the American
consulate, where such information might
be found.
"I'll show you the way" he said pleas
antly. II happen to be going there my
self It's only block"
do you know the consult" I in
quired as we walked along. I've lot
of foolish questions to ask him; so /
hope he'll be in a good humor."
"Oh, yes. know him quite we'll" he
laughed. You're lucky If he's even
civil to you today. His disposition Is
dreadful on Thursdays"
rs it better on Fridays? I might
wait and come back tomorrow"
"Oh, wouldn't humor him that way
He's spoiled enough already"
How awful to have grouchy people
for consuls," I said. Hell probably
make me wait all morning"
| AS we got to the door held back.
Honestly. you've frightened me so
| don't dare go in"
"Oh, come along" he urged. "I1l see
| that the ogre doesn't eat you"
| My companion led me straight into
the consul's Office and sat in the con-
sul's chair behind the consul's desk. and
I offered me one Of the consul's ciga'
/ retS
Now, sir" he said with mock pom.
pousness. "the American consul is al
| your service"
And then and there we laughed oul
way into fast friendship. His dispo-
sition on Thursday was charming. He
| took me to lunch that very noon in ar
exquisite club built in the sixteenth CEN
| tury as quarters for one of the order:
of the knights of Malta.
After visiting Calypso's Cave at Cox
| / went on to Scheria, the Island o.
| Corfu, where Nausicaa rescued Ulysse:
when he was cast ashore on his raft
At Corfu I climbed to the top Of 9
headland and looked south. down tht
rocky coast toward Ithaca. only a hun
dred miles away And as I looked
caught something of Ulysses own spiri
of impatience.
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where had one of the Strangest ad-
ventures OF my tour In the large cities
l played In regular concert halls or the
aters. In HAkatA. however. which Is
smaller city. there was only one theater
which could he used, II was the native
theater and the home Of the Japanese
players,
Now the general custom Is that you
take OF your shoes before entering the
theAter. the Japanese having u partic
uiar undershoe enabling them 10 walk
Evening star., 1928-03-25

TO give the pioneering farmers and
laborers an opportunity 10 hear good
music it was agreed that play in a
huge natural amphitheater outside the
city Of Tel-Aviy. Only the performers
platform was artificial The audience
sat on the fiat rocks rising in semi
circle. one row towering above the
other. al II nature itself had built the
most grandiose stadium In the world.
The piano had TO be carried 40 miles by
dozens OF men.
The concert took place In the eve
ming. and the workers came from the
fields on carts or waiking~~Lord knows
how many miles They came bringing
their whole families. women and chill
dren~-the Arabs on horseback, the town
folk IN carriages. There were thousands
and thousands sitting on the rocks fac
ing the little wooden platform III by
hugs torches and candelabra. ! could
see beyond the rows Of this unique am
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to bow deeply. then put the hats 1rS'
on my head and then throw them eacS
to their respective owners, The gloves
I could throw back without oeing oellSed
10 put them on first. The bracelets and
rings I had Co keep. This same thl;'s
was repeated after every number cT tas
program, 50 that At last I became \
rather experienced hack-thrower of hats
and gloves even without having ac-
ouired the particular grace ot fSe
toreadorS.
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what these recurring Interruptions
meant. was SO excited that the man
ager had to explain TO them the reason
OF the lapses.
The love OF classical music Is spread
ing very rapidly In China, though one
must not play very modern pieces be-
fore Chinese audiences. because they
wouldn't understand them, II Is DIFF
ferent in Japan. whcrs musical culture
has already penetrated the wider masses
of the population. Yet IL was In Japan
Evening star., 1928-03-25

OF Israel, near Tel-Ayiv. in Palestine
/ gave many concerts IN the various
cstIes Of Palestine. but there played in
regular concert halls and before rather
cosmopolitan audiences. Tel-Aviv. how
ever, was q different story. In order
Evening star., 1928-03-25

IN The previous articles OF this
series Richard Halliburton has told
Nf his experiences in attempting
to live again the wanderingS OF
Ulysses. OF climbing Mount Olym-
pus. scaling the Acropolis walls by
night, swimming the Hellespont, cir
cling the walls of Troy in the foot
steps Of Achilles, braving death at
the crater OF StromboM.
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sea of clouds, spangled by the Sun God
with showers of gold.
Evening star., 1928-05-31

Licensed automobile drivers under 81
wears of age cause fewer accidents and
are found responsible for fewer acci-
dents than their elders, M. O. Eldridge,
assistant director of traffic, told the
special traffic committee Of the Board
Of Trade.
The committee adopted resolution
recommending that the present mini
mum age of l6 years for licensed AUTO
The matter was considered in connec-
ton with a suggestion that the age
limit be raised,
Mr.. Eldridge, member of the COM
mittee, presented statistics to the com
mittee showing that out of 10000 ar
rests for traffic violations made thus
far this year only were boys l6 and
II years old. Only about 10 per cent
of the total arrested were under Il
years, he said,
Or. D. Percy Hickling, In a letter to
the committee, also defended the youth
Evening star., 1928-05-31

which now surrounds waterway con-
servation, and place this activity on a
scientific basis. rather than "the selfish
basis" which different sections have
adopted.
Speakers on fine arts said that club
women no longer seek to appreciate the
arts for the mere superficial culture
which such appreciation brings. but be-
cause they wish to learn TO adapt the
beauty of the great masters to their
own homes.
civic art division of the federation,
urged members to become familiar with
the beauty of the washington Cathe-
dral. She believed that IL was destined
to be the Westminster Abbey of the
United States.
Evening star., 1928-05-31
Films Aid Italy's Schools.

Correspondence OF the Associated Press.
ROME. Movies as an aid to the
study Of geography in all the secondary
schools of italy will soon be introduced
the government film organization Luce
announces. A committee headed by
Col. De Minicis, formerly Of the Military
Geographic Institute, Is studying the
nrnhler,1 in detail.