HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1926-08-26, Page 7PRINCE OF WALES, FAMILY... ORATOR,
WRITES ALL HIS OWN SPEECHES
Consults Experts, Dictates R
Copy in Pencil and Reh
at 1-1
By Walter T, Roberta.
In taking the chair at the opening of
the Brit eIt Association at Oxford on
August 8 and in making the presiden-
tial speech the Prince of Wales did
something that no Prince of Wales has,
yet dons. The last member of the
royal family to take the chair was
Prince Albert, the husband of Queen.
Victoria. The speech has been a dif-
ficult one for the Prince to prepare, as
,it must of neoesslty.deal with modern
scientific developments.,
This, however, is not by any means
the first time in which the Prince of
Wales has had to speak en subjects of
which he knows little. His practice in
preparing such a speech is to get the
material from experts on the subject.
Inman the material so supplied he
Makes a rough draft of the speech. He
dictates this draft to a shorthand
writer. When the draft is completed
at least two of the experts whom he
has consulted are summoned to York.
House again, when the Prince reads
the draft to them in order to see that
there are no technical errors.
Speech to be Broadcast.
The Prince has had to be especially
careful in the preparation of his
speech to the British Association,
which will be deliverAed to scientists of
world-wide reputation and will be
broadcast throughout the world. The
Prince actually read the 'draft 'of this
leech three times to experts before
he was advised that the technical mat-
ter it oontain•ed waa correct.
When the draft of a speech of this
kind is completed the Prince writes in
pencil the whole o1 the speech he in-
tends to deliver and learns it by heart, s
for he rarely delivers a speech from
ough Draft, Makes Complete
earses Finished Product
omen
notes, When he is what inay be Gallen
"part" ,perfect in the speech he re'
hearses it fn the Presence of a few mem'
hers of his household and the speech
is then ready for delivery,.
It may be mentioned that the Prince
of Wakes has not since the end of the
war allowed any one to write his
speeches for him. In this practice he
follows the exanij 1e of bis father, who
has always composed his own speech-
es, although King Edward invariably
left the composition of his speeches to
others.
Two Speeches. Were Difficult.
In his earlier days the Prince of
Wales was beset with an extraordinary
nervousness which marred his speech-
es and sometimes rendered them al-
most unintelligible to his audience.
Now he bas quite conquered this ner-
vousness and barring the fact that oc-
casio'ully he allows his voioa to drop
rather too low, his speeches are easy
for his audience to follow, and there
is a melodiousness in his voice that
makes him pleasant to listen te": • •' -
There are two speeches which the
Prince regards as the most difficult
he had made. One was made shortly
after. his eighth birthday at a lunch
party given in his honor by a lady who
was a friend of Queen. Mary, then
Duchess of York. The lady had given
a silver sword to the Prince and, ac-
cording to his father's direction, he
had to express his thanks formally for
the gift at the conclusion of the lunch.
The Prince stood upon a chair and
with considerable dignity and in e
clear voice said: "I thank you very
greatly for giving me such a beautiful
word. I shall always keep it and shall
always remember this pleasant party."
Preserving Our Wild Life.
"Great efforts are being made to pre-
serve our wild life."
"Yee, there never was a time when
our universities and calleges were
given such large sums,"
Big Diamond Found.
A six -karat red diamond of a rare
type Lias -been_ found at the Kimberly
diamond nines.
Besides the King, the Duke of St.
Albans has the right of driving in a
carriage down Rotten Row, in Hyde
Park, because he holds the hereditary
office of Grand Falconer of England.
A Menace to. Music.
The greatest •menaoe to the nn.sical
profession is the anti -musician who
has absolutely no appreciation for
music, nor any musical understanding,
but who persists in excluding music
from every gathering, thus discourag-
ing many from studying music. It is
evident that some people dislike music
and cannot see the necessity for musi-
cal -evolution, but simply because a
certain person dislikes music that is
no reason why these should be induced
to waste musical ambition; but such is
frequently the case, particularly with
some parents; who : consider music an
idle diversion and money expended for
musical instruction an absolute waste.
If non-musical parents were instruct-
ed along musical lines -and were taught
the true value of musical development,
there would be many more greater
musicians existing to -day. While
music is studied more exclusively at
the present time than ever before, and
most homes are supplied with musical
instruments, it is nevertheless true
that music is the least understood of
any branch of learning,
A man who will not help others is
not, himself, worthy of being helped.
BRITAIN CALLS ON LITERATE TO
ESTABLISH CORRECT PRONUNCIATION
England has found .an answer to the
question of what to do with its poe
laureates. Dr. Robert Bridges, the pre-
sent incumbent of this honary office
has been made chairman of an lin
portant committee to standardize the
pronunciation of the English language
tor the British Broadcasting Company.
Other members are George Bernard
Shaw, Sir Johnston Forbes -Robertson,
Professor Daniel Jones and Lloyd
dames.
Correot pronunclation is a matter of
usage, and this committee will In-
fluence the way English is pronounced
daily for eight to ten million people,
iso in time the comfnittee will fix the
habits of the entire nation. Most of
the authors of dictionaries are experts
In determining what the usage is. But
this committee will establieh usage.
They are pronunciation dictators, and
• will de more to dominate spoken Eng-
lish than any body of men that ever
existed.
I made about "capitalist" which many
t cultured English -men, particularly 1those whose culture begins with a
111 capital 0, pronounce "Ca-pitt-alist,"
• with the accent on the second syllable.
Is the first "1" hi "minority" and in
I "simultaneous" long or short? Should
i the "h" be sounded in "humor"? Is it
• "golf" or "gof!"? And must the future
world follow the students of Oxford
and Cambridge and call it "laBORa-
1 tory"? Is the old Roman orator to be
"Cicero" or "liickero"?
Power of Radio.
There you have the power of the
radio. And it is even stronger than it
seems. For what finally becomes cor-
rect English is likely to become equal-
ly correct Canadian, and American,
and Australian. And the only svay ,to
escape these Mussolinis of pronuncia-
tion In America, It would seem would
be to set up a similar committee there,
and to permit this committee to dom-
ineer over all the announcers of all the
btindreda of American stations. By
rtlaeer weight of numbers the usage of
0,000,000 American 'speakers of Elm
3 tth would carry the field against the
image of 45,000,000 British speskerp.
40 as broadcasting in America !a not.
ally' to be centralized and national -
ed, as in l]nglab.d, Dr. Bridges and
fir: Shaw may fee fairly confident of
being able to dictate to America of the
aaxt generation how to pronounce ltd
language.
It remains to be seen whether Mr.
Shaw will impose leis will oft posterity,
g,nd regolro it to eay ''l,ls-pi e," in-
Itt, d of "eyeae/ te," as is usually said
no* by moat eauea e4i
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Advocate Pure English.
Ever since broadcasting took a
. strong hold on England, the lovers of
puro English have realized what a
chance the radio offered for cleansing
the national speech. Some persons
have taken the opportunity so serious-
ly as to suggest that the Government
should employ as announcers such
eminent purists as Sir Johnston
Forbes -Robertson and Miss Sybil
Thorndike, who should be permitted to
give little dis•courses, simply to accus-
tom English ears to the beet diction.
But the task will probably remain
with the pres•ent announcers. They
are, as it happens, a splendid set of
speakers. The voice of the nameless
anuounaer of the London station, who
addresses the largest permanent radio
audience in existence, Is as well known
as many great men are known in the
i flesh. 1-Iis l nglist is not too sing-
; songy, it escapes the affectations of
the modern .Oxford school, it is' rather
i nearer Harvard that Oxfo rl. He talks
Iwith case and elegance, rarely stumb-
les over a phrase, speaks distinctly
without •over -clarity. Many of those
Who hear hint every evening, tired as
they aro after the clay's work, must
feel that they have a distinguiohed and
accomplished visitor beside the hearth,
and welcome Win an•d heed Ina for all
his dis.enibodied existence.
It is not known what his name is.
There was a time when the an.noufee1-s
were iheniSelv.es announeed. But with
their sua'a voices they broke too
many hearts through the other, and
were Inundated with love letters to
Wadi a point that anonymity became
k}eir only rotuge
ADAMSON'S ADVENTURES
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Not So Good Orn 1 -lis Feet.
A Contrast in Seasons. Cumberland. above the two thousand -
August is wet, generally, in Scot- foot mark, just where the Stagshorn
land, but when you are in Scotland you moss begins; and the wild raspberry
won't mind rain, or had better not. which here is found cn the tops of the.
. And the Scottish summer tee- bills, and in Scotland at the bottoms,
lights are things to remember. They . . • In Norway you will have the
are overdone in Norway, where they cranberry and the saeterberry; but in
go behind the hill for five minutes and Norway you will want nothing so long
begin the day before you have thought as there are cherries. I know Kent
of going to bed. You can't keep that very well ---but its cherries are not as
up—but It is exciting enough at first. good as those of Norway.—Maurice
The great charm of the Norwegian Hewlett, in "Last Essays."
Summer to me is that it includes what
we call Spring. The other season in Gardens.that country is Winter, which begins
in September and ends with May. Crab apples, peaches, plums and pears,
Then, immediately. Summer begins: Heavy the branches bang and low!
the grass grows and is ready for the, Each tree is a store that displays its
scythe, the cherries flower and get wares;
ripe and are eaten --all at ouce. You How their vivid colors twinkle and
get those amazing contrasts there glow!
which you only. have in mountainous' Mulberries, luscious cherries, prunes,
countries; which I. remember most' Quinces, apricots, all of these,
vividly crossing the Cevennes from. Le Made crisp by autumns, or sweet by
Puy to Atlas. On the watershed I wasJunes,
picking daffodils, only just ready to be j Are the pretty gifts of orchard trees!
picked; in the valley of the Ardeche'
they were making hay, and roses were Cauliflower, spinach, lettuce, beans,
dusty in the hedges. I slid. from • Endive, peas, potatoes, corn,
March into June—in twenty minutes. • Cucumbers, cabbage, carrots, greens,
You will not be so piqued in Eng -1 Celery fresh with dew each morn!
land; yet if your taste lies in the way i Lettuce cool in its lettuce bed;
of strawberries, for instance, you can i Beets, each color and tint we find;
do pretty work even in England. You Arti•ohokes, onions, peppers red—
can begin in Cornwall, or Scilly, and l These are the gifts of gardens kind!
have your first dish in early May, or
late April, with clotted cream, of ' Oh, a house though pleasant can never
oourse. Then you can eat your way I be
through the western shires to Hemp-; A home, till It has an orchard tree;
shire . . . in June . . . You can go i And vegetables that proudly grow
on to the Fens and find them ready for 1 All in a neat little, sweet little row!
you in early July. In August you will f —Mary Carolyn Davies.
find them at their best in Cumberland, I.
and in October, weather• permitting,
you will have them on your table in a All the is lovely,
Scotland. After that, i1 you . Life is world
really care for strawberries, you must : fair;
it
leave this kingdom, and perhaps go to • They are sweet
et and who find
California. I don't know. I Desolate and bare,
The Summer will give you better Smiles and birds and roses throng
berries than the strawberries, in my Every heart that thrills with song;
opinion. It will give you the wild If one has the eyes to see,
strawberry . . . Then there Is the Beauty bides eternally.
bilberry, which wants cream and a For the heart that's loving,
great doal of tooth -brush afterwards, I Lave is everywhere.
and the blueberry, which grows in ! —Thomas Curtis Clark.
Song.
Patience.
A simple word, and yet so hard to
learn,
For all my life the bonds of circum-
stance
Have chafed my spirit. Even now I
yearn
For that which is not mine, and hope
that chance
May bring the wished -for treasure to
my side,
Valued the more the more It is denied.
The poets tell me to regard the stars
Who all night long their patient
watches keep;
Their placid faces do not show the
scars
Of vain regret: they neither sigh
nor weep.
But have the stars a soul that feels
the woe
That human souls- like mine must
daily know?
I must be patient, yet I will not look
Unto the stars whose peace is not
for nie,
Whose mind, if there be such, must be
a book
Unread of mortals, in which sym-
pathy
Is surely found; but I will rather
Look unto One who evermore is
Father.
—H. 'r. J. Coleman.
Men on Mrs's
Several scientists have come to the
conclusion that Martians actually
exist, and are a race.not very different
from our own. They are sand to have
proofs that Mars is in the condition
that the earth is approaching—that Is,
a desert.
Wind erosion has removed the
mountains and hills and the seas have
disappeared. The canals are not
ditches nor water -courses, but vegeta-
tion on each side of co•nduite of water
used as routes of traveI.
These scientists also hope to prove
that beings of an intelligence and a
civilization far in advance of ours
exist on Mars.
Aches in the Wrong Place!
While the hands and arias spent to
be doing most la a game of tennis, It
is in the logs that fatigue is first felt.
This sort of thing holds good in neer*
lY all games, as well as In the varioud
forms of manual labor. It is not the
most used, muscles that are most sub-'
ject to fatigue, but rather theae that
are kept under tension though doing
comparatively little work.
It you watch a man sawing he seems
to be using mainly his arms and
shoulders. Yet in sawing, it is the
muscles .of the calves of the legs that
are the first to give out, :and on the
next day the unpractised sawyer feeld
very stiff 1n the loins. It is the same
with rowing. The muscles of the calve*
and of the Instep are most severely
taxed during early training,
It is perhaps to be expected that af-
ter the first day's hunting of the sea-
son, a man should complain of stiffness
in the thigh muscles, But It is not so
clear why, after a dance, the muscles
that suffer most arae those of the back "1
and shoulders.
On the other hand, in playing golf
fatigue begins• in the legs. So far as
the arms and shoulders are concerned,:
one might go on round after round
without any sensation of tiredness.
It is the same with people who work
standing at a bench.
The writer once spent months pack'
lng oranges—packing up to seventy,
boxes a day—during which time he
handled -and wrapped sane ten thous-
and oranges. It was his legs and es- -
pecially his feet that suffered, not his
arms or hands.
In the same way the baker suffers
from leg fatigue and •often from vara;
cose veins, while the muscles of arms
and shoulders, though they seem to be
doing all the work, do not tire at all.
On the other hand, a blacksmith finds
that his back aches after an unusually
hard day's work.
In fencing, the muscles that first feel
fatigue are those of the right shoulder,
whilein violin playing it is the left
hand that is the first to suffer. But a
young violinist who is still learning
says that after hard practising he fluds
that his neck muscles have gone stiff.
Following a long day of fly fishing
the neck muscles stiffen. Yet in fly
fishing all the work is done with the
right arm, and principally from the el-
bow.
One of the few pursuits in which the
expected happens is ordinary digging,
which produces the ache just where
the strain has been greatest—namely
in the small of the back.—B. T. C.
Her Cold Feet.
"Did you get cold- feet when you first
thought of asking your wife• to marry
you,,,,
"No—got 'em after I married her."
Nazariteship.
Nazarites was a term used to desig-
nate among the Jews those persons,
male or female, who had consearated
themselves to God by certain acts of
a.bstinenoe, which marked then off, or
separated them from the Hebrew na-
zar, meaning to separate.
They were particularly forbidden
to use wine or strong drink of any des-
cription, grapes—whether wet or dry
—and could not shave their heads.
In the sixth chapter of the Book of
Numbers, from the first to the twenty-
first verse, will be found the law laid:
down for the governanee of the Nan -
rites, The only examples of the class
menttiened In the Scriptures are Sam-
son, Samuel and John. the Baptist, who
were devoted Pram birth to that oon-
dition, although the law appears to
contemplate only 'temporeary and: vol-
untary, rather than perpetual Maser
riteship.
Darby awl Joan.
The house was my Darby;
I was its Joan,
Yet before winter
I left it alone.
In the city' morning
I used to wake and hear
Its faroik whisper
In my ear:
"Why did you leave met
I thought you were tate;
It will be ahard winter,
Lacking you.
"'you knew the goldenrod,
But you do not know
The late, white blossom
I, Of the snow."
I heard this many d'.bys
Breaking my reet,
' Till' came back one Saturday
To my empty nest.
w * •
Leaving Monday morning,
At the road's turning
I saw its gable eyes
Atter ole yearning.
I beard the calling sound
Of RS little brook,
I bad not the fortitude '
Against that forlorn look.
.. n� I could net bear the mourning
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e ables now,
Tourists In Jasper Park preparing for Ririe up 011.0 of the niountnin trails. The Canadian Rookies are be- A1 lllive teain yearThreroirGw•d,
frig regarded as the gr.teet s,cenlo playground hi the world. S
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