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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1947, 2 January 1914, Page 7

i The «il>le messnßC announciiig tho protccte<l performance of Wagner s ojiera ; 'Pav«ifßi" (Percival) at Covwit Oati .-Vn and in iiftv other placcs on the 'continent, is of historic important*, This tip"ra was interdicted from peiformance in any ulacc but Beyrentb fm thirty vc-ars, I>y a clause m Yiagners -.vill,' 'fi'i.at wish has been respected by ill cottntiirs save America—which resnects nothing. Tho onera was prodnc-t-ff in No"' York about two years ago, oiid one learns with a certain pleasure that the enterprise was a. faunre. Wo bare hoard oxesrpts from the ojwra, one in paTticuUr tlic "\orapioi w*iwh Mr. Mnvidmn Barnctfc wscil to piay. •'Parsifal" was the last of Wajnier s operas. l-Tc- toftk the poem with him to London in May. 187?, and read it to a- circle of friends a.!; Oraw Square on the 17iu of that month. It was published in December of the same year. The eonviio.sel' be.nali to sketch tiic music in his 03th year. Tho sketch of tho firH art wns csrb" ui tnc w-pi'ii]"- of 1878. and the second act was (■opipleNi nn October 11 of tho same vnar. The third act was begun after Christmas and completed in .April, 18' B. Tho Inst'-nr.ientation of .']io work was comn'.ricd ' li Palermo (whither Tie had 1( oi,o fiie snko of lsis health) oa .Tanuarv 13. ISB2. Tn July , and AuU tt.vt of l.i:at year sixteen performances <if "f'arsifai" were ;riven._the alternati[[ir artists being:—-Ptirsiial: I'iaiin. CikWhis. and .Tager. Kundry: Vrau 'Materna, Frauloins Brandt, avid Mallei). GnriiemmiJi: Seavia and Siehr. ■\nifortas: Peiclunan and Fnelis. KlinKwt; Hill. Deffelo, arid Plank. The ctmdiiDtors'were Hcrr H. Levi and Fraiw Fischer. Tire work was repeated in. 1883 and -1534, and has always been included in tho works performed atthe great Wagnerian festivals held at Beyrouth. GentMwn! Kexi time you require n "nest hat" (rv (ho "Tf, ami G." make; it will both style .-rej comfort five you. T.ec.-il Jfercers.—Advt. ;-:Tlie Mexicans have a turn for the pieftnrcsqne which .displays it-eif in % ..irocl I'iliiH-; of (be ecnilai. Tlicre i-: r.ov.» of Clad .Street. The Holy filic* Street, Sad Indian Street, Stree't. of the -\Yoml Owls. T.o-«) Cliiid Street, and a •cautionary Paw. If Yon Can Sheet. Shop names; too. .in 'Mexico ere out of (ho . cennnon. A dm? store cai'is itself "Gate of He-.-ven" {sarflv a')iWsm»«s!), and a drinking saloon -describps itself frankly "The Bait of the Devil!" For Branchial'Cmißlis and Colds, . Great Peppermint ''ire. Is, fid.* '." The teacher wa.s explaining the t.oiises. :'\"otv, Willie."- &hc- said, "suppose I should say, *T have a million pounds.* What tense would thatj>e.f" "That's! bfi pretence," answered Willie. . WIRt'LESS. Radio StnUon, Wcilinßton.—The steamers Jfuritoi (Wellington to Lsmtoni. Wahi.no (WelUn.Eion to Lyttcltotil. Ma-ovi (Lyttelton to Weliim-j:ton\ Jlonuka (LytteJton to otia--7?i'vc.rin.i fOi.?bprjjc t.n Auc.'hlaiidi. Jlnitna (Ran Frnnctao Je. Wsl'Hfnttonl. niitl Intmaron. (Wellington to Kydiicy) Miould bo within wireldss raajc tlua mcwißs y