MUSIC IN THE HOME

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 21, 16 April 1927, Page 20 (Supplement)

MUSIC IN THE HOME

Few people seem to get the full value Put of music. What do they do with it? Generally, they just listen to it. 1 stm not content with this.

As the type of man who never lies in bed a moment aften 11 in the morning, I use music to speed up the day. For example, the real live wire can save many minutes in the bathroom if only he will employ the gramophone. It takes practice, but by now 1 can lather to “My Sweetie West Away,” getting in some very pretty touches with the brush to the more jazzy parts. Then a quick dash to the machine to change the record, when I find that I can shave, going over my face twice to Paderewski playing the “ Nocturne in F Sharp Major.” This allows one enough time to cut oneself three times wir'i appropriate words Cor the occasion.

Meanwhile, the bath water should have been running, so that with a quick change to Melba in “ Lo! Here the Gentle Lark” (flute obligato by Lemmon !), you should be able to bathe before the record is finished. If ever a meal needed musical accompaniment surely breakfast is the one. I am preparing a programme of suitable works for every day of the week. For the present I am content with the Egg-mont ” Overture. I have this work on a record, which omits the slow introduction, its producers obviously intending it for breakfastiable use.

That is a rough idea of how music can be made a real help to you, for it can be carried further, and with a little ingenuity it can be made made an excuse to waste the whole morning.