Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 21, 1960, Winnipeg, Manitoba Symphony Musk my of calf arow is an orchestra and see the for Many major symphony orchestras now travel widely. Culture has world wide com a Tad w r he theatre. M4 Fri jew Ter known As Anta. Under the auspices of Anta the Boston symphony orches tra visited Europe and rus Sia in 1956 and a Waller the famed Boston symphony orchestra is now on a tour of the Orient with its first Stop at Formosa. In this and following articles a member of the orchestra and former Winnipeg Ger gives his impressions for Satur Day Section readers. By William waterhouse which dose much to Hertaf and better feelings among men. In Many there Are now men who recognise this and one of these my is the president of the in Ltd states. Then was any possibility of persuading the politicians who make. Up the . Senate and the House of representatives or. Tee Shower showed his cultural Faith by allotting Money from the presi Dent s twid a relatively Small annual amount for which he does not have to account to Congress to finance foreign Tours of american music and musicians in coun tries where the government the . Had been very Active in doing the seme thing. Results were encouraging. Congress group of bad the Job blur san Monletta toured Caribbean and South and Central America for ill weeks in the following year. Other orchestras have Fol Lowed also opera and bal let in this flow of american musicians abroad i have been fortunate to play a part and am now on my fourth foreign tour since joining the Boston sym phony orchestra in the fall of 1951. I Hope to take part in Many More and also to report them to the people of my Home town Winnipeg. I am now on the first Oriental tour of the Boston symphony orchestra the first american symphony orchestra to visit the larg est remaining territory of the Republic of China the Island of Taiwan or As the portuguese called it for too Many egg spoil the Sandwich Mosa in 1641 a loyalist fleeing a change of Rule in China fled to Taiwan and took it from the dutch who had been traders rather than settlers. The aboriginal people lived Only in the mountainous areas where they remained and now constitute less than two per cent of the population. The chinese settled on the Sharps Plains and Foothills. After about forty years the country was made a province of China and remained so until the 1890 s. Then the Island was ceded to the japanese who ruled but did not extensively colonize it. This period of japanese Rule ending in 1947, in directly caused the Boston symphony orchestra to be Here this Day. The japanese brought their love of Clas Sical Western music and it has spread among people of All classes. It is 4tultb a Shock to pass a hut. Of Bamboo and Reeds and to realize that a Schubert symphony is playing there from a local radio station on an adequate radio but it Hap pens. And our first concert of this tour was carried by two of the Island s Princi pal stations. T h e second was. Carried by the same stations and also taped and re broadcast Over the . Armed forces radio Chain. In Taipei some of our men met an old Friend Wheeler socket who used to run youth concerts in Boston and who has been retained by the chinese government to organize concerts and orchestras in the schools of Taiwan. Only a few Days before leaving Boston did we or the chinese know that we would play in Taiwan. The original itinerary called for the two opening concerts to be played in Korea but re cols Raj Tia and general mourning caused Anta to make a rapid change of s Ufa Den descent up on Taipei was More than the first class Oftle hotels could Cope with and we Are divided into six groups luxurious japanese style suites a Day of the houses of Joy situated in the hot Springs area of nearby mountains. Three busses provided. To take us to and from the United states open officers mess for our meals and almost every where else we wish to go. A chinese guide and inter Preter provided by the United states information service for each hotel group with us in our hotel and each bus has a charming Young Steward not Only has the official Welcome been warm and thorough but Many of the local inhabitants know who we Are and give us the Best of their ready smiles which makes one feel so Good when far from Home. Equally Good is the feeling of a enthusiastic audience. We left Home Early on a monday morning missed tuesday at the International Date line arrived wednesday after 48 hours of continuous travel and a twelve hour change of time. We h.0 tw9 to to rest and get our human clocks re adjusted to such an i Don t think that our first night audience had any idea of How Uncertain we Felt but they loved us and we. In turn loved them. Hong humid and endearing Hong Kong a Toast to Hong Kong Toto most intriguing Harbor the incredibly fast working tailors the hordes of Smidu me chinese the i compre hens Cle bargaining i would to on and on Japan was Cool and Windy Hong Kong was hot and humid. The moment one Steps off the plane one is bowled Over by the Ter. Itte temperature. It was summer frocks from that moment Onward. A sort of open air bus Wafon delivers the Passen fers from the plane to the Airport terminal. One then proceeds through customs a formality at the most hone Kong being a free port our accommodation was at the Miramar hotel a Well run Well and up to Date air conditioned hotel. Hong Kong the Island. And Kowloon the Mainland Are bulging with shops of every kind and every Price. The latter is up to you. For canadians the bargaining can be a horrible chore or. An exciting Challenge. The chinese and the Indian shopkeepers i think would collapse if you paid the Price they quote in the first instance. The haggling if you Are Clever can result in three quarters of the starting figure. Ten per cent is chopped off without a Flicker of an eyelash. In this free port luxury items can be purchased for the proverbial song but daily Cese Ottili Are Little less than Oun. Tie Namety of any Una of goods is stupendous there is merchandise from every Nook and cranny of the Globe. A mrs. A. M. Rodrigues Friend of mrs. May Baird in Winnipeg who had Given me this connection started us off on a tailor Hunt. Each shop had a different Price be it the material the Tail Oring or both. It was our first reel Opportunity to test our bargaining skill. Novices at the beginning we were rather proficient at the conclusion of. Ten Days. It is uncanny the dead pan expressions on the chinese countenances especially when each one i make discount Spe Cial special Price just for How important one feels the first time ment ally changing me Hong. Kong Dollar Worth 95.73, in to Canadian currency you finally realize the discount involves about 50 cents our Money Mark and i chose differ ent tailors and separate shoe makers. I beat her prices considerably on the clothes but she had scalped me about on each pair of Shoen. Most incredible of All Are the expert tailors. A dress the design of which you choose from a Magazine can be copied to the stitch. Basted for one fitting and totally finished for the see. Ond Day. One american i met had five suits and a Tuxedo ready to Wear at his departure 36 hours later the brocade evening Coats were Superb if Only we had the occasions to Wear them in Winnipeg shopping was not our Only form of entertain ment. The . Manager Martin Kolding introduced to me by Grant Williams in Winnipeg treated us to a heavenly drive around Hong Kong Island. The har Bor is like a picture Book huge passenger liners immense freighters and cargo ships at Anchor num Erous yachts millions of chinese Junks and Sam pans a variety of ferries plugging their Way Back and Forth to the Mainland. With the Sun ablaze the mountains High and grand sometimes cloaked in Mist chinese ideograms painted brightly and carved out in signs no matter where you glance the smell of fish and humanity mixed into one it is the jewel of the Orient another Day we were invited along with other canadians to spend a gorgeous afternoon aboard a Cabin launch owned by one of the Canadian Pacific personnel. The cruise i cannot Des Cribe Only to say How frequently i Felt transported to either the French Riviera or at times be tween Vancouver and Vic Toria. But that feeling vanished when we reached Aberdeen. Before us on every Side of us were Junks and samoans Row up on Row. And to think that As Many As six families Are born eat sleep work and die on the same junk their Home for life the junk is their life. Manoeuvred by huge paddles one attached at the Back and one Loose at the Bow they rest Side by aide end to end crowding the Waters surrounding Aberdeen. As the men Folk go out Fathing during the Day it is the women whom hand Ling the paddles. I should have mentioned earlier that i first of All telephoned or. David Tien. So Many Winnipeg doctors will remember him from 1950-51. He gave me a real Surprise at a specified hour not Only was Jolly or. Tien there to Call but he had rounded up to meet me five of the Koo family members thoughtfulness personified. To win nip eff a second Home he feels go his fondest re Gards. A another evening it was a. Visit to the Royal Hong Kong yacht club. A View of Hong Kong and Kowloon a mass of theatrically Gay lights made a Sublime set Ting. In Hong Kong it is impossible not to remark upon the number of ragged clothed children roaming the streets massing round the can begging and play ing games on the sidewalks through the late hours of the evenings. The answer seemed to be that the fam ily members slept in shifts there being so Little room. Children go to school in shifts also. One chinese girl of twelve whom i met attended classes from to in the evening. Hong Kong has a grave water shortage. Each household and even hotels can run water Only be tween and . Cold water at that. Britain and the administrators of Hong Kong de serve the utmost credit All Hong mongers Are proud of their management coping with new refugees per month. In this Colony of contrasts the very Rich the very poor the extremely old the fashionably new the Bright and clean the drab and dirty Progress is noticeable. And i am to by Cecily Ann Gunn afraid that the rather dangerous but so picturesque red painted rickshaws drawn by chinese coolies Are going to disappear in to oblivion. A strange Sensa Tion to be pulled along at quite steady clip and Down the cobbled by another human nowadays they Are mainly a tourist attraction being concentrated in tourist areas. One needs to Only slyly glance in a coolie s direction before one is sur rounded. Soon we Are heading further away to Singa pore via Cathay Pacific an australian air line i won Der if Singapore will re semble Hong Kong certainly it could never be As endearing. To continued to another the cordon Bleu also in Washington. The owners of la rive gauche were so saddened by the news that they got a Federal judge to restrain the chef temporarily from cooking at the cordon Bleu. The Case is in the courts. In the meantime la rive gauche was Short one chef and asked the French to find one for them. Europe no. 1, the Lead ing commercial radio Sta Tion in France agreed to find a chel for the Washington restaurant they announced of a program that they were holding a contest. The Winner would get his or her expenses to Washington d.c., paid and a salary of a week. The test of a real French chef is How he or she can make an Omelette and so it was decided to have an Omelette cooking contest. Six Hundred applicants asked to compete. The applicants were told to state How Many of the known omelettes they knew How to prepare. From the applications sent in fourteen women were selected for the actual cooking contest. There were several professional Cooks a few amateurs and a few models who were apparently selected on the basis of their photos rather than their Omelette making abilities. We were asked to be a judge for the contest which was held at the French Gas company kit Chens. But because of High cholesterol we decided to Send our Secretary Ursula instead. Ursula came in the next morning looking rather Green and hardly Able to report we egged her on. What i tasted a spinach Omel Ette a truffle Omelette a souffle Omelette a cheese Omelette a Raspberry Omel Ette a shrimp Omelette a. Chicken Uyer ome Fefie and then she disappeared when she Csc me Back we gave her an Alka Seltzer and asked her to continue. The jury consisted of seven men and two women. The men were for the models but the women pointed out that la rive gauche needed a Cook not a hostess. We finally decided on five who would compete in the final what did they have to a paprika she Art it Ethwald said and then she disappeared again. We waited patiently and she finally came Back. Do i have to go it s better to get it out of your we advised her. She held on to the Seltzer bottle. Monsieur Raymond Oliver the owner of the grand velour rest Aurant and food authority cooked the first paprika Omelette to set the Standard for the jury. We All found it very Good. Then the five finalists went to work on their paprika omelettes. While we were waiting Champagne was served and several of the people from Europe no. 1 had a Chance to get acquainted with the models who were eliminated in the first round. One of the jurors invited me to go out with him after the contest for onion you did t she Shook her head. Good we said slapping her on the Back. She disappeared again. An hour later she returned. She said we judged the final omelettes and then voted. The woman who won was mme. Alice Biot of Bor Deaux. It turned out that she was 53 years old a Mother of twelve children and had Twenty one grand children. Then mme. Biot spoke to her Boss in Washington d.c., by radio and he said he was Happy she won and she said she was come to America because she always loved America and she had seen Many american movies and she promised she would Cook Only for la rive gauche no matter what kind of offers she. Got from the cordon is that we asked her. No the jury was invited into another room for More Champagne and and we asked her. And Ursula Shook her head. Speak up firl. Cham pagne and and and and Little egg Sand Feiffer by Jules Feiffer f a wi6ht that the x a it Rufo Awo 10 set what or. It Iowa h to 10 m Alt Tor who their to Ivy us Imioto fit ook. M Tripus amp a f16ht oath amp took f pro rear Rue quotes the old Book of South african history was closed at Sharpsville. Paul Sauer South african minister of lands. It always pays to go the wrong Way. Or. Niko Tain Pevsner. The English do not be Keve in Equality they be to equal Opportunity to be unequal or. Rob Ert Pedley of Nottingham University. We shall have to rethink labor policy on the Hydro Gen bomb and the need for an Independent deterrent otherwise or. Maon illan May steal our Dothes while we Are bathing in the wat ers of brotherly strife. Marcus Upton British a apart. Re Arm Asp March ;