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a burlesque show, and on his return 

 home whistle half the tunes over to you, 

 or was only he regarded as being musieal 

 who could perform that feat after attend- 

 ing a symphony concert or a Wagnerian 

 opera? ' So much for the receptive 

 type. Or perhaps none of the receptive 

 type was classified as musical, those 

 only who were creative being qualified 

 to be designated as such. Well, then, 

 if that were the case, was he considered 

 musically artistic who could, in half an 

 hour or so, compose a catchy piece of 

 "rag-time," or was it only he who after 

 labored efforts produced a classical 

 masterpiece? Were there among our 

 judges any who considered Wagner's 

 music an abomination of discord, and 

 regarded an idolizer of that German's 

 genius, an ignorant boor? Yet, what- 

 ever the conditions and standards, 



the following were the conclusions: 

 "When both parents are exceptionally 

 good in music (whether vocal or in- 

 strumental), all the children are medium 

 to exceptionally good." Hurst's ex- 

 planation that musical ability acts as a 

 recessive was accepted. "When both 

 parents are poor in musical ability and 

 come of ancestry that lacks on one or 

 both sides such ability the children will 

 all be non-musical." "When one 

 parent has high musical ability and the 

 other has little the children will vary 

 very much in this respect." 



If we really have been as careless in 

 our methods as it seems, ought we 

 resent the criticism of our English 

 confreres, or ought we not better mend 

 our ways and be a bit more cautious in 

 the future r 



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