A clever foreign pianist had been engaged as accompanist to an aspiring amateur singer. The singer had been flat nearly all through her songs at the first rehearsal, and the pianist, losing his temper, said mournfully: “Madam, it is of no use. I gif up der chob. I blay der black keys, I biay der white keys—and 'always you sing in der cracks! ”
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6857, 12 March 1929, Page 2
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63Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6857, 12 March 1929, Page 2
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