Composer of the Month
Michael Head, born on January 28, 1900,
was raised by a barrister/journalist father,
and a vocalist mother, beginning his own
musical training at the age of ten. Despite
this relatively late start, he was accepted
into prodigious English music academies,
including the Royal Academy of Music.
He served in World War I in an
ammunition plant, and while working there
wrote what would be his first published
piece. When the war was over, he returned
to the Academy, studying piano and organ,
plus winning several awards for his
compositions. He gave his first solo recital
in 1929, and also traveled across the United
Kingdom, performing live and on the radio.
He had returned to the Academy two years
previous as a professor, and continued
teaching through World War II. He died
very suddenly overseas from a serious and
unexpected disease in 1976 while abroad
for business.
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May we now rest in Your peace, safe from all
that could harm us, and rise refreshed and
joyful, to praise You throughout another day.
-Anonymous Benediction
~Agatha Forsyth~
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Etiquette
excerpts from Emily Post’s 1922 Edition of Etiquette
On Introductions
This is never done on formal occasions when a great many persons
are present. At a small luncheon, for instance, a hostess always
introduces her guests to one another.
Let us suppose you are the hostess: your position is not necessarily
near, but it is toward the door. Mrs. King is sitting quite close to
you, Mrs. Lawrence also near. Miss Robinson and Miss Brown are
much farther away.
Mrs. Jones enters. You go a few steps forward and shake hands with
her, then stand aside as it were, for a second only, to see if Mrs.
Jones goes to speak to any one. If she apparently knows no one, you
say, “Mrs. King, do you know Mrs. Jones?” Mrs. King being close
at hand (usually but not necessarily) rises, shakes hands with Mrs.
Jones and sits down again. If Mrs. King is an elderly lady, and Mrs.
Jones a young one, Mrs. King merely extends her hand and does not
rise. Having said “Mrs. Jones” once, you do not repeat it
immediately, but turning to the other lady sitting near you, you say,
“Mrs. Lawrence,” then you look across the room and continue,
“Miss Robinson, Miss Brown—Mrs. Jones!” Mrs. Lawrence, if she
is young, rises and shakes hands with Mrs. Jones, and the other two
bow but do not rise.
At a very big luncheon you would introduce Mrs. Jones to Mrs.
King and possibly to Mrs. Lawrence, so that Mrs. Jones might have
some one to talk to. But if other guests come in at this moment, Mrs.
Jones finds a place for herself and after a pause, falls naturally into
conversation with those she is next to, without giving her name or
asking theirs.
A friend’s roof is supposed to be an introduction to those it shelters.
In Best Society this is always recognized if the gathering is intimate,
such as at a luncheon, dinner or house party; but it is not accepted at
a ball or reception, or any “general” entertainment. People always
talk to their neighbors at table whether introduced or not. It would
be a breach of etiquette not to! But if Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Norman
merely spoke to each other for a few moments, in the drawing-room,
it is not necessary that they recognize each other afterwards.
~The Editor~
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Like cold water to a weary soul, So is good
news from a distant land.
Proverbs 25:25
Bright eyes gladden the heart; Good news
puts fat on the bones.
Proverbs 15:30
~Carliss Safety-Pin~
