Jerome Klapka Jerome

“ Driving away the dullness of rural life. I never understood what went wrong with the Queen's Hall Sunday Symphonies. When the stalls were three shillings the place was crowded every Sunday afternoon and the concerts paid. When the stalls and circle were raised to seven-and-sixpence and five shillings, empty seats became the rule. I am sure that good-class concerts at moderate prices, and without any expensive stars, could be run successfully all the year round in London on seven days a week. ”

“ I can see a way in which Wireless may effect important changes in the life of England. Hitherto the cry, 'Back to the land,' has fallen on deaf ears. It is the dullness of village life that has been chiefly instrumental in driving the peasantry into the towns. Now that Wireless has cone to be within the means of the farm labourer, the movement may be stayed, and the English countryside become as popular and populous as that of France.
It is pathetic, the efforts these country-folk make to obtain a bit of fun. ”

“ I have met them coming home at midnight; children crying with the pain of sheer fatigue and the father and mother staggering, rather than walking, each one carrying a child too dead-beat to stand upright. ”

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