Music: Melody for Morale

The London Philharmonic Orchestra, one of the best ten in the world, has lived from hand to mouth for a year. When it needed money at the beginning of the war, its conductor and occasional angel, Sir Thomas Beecham (pills), said bitterly that all he could think of was to appeal to the Germans. But Sir Thomas succeeded during the winter in raising £2,000. By midsummer that was nearly gone, and Philharmonic men began pooling their resources. Then appeared a new angel: Jack Hylton, popular dance-band leader. He guaranteed salaries and overhead—assumed...