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Last week Violinist Kreisler might have announced that he was commemorating the 50th anniversary of his U. S. debut. But his first Manhattan appearance of the season, which drew throngs to Carnegie Hall, was billed as just another concert. Concertgoers who went to hear him had long since ceased to expect prodigies of technique or tone from 63-year-old Kreisler. What they expected, and got, was an afternoon of leisurely, charming, old-school fiddling such as only Fritz Kreisler can put on. Kreisler's playing is to the exact, nervous fiddling of today what a Kentucky colonel...
What happened when the Queen Mary came abreast of her berth at West 50th Street was no blow to the prestige of the port, but it was a mighty confirmation of the prestige of British seamanship. At 6:10 a. m. the 1,018-ft. ship lay in mid stream. Wind was down, tide was slack. Ten minutes later her 118-ft. beam was dead-centred in the 400-ft. slip between the Cunard and Italian Line piers. From the fo'c'sle head whistled two long, light heaving lines attached to ten-inch hawsers...
Last week, as the 44th season of the Promenade Concerts closed, musical Britain turned out in a body to do Sir Henry honor. The occasion: a Jubilee Concert at London's Royal Albert Hall, celebrating Sir Henry's 50th anniversary as a conductor. Special trains ran from all parts of England. From Cardiff, Wales, in the midst of England's "distressed areas," came 500 Promgoers. The musicians who played in the concert all gave their services free. They were: London's four leading symphonic orchestras (BBC's, the London Symphony, the London Philharmonic, the Queen...
...pavilion on Lake St. Dominic. In that pavilion last week, Marquis MacDonald, Cardinal Hayes, three bishops, many a monsignor, priest and nun did honor to calm-faced Mother Polycarpa, 68. who has managed St. Josephs for 25 years as Mother Superior of the local Dominican community. It was the 50th anniversary of Mother Polycarpa's profession as a nun. So throughout the day, as Dominicans do on their jubilees, she wore what Dominicans call a "golden crown"-actually a wreath of gilt flowers, hers for keeps...
...Confederate Veterans have talked for years of holding a joint reunion. They might have done so but for oldsters who were Billy-be-damned if they would march under 1) The Stars & Stripes, or 2) The Stars & Bars. When Blues and Grays tried it 25 years ago, at the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, cussing and fisticuffing discouraged subsequent attempts. This year, the U. S. Government stepped in with a healing offer of free transportation. So last week G. A. R. and U. C. V. tried again at Gettysburg. This time they got on beautifully...