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Production difficulties for the Gershwin opera have been to teach the Harlem Negroes a Southern accent, to drill by ear those who were unable to read a note, to help some members of the cast decide on names which will look imposing in the program. Great advantage has been the...
"Bertie" Nevin was born in 1862, son of a druggist and newspaper proprietor. Naming him was an inspiration. "High-strung" as a child, he grew up to look like his name. He took his first music lessons at 8, published his first piece at 11. He married Anne Paul, a...
Wife & War. Dr. Carrel has determined, he declares in Man, the Unknown; that women should not make excessive sexual demands upon men of genius. He waited until he was 40 before he married Anne de la Motte de la Mairie, widow of the Marquis de la Mairie-a large, handsome...
In Moscow these many months Mr. Bullitt has been the one envoy of a capitalist power who fraternized with Soviet folk of every sort. He could often be seen at parties with a Red ballerina, an immemorial Russian custom. Agents of the Soviet tourist bureau, Russian concert singers and Big...
Nowhere characterizing her husband, or writing at length about him, Anne Lindbergh tells a few anecdotes that reveal him as a matter-of-fact, friendly, laconic character. Unable to reach Nome before dark, the Lindberghs landed in a far lagoon on Seward Peninsula, anchored the plane, and slept. In the...