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...Aviation gives us the swiftest mode of transportation ever known to mankind. No bird that flies can soar so high nor fly so fast. From the aviator the scientist has learned about the temperature above, about the gale that blows eastward at terrific speed seven or eight miles above the sea, about the pressure to human heart and tissues which high altitudes bring. From the aviator the world has learned that armies on land and navies at sea have met their master. The next great conflict between nations will be decided by their superiority...
...Pastorale, Stravinsky c Aquarelles, Debussy d Les Regrets, Godard Mme. Sundelius. 3. a Larghetto Lamentoso, L. Godowsky b Menuet, Debussy c Danse Espagnole, Enrique Granados d L'Abeille, Schubert e Allegro Appassionato, Saint-Saens Mr. Casals. 4. a Indian Canoe Song from "Shanewis", Charles Wakefield Cadman b The Bird, Dwight-Fiske c The Angels are Stooping, Rudolph Ganz d Vigorous and honest is he, Swedish Folksong e Song of the Open, Frank La Farge Mme. Sundelius. 5. a Air, Jean Hure b Papillons, Gabriel Faure c Serenade Napolitaine, Sgambati d Mazurka, David Popper e Tarantella, David Popper Mr. Casals...
Throughtout his Arctic wanderings Mr. MacMillan has covered more than 10,000 miles by dog team in company with the Polar Eskimos He has made an extensive study of the Smith Sound tribe and especially of the bird and animal life of the far North...
...Materlinck also expressed himself as greatly pleased by the production of the "Blue Bird," Perhaps his best known drama, as an opera in New York. One of the most important reasons for Maeterlinck's making the trip at this time was that he might be able to witness the world premier of this recently completed opera...
...unfortunate accident took place at a moment when Professor Merriman was moving through a slight depression which concealed him from the View of his hunting companion. It was then that the latter suddenly fired at a bird which had taken wing directly in line with Mr. Merriman. Much of the charge of duck shot entered his head, neck and chest, wounding him severely, particularly in the right eye. In spite of his wounds however, he was able to get himself to the railroad station, and from there to Boston. Since then he has been improving under the care...