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...Three Negroes on a bus leaped to their feet when a white officer boarded it. Said the girl conductor, tartly: "Sit down. This is my bus and this is England...
Sued for Divorce. Mrs. Utica Celestia Beecham; by goateed Sir Thomas Beecham, noted English conductor currently directing in Seattle; in Idaho City. Married in London in 1903, he said they had not lived together since...
...years (until 1930) Margaret Matzenauer was one of the most experienced and versatile singers who ever appeared at the Met. A born trouper (daughter of a Hungarian opera conductor), she was able to switch from Carmen to Ortrud or Amneris to Delilah at the drop of a spear. An exception among opera singers (most of whom have to have their parts drilled into them by coaches and conductors), she could sit down at the piano and teach herself the most taxing roles. Always a robust Brünnehilde, Matzenauer became one of the most prodigious (203 Ib.) singers ever...
Helpers. In Washington, D.C., when a streetcar conductor got off briefly to inspect a switch, playful passengers kept him off, took turns playing conductor along the route for 45 minutes before the motorman found...
...Glee Club is known wherever choral singing is of interest, and there are thousands upon thousands of people who have enjoyed their varied programs and powerful, clear voices. In fact, Serge Koussevitzky, conductor of the world-famous Boston Symphony Orchestra, has declared that they are the best such group he has heard...