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...august Director, Dr. Walter Damrosch himself, had announced that he would conduct the Society's famed orchestra at the presentation of Gershwin's, of Taylor's, compositions. Inevitably, the pressmen wanted to catch Mr. Gershwin before he sailed for London. They wanted to ask him if he were fond of animals, if he had ever been arrested, what he thought of U. S. women, U. S. traffic laws, U. S. music. The most brazen among them, a goggled fellow, rapped sharply on the door of Gershwin's stateroom. "Come in," drawled a voice...
...right,' I said, 'you may buy the house on one condition.' He assured me that conditions were nothing compared with his determination to own my house. 'Well,' I told him, 'there are two wells in my yard. I'm very fond of those wells. You may have the house, but you must arrange it so that I can take the wells with me.' ... He left...
Gentlemen of the mails--Your recent bill for memory course received. For got to mention when I ordered same that I was broke and couldn't pay. I recall this easily now, however, as course was fine, and I shall always remember your kindness. With fond recollections, etc. P. S.--You need not remind me of this matter again...
Robert M. LaFollette Jr., sailing for Europe, permitted himself to be interviewed on the subject of his father. Quoth he: "I am very fond of him as an individual. In real life, he is an entirely different man from what he is made to appear in the press. ... I know most people think of my father as hard, severe, cold-blooded and harsh, but he is none of those things. He has a marvelous sense of humor and has his tongue in his cheek at many things that happen in Washington. He is a good storyteller. I ought to know...
...enemies! So we are most interested to hear what you say about Caruso's "large paid claque." (TIME, Apr. 6.) Who, we ask, ever accused Caruso of a claque? We agree that, in his youth, Caruso loved Bronx Park, he was no moral stickler, he was fond of his spaghetti, his jokes may have been coarse, his "abdomen large." But Caruso had a voice, whoever gave it to him, God, Lucifer, or Nature−it was there as natural as morning, as awe-inspiring as the elements. A super-voice needs no claque, sirs, and what's more...