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There is a seething undercurrent of discontent in Lisbon, and it is feared that the nation may be heading for another revolution. (The last one was attempted in 1921.) High cost of living is the principal cause of complaint. Though the workmen are earning good wages, they complain that they have to spend them all on food. The price of bread is said to have increased by 150 per cent, and other foodstuffs have been proportionately advanced...
...that memorable year at Lisbon the wise men of the town thought a big bonfire would put a quietus on the local earthquake. They even went so far as to whip Voltaire's poor old-Candide because he had merely seen a Portuguese eat a piece of bacon. Now it is the astronomer's turn to be whipped. And some people even hope that jazz and the hip-hoorah of modern Pep will drown the roar of the sidereal universe. None of these, of course, considers that one shift of the celestial pole in a mere 25,000 years will...
Following is the program for the Pop Concert in Symphony Hall this evening: 1. March, "Queen of Sheba," Gounod 2. Overture, "Martha," Flotow 3. Selection, "Aida," Verdi 4. Indian Dance from Suite II, MacDowell 5. Overture, "Sakuntala," Goldmark 6. A Night in Lisbon, Saint-Saens 7. Selection, "Faust," Gounod 8. Invitation to Dance, Weber 9. Ride of the Valkyries, Wagner 10. Suite, "Peer Gynt," Grieg 11. Selection, "Fortune Teller," Herbert 12. March, "Teufel," Suppe
Slavery and the slave trade, Professor DuBois said, began with the appearance at Lisbon in 1442 of 30 negro slaves These excited the cupidity of the Portuguese traders, who realized the superiority of negro labor over Indian labor in working the gold mines of America. The slave trade was then successively taken up by the Dutch, the English, and finally in 1807 by the Americans, the transportation of slaves growing from several thousand in 1450 to over 60,000 in 1790. The present condition of the negro race is due in great measure to the past terrible brutality...
...American rights to the work and brought it out in New York at his own theatre in spectacular style early in 1880. The English version made for this production by Fred Williams is the one used in the Castle Square representation. The scene of the operetta is laid in Lisbon, Spain, two centuries ago, and the plot concerns the adventures of the Parisian actress, Fanchette, who, having once enjoyed the friendship of Don Lamberto, secretly married to the Queen of Spain, comes to Lisbon to renew her acquaintance with him, not knowing of his marriage. She arrives at Don Lamberto...