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Entrance of Guests into the Wart burg from Tannhauser Wagner Peer Gynt Suite Grieg Land Erkennung Grieg Intercollegiate Inklings Lewis "Roman Carnival" Overture Berlioz "Dinochka" Overture McLain Italian Rhapedly Casella Sixth Mungarian Dance Brahms Artist's Life Walts Strauss Reverie and Military March from "Algeria" Saint-Saens
...lewd as the puerile effusions of the flapperish Cleopatra whose acquaintance we make in perusing the "Diary." She boldly describes her appearance in Rome as the public mistress of Caesar and forthwith begins to criticize Rome, Caesar, and every one else except Antony and a few other of the Roman jeunesse doree whose appetites for wine and illicit love are as strong as hers. Her philosophy is Hedonistic; she proclaims herself a sensualist and not satisfied with the fast pace of the Romans she attempts to outdistance them. It is very plain that the author has carefully studied...
...turn, Julius Caesar, Virgil, Antony, Cicero and Brutus become the subject of Cleopatra's unconventional commentaries and after each one has been sufficiently cheapened and demoralized beyond recognition the author turns to Roman stupidity, brutality and licentiousness which he riotously portrays without causing the reader to blnk an eyelash. His obstreperous satire becomes annoying when it is detected as so obviously blatant and artificial. It might be justifiable to sweep all of the heroism away from the character of Caesar, but there should be a motive for such an action. Satire without an objective is innate...
...them resemble stones; a few contain a large percentage of iron ore. Perhaps the most famed meteorite of history was the black, cone-shaped stone which fell in Phrygia; was worshiped by the Greeks as Cybele, mother of gods; was taken to Rome in 204 B. C. to insure Roman prosperity...
Impelled by Signor Mussolini, the newspapers of Rome began, last week, a concerted campaign urging men to go hatless. "A bare head is more hygienic, more comfortable, and more ROMAN," declared Italian editors, recalling that the sturdy citizens of ancient Rome went bareheaded...