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Meanwhile, by the Bay of Naples, the constant trickle of smoke which flutters over Vesuvius grew larger and darker. At night, there were lovely pink sparks which proved most titillating to U. S. tourists. Neapolitans, however, paid scant attention. No serious eruption was anticipated...
...London stirred a cold fuliginous fog. The King's coach, drawn by eight superb horses, moved gingerly. The Beefeaters from the Tower of London who marched beside it seemed like ghosts who now and again disappeared into a slowly rolling gust of fog. Ghostly, too, was the scant crowd which peered at the nearly invisible Royal procession...
Like all great musicians her flawless technique seemed almost beneath notice. Her personality had absorbed it and it was that consummate artistry that made a blase audience break into cheers, demand encore after encore. Musical critics have scant use for dancers. La Argentina turned the tables, sent them fairly scampering to their offices to write her notices worthy of a Casals or a Kreisler...
...mile and three quarters, four miles and three miles, respectively were extremely gratifying. Most of the crews were very evenly matched with all those rowing showing up better than a year ago. In the last race, over a course of three miles, the first two crews finished a scant six feet apart; the stroking in both cases being very fine, showing a good deal of headwork and racing instinct on the part of these two strokes...
Silver spade cut lightly into Pittsburgh soil, scooped up a scant quart of mineral-laden earth. Ground had been broken for the $10,000,000 power plant of the Duquesne Light Co. on Brunot's Island in the Ohio River.* Celebrities and guests boarded the steamship Manitou, chatted away the half-hour trip from the Island back to the city proper. In the earth, the cut remained...