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...great Paderewski is called Paderooski, or Paderefski, with Ignaz or Ignace for a first name and Jan or Jean for a second.?But it was Ignacy Jan Paderewski (pronounced correctly Pad-er-rey-ski) who in 1877, a penniless boy of 17, set out on his first concert tour. It was in the dead of winter. He went from one Russian town to another, earned 180 rubles (then about $90?) in 50 concerts, and a reputation that amounted to less. Despairing, he turned his back on a concert career, went to Warsaw, found himself a handful of pupils...
Those hardy souls who, if a loftier goal than mere enjoyment did not detain them in Cambridge, would be enjoying the sled runs of Chamonix the toboggan slides of Quebec or even the ski jump at Hanover, can now find a slightly milder joy on the river. From the Lars Anderson Bridge up to Watertown the ice is frozen, and one may choose whether he will frequent the brightly-lighted, windswept expanse near Newell, or go adventuring among the dark coves beyond the infirmary...
...storm until men arrive to rescue both of them. The melodrama of the story would make it seem strained in any setting; but such is the splendor of the background that probably any play of human emotions would be dwarfed against it. Brilliant photography of snow storms and ski races, capable if not superlative acting by Leni Riefenstahl, Louis Trenker and Ernst Peterson, make the picture a valuable and exciting experiment in spectacle and a worthy product of the German UFA, noted for its success in experimenting...
...passed she flew far and often. Her longest ride was from Egypt to France; her most widely advertised, a routine flight from London to Paris on which the plane, forced down, was reported missing for two days. She had also engrossed herself in many an outdoor sport; designed a ski to eliminate ankle wrenches; 'designed an "anti-sea-sickness cot" for ocean voyagers...
...well-wnown throughout the whole of Finland. He became celebrated as a marksman, won the pole vault and steeple chase in the athletic games held in Petrograd as a captain in the army won several medals for bravery and distinguished service and for two years was long distance ski-champion of Finland...