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...pouring out his music like beer carelessly dumped into a mug too small for it so that a turbulent foam froths over. And yet, by some strange madness in his playing he gave his technical vagaries the air of having been written for him by Wagner; he tumbled a sunset thunder-mountain into the fustian stalls of Carnegie Hall; he rocked the hearts of shriveled critics so that they swore no one who ever lived had an equal magic in his finger tips. He was Ignace Jan Paderewski...
...none the less true. For Geneva is not what it was before the War. It is a great deal more. Prior to 1920 Geneva and vicinity were favorite haunts of American travellers. The beautiful lake, the clear, crisp air, the surrounding hills, Mont Blanc in the pink glow of sunset, and certain historical connections,--all these conspired to bring pilgrims to Geneva in the past. All these attributes are still there. But something has been added: The League of Nations has taken up its abode in this famous city...
Many a supper table, that night, kept its candles wagging until the company came back to blow them out and sit down to Derby breakfast with day broad at the windows; many a pretty gentleman cut cards and drank his glass who might not have a penny by sunset. It dawned cloudily; the morning was bright and dour in fits, with little spurts of rain and a rattle of distant thunder like uneasy hoofs. On the sidings of the railroad waited eight and a half miles of Pullman cars. Airplanes were neatly parked near the grandstand. Innumerable financiers, editors, sportsmen...
Nothing can be more disheartening than the results of scientific endeavor when applied to popular beliefs. Not that people accept scientific conclusions for they do not--but no one feels exactly comfortable when proving a point by a popular saying which he knows to be false. "Sunset" is still the accepted term for "earthrise", and ostriches continue to bury their heads in the sand everywhere but in real life in spite of all that scientists say to the contrary, but these are exceptions. Even the bee has now been unmasked as a sluggard, not at all living...
...Sunset came, dusk came, darkness came. The moon rose over the waters of the Pacific, where the scattered cruisers and destroyers of the Blue Fleet plowed on, looking for the dark line of the approaching fleet. But the Black Fleet had eluded them. It was nine in the evening when the first contact was made. The cruisers had gone too far afield. So had the defending destroyers. The three fleet submarines of the Blue defenders sighted the approaching fleet, however, and made for their position in its path. Suddenly, the vanguard of destroyers of the Black Fleet gave the alarm...