Word: tenorizing
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Stuffing food leads to congestion in mastication. With twelve minutes for dinner, the man who puts all his dinner into his mouth in the first five minutes is doing himself and the food an injustice. This was the general tenor of comment of Immigration Commissioner Henry H. Curran, of New York, and of P. A. S. Franklin, President of the International Mercantile Marine Co. Their remarks were provoked by the rush to fill August immigrant, quotas of foreign countries in New York...
Gloria Caruso, three-year-old daughter of the late tenor: " I am summering at Deauville. A despatch said that I ' romp around in a little one-piece bathing suit, just like the big girls...
Social recognition is of the utmost importance for a musical success in England. Invitations to entertainments of their lordships are of more importance than good press notices. Edward Johnson during his appearances with the British Opera made huge success both artistic and social. Of course, as Melba's tenor he was a logical candidate for acceptance by the elite. However, he amplified this with a bit of wise strategy...
Many of Melba's tenors have tried to make good use of their position to gain social favors, and have made a disastrous mistake. They have tried first of all to impress the veteran soprano with their merits and importance. This impression they have sought to make in usual operatic ways. They have engaged press agents and a claque, which usually have functioned too well. It is a long standing characteristic of Melba, as of most prima donnas, that she likes to have the lioness' share of the applause at performances and of the complimentary columns...
During the past week it is certain that the British Government modified its original stand against the Ruhr occupation. This was chiefly on account of unshakable French policy. The tenor of the note takes into account French views and is accordingly " exceedingly circumspect." The change in the attitude of Premier Baldwin is purely diplomatic and will in no way affect the British decision to isolate France in Europe as an extreme measure. To some extent a desire to revivify the Entente Cordiale is responsible for this eleventh-hour shift...