Word: andalusians
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President Alcala Zamora was at least working harder last week than he ever had worked in his life. He is an Andalusian lawyer, and in Andalusia businessmen and lawyers are accustomed to take life easily. As every visitor to Spain knows, one rises about 10 a. m., works till 1 p. m., then there is time out for lunch and siesta. At 3 p. m. shops open again, business proceeds until 7 or 8 P.M. One dines at 9:30. theatres start at 10:30; cafes are open all night. Few Spaniards of importance go to bed before three...
...back in 1820, Camila was the daughter of Andalusian gypsies who had to leave Spain because Daddy had knifed a fellow-gypsy, a thing not done. In England her father sold Camila to a sottish squire who lived in Devonshire because he had been caught card-sharping in London. The squire's wife was an embittered dipsomaniac, his children unmannerly little devils; the house was not very orderly. Nevertheless Camila liked it. As she grew up she fell in love with one of her foster- brothers, Evelyn, who was beautiful. Unfortunately he turned out to be a provincial esthete...
Garrick Gaieties. Their elders and betters having gone away for the summer and abandoned the neo-Andalusian splendor of the Theatre Guild's playhouse, the Bright Young People who occasionally perform under the Guild's aegis when a production of doubtful dignity is to be put on?e.g., Red Rust (TIME, Dec. 30)?set out to disport themselves in a blithesome intimate revue. Guild subscription members flocked to see, recalling that it was the first Garrick Gaieties (1925) which uncovered Composer Richard Rodgers and Lyricist Lorenz Hart ("Manhattan," "Sentimental Me," "April Fool"), Funnymen Romney Brent and Sterling Holloway...
Carol, "Les Anges dans Nos Campagnes" French Air Carol, "Jesu, Fili Virgine" Holst Carol, "Canto de Aguinaldo" (Song of the Christmas Presents) Andalusian Carol arranged by Erickson Carol, "Silent Night...
...buildings look settled. This winter, however, it was decided that the old crooked streets of Seville were not wide enough for the large expensive automobiles of expected tourists, Seville's hotel accommodations were insufficient. Old blocks were ruthlessly torn down, new streets hastily laid out, new hotels built. Andalusian Seville of Washington Irving and the Giralda Tower were hastily awakened. Like anyone just awakened from a long sleep, Seville last week was tousled but cheerful...