Word: austrian
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...would ballot. Thus far the new Republic of Austria had had only one President, beloved Dr. Michael Hainisch, he of the white Santa Claus whiskers and ruddy cheeks, nose. So great is the popularity of Dr. Hainisch and his pet prize cow, Bella (TIME, April 2), that recently the Austrian Government felt obliged to issue an official communiqué scotching false rumors that Bella had died...
...five days Schubert requiems were held in Vienna, Schubert symphonies played in the concert halls, Schubert songs sung in schools, over the radio. Outstanding was the visit to the grave by Austrian officials and ten German mayors, the unveiling of a fountain in his memory. Vienna paid Schubert scant notice when he lived. Now, 100 years dead, he is indeed...
...grew up in Trieste (Austrian then, Italian now) and learned to speak Italian perfectly and German with an Italian accent. There is no anecdote to account for his becoming an actor; he merely decided to be one and began to play in Prague, with Angelo Neumann's stock company. Later, he decided to go to Berlin and there he met Max Reinhardt...
Olympia is a dinner-table anecdote about pre-War Austrian intrigue. Though flecked with Molnar's second-best jokes and informed with the proper politesse, Olympia would have been very dull without Actress Crews who smoked a cigar and sometimes made it sparkle while her daughter was being seduced...
London Show. $50,000,000 worth of orders were placed before the London automobile show opened last week. 45% of the cars exhibited were of British make; the rest were French, German, Italian, Belgian, Austrian, U. S. Cars of seven to ten horsepower, selling from $500 to $1,500, drew the most customers...