Word: budapester
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...jingles. And last week William Hartman Woodin was the name listed as composer of four unpretentious musical impressions which Conductor Henry Hadley's Manhattan Orchestra played in St. George's Church. Fairly descriptive were the titles "Chinese Magic," "The Unknown Soldier" (inspired by a monument in Budapest, guarded always by a soldier on horseback), "Souvenir de Montmarte," "Tartar Dance." Composer Woodin relates that it was in the 1880's, when he, 18, was recovering from a throat operation in Vienna, spending his time in the Volksgarten listening to Johann Strauss conduct his own waltzes, that he became...
...feel content that winners of the Nobel and other awards have not so far been hired to compose operettas. It is about a flower girl who, masquerading as a notorious cabaret entertainer, wins the love of John Boles. The singer (Lilyan Tashman) has been exiled by the police from Budapest to the familiar Hungarian musical comedy steppes?a district of palaces, vineyards, and extemporary duets. Going as substitute, the flower girl is wooed by an important local grandee who judges her character by what he has heard about Miss Tashman. Evelyn Laye is the heroine. She is a slender blonde...
...Budapest, Otto's birthday created only the mildest flurry. By order of the Regent, Admiral Nicholas Horthy de Nagybanya, no flags were displayed on government buildings, but even on the private homes of loyalists there was a dearth of bunting...
...Budapest, Irene Barsony inherited a- fortune, began spending it, then began worrying, fearing her father had left unpaid debts. To Olga Plepar, medium, she went, talked to the spirit of Geza Barsony, her dead father. He gave her a list of creditors, with amounts owed to each. To the creditors she went, paid out her fortune to the last pengo (18?) though there was no proof of any loans. To Medium Plepar went the police, informed by Irene Barsony's fiance; Medium Plepar & her creditor accomplices were apprehended, returned one-third of the Barsony money...
...Roosevelt's resignation as "worthy of the highest traditions of American sportsmanship." Said President Hoover to him: "I appreciate fully the unselfish spirit that has prompted your withdrawal." As if to prove his appreciation the President then appointed Mr. Roosevelt to head the U. S. legation at Budapest, with this explanation: "Mr. Roosevelt was chosen . . . because of his familiarity with Hungarian events ever since he was a member of the field mission of the American Commission to negotiate peace, sent to Austria and Hungary...