Word: carusos
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Their father, Wilhelm Marx, a distant relative of Karl, emigrated in 1895 from Germany and established a large tannery in Brazil. Mother Cecilia Burle Marx was a cultivated Brazilian who made the family home in Rio de Janeiro a citadel of culture where Enrico Caruso came to call. It was an ideal climate for budding genius, and three sons emerged as the most amazing and talented brother act in Brazil...
...Farrar, 85, soprano at the Met during opera's golden age, who won her early triumphs in Europe before going home in 1906 to debut at the Met, where she reigned for 16 years of tumultuous adulation through 493 performances in 30 roles, blending her vibrant voice with Caruso's celebrated tenor, before suddenly retiring in 1922 at the peak of her career; of a heart attack; in Ridgefield, Conn...
Died. Geoffrey O'Hara, 84, composer, who was the toast of Tin Pan Alley in 1913 when opera's great Caruso recorded Your Eyes Have Told Me and Al Jolson belted Tennessee to popularity, but is best remembered for his rollicking K-K-K-Katy, which became the barracks and marching favorite of World War I's doughboys; of hemolytic anemia; in St. Petersburg...
...minutes. Another day John W. ("Bet a Million") Gates lost $500,000 on the races, then proceeded to win back most of it by playing faro until dawn. In the afternoons, Victor Herbert conducted concerts on the porch of an elegant hotel;-in the evenings, Caruso and John McCormack sang outdoors. Such was the summer scene at the turn of the century at Saratoga Springs, New York's celebrated resort for socialites, tycoons and just plain millionaires...
...Caruso's Stockings. Fortunately, the mementos most in demand are not easily pilfered. Over 2,000 requests have been made for pieces of the gold brocade curtain, but RCA Victor has cornered that market. The record company bought the curtain for $10,000, and plans to cut it up into 45,000 three-inch squares for inclusion in an album of arias by Met stars. All 1,611 of the curtain's tassels have been sold by the Met for $5 apiece. The house's eight ceramic water fountains ($500 each) have been snapped up, as have...