Word: charming
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...being in the enjoyment of a cigar of fine aroma I sit me down for a quiet talk. I am visualizing you as by my side and addressing you in person", we enjoy alike his gossip and his serious discussion, "the general look-in on my mind". His charm arises from the fact that the "look-in" although meant for one person, is not confined to thoughts that only two understand and enjoy. Profoundly serious Scot or light hearted, fanciful Irishman, or the American that was the balance between the two, he has something to say that is worth listening...
...look on Bach as an old standby. Time and again he awakens us to the fact that he is a living and dynamic force. His suite in D major is particularly charming in the first gavotte; only in the beginning did Mr. Monteux seem to make the suite unnecessarily dry; quickly he warmed up to it, however, and brought out to the full its charm and its interest...
Most noteworthy incident of a noteworthy concert was the singing of Schubert, not in uneven English translation robbing music of charm and smoothness, but in the German, the words to which Schubert himself set music. Too long have singers, imbued with mistaken patriotism, or actuated by others thus inspired, crippled the effect of Brahms, Schumann and Schubert, but it would seem that this is past. Probably it was this handicap of words ill-fitted to music which damaged Mme. Matzenauer's rendition of Schubert's "Erlkonig" when she sang it with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, four years since...
...very difficult thing. Two groat factors in the success of this play in New York were that Lenore Uirich was cast to perfection as the French Canadian girl, and that David Belasco, in his scenery and scenic effects, had left nothing to the imagination. Take away the charm of Lenore Uirich's acting and the perfection of the stage settings, and you are hard put to it to find a substitute. If the theatre-goer is sensible enough not to expect at the St. James the exquisiteness of acting and of-scenery that one finds in a Belasco production...
Like George stands practically supreme for its beauty and charm among all the lakes of our country. In one of its most attractive bays the conference grounds are located. Every facility for recreation of all kinds and all the material equipment for a large gathering are there ready for the use of the six to eight hundred college and, university delegates. The setting is ideal and its charm is immediately apparent...