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...rapture, the pathos of a consummate and fated love, and have seen a stubby tenor waddle forward on tiptoe to knead the arms of a diva who out-topped him by several inches; who have heard, in Bohēme, a little catch, light as a falling feather, gay as a string of beads, delivered by a Musetta under whom a property table, reinforced with iron struts, trembled, creaked, tottered. These idealists, holds Madame Leginska, should be placated. Hence, in her forthcoming opera, there will be two complete casts-one of voiceless actors who will elegantly posture and grimace...
...Gentleman with a High Hat; a Lady with an Ostrich Feather Fan. Secure in an elegance which time has not soiled, these two look out from history, nameless, irreproachable, erect. Much have they seen since one Rembrandt Harmens van Rijn, by painting them, preserved their finery from the fate that overtook its fashion. Lately, they have been themselves much watched, talked of?that serene lady, that impeccable gentleman:?because a destitute nobleman, Felix Yusupov, once prince in Russia, sold them to a U. S. financier and art collector, Joseph E. Widener, of Philadelphia, so cheaply that he felt himself...
...Aged Woman; The Apostle Paul; The Circumcision; Head of St. Matthew; Portrait of a Man with a Letter; Descent from the Crass (also reported to have cost $500,000). Two portraits in his collection (A Gentleman With High Hat and Gloves in Right Hand; and A Lady with Ostrich Feather Fan in Right Hand) are the subject of the suit instituted in the Supreme Court by Prince Yusupov, a participant in the arduous murder of Monk Rasputin. Yusupov sold the pictures to Mr. Widener in 1921, but maintains that a clause in the contract gave him the privilege of repurchase...
...doubt of the futility of present foreign policy to contribute toward world peace. Unofficially America is responsible for the Geneva protocol to outlaw war. Professor James T. Shotwell of Columbia University fathered the ideas incorporated in the document. And the world's applause of the plan apparently adds another feather to the cap of unofficial cooperation. In the middle of his graceful bow of acknowledgement, however, the administration receives a rude check. The experts at Geneva have conclude that all the constructive work of the forty-eight states which have signed the protocol is in vain, so long...
...different feather from mundane planes (which have wooden hulls, fabric wings, Liberty engines), this aristocratic bird has wings and body of duralumin-a new alloy, light as cork, strong as steel. It carries four passengers, has a special compartment for golf clubs and other week-end breakables. It will go 130 m. p. h., ten times as fast as the proudest, the tallest sailing yacht of bygone days...