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Died. Arthur Schnitzler, 69, Viennese novelist, poet and dramatist (Casanova's Homecoming, Professor Bernhardi, Fraülein Else, Rhapsody, etc.); of a stroke, while re-writing a play; in Vienna. In a codicil to his will he directed that his funeral be "of the very last" (pauper's) class, that the money thus saved be distributed among hospitals, that a needle be thrust through his heart to remove any doubt of death...
...Night of Death is the first of Marie Bregendahl's books to be translated into English. She is the 64-year-old onetime wife of the late Poet Jeppe Aakjar. Her other books (part of a series?Billeder Fra Sodalfolkenes Liv): Ahilda, Peter Guldgraver Og Hans Eneste Ven, Tre Gamle Kvinder...
Married. Margot Einstein, 21, sculptress daughter of Professor Albert Einstein, physicist; and Dr. Dimitri Marianov, Russian scientist-writer who with Fraülein Einstein lately accompanied Sir Rabindranath Tagore on a tour of Soviet Russia's schools; in a Berlin registry office...
...streets of La Paz. Leaving behind them the General, with cries for his head still ringing in their ears, they fled by motor to the Peruvian border and safety. The General too escaped and is now said to be making for Hamburg. Last week Frau Gertrude Kundt and Fraülein Renate arrived in Manhattan. Said they: ''It [Bolivia] is a terrible place. One day it is 'Viva General Kundt.' The next day it is 'Abatto! Abatto!'* ... A man gets tired of war sometimes...
...Liechtenstein of Liechtenstein to call the Dreyfus collection the "greatest private collection in the world," but Duveen Brothers got a good deal for their money. The collection is notably strong in sculpture: Verrocchio, Donatello, Leonardo da Vinci, Mino da Fiesole, Bertoldo di Giovanni, Andrea Riccio. Painters include: Giovanni Bellini, Fra Filippo Lippi, Pesellino, Ghirlandaio. There is also a collection of medals and small bronzes which art critics call irreplaceable...