Word: franz
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fleecy flock did much to develop in him the curious individuality which has always been his notable characteristic. At 18, he was apprenticed to a marble worker; and, a few years later, went to Vienna and took up the study of Art. There he fell under the influence of Franz Metzner, Austrian master. From that time on, his success was assured. His reputation gradually swept Europe. The chief characteristics of Mestrovic's work are a rigid simplicity of line; draperies falling in straight close folds; hard, grim faces; heads sunk low or crammed awkwardly into chests; abnormally long noses; cramped...
Opinion is divided regarding the resignation of Richard Strauss, famed composer, from the Vienna Opera. The resignation was the result of differences of opinion existing between Strauss and Franz Schalk, his codirector. Strauss wanted many new programs. Schalk favored less innovation on economic grounds...
...gentleman who is one day to become to all German royalists Kaiser Wilhelm IV-Wilhelm Friedrich Franz Josef Christian Olaf von Hohenzollern, eldest son of ex-Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm-had a chance to prove that he is made of the same metal as his ancestor, Frederick the Great. At Potsdam, capital of German Monarchism, the Stahlhelm, Monarchist organization, came into collision with the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold, Republican organization. Immediately there was a free fight in which the Monarchists were defeated and forced to flee. But in the middle of the scrap a tall, lanky young man with large...
Died. Archduchess Marie Valerie, 56, in Castle Wallsee, Austria. She, the favorite daughter of the late Emperor Franz Josef, was the only poetess of the Habsburg family. To the tree-trunks in his park and woods the Emperor had her verses affixed so that he could see them when he walked abroad...
...deal of controversy over his first name. He is expected in Manhattan this season and presumably the Local of the Back Slappers' Union is determined that he shall feel at home. Dissension has arisen in their ranks as to what to call him. Originally, he was discovered as Franz; later it became Ferenc, and there is a distinct movement afoot at present to simplify it to just plain Francis. But that is one of those problems that must simply be left to work themselves out in their own way. At any rate he will follow his great successes Liliom...