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...frequently as he wrote, he said, he was convulsed with laughter. The score is easy, melodious, lighthearted, reminiscent of Wagner iu mannerism rather than in poetry. Miss Bori was Mistress Ford; Tenor Gigli, Master Fenton; Mme. Alda, Nannette. All did well, But the critics, as they hailed their frost-bitten taxi-men and drove home, were replacing their familiar bromides with other phrases: "A scene quite without precedent" (The New York Times) ; "A relatively obscure singer who walked away with the chief honors" (The New York Herald-Tribune) ; "An eager young man, who made music history when the brilliant audience...
Harvard Hall 9-10, E. H. Bradford Jr., H. A., Bull; 10-11, L. W. Grossman, LeB. R. Barker; 11-12, C. L. Todd, A. G. Cooke; 12-1, F. D. Frost, Richard Jones; 1-2, R. P. McFadden, F. T. Gibson; 2-3, Kennard Woodworth, R. H. Dyer; 3-4, W. O. Field, D. C. Gates; 4-5, C. F. Victor J. W. Perkins...
...creating a life fellowship for Robert Frost, by the terms of which he has merely to remain in residence at Ann Arbor and write poetry, the University of Michigan has done an excellent piece of work. The esoteric quality of poetry precludes any great financial returns, and since the institution of private patrons is dead, the poet who is rich in imagination but poor in purse finds himself sore beset by creditors...
...University of Michigan succeeds in giving moderately where the inclination is to be generous, and if Ann Arbor society can refrain from draping Mr. Frost in a corner of the salon three or four times a week, something really beneficial will have been accomplished for American literature. At least it will be a strong incentive to a greater appreciation of men of letters...
...thinner flavor. The coldness of her music increased; the warmth of the audience increased commensurably. She sang Bishop's Pretty Mocking Bird, the Polonaise from Mignon. Then the Mad Scene from Luna-flight upon flight of crazy silver bells pealing in a ruined steeple rimed with frost. That cold, brilliant audience rose to her; they clapped and clapped again; they cheered her until her car (which even the gallant 50 could scarce have budged) took her away. She had given them what they wanted, a flawless technical performance. Lind, Melba, Patti- Galli-Curci...