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...Carl Hasselmann and his sister Ellie, provincial, supersensitive Americans, dwell in the uneasy revulsions of a sort of spiritual incest. They represent, respectively, the frigid, inhumane predicament of mind-without-spirit and the equally suicidal predicament of spirit-without-mind. Carl's mental drive stretches him flat on the altar he has built before a hypnotic social theorist. Ellie is impelled to sacrifice herself to the "resurrection" of an aging, rich sophisticate. The earlier phases of these relationships are ground out with a skillful, meat-grinder tenacity worthy of tougher meat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Try at Tragedy | 6/15/1942 | See Source »

...upon evidence of their proficiency in music, as well as moral character. Rehearsals are held every Saturday evening. A concert will be given by the society in Union Hall, on Tuesday evening, Feb. 14, at which the full orchestra will appear in selections from works of Balfe, Beethoven. Bial, Hasselmann and Waldteufel, and Mrs. H. A. Knowles and Mr. N. M. Brigham will assist...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/4/1882 | See Source »

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