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...years Rossini's Barber of Seville for the debut of Mme. Luella Melius, U. S. coloratura soprano. Many times has M. Rouche, Director of the Opera, attempted to revive this work; on each occasion, one of the principals has fallen ill. Savoyards have murmured: "The Barber is a jinx." So formidable is this superstition that, if the Barber is revived, M. Rotiche will insure Mme. Melius against sickness. In Vienna, Maria Jeritza declared that Tenor Piccaver, with whom she had been singing in Cavallcria Ritsticana, had sabotaged her success, stolen her thunder, seduced her applause, refused to throw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Abroad | 6/1/1925 | See Source »

...propositions. Picking Lafayette to win is logical but unsafe. It is an excellent game not to bet on. Tufts ought to down Bowdoin, but the Maine team has the habit of trampling on Tufts when it cannot beat anyone else. The Medford college will have to upset a persistent jinx in order...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FEW BIG GAMES TODAY TO WORRY CRIMSON PROPHET | 11/8/1924 | See Source »

Fumbles Have Proved Tiger's Jinx...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BITTER BATILES ON MANY GRIDIRONS TEST STRENGTH OF EASTERN ELEVENS | 10/18/1924 | See Source »

Detroit, Mich, June 6.--R. T. Jones '24, defending his title as national open golf champion here today succumbed to the jinx that has consistently kept champions from repeating. Jones was runner-up to Cyril Walker, professional of the Englewood (N. J.) Golf Club...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JONES FAILS TO REPEAT IN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP | 6/7/1924 | See Source »

...Princeton team, however, is quite strong enough to force the University to its utmost, without the assistance of any benevolent jinx. In spite of the unfortunate injury of Captain Stout, which incapacitates him for the rest of the season, the reorganized Tigers gave the powerful Yale sextette a hard battle last Saturday, and may be relied upon to perform tonight in the same fashion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: IN PRINCETON | 1/19/1924 | See Source »

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