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Born in Rome of U.S. parents, Haseltine was raised in the saddle, once rode a polo pony up the 107 steps of the Altieri Palace just for a lark. At one time or another he owned three lions, several macaws, an Indian bull, a Syrian ram, assorted Asiatic wildcats, plenty of monkeys. Some of them he modeled...
Hark, Hark, the Lark. For the more dignified, there were such things as the sonnet-writing contests held regularly in the home of Ford Madox Ford-a lively old Briton who loved to reminisce about his experiences in World War I. "It was in No Man's Land," Ford would say reflectively: "We were making a night attack. I had gone ahead to reconnoiter. I was crawling along on my-er-stomach when suddenly, above the roar of battle, I heard a sound-it was larks singing. Then I looked up and saw that it was light...
...those who had eyes to see (see RELIGION) could see him working away in the kitchen, as happy as' a literate lark, as busy as a broadminded beaver...
...opening program of classical bromides and filigree jazz. Said the Daily Mail: "The minuet [third movement of Beethoven's First Symphony] was turned into a gallop and the finale beat all musical records on the dirt track. Lily Pons, otherwise Mrs. Kostelanetz, sang Lo, Here the Gentle Lark, Caro Nome and other coloratura tidbits. Such agile vocalizing may have impressed the film fans but it sounded very old-fashioned...
...teeth," a dusty collection of rare minerals, pet dormice, horses, French governesses, peasants and pheasants. Winter & summer, day began at 5 a.m., when Lord Alconleigh greeted the dawn with one his favorite records (Drake Is Sailing West, Lads, the "mad" scene from Lucia, or Lo, Here the Gentle Lark, sung by Galli-Curci), and strode on to the lawn cracking a Canadian stock whip. After breakfast, he gave his daughters a brief head start, then hunted them crosscountry with four bloodhounds...