Word: musician
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...John Kvale, eldest son, world war veteran and secretary to his father during his years in Congress, is the most likely candidate to succeed his father. . . . Alfred Kvale, second son, is famed as master of ceremonies and orchestra leader at the Oriental theatre in Chicago, and is an accomplished musician on several instruments. There are four other sons and one daughter, Dr. Ingolf Kvale of Willmar, Minn., and Mildred, Walter, Arthur and Robert of Benson. Mrs. Kvale died three years ago. D. M. LAWSON...
...great builder of bridges is Ralph Modjeski and honored last week with his sixth scientific medal. But, except for his own stubborn leaning to engineering and his fond mother's indulgence, he might have been a musician or actor. For his mother was the late great tragedienne Helena Modjeska, and he was her only son. He played in the green rooms of Europe while she enacted the rolling romantic tragedies of the 1860s and '70s. In 1876 personal tragedies forced her to go to raw California as a ranch developer. Almost forgotten became her husband, Gustav Modrzejewski...
...Golfer, musician, horseman, photographer, Conservative Sir Douglas has been symbolic of his Conservative company. Made a baronet in 1921, he has worked strenuously in both the Manhattan and London offices, has pushed the European development rapidly. Last week he some-what altered his policy of reticence, told stockholders more than the earnings, which were...
Bonaparte once said to a musician: "There is only one musical instrument I know that never gets out of tune?that is the drum...
...shell was extended. This helped somewhat, but freaks of tone were still audible to a sensitive ear. Evidently the problem was scientific, beyond a musician's province. Conductor Fiedler might have abandoned the shell and tried electric amplification. But this method, with its rasps and harsh distortions, does not please true musicians. At length he consulted Dr. W. R. Barss, professor of acoustics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology...