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...peaceful leave of those around him. He tried to pronounce the benediction, but was too weak. His thin, transparent hand moved through the sign of the cross with effort. He was certain of death; had been refusing all medicines. Towards the last, attendants thought they heard him whisper " . . .rien qu'attendre . . ." About two o'clock in the afternoon he went into a deep coma. The oxygen did no good. Kneeling and holding in the Cardinal's clasp a lighted taper was a nursing sister. Brother Hubert of the Community of Morey, kneeling, held the other hand. Both...
...authorities now look forward to a better season. Following the psychology of roulette it seems certain that many hundreds of thousands of people will assemble in the famous salons to listen to the monotonous chant of the croupiers: "Messieurs, faites vos jeux." "Les jeux sont faits." "Rien ne va plus." "Zero!" Then will follow the usual clatter of "blancs, rouges et plaques" accompanied by the suppressed groans of the gamblers, except, of course, the tittering individual in the corner who had five francs on zero...
...Greek play of last year which was produced almost regardless of expense. The debt must by now have been paid off, judging by the crowds which attended the "Oedipus". The French Society has been busy and has produced Alfred de Musset's "II ne Faut Jurer de Rien" with great success, whilst the Marlowe is to act Ben Jonson's "Volpone" beginning on March third. The Conventional little bird has informed us that it is likely to be an unusually good performance. Most popular of all, however, will be the Cambridge Amateur Operatic Company's "Mikado" which starts on Monday...
...Beethoven Overture to the Opera, "The Barber of Bagdad," Cornelius Recitative, "E Susanna non vien?" and Aria, "Dove Sono," from "Le Nozze di Figaro," (Act III, Scene 8), Mozart "L'Apprenti Sorcier" ("The Sorcerer's Apprentice"): Scherzo (after a Ballad by Goethe). Dukas Aria, "Je dis que rien ne m'eponvante," from "Carmen", Bizet Caprice on Spanish Themes, Op. 34, Rimsky-Korsakoff
...Theatre this evening at 8 o'clock under the direction of Max Friedler. Miss Laura Combs will be the soloist. The program will be as follows: Beethoven, Overture, "Coriolanus"; Haydn, Aria, "With Verdure Clad", from "The Creation"; Brahms, Symphony in D major, No. 2; Bizet, Aria, "Je dit que rien ne m'epouvant", from "Carmen"; Richard Strauss, Tone-poem, "Don Juan...