Word: singeing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Forthwith she sailed for Europe where Budapest persuaded her to sing a Traviata for $4,000. But her voice failed to please. Nor did her audience sit lethargic. Only the presence of Admiral Horthy, Hungary's Regent, saved the scene from riot. Next night she sang Rigoletto. Tired of hissing, people walked...
...Manhattan Ong You, 60, leader of the Hip Sing Tong, was hauled into court, charged with issuing tickets for a policy game. The court interpreter was asked to read one of these. Read he: "The dragon will walk the eternal paths of glory and the lion shall be exercised. Would that our ancestors bring on us only fair skies with shining suns." Ong You, purveyor of Chinese New Year's cards, was discharged...
...know I've been a rambler, "I know I've done you wrong, "But don't forget me, darling, "Whenever you sing this song...
...Europe. I was one of seven persons who walked with Mr. Jolson from the Adolphus Hotel, Dallas, to the Baker Hotel, Dallas, to observe and hear him broadcast from Radio Station WFAA on the night of Friday, Jan. 24. I was one of 3,000 persons who heard him sing in the State Fair Auditorium, Dallas, on the night of Saturday, Jan. 25. I was one of 100,000 persons who read of his appearances in San Antonio and Houston, Tex., and New Orleans, La., during the week just past. I don't believe he could have been...
...formal confession did she send to Governor Bilbo but rather a long rambling rhyme, which was generally printed throughout the South where few recognized it as the stuff of folklore. Primitively sing song, it markedly resembled the ballads that cowboys, railroaders, other migrant workers hear, repeat, embroider and spread throughout the Mid Far West...