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...last week she somehow managed to hire 60 expert players from the Philharmonic-Symphony. The men liked her. Her manner was agreeable, her beat graceful and sure. Hrdliczka's concert sounded better than Antonia Brico's which took place four days later. But Antonia Brico had a stiffer undertaking...
...Stiffer tests will come when Madame Flagstad sings Isolde and Brünnhilde, the big heroic roles for which she was chiefly imported. But she is approaching the ordeal with rare calm and self-possession. Back stage she knits constantly, "just like your President's wife." As Mrs. Henry Johansen, wife of a wealthy lumber merchant, her Metropolitan earnings mean little to her. "If I am a big success," she said last week, "I shall come back next year. Otherwise I stay in Norway...
...have many important improvements in construction and design. Both engines have an original system of high-pressure jets supplying oil to connecting rod bearings, electro-plated pistons, heavier crankshafts, improved knee-action, and other new features contributing to better performance, smoothness, and economy. Newly designed clutches, more effective brakes, stiffer frames and other advances in design give greater ease of operation, increased durability and a better ride...
...growing moment of dawn. Arms are gathered, stations called, ranks formed. Excitement and anticipation fill the camp. A huge gaunt figure, hatless and cloakless, sweeps imperiously on a white charger to the front of the newly formed platoons. This man commands attentions, respect, admiration, fear. Ranks become straighter, shoulders stiffer, guns arched higher. His voice booms like a cannon through the crisp morning air: "Comrades, this is an historic moment. All Europe watches us today. Victory means freedom from the treacherous claws of Louis of France . . . if we loss our lives, our Country and our homes are the pledge . . Every...
Coach Jack Carr is using this game mainly as a practice workout for his charges with a view toward seasoning them for the stiffer competition later in the fall. With nine lettermen in the lineup, the Crimson will field a strong team and little difficulty is expected in setting down the Englishmen. The Dragon is the cruiser which accompanied the Endeavor on its trip from England...