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Charles T. Griffes: Poem for Flute and Orchestra (Eastman-Rochester Symphony, Howard Hanson conducting, with Joseph Mariano, flutist; Victor). Griffes was a music teacher at the Hackley School for Boys in Tarrytown, N.Y. Since he died in 1920, at the age of 35, critics have rated his small, carefully tooled output among the finest U.S. compositions. His Poem is fragile and impressionistic and is certainly one of his best works...
...Duchesse de Talleyrand, formerly Anna Gould, daughter of the late Financier Jay Gould, made one of the buildings on her estate in Tarrytown, N.Y. a guesthouse for sailors on leave. The Navy announced that the chosen sailors "lounge on luxurious chairs, eat off an old Italian table brought from a monastery, walk on Oriental rugs, store their clothes in huge old French armoires. ... A butler, cook, housekeeper and other servants cater to every wish. . . . Meals are served at every hour...
...Tarrytown, N.Y., across the road from the Duchesse de Talleyrand (Anna Gould), favorite followers and guests of Father Divine sat down with the boss to do a little house-warming in their newest 21-room "heaven." They started eating at 2 p.m., ate their way through 161 separate dishes (including 36 kinds of meat, 15 desserts), wiped their chins...
Down into his fabulous cashless pocket dug the brown hand of shrewd Negro Cultist Major J. ("Father") Divine, and bought a new "heaven": the $500,000, 21-room Tudor mansion once the property of Manhattan Realtor Leo S. Bing, in wealthy Tarrytown, N. Y. Assessed at $169,000, last sold for $27,000, Divine got it for $36,000, will enjoy as one of his nearest neighbors the Duchesse de Talleyrand, formerly Anna Gould, who was reported "pretty angry...
...have shrimp cocktail first, Mary; be very careful how you carry the tray there. . . . About the dessert-this Tarrytown Special-a fruit salad of bananas, berries and pears with caramel sauce on it. That's about all, but don't hurry though. That's the dollar dinner I want served next week when I get off the train from Washington." Dr. Smith tries to identify speakers' places of origin by their pronunciation. and, what is more, does so about 70% of the time...