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...been known as one of the world's musical giants. When he made his U.S. debut in 1912, his soulful mien and his remarkable performances created high excitement. But in the 'aos he decided "to give America a rest." Last week, just turned 70, he made a triumphal return for a single recital in Manhattan's jampacked Carnegie Hall, his first in 28 years...
...long walk ended at an old canal lock a quarter of a mile farther along. A National Park Service sightseeing barge, drawn by two mules, awaited the hikers. They climbed aboard to ride the last five miles to Georgetown. Their triumphal entry into the city, however, was just beginning. As the barge sloshed down the canal, hundreds of men, women & children hustled along the banks exchanging greetings with the expedition. Other well-wishers called greetings from overhead bridges. The escorting fleet of canoes grew. Automobiles jammed up along a parallel roadway...
...spent the next three months on a front-door tour of Europe, in a triumphal progress of cheering crowds and hospitable crowned heads. Roosevelt surprised Europeans with his encyclopedic familiarity with their history and customs, although some local peculiarities startled him. In Rome, at a royal Italian dinner party, he found that his hat was not taken until after he had escorted the Queen to the table. In Vienna, at the end of a similar affair, T.R. wrote: "The Emperor and all the others proceeded to rinse their mouths, and then empty them into the finger bowls." (Groping for precedents...
...London Economist lent its weight to the Australians' complaint in an article titled "Aboriginals in Fleet Street." "The Queen's otherwise triumphal passage [is being] marred by something for which neither royalty nor antipodean affection can be blamed. The fault [lies] with certain London daily newspapers . . . Several correspondents covering the tour have expressed the hope that they could return at leisure and really learn something. It might pay their employers to help them...
...great Pavlova invited him to join her on a U.S. tour; when she died unexpectedly, Escudero made a triumphal trip alone. Glory and wealth poured in. But when World War II closed the frontiers of Europe, he went back to Spain to find that times had changed; the popularity of pure flamenco was waning, and younger dancers were experimenting with the continental ballet style. Escudero scraped together what was left of his fabled earnings and formed his own company, but changing tastes and the indifference of impresarios forced him to close after a few performances...