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Spring, sex, and symbolism were to hall the coming of the vernal equinox this morning, with fertility rites to mark the occasion scheduled to take place at 8:10 a.m. at the base of the World Tree in the Graduate Center...
...practical advice: "The piece would enjoy an annual polishing with Bon Ami cleanser, probably as a rite at the vernal equinox, and it will not resent being inhabited by one or two contemplative beings. Enjoy...
...piece would enjoy an annual polishing (with Bon Ami cleanser), probably as a rite at the vernal equinox," he mused, "and it will not resent being inhabited by one or two contemplative beings, Enjoy...
...vernal equinox can be taken as an infallible sign of the approach of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo to Boston. Through the years the group has almost earned honorary custody of several ballet standbys. Three of these--"Swan Lake," "The Nutcracker," and "Scheherazade" --have been placed on one program which will be repeated two or three times during the group's Boston stand...
...Tokyo's sprawling red-light district, other Japanese revived a rite of spring. For centuries up to 1913, the annual parade of Tokyo's fairest prostitutes had been a vernal harbinger as reliable as the appearance of the first robin. Under U.S. regulations prostitutes are outlawed, but Tokyo's brothels, thinly disguised as "teahouses," still cater to an average of 500 customers nightly. Last week, each leaning on an attendant and trying her best to walk in the traditional graceful gait of her calling, under the weight of a 6-lb. wig and suffocatingly embroidered antique costume...