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Tragedy of Christiane. Somebody was sure to get hurt by such a monomania, and somebody did. On his return from Italy, Goethe took up with a factory girl named Christiane Vulpius, a charming young thing of 23 who, as he once remarked, "made the mattress shake." To Goethe, the affair was a convenience; to Christiane, it was a tragedy. The court of Weimar called her "Goethe's pig," and he did not allow her to share his table when company was present. As the years passed, Christiane took to drink and ran to fat. After 20 years...
...Girl Remains." Goethe explained what he meant by this when, to the horror of his admirers, he took Christiane Vulpius, a simple girl who earned her living by making artificial flowers, to bed & board with him. Almost illiterate ("She has not read a line of all my works," said Goethe), Christiane not only loved Goethe but delighted him by her absolute refusal to be anything but' what nature had intended her to be. She bore him several children. It was the hidden, human Goethe, warm behind the icy mask, who told his friend Johann Herder: "If you continue...
...Federal Theatre gives a comedy called "Help Yourself", by John Coman, at the Copley Theatre this week. The play is a broad adaptation of a script by the Viennese Paul Vulpius, and is staged here by Arthur Ritchie. Its boisterous title indicates the whole tone of the play, for it is a farce-comedy of bluff characters, headlong plot and broad burlesque. Even the heart interest is handled in this way: first the here doesn't want to kiss the heroine, and then he does...
...program follows: Come, Thou, Oh, Come Bach An Easter Hallelujah Vulpius O Vos Amnes Vittoria Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring Bach Fiute Obligato by Carlton Sprague-Smith Hark All Ye Lovely Saints Weelkes Give a Rouse Bahtock Two Choruses and Ballet from "Orpneus" Gluck Flute Obligato by Carlton Sprague-Smith Four Choruses from "Patience" Sullivan Intermission Two Folk Songs The Turtle Dove Arranged by Williams Swansea Town Arranged by Halst The Hundred Pipers Scottish Folk Song Finale from "Die Meistersinger" Wagner
...annual Harvard Club of Boston concert will be given on Sunday afternooon at 4 o'clock. The program for the two concerts follows: I. Fair Harvard II. Darest Thou Now, O Soul Williams Come, Thou, Oh, Come Bach An Easter Hallelujah Vulpius Ave, Verum Corpus Des Pres III. Glorious Apollo Webbe Two Choruses and Ballet from "Orpheus" Gluck O Isis and Osiris from "The Magic Flute" Mozart Four Choruses from "Patience" Sullivan IV. The Nightingale Tchaikovsky The Hundred Pipers Arthur Whiting How Beautiful are the Feet from "The Messiah" Handel "The Messiah" Handel...