Word: wildes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...many years of observation a theory that Americans feast delicately upon quiet and refined concoctions, what was his consternation to find that, after all, the Grand Guignol players must serve highly spiced preparations to attract a crowd. Moreover, he is struck by the oddity that staid American audiences "run wild" in Paris by going to see the somewhat strong repertoire which the Grand Guignol presents there...
...There has been a general impression", he continued, "that the topsy-turvy, wild condition of the finances of Germany indicates a reduction of the people to the lowest state of want, privation, and distress. This is not at all true, as there is every evidence upon all sides of great industrial activity and prosperity...
...music of Europe, frenzied, wild, prognosticating...
...program is as follows: Bouree Bach Elegie from Trio in D minor Arensky Oriental, Roses Ivanovici-Tobani Serenade Victor Herbert Bambalina from "Wild Flower" Song of India Rimsky-Korsakoff Cello Solo by E. T. Payson '26 Dreamy Melody Waltz Prelude in C Sharp Minor Rachmaninoff
Firpo. After receiving a note from Manhattan's police department protesting that his wild bull automobile was stampeding traffic, Firpo moved across the Canadian border and showed off in Montreal. Thence he journeyed to ponder the tossing waters of Niagara; thence to Cleveland about automobiles, his business side line; thence to New York again, to shut his desk and embark with friends for a pugilistic grand tour of South America, commencing at Lima, Peru...