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Saturday she went with the President to Arlington to lay a wreath on the Unknown Soldier's tomb. The rest of the day she entertained New York State's Superintendent of Public Works & Mrs. Frederick Stuart Greene, who stayed over night after going to a play with their hostess...
...with the air of a preacher or an actor. He is the best hated man in Washington. He once ruled that a traveling Government official could not tip a redcap more than 25? for two bags. He refused to honor a $15 Navy Department expense account for an official wreath at a State funeral. He once argued for months with a railroad over a 35? claim, and won. He refused to give a traveling official $1.50 for supper because he said the man could have eaten at home before he caught the train and that anyhow Congress had not appropriated...
...little of the flowing, unbroken quality which made Nijinsky's seem like a logical supplement to the music. His choreography was banal, his company incompetent. Only in L'Apres-Midi d'un Faune did he achieve the unusual. Then, in flesh-colored tights and a leafy wreath, he went through a series of postures which were a model of muscular grace...
...glittering buttons and braid and feathers of the entire diplomatic corps, sat enthroned three scarlet-robed Cardinals and their Brother-in-God the Papal Legate from Rome. Bands played, a choir sang Schubert's Deutsche Messe and, grave with emotion, little Chancellor Dollfuss stepped forward and laid a wreath at the ornate bronze equestrian statue to Prince Eugene of Savoy, who helped defend Vienna...
Other volumes (in order) : The Tale of Genji, The Sacred Tree, The Wreath of Cloud, Blue Trousers, The Lady of the Boat (TIME...