Drudgery of Music and Lifelong Practice of Great Violinists
A New York Tribune piece notes that famed violinists Paganini Joachim Mendelssohn and Paderewski achieved mastery through extreme practice. Paganini reportedly trained twelve to fourteen hours daily, returning after a period away from the instrument. Mendelssohn spoke of hours shaping movement into fugue while playing organ. Paderewski nightly runs scales, seeks twenty to thirty new works per season, and tires of familiar pieces after tours.
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Kubelik
Paganini
Tate
Mubinstein
Joachim
Toachin
Mendelssohn
Ceria Yeurtals
Paderewski
New York! Tribune
Not Quite Certain How Many Children In Family
A Washington Star snippet presents a tired woman answering a tourist with humor about how many children she has. The exchange lists Willie fishing, Tommy breaking in a colt, Georgie borrowing a shotgun, Emerald thinking of eloping, and the speaker noting she never knows until supper time.
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Willie
Tommy
Georgie
Washington Star
Sterling Name Seen In Local Trade Debate
So it would seem chatter at the general store centers on silverware. Farmer Bellows hails a firm as the best, others disagree, and Farmer Stubbs settles the claim by noting Sterling’s widespread business presence and name on many items.
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Farmer Bellows
Farmer Stubbs
Soames
The Sly Fox in the Dairy Near Boxted Hall
A farmer and wife in a Boxted village dairy tremble as a large fox squeezes through a sink hole to gorge on cream. He swells to a size and feigns death, then escapes when tossed outside a tumbling maid’s anger. The fox’s daring raid prompts lament over the crafty thief’s freedom.
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Tittle Tall
Boxted
Sudbury
Bury St. Edmunds
Suffoll
Ingland
Boxted Hall
Reynard
Flower Trace of the Scilly Isles
The Scilly Isles lie in the Atlantic forty miles off Cornwall with five main isles. The article notes their development and likely describes geography and maritime context of the islands.
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Scilly Isles
le Out
Atlantic
Cornish
Flower trade turns poverty into island prosperity on islands
A council of forethought by Trevelick transformed barren gardens into flourishing flower industry. He started with stray bulbs, sent a modest shipment to Covent Garden, and prices earned reverence. Over years flower culture grew into a structured trade, offering work to many in the island communities formerly poor.
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Trevelick
Covent Gardens
England
New Orleans
Explanation Called For Alfred on Balls and Bat Metaphor
A comic dialogue features Alfred asking what base on balls means and Papa, busy with a heavyweight fight, defers explanation. Alfred presses for meaning, recalling a telephone call about going out when Mamma is away. Mamma promises two explanations, the first being the key one.
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Alfred
Papa
Jesson
Mamma
Benjamin Ridgely
Flogging the Bridegroom Across Cultures
The article notes a rare custom in three regions where the bridegroom is flogged on his wedding day to prove manhood. It cites extreme northeast Siberia, Borneo, and some Nubian Arab tribes as practitioners. The practice aims to test endurance and resolve, implying a ritual measure of strength.
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Siberia
Borneo
Nubian Desert
London Mail
Shakespeare in the Fashion of His Time and Law Language
A discussion on Shakespeare's use of legal terminology and allusions across his plays, citing Campbell and critics like Dekker and Tourneur. The piece argues that legal coloring is pervasive in Elizabethan drama and not unique to Shakespeare, reflecting broader stage language of the era, with examples from The Merchant of Venice and Hamlet.
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Campbell
Dekker
London
A Grand Memory in Dundee Grace Recalled
A Highland girl visiting south of Dundee recalled a blessing her former mistress heard years before. The master asked grace at dinner and she replied that he must have grand memory for the same grace she heard when she was there years since.
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Dundee
London Telegraph
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