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An Egg for Free Silver
The Cunning Republican Scheme
Louis Dalrymple
Chromolithograph
Pub.: Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1898 April 13
from Puck magazine
Caption: Chairman Hanna - We must be careful not to take that food away from him. We wouldn't be nearly so sure of our jobs without those eggs.
Louis Dalrymple
Chromolithograph
Pub.: Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1898 April 13
from Puck magazine
Jennings Bryan is a goose flapping his wings and squawking, perched on a nest with a large egg labeled "Free Silver 16 to 1", at his feet is a bowl of food labeled "Republican Non-Interference with the Money Question"; in the background, Mark Hanna and William McKinley are standing behind a gate that leads to the White House.
Caption: Chairman Hanna - We must be careful not to take that food away from him. We wouldn't be nearly so sure of our jobs without those eggs.
15.1.19
Eggs for Ballet
[...] The stage is all dark as huge eggs are rolled in. From the eggs emerge dancers as swans born adult. [...
[...] The three stories chosen by Toulon include Leda and the Swan, where Zeus comes to Leda in the form of a swan and ravishes her.
A Finish fairy tale, Lemminkäinen in Tuonela, tells the story of Lemminkäinen seeking the hand of a swan maiden (Sibelius, Lemminkäinen in Tuonela).
Finally, Toulon approaches ballet’s mountain in Swan terms – Odette/Odile (Swan Lake, Tschaikowsky). [...]
A Finish fairy tale, Lemminkäinen in Tuonela, tells the story of Lemminkäinen seeking the hand of a swan maiden (Sibelius, Lemminkäinen in Tuonela).
Finally, Toulon approaches ballet’s mountain in Swan terms – Odette/Odile (Swan Lake, Tschaikowsky). [...]
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