Of bouquets there is no lack
At the flower shop of Vlk.
Orchids, pansies, daisies, phlox,
All are sold at Florist Vlk’s.
A wondrous place, a shop de luxe
Is this here store of William Vlk’s.
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]The Boston aggregation, by the way (a witty New Yorker, a musician, informed us), is sometimes referred to as the Swiss Family Higginson and the Bocheton Symphony orchestra.
Touching on musical criticism, a Chicago writer who visited St. Louis to report a music festival had a few drinks before the opening concert. His telegraphed review began: “Music is frozen architecture.”
Aside from his super-mathematics, Dr. Einstein is understandable. He prefers Bach to Wagner, Shakespeare to Goethe, and he would rather walk in the valleys than climb the mountains.