a squirrel.
Prognostication
Finally, we come to Aristonidis, the sixteenth-century count whose predictions continue to dazzle and perplex even the most skeptical. Typical examples are:
"Two nations will go to war, but only one will win."
(Experts feel this probably refers to the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05—an astounding feat of prognostication, considering the fact that it was made in 1540.)
"A man in Istanbul will have his hat blocked, and it will be ruined."
(In 1860, Abu Hamid, Ottoman warrior, sent his cap out to be cleaned, and it came back with spots.)
"I see a great person, who one day will invent for mankind a garment to be worn over his trousers for protection while cooking. It will be called an 'abron' or 'aprone.' "
(Aristonidis meant the apron, of course.)
"A leader will emerge in France. He will be very short and will cause great calamity."
(This is a reference either to Napoleon or to Marcel
Lumet, an eighteenth-century midget who instigated a plot to rub bearnaise sauce on Voltaire.)
"In the New World, there will be a place named California, and a man named Joseph Cotten will become famous."
(No explanation necessary.)
A Guide to Some of the Lesser Ballets
look in the stove, where the man was found knitting. Londos could concentrate on a person's face and force the image to come out on a roll of ordinary Kodak film, although he could never seem to get anybody to smile.
In 1964, he was called in to aid police in capturing the Dusseldorf Strangler, a fiend who always left a baked Alaska on the chests of his victims. Merely by sniffing a handkerchief, Londos led police to Siegfried Lenz, handyman at a school for deaf turkeys, who said he was the strangler and could he please have his handkerchief back.
Londos is just one of many people with psychic powers. C. N. Jerome, the psychic, of Newport, Rhode Island, claims he can guess any card being thought of by a squirrel.
Prognostication
Finally, we come to Aristonidis, the sixteenth-century count whose predictions continue to dazzle and perplex even the most skeptical. Typical examples are:
'Two nations will go to war, but only one will win."
(Experts feel this probably refers to the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05—an astounding feat of prognostication, considering the fact that it was made in 1540.)
"A man in Istanbul will have his hat blocked, and it will be ruined."
(In 1860, Abu Hamid, Ottoman warrior, sent his cap out to be cleaned, and it came back with spots.)
"I see a great person, who one day will invent for mankind a garment to be worn over his trousers for protection while cooking. It will be called an 'abron' or 'aprone.' "
(Aristonidis meant the apron, of course.)
"A leader will emerge in France. He will be very short and will cause great calamity."
(This is a reference either to Napoleon or to Marcel
Lumet, an eighteenth-century midget who instigated a plot to rub bearnaise sauce on Voltaire.)
"In the New World, there will be a place named California, and a man named Joseph Cotten will become famous."
(No explanation necessary.)
Dmitri
The ballet opens at a carnival. There are refreshments and rides. Many people in gaily colored costumes dance and laugh, to the accompaniment of flutes and woodwinds, while the trombones play in a minor key to suggest that soon the refreshments will run out and everybody will be dead.
Wandering around the fairgrounds is a beautiful girl named Natasha, who is sad because her father has been sent to fight in Khartoum, and there is no war there. Following her is Leonid, a young student, who is too shy to speak to Natasha but places a mixed-green salad on her doorstep every night. Natasha is moved by the gift and wishes she could meet the man who is sending it, particularly since she hates the house dressing and would prefer Roquefort.
The two strangers accidentally meet when Leonid,
2S
trying to compose a love note to Natasha, falls out of the Ferris wheel. She helps him up, and the two
Prognostication
Finally, we come to Aristonidis, the sixteenth-century count whose predictions continue to dazzle and perplex even the most skeptical. Typical examples are:
"Two nations will go to war, but only one will win."
(Experts feel this probably refers to the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05—an astounding feat of prognostication, considering the fact that it was made in 1540.)
"A man in Istanbul will have his hat blocked, and it will be ruined."
(In 1860, Abu Hamid, Ottoman warrior, sent his cap out to be cleaned, and it came back with spots.)
"I see a great person, who one day will invent for mankind a garment to be worn over his trousers for protection while cooking. It will be called an 'abron' or 'aprone.' "
(Aristonidis meant the apron, of course.)
"A leader will emerge in France. He will be very short and will cause great calamity."
(This is a reference either to Napoleon or to Marcel
Lumet, an eighteenth-century midget who instigated a plot to rub bearnaise sauce on Voltaire.)
"In the New World, there will be a place named California, and a man named Joseph Cotten will become famous."
(No explanation necessary.)
A Guide to Some of the Lesser Ballets
look in the stove, where the man was found knitting. Londos could concentrate on a person's face and force the image to come out on a roll of ordinary Kodak film, although he could never seem to get anybody to smile.
In 1964, he was called in to aid police in capturing the Dusseldorf Strangler, a fiend who always left a baked Alaska on the chests of his victims. Merely by sniffing a handkerchief, Londos led police to Siegfried Lenz, handyman at a school for deaf turkeys, who said he was the strangler and could he please have his handkerchief back.
Londos is just one of many people with psychic powers. C. N. Jerome, the psychic, of Newport, Rhode Island, claims he can guess any card being thought of by a squirrel.
Prognostication
Finally, we come to Aristonidis, the sixteenth-century count whose predictions continue to dazzle and perplex even the most skeptical. Typical examples are:
'Two nations will go to war, but only one will win."
(Experts feel this probably refers to the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05—an astounding feat of prognostication, considering the fact that it was made in 1540.)
"A man in Istanbul will have his hat blocked, and it will be ruined."
(In 1860, Abu Hamid, Ottoman warrior, sent his cap out to be cleaned, and it came back with spots.)
"I see a great person, who one day will invent for mankind a garment to be worn over his trousers for protection while cooking. It will be called an 'abron' or 'aprone.' "
(Aristonidis meant the apron, of course.)
"A leader will emerge in France. He will be very short and will cause great calamity."
(This is a reference either to Napoleon or to Marcel
Lumet, an eighteenth-century midget who instigated a plot to rub bearnaise sauce on Voltaire.)
"In the New World, there will be a place named California, and a man named Joseph Cotten will become famous."
(No explanation necessary.)
Dmitri
The ballet opens at a carnival. There are refreshments and rides. Many people in gaily colored costumes dance and laugh, to the accompaniment of flutes and woodwinds, while the trombones play in a minor key to suggest that soon the refreshments will run out and everybody will be dead.
Wandering around the fairgrounds is a beautiful girl named Natasha, who is sad because her father has been sent to fight in Khartoum, and there is no war there. Following her is Leonid, a young student, who is too shy to speak to Natasha but places a mixed-green salad on her doorstep every night. Natasha is moved by the gift and wishes she could meet the man who is sending it, particularly since she hates the house dressing and would prefer Roquefort.
The two strangers accidentally meet when Leonid,
2S
trying to compose a love note to Natasha, falls out of the Ferris wheel. She helps him up, and the two
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