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After getting outside hard beefsteak to Wagner, putting away potato salad to the garden music out of _Faust_ was comparatively simple. Once or twice a slice of potato stuck in our throat during a very high note, but, on the whole, our rendering was fairly artistic. AFTER GETTING OUTSIDE HARD BEEF STEAK TO WAGNER PUTTING AWAY POTATO SALAD TO THE GARDEN MUSIC OUT OF FAUST WAS COMPARATIVELY SIMPLE ONCE OR TWICE A SLICE OF POTATO STUCK IN OUR THROAT DURING A VERY HIGH NOTE BUT ON THE WHOLE OUR RENDERING WAS FAIRLY ARTISTIC
er you do, you have to do in unison with the band. All through our meal we had to keep time with the music. We ate our soup to slow waltz time, with the result that every spoonful was cold before we got it up to our mouth. Just as the fish came, the band started a quick polka, and the consequence of that was that we had not time to pick out the bones. We gulped down white wine to the "Blacksmith's Galop," and if the tune had lasted much longer we should both have been blind drunk. With the advent of our steaks, the band struck up a selection from Wagner. I know of no modern European composer so difficult to eat beefsteak to as Wagner. That we did not choke ourselves is a miracle. Wagner's orchestration is most trying to follow. We had to give up all idea of mustard. B. tried to eat a bit of bread with his steak, and got most hopelessly out of tune. I am afraid I was a little flat myself during the "Valkyries' Ride." My steak was rather underdone, and I could not work it quickly enough. F THE PIED PIPER WHATEVER YOU DO YOU HAVE TO DO IN UNISON WITH THE BAND ALL THROUGH OUR MEAL WE HAD TO KEEP TIME WITH THE MUSIC WE EAT OUR SOUP TO SLOW WORLDSTEIN WITH THE RESULT THAT EVERY SPOONFUL WAS COLD BEFORE WE GOT IT UP TO OUR MOUTH JUST AS THE FISH CAME THE BAND STARTED A QUICK POLKER AND THE CONSEQUENCE OF THAT WAS THAT WE HAD NOT TIME TO PICK OUT THE BONES WE GULPED DOWN WHITE WINE TO THE BLACKSMITH'S GALLOP AND IF THE TUNE HAD LASTED MUCH LONGER WE SHOULD BOTH HAVE BEEN BLIND DRUNK WITH THE ADVENT OF OUR STAKES THE BAND STRUCK UP A SELECTION FROM WAGNER I KNOW OF NO MODERN EUROPEAN COMPOSER SO DIFFICULT TO EAT BEAST STEAK TO AS WAGNER THAT WE DID NOT CHOKE OURSELVES AS A MIRACLE WAGNER'S ORCHESTRATION IS MOST TRYING TO FOLLOW WE HAD TO GIVE UP ALL IDEA OF MUSTARD B TRIED TO EAT A BIT OF BREAD WITH HIS STEAK AND GOT MOST HOPELESSLY OUT OF TUNE I AM AFRAID I WAS A LITTLE FLAT MYSELF DURING THE VULCARY'S RIDE MY STEAK WAS RATHER UNDERDONE AND I COULD NOT WORK IT QUICKLY ENOUGH
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