Today is my old teacher's birthday.  She's gone now, but she would have been in her 90's -- I don't know exactly where in her 90's.  One of the many fascinating things about Inge's life growing up with Mdm. Manski was that when they came to the US in the 1920's -- Mdm. Manski having figured out that Germany was no place for a nice Polish girl even if she sang Isolde's and Sieglinde's at Bayreuth and Berlin -- Mdm. Manski lied about Inge's age, making her a year younger than she actually was. ...
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