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Updated: May 2, 2025
Quite a clever idea; young Graf von Schnatelstein is supposed to have invented it." "New York will be deeply beholden to him," said the other; "shadow-dances, with all manner of eccentric variations, will be the rage there for the next eighteen months."
The amusements of the Javanese, their music, their shadow-dances, all show a vigor and passion, which explain their occasional use of the "kriss" or Malay dagger, and the difficulty of subduing and civilizing so ardent and imaginative a people. But they are a people sui generis, and sure, when roused and educated, to take their part on the modern stage.
Some five weeks later, Roy sat alone very completely and desolately alone in a whitewashed, unhomely room that everywhere bore the stamp of dák bungalow; from the wobbly teapoy at his elbow to the board of printed rules that adorned the empty mantelpiece. The only cheering thing in the room was the log fire that made companionable noises and danced shadow-dances on the dingy white walls.
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