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...producers of "Camille," now playing at the Metropolitan with Norman Talmadge in the main role, have indeed taken the bit into their tooth and the result so far is a run away. A second tragedy has been produced in Hollywood this year and it bids fair to be a success. So far no one but Emil Jannings had been intrusted with a movie tragedy in this country, and for a time it seemed that he would stand unchallenged in his field. In spite of many imperfections in the senario, the directing and the filming, one can do much worse than...
Food and feeding comes in for a good bit of attention on the official bill, but the restrictions lie not so much on the form as on the substance of luncheons, teas, and dinners. A list is given of places in Boston where the Radcliffites may dine, and a supplementary list restricts the choice if gentlemen are included in the party. There are six Boston restaurants where there are tables for ladies--from Radcliffe...
...dead are dead and that's all there is to it. They did their bit, they ran their risk, and why should anyone be always worrying about them...
...that you enquire of tl Official Army Register. Jan 1, 1927, as to his Army status; and if you find, as I have done, that he has no connection with the Army I request that you so state in your department of LETTERS. I would further suggest that this bit of research should have been done prior to publishing Mr. Knapp's letter. In the event that the Official Army Register is not among your works of reference it can be had from the Superintendent, of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., for one dollar. J. W. COTTON...
...forget" to people who only get confused when they read "clever" writers. How truly useful this ingenuousness is can be estimated almost mathematically. The "American Impressions" in his new book* were written for the London Times. To U. S. readers it will seem that Mr. Noyes "burbles" a bit, but burbling helps the world go round and for this particular kind of burbling, there is no better burbling ground than the London Times. Also, Mr. Noyes is awfully nice...