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...passed on the street was probably a playwright. His day has passed. The public will no more of him. The play not only is no longer the thing. It is no longer anything at all. In this best of all possible dr?.matic seasons the actor has taken the bit in his teeth and bolted, with the play rattling and banging along behind...
...that of an ancient rivalry between the two oldest and most prominent families of the village. The Deans, once wealthy and influential, have gradually lost their position, the Lattimers on the contrary have gained as the rivals lost, until now old Nathan Lattimer wishes to purchase the last bit of property which the Deans hold, to use for a modern business block. Elizabeth Dean refuses to be driven from her little millinery shop which serves also as a home. To develop complications she is betrothed to John, the unfaithful son and heir of old Lattimer. His efforts...
There was just the proper touch of comedy in the acting, although the dialogues were wont to drag at times. The opening scene between Miss Roach and Miss Laying, two country spinsters, was thoroughly amusing, yet without exaggeration. Mr. Kent as Eben Gooch furnished an excellent bit of acting, with his dry humor, kindliness, and philosophy. Mr. Gilbert's part was not difficult and he handled it creditably, giving just the proper touch of nonchalance to his role. Miss Bushnell deserves special commendation, for the understanding way in which she portrayed the loving high-spirited, proud, spiteful Elizabeth Her lines...
...this new and very attractive Harvard periodical is really going to lay the axe to the root of the tree, it will need, I think, a bit more weight in the head of the axe and a keener edge to the blade. Or rather, let us revert to entomology. There is an insect something like a gad-Fly, which buzzes just as loudly, and is even more glossy and friendly and inquisitive and circulatory. It bothers some persons, but it never actually bites. It is known as the June-bug. But it will take more than a June...
...Mencken, despite the fact that he is now being burlesqued a bit for it, is still inveighing against the Rotary Clubs. He devotes a full page of the current issue of The Smart Set to them, commencing: " Of all the false ideas that entertain the Rotary Clubs...