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...boundary line between farce and comedy is wavering and vague; otherwise Mr. Harcourt's latest play could never be labelled as it is--a comedy, for this bit of drollery lies in that no-man's land between the two,--invading now the territory of comedy, again the realm of farce...
...example, paid the meager salaries that led Charles Dickens to plead their cause in his portrayal of Mr. Mell, the master of Salem House, whose boots were sent back by the cobbler, with the message that he could not mend them any more because there was not a bit of the original boot left. Christian Science Monitor...
...singularly beautiful work by a rare master of the school now called "International," and it is hoped that it may be secured for the University. In 1876 it was exhibited in the Royal Academy. Its rich, deep reds and blues against a gold background make of it a striking bit of decoration, as well as a very great work...
...sporting editor of the New York Sun thinks that "Cornell to date has put forward a scoring machine every bit as wonderful as that which carried them to the eastern title last year." No serious injuries resulted in the Williams game so that Cornell will have its full team to meet Bucknell next Saturday...
...players never go onto the field without the feeling that they will have to give every bit in them to insure victory, and no student should go into the Stadium without the feeling that he will have to do everything in his power to aid in that victory...