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...tightrope in conceiving its plot. It is, in its own terms, the story of a woman unable to forget the hypnotic eyes of a suitor. But beneath this there is a story told in symbols, a story of the lure of the great mystery of the sea. To blend these two moods is a task requiring great skill. Miss Yurka and her Actors' Theater company meet the demands at times and at others they fail...
Timorous Christians had best not probe too deeply into Christian ritual. The flames of Christian candles may blend weirdly with druid fires. Behind a pure-throated Christian anthem may pipe the skirling music of an impish Pan. Mithras, the Persian sun god and onetime idol of the Roman army, was born on Dec. 25. The Easter egg was symbolic before the Christian Easter, symbolic of fertility...
...take another author's (Louis Hemon's) locale and into it blend a tale of similar genre is a literary tour de force which James Oliver Curwood accomplished not long before his death (TIME, Aug. 22, 1927). It is written simply, directly, with just enough characterization and scene to suggest verity...
...were separated. Loud demands were soon current that M. Poincaré must withdraw this measure, or the Socialists and Radicals would order the Ministers representing them in the present Sacred Union Cabinet (TIME. Aug. 2, 1926) to withdraw. Stung to action the Prime Minister confronted critics with an adroit blend of suavity and truculence...
Grace. To John William Davis went the convention's honors for gracefulness. As his party's last, unsuccessful nominee, he had to mount the rostrum to resign his titular leadership of the Democracy. He did so with a smooth blend of wit, modesty and loyalty to the new Nominee...