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...Married Men. In one brilliant burst of writing, Vincent Lawrence has sliced wide for inspection a bitter, all too prevalent tragedy. For no reason at all except that they are five years married and that she loves suddenly another man, a wife tires of her husband. This she must tell him, hating herself therefor, yet powerless before the fact. Tomorrow she will run away...
Trig, bobbed, black-velveted, she waved the baton, now in her right hand, now in her left, worked furiously at the climaxes; sometimes she shook her fist at the trombones. After every number, the house burst into bravos. Early in the evening a huge wreath, surmounted by the British and American flags, was placed on the stage. Her admirers came to praise. Repeatedly she tried to make the orchestra rise and bow with her, but that organization of astute and courteous musicians remained obstinately seated. They knew that Miss Leginska believed herself to be experiencing the only sensible gratification which...
According to Nicolay and Hay's Abraham Lincoln, crowds rushed from the theatre after the assassination to the White House, burst "through the doors, shouted the dreadful news to Robert Lincoln and Major Hay, who sat gossiping in an upper room." Born Aug. 1, 1843, Robert Lincoln lives at No. 3014 N. Street N. W., Washington...
...master coach, the searching of the committees for a superman is not so entertaining as some other aspects of the thing. One is the post-season interest in the sport. People are discussing Harvard football while waiting for the next cross-word puzzle to come out. As baseball has burst the bounds of the playing months, so football now has a carry-over. Another phase of interest is the great desire to have a winning team. Moral victories are splendid for the other fellow, and sport for sport's sake is always a fine subject, but the average graduate...
...carrying a pilot and seven passengers, had scarcely risen into the air on its way to Paris, when gusty weather caused trouble and a nose dive carried the plane straight into the ground from a height of two or three hundred feet. As the craft struck, the gasoline tank burst, and in a moment there was a rush of flames which rose 60 ft. into the air. A fire engine was on the spot in six minutes, but firemen and mechanics with axes could do nothing but watch the flames because of the intense heat. The seven passengers...