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...even this powerful means of communion of the stage with the spectators is limited in its potency. . . In a whole series of dramas, classic as well as modern, the feeling of terror is sometimes suggested to the spectator, not only by word and mimicry, but by the very object of his terror, for instance, the ghost, or some other object of hallucination. The object of the dramatist here is clear; in order that the spectator may have at a given moment nearly the same experience as the acting character, it is necessary that he see the same thing...
Having made its discovery, the Bureau lapsed into silence again, with perfunctory repetition of the classic hortative: "Closer co-operation between the teacher and parent...
...assembly were many and frothed with "the three classic words." Lord Cecil uttered them for Britain, and added: "It is our business henceforward to be sternly practical. . . The League is the greatest international fact of our day." M. de Jouvenal uttered them for France, and added that nations must not go to sleep as the echoes of one war die away and expect to awake in safety as the next one rumbles in the offing, but must make mutual sacrifices to attain mutual gains...
Sunny. The much heralded and horribly expensive show to celebrate Marilyn Miller's return from classic comedy (Peter Pan) has finally appeared and made for itself a noble name. It is unquestionably the most lavish musical comedy ever assembled and seems to suffer only through an excess of talent. By the middle of the second act you actually become a little weary of seeing celebrities running on and off with brief lines and a song here and there. The show lacks unity and a focal interest. As a five-dollar vaudeville show, it is the very best. Miss Miller plays...
Curiously enough, the whole motor industry is now operating on Henry Ford's classic idea-that many small profits amount to more than a few large profits. Practically all motor companies have slashed their prices sharply. Never before did a dollar buy so much in automobiles as today. This universal move has been greeted by the public with a purchasing of motors which even the most optimistic scarcely thought possible one year ago. In the beginning (TIME, Jan. 12) the price slashing between motor companies seemed to point inevitably to elimination of the weaker companies, which is already...