Word: cleverly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...most meritorious articles are the two stories, "A Mutual Fraud" and "After Twenty Years." The former is a clever tale of the trouble-beset course of true love, the love of one Alphonse for his Henrietta. The raconteur is a charming little blackeyed French woman with a penchant for English slang and flirting-and the result is a delicate piquancy and delightful vivaciousness of style which is seldom characteristic of Advocate stories. There are one or two slight errors in the use of words, but the plot is original, and the story, on the whole, is very creditable...
...separate and distinct exhibition of his specialties, in his own way. While the judges were deciding upon the winner, J. B. Henderson '91 and J. Bowler, the assistant in the gymnasium, gave an exhibition of double work which was very pretty and elicited much applause. Bowler was especially clever. By this time the judges had reached a decision and Moore was given the prize in tumbling...
...MacPherson L. S., and J. R. Whipple '94, afforded great interest and proved very entertaining. There were three rounds of as many minutes each, and then McPheron was given the event. Although 10 pounds lighter than his opponent McPherson was much more at his ease, and by his clever dodging and telling hits won many an advantange. Whipple fought a plucky battle and showed good staying qualities. The sparring began slowly but gradually grew faster and the last round was hard fought and one in which the heavier man often appeared to advantage...
...World" is visiting Boston this week in company with "Aunt Jack." "A Man of the World" is a clever little character-study which serves to put those of the audience who are not diners-out and constantly not late-comers in good humor for the larger part of the evening, "Aunt Jack." This latter play has been given in Boston so recently that comment is scarcely necessary...
...Harvard Reaction" is a fairly clever sketch of the evolution of the typical Harvard junior, food of sports and the festal rites of Bloody Monday, from the chrysalis of the theorizing and dreaming sub-freshman...