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...Wilhelm's writings: The following are some of the annotations which the ex-Kaiser wrote on various diplomatic despatches. Referring to Sir Edward Grey: "The ignoble clown! Vile dog's excrement! England alone bears the responsibility for war or peace and it is no longer we!" Later on: "What a low cheat! The fellow is insane or an idot.' Of the King of Italy he notes: "The rascal! The King has not yet answered me even! " Later: " So our allies are betraying us also." About Giolitti: "The unbelievable scoundrel...
...Mountebank. Andrew Lackaday was a bilingual clown in small-time French Vaudeville. He hoped for higher things and read books on military tactics on the side. The war found him a music hall success?thanks partly to the assistant he had rescued from starvation?a young French lady named Elodie whose husband had left her. Andrew liked Elodie (though, of course, their relationship was just one of those hygienic affairs), but she hated fresh air and left her lingerie around the flat too much, so he went to war, became a brigadier general and fell in love with Lady Auriel...
...German prison is drollery itself. And the notion of a reward should bring a roar of laughter from those who know Germany's financial state. "Laugh and the world laughs with you" is still a live adage across the Rhine. It will be interesting to see whether the convict-clown will be finally discovered playfully torpedoing canal barges in the proposed trans-Alpine waterway, or indulging in a lively game of "pease-porridge-hot" with his former jailers. Either would be a fitting third act, and one at which the Germans could indulge in their infectious laughter to the merriment...
...well-known play by the same name, is the feature on this week's bill at the Modern and Beacon Theaters. Dealing with the theory of will power and the control of mind over matter, the plot is of interest, although not worked out very skillfully. In "The Little Clown" Mary Miles Minter cleverly interprets her part as the circus girl who falls in love with a wealthy young Southerner. It is a surprise and disappointment to find that this story, written by Avery Hapwood, author of many-comedy successes, is treated in such an ordinary manner...
...playlet was surrounded by many other good acts. Ray Hulling led off with his "clown seal", a wonderfully trained animal. Jack Joyce did several clever one-legged dances, in which his incapacity did not seem to bother him in the least. Lou and Jean Archer sang, danced, and exhibited several beautiful costumes. Mae and Nore Wilton also sing duets; these two possess excellent and well-harmonized voices. Joe Morris and Flo Campbell in their skit. "The Avi-Ate-Her" kept the house in a continuous uproar. Vernon Stiles. "Our Own American can Tenor," sang a number of classical pieces...