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...acquittal of a Herington, Kan. newsdealer of charges that he had violated the State's "blue laws" against unessential labor on Sunday. His "offense": selling the Sunday edition of the Kansas City Star. Opined the court: "From the small boy, whose first thought on arising Sunday morning is the comic section, to the son grown older who turns eagerly to the sport page; the young daughter, who peruses the society columns, and father and mother, who turn their attention to the more serious pages, the Sunday paper is looked upon and has grown to be a necessity...
...congratulatory telegrams. The newspapers told her what she already knew, that her debut as Leonora (// Trovatore) the night before had been successful if not sensational, that she had deported herself with accustomed confidence, displayed a powerful voice, bril liant if sometimes hard. . . . Lazily she stretched out, turned to the comic strips...
...arch-criminal from the start of the piece, and this in itself is enough to furnish adequate excitement for three acts. The role in question is exceedingly well played by Mr. Francis Compton, possibly the least amateurish of the cast in this particular play. Fortunately, there is only one comic detective, and he does not last long enough to matter. The guileless secretary and her lover do their respective jobs well, and do not overact. The rest of the cast may be described as being more than adequate...
...movies go "Mother's Millions" is refreshing. Here is a film with a definitely serious tone, and yet it is neither a mystery story her relentlessly realistic. Also the picture is punctuated with frequent humorous occasions, yet it is divorced from the current comic tradition, either slap-stick or sophisticated...
...this time Professor Shaw could no longer choke down his laughter. Slapping his middle he burst out: "What a comic world!" Then related just how it all had happened...