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...following review of the current parody issue of the Lampoon was written by Harford W. H. Powel, Jr., '09, a former president of the comic and at present editor of the Youth's Companion...
Annexation. The bugaboo of Annexation has lost its political potency in Canada and in its place has been raised a cry against the "Americanization" of the Dominion. ''Americanization" runs from U. S. bathtubs to U. S. comic strips, each item of which is at one time or another anathematized in the Canadian press, pulpit and political forum...
...educator, stressed Empire thinking. Of most interest to U. S. citizens was the suggestion that U. S. cinemas be prohibited or strictly censored because of their sex motifs. Also suggested: prohibiting or curtailing sale of sensational U. S. newspapers and magazines in Can ada, abolition of-U. S.-made comic strips, substitution of Canadian. † The Canadian National Council of Education is only ten years old. It was born in the Rotary Club of Winnipeg. Its father was Winnipeg. Manufacturer W. J. Belman; its godfather, Vincent Massey, now Canadian Minister to the U. S. (see page...
Music in May. All the traditions of the once extremely popular comic opera are fulfilled in this importation from Vienna. There is a Bavarian prince who falls in love with the daughter of an umbrella maker. There are plenty of students about to break into melody at the faintest hint of a song cue. And there is the sputtery gentleman who provides the comedy. It is all very well done, with a rousing score, and bright contributions by Solly Ward, Gertrude Lang, Bartlett Simmons, Greek Evans. Best song: "Unto Your Heart...
Author Edgar Wallace's reputation for speed, no comic myth, follows logically enough upon prolific production. Last year he had six successes on the London stage, and in New York The Sign of the Leopard. In the spring, when only four of his plays were running simultaneously, he gave a banquet at the Savoy for his theatrical employes, and his guests numbered 590. Not content with writing the plays and entertaining the players, he has latterly become his own producer and designer of scenes-all this being a development of the last three years. Readers of the morning papers...