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...more possible to say that "The Captive" is on a higher level than "Sex" merely because it is in good taste, than to say that "The Boston Telegraph" is on a higher level than "The New York World" because "The Telegraph" considers its columns too chaste to contain news of the "Peaches" Browning's marital adventures...
...international phase of the title and show is suggested by the presence of several Chariot Revue actors (English)?not, however, Beatrice Lillie or Gertrude Lawrence. They do one clever, satirical skit, in which a radio play is presented; in which all the spoken lines are made to contain stage directions and descriptions. Julius Tannen and his oddly trained seal with a rose-colored muffler, are also on hand. But the best part is still Moran and Mack, lackadaisical, lethargic, ridiculous dialogue comedians...
...pithy compactness of the stage from the spread of the novel, that it is unfair to call these efforts "translations." They are more nearly "re-creations." Yet the play, The Brothers Karamazov, by Jacques Copeau and Jean Croue (translated into English by Rosalind Ivan) would be found to contain the full literary significance of Dostoievsky's novel, though wanting in dramatic fulfillment by reason of its uncrystalized theatrical version of those spiritual gropings which gave even Dostoievsky a bitter struggle on a more spacious field...
...Woodrow Wilson Founda tion, which forthwith announced that it would award two prizes of $25,000 each to the man and woman (between the ages of 20 and 35) who submit the two best articles on: "What Woodrow Wilson Means to Me." The manuscripts must not contain more than 2,500 words and must be completed before...
...applied by Dr. Walter W. Palmer of the Manhattan College of Physicians & Surgeons, has shown such good results at the Presbyterian Hospital, Manhattan, that doctors are telling each other of it. The treatment consists of feeding anemic patients a regulated diet of liver, kidneys and chicken gizzards. These foods contain iron and easily assimilated proteins which the victims need, but which their blood does not manufacture in sufficient quantity...