Word: counterpart
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Hopkinson Smith delivered a stirring lecture in the Living Room of the Union last evening on "American Mud, and Those it Spatters," in which he maintained that the United States shows a want of civilization which has not its counterpart in any other country of the world. We neither honor the dead nor the living; we "throw...
...Universe." They first met in a formal way. Intimacy quickly resulted, however, and under that comradeship the two gave their finest works to the world. Theirs was a friendship to whose inner nobility and inspiration, to whose fruitfulness for the friends and for the world there is no counterpart in the history of mankind...
...Antoine is one of the most successful actors at these theatres. His charm does not, like Coquelin's or Mounet Sully's, lie in a commanding voice or an extravagant costume, but consists in putting before his audience the exact counterpart of what he represents. He does not act; he lives his part. He never panders to the whims of the public: for instance, unlike other actors, he does not hesitate to turn his back on the audience. He likes to act the plays of young and comparatively unknown authors, and it is his boast that he discovered and fostered...
...accent. A. S. Hills '00 makes a typical war correspondent in his part of R. H. Dailies, the ex-pressman. C. C. Brayton '01 is very acceptable as Brigadier General Shifter. G. C. Griffith '01 took the part of Mr. Hennerie Pipp, a fussy, much imposed upon gentleman, a counterpart of Life's Mr. Pipp. W. H. Taylor '01 makes up well as Bessie Bullett; the heroine of the play. He had a natural, graceful manner. The most important female character, next to Miss Bullett, is Miss Pipp, the Dean of Vassar. A. W. Hollis '00 takes the part...