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...bill opens with Mr. Abbott's "The Head of the Family," a drab little tragedy of life in a New England farm kitchen. The piece will recall to many certain of the Irish plays. It has a heart-breaking climax, admirably staged, but the action has not made it seem inevitable. No doubt this impression is strengthened by the acting, here the least successful of any of the evening. The characters speak words that attest to their horror, but their aspect conveys no sense of feeling whatever. Mr. Lyding was in manner and appearance admirable as the father...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DRAMATIC CLUB PRODUCTIONS | 4/9/1912 | See Source »

...leads to two recitation rooms. They are about 27 by 38 feet in size. These rooms are well lighted. There are about a dozen windows ten feet high and four feet wide. The walls are wainscoted in hard pine and painted, as is the woodwork throughout the building, brownish drab...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale's Law School Building. | 4/26/1895 | See Source »

...WOOD, Jr. Sec.LOST.- In English A (Sever 11) last Tuesday, a large, drab muffler, silk embroidered hem. Finder bring to 3 Holworthy and get his reward...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/20/1890 | See Source »

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