Word: goading
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Dates: during 1922-1922
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...proposed tax undoubtedly would result in the casting of more ballots. So would the application of a perfected goad get bigger droves of cattle from the stockyards across to the slaughter houses. In both cases the physical herding is accomplished and very little else. What is the good of a tax to swell the totals already far too big, of a vote cast in part or total ignorance of issues, candidates and policies...
...whole the acting lacked that sureness of touch which the play demands if it is to be lifted out of the commonplace. The characterization is not subtile, but neither is it obvious; careful handling of the parts is essential to a good effect. As Peter, Miss Goad's voice is much against her, and her portrayal of the boy was not always sucessful. Mr. Charlton as Doctor Garret is too repressed he finds it so easy to look grim and sad that he frequently overdoes it. In "The End of the Bridge", the Boston Stock Company has got hold...