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...exclusion of William M. Johnston of California and Mrs. Molla Mallory of Manhattan, who respectively rank second in the men's and women's national lists, was due to Johnston's decision not to go to Europe and Mrs. Mallory's ineligibility due to having played for Norway...
Clare Fames is an admirable foil as Lady Macbeth, sharp and thrusting as a dagger against Hackett's tremendous battle-axe personality. Moffat Johnston (as Macduff) and the supporting company are well chosen. The massive settings suit this dreadnought production. Hackett has even arranged appropriate incidental music to show his complete mastery of the play...
Many a thumping wad was skrunched when Four-Corners read the newspaper jest: HIRAM JOHNSTON OUT OF RACE...
...Hiram Johnston, a farmer of Zilwaukee, Mich., proposed as Presidential candidate by local farmers, wrote to the Michigan Secretary of State saying he was not a candidate, and asking that his name be withdrawn from the primaries. Of this homely fact the headline writers made good sport...
...because it sets forth one of the most absorbing of stories?the incredible picture of 19th Century imperialism. The British colonized Africa under an impulse that seemed to spring equally from the mission societies, the British Museum, the trading companies, and to be carried on with a classic casualness. Johnston first met Cecil Rhodes at a bachelor dinnerparty in London. The two sat up all night discussing a new scheme for colonization in central Africa; when they parted the next morning Rhodes had given Johnston a check for £2000, and by afternoon, Johnston, while waiting for the Foreign Office...