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...similar alliance, he believed that the only way in which European conditions can be improved is by the leadership of the United States in calling an economic conference to settle disputes about what the Germans have paid, what they can pay, and how much and in what manner they will...
WISDOM'S DAUGHTER ? H. Rider Haggard?Doubleday ($1.75). The host of Mr. Haggard's readers will allow neither famine, pestilence, nor the injured moans of the sophisticated to keep them from his latest work. This is another novel in the manner of She, about a woman who is unfortunately made to live 2,000 years...
...first two acts and then tapers off rather weakly in the remaining two. The play should not be confused with "Within the Law", acted at the St. James last year; it is not as good. It appeals, like all melodrama of its type, primarily in the same manner as the oldtime whooping Indian movie. The play is full of situations. They come as fast as a redskin dodging from tree to tree. And towards the end these rapid shifts grow banal...
...play. The acting of Mr. Hohl becomes less convincing; the scene at Sing Sing over-gushes with weepy love and nobleness the conclusion is a surprise which detracts rather than adds. Be- fore the start of the third act many in the audience have unfortunately already divined the manner in which the criminal is finally to be apprehended. This owing partly to a lack of subtlety in the plot and partly to a tell-tale picture which the management displays among others at the entrance of the theatre...
...difficult and he handled it creditably, giving just the proper touch of nonchalance to his role. Miss Bushnell deserves special commendation, for the understanding way in which she portrayed the loving high-spirited, proud, spiteful Elizabeth Her lines--quite difficult in spots--were given in a truly effective manner...