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Naturally such a play is not for rustics or provincial cityites. Last week the Author-Producer, famed Walter Hasenclever, made the questionable move of taking his farce, Marriages Are Made in Heaven, away from the great German metropoli and out to Frankfurt-am-Main. There good and pious Frankfurters tried to wreck the piece. When God lit a cigar they hissed. When he picked up a saxophone and tooted they booed. But pandemonium did not break loose until God accepted a highball from Mary Magdalene, grew confidential and confessed: "You know I never did create the World. Queer how that...
...President. The Logan Act of 1799 makes it a criminal offense for any citizen without the Government's sanction to correspond with any foreign power with intent to influence either country's conduct "in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States." Anticipating some such move as Mr. Britten's, the State Department has lately been circulating copies of the Logan Act in quarters where it might be necessary...
Second to quick step was the Podesta of Rovigno, small but flourishing Venetian city. His bid for the Dictator's favor was to install a visa system. Hereafter peasants who may wish to move in from the country to Rovigno must apply for a permit 15 days in advance and have it visaed by the Chief of Police. Implacable, the Podesta announced that such visas "will only be granted in case the residence of the applicant in Rovigno is considered necessary or extremely desirable...
...told," cried Feng sarcastically, "that when men in Honan desire to move to the adjoining province of Shensi in search of livelihood, their wives seize their gowns and sob, 'Ai-ya, my loved one, why will you go to that far-away place...
...evening with a new team, one from Troop C of the one hundred tenth Cavalry. The Junior University team, which has as its star, Harry Nicholas, is in Class B also. This team's standing is threatened through the possible loss in the spring of Nicholas, who will probably move up to the first team...