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...house in this story of Myra Henshawe stood behind a tall iron fence in a ten-acre park at Parthia, Ill. Myra, an orphan, was John Driscoll's great-niece and he brought her up there, a forceful, coarse old Irishman and a vivid, a wild little girl. She had jewels and many gowns and a Steinway piano. She rode keen horses. The town band played at her parties and serenaded John Driscoll on his birthday; he had bought the bandsmen their silver instruments and when they played for him he treated with his best whiskey. He had wrung...
Left center-Josef Lhévinne, Alexander Brailowsky, Ethel Leginska and Myra Hess...
...Belva Ann Lockwood was the first woman admitted to practice before the U. S. Supreme Court. Her admission created a national sensation. Later, in 1894, she was refused admittance to the Virginia bar on the ground of her sex; and the refusal was sustained by the Virginia Supreme Court. Myra Bradwell was the first woman practitioner. She was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1869. Since then, more than 1,700 women have been admitted to practice in various sfates and Federal jurisdictions. Every state except Delaware has passed legislation granting women the privilege of applying for admission...
...Lend Incisive Poise to Businessmen. Of his extraordinary exploits in Love and Business, under the beaverish protection of a huge, artificial beard. Of Casimir Lypiatt, the boomingly futile would-be genius-and Shearwater, the scientist who investigated sweat- and P. Mercaptan, the snouty-faced amateur of rococo amours-and Myra Viveash with her expiring voice- and Zoe-and Emily-and Rosie-a whole horde of fantastic characters dancing the antic hay around the sophisticated maypole of their own futility. Pickled peacock stuffed with pistachio-nuts-champagne and liquid cream-cheese-a witty, mordant extravaganza of modern fools and fribbles...
Wednesday evening, October 31, Myra Hess, able and well known English pianist, who will play a very interesting program, including three Bach Preludes and Fugues...