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...hands of his grandson, a lecturer at Cambridge. Lecturer Thinkwell set out with his three children to investigate and, if possible, to right the wrong done by his unscrupulous forebear. For, thought he, there is a possibility that some may have survived. Allowing that the 40 orphans made 20 pairs, each pair having an average of 10 children (Victorians) and the second generation doing the same, the island might be well populated...
...point of this singular dissertation is the expense attached to immorality. The point is made by displaying a man and a woman in residence without benefit of clergy. The man finally pulls a gun on himself. Side by side with this fable is, of course, the happily married pair, living thus ever after. As a cheap melodrama, the film is not bad; as a criticism of the current social system, it is grotesque...
...having played against highly rated teams yet. Tonight will be the first game of the Northern trip, and whether it is on its way to a fourth championship or not may be seen from its showing against the Crimson. Cobb at forward and Dodderer at center are a pair of hard-playing veterans that will try the Harvard defense to the utmost. The former is especially fast and a sure shot from anywhere within the foul line. He has led his team in scoring for the last two years and Samborski will have his hands full guarding...
Captain Samborski is limping from a slight leg injury but will probably start the game. Rauh's scoring touch in the last game earned him the tap-off position, while Leekley will pair off with Smith at forward and Morrison will stay at right guard...
...came to fame in 1873 for their mutilations of the English language. Music-hall audiences rippled and rocked when they heard, just before an act came on, the plaintive offstage whisper of the fat one (Weber) to the skinny one (Fields)-"Don't push me, Meyer!" When the pair were at the height of their popularity, 20 years ago. they disagreed, separated. Friends called this a "business suicide." This winter, they have returned to the two-a-day, are playing certain Western towns under the management of Keith's Theatres, Inc. But this winter the whisper...