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...good man or a scoundrel, depending on which side of the Mason-Dixon line they were written. Two years ago the elder Pinchback died and was buried in Metairie Cemetery-the only colored man in the precincts. Southern whites protested, but the former Governor had bought his burial plot 20 years earlier. It was not reported whether Bismarck will be buried with his father...
...Plot. According to Dr. Harrison E. Howe, Editor of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, a "plot" is under way to divert public interest from helium. Asserting that electrical sparks twelve to eighteen inches in length were seen on the helium-filled Shenandoah on the night of its great adventure (TIME, Jan. 28) and that these sparks would have set it on fire, had it been filled with hydrogen, Dr. Howe-through the pages of his journal-demanded to know why this important fact has been overlooked in official and press discussions. "What is back of this obvious effort to have...
...first part of the picture is hardly more than a succession of historical scenes, vividly pictured, and joined together by a thin thread of actual plot. The beauty of the photography and the turbulence of the action carry it through. George III is pictured as the king "who ever warred with freedom and the free," George Washington is remarkably acted by Arthur Dewey without undue exaggeration; and Samuel Adams and John Hancock are brought forth as the guiding spirits of the Northern Colonies. Paul Revere's ride and the Battle of Lexington are as vivid as screen art can make...
...whole first act has again been revised and considerably shortened. The name of the play has at, last been decided on, but is being kept secret on account of the unusual plot of the play, which is composed of a movie within a play, all of which is within another play...
...second he describes the political, religious, and spiritual events of the first year of the revolt. The actual events are only sketched--the rest is the story of the man, and a people and a religion. Then Mr. Rolland gathers together the colored skeins of tragedy in the plot...