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...farce comedy in four acts by Blumenthal and Kadelburg, two of the most successful modern German playwrights. "Zwei Wappen" had a very popular run in Germany, where it was first presented a few years ago, and recently it was played with marked success in New York. The plot turns upon the contrast of two national types, the antiquated German aristocrat and the self-made American business man. The former type is cleverly depicted in the character of Freiher von Wettingen, a German nobleman who is stubbornly opposed to his son's attentions to the charming daughter of the latter...
...which antiquated German aristocracy and progressive American spirit are sharply contrasted. The affections of a young German nobleman for an American girl, who is the daughter of a wealthy, self-made packer, and the opposition of the nobleman's parents to this alliance form the basis of the plot...
...Voice of the People" is a social drama in the best sense of the word. It draws a picture of a ward in any tenement district of any large city in this country at the time of a closely contested election. Its plot centers about the contest and victory of a young Irish girl over the ward boss, her uncle...
Though billed as a musical causerie there is in this new entertainment far more of the tuneful than of the chatty, and if we are to accept the verdict of packed houses this is quite as it should be. A slender plot for which two obliging comedians apologize--why should they?--a variety of entertainment ranging from trick bicycle riding to a classic ballet, uncommonly good taste in the way of settings and costumes, and a chorus made up not of painted puppets but of spirited and gifted human beings--these are a few of the charms of a thoroughly...
...many years the Class Day exercises now held in the Stadium took place around the elm although some ten years ago they were transferred to the plot about the John Harvard statue, and later to the Stadium. In the days of the tree exercises the Seniors appeared in football clothes to scramble for wreaths of flowers high in its branches. Many small wreaths were part way up, and one large one above all which was the prize...