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Following the policy of the society, which has been to produce, not a burlesque, but rather a play which shall call for serious criticism, the play this year is a comedy in three acts, which are named respectively, Death, Resurrection, and Re-incarnation. The plot embodies financial difficulties, spiritualism and love. Mr. Pickletop, the cause of all the trouble, in order to avoid his creditors is spirited away to a haunted house, where he is confined longer thean necessary by his secretary, Brattle, in order that Brattle may marry the old man's daughter, although Pickletop unknown to the others...
...Deutscher Verein will give its annual play next Monday evening, March 26. It is entitled "Her Portrait," and the general plot is as follows: A young artist, Richard Streicher, inherits a fortune and studio at the death of his uncle after whom he is named. An old maid hoping to please her brother-in-law, writes to the elder Richard Streicher asking him to paint the portrait of her niece, explaining at the same time that she thoroughly disapproves of young artists. The young Richard Streicher receives the note and takes in the situation. He disguises himself and so wins...
...Told after Dinner," by John Mack, Jr., the various incidents of the plot are well handled, and the result is a tale more striking and effective than the average. Although the style is far removed from that of Kipling, there is a suggestion that the details of the chief character may have been taken from the works of that author. The remaining two stories, "An Undiscovered Sacrifice," by Felix Norris, and "The Murder," by W. T. Denison, are less interesting. They are of that rather negative merit which characterizes most college fiction, neither very good nor very...
...known French plays, and this year promises to be its best effort. The play chosen is Le Marriage Force, a comedie-ballet by Moliere. It was written by order of Louis XIV, and first played on January 29, 1664 in the palace of the Louvre. The essence of the plot is that Sganarelle, who is in love with Dorimene and is about to marry her, suddenly learns that she is a flirt and marries him only for his money, expecting that he will soon die. He tries to break off the match, but when it ultimately comes either to fighting...
Edward G. Knoblauch is the author of what is perhaps the vest article, entitled "Westward Bound"; but "Their Marriage was a Failure," by Luther W. Mott, and "God, Man and the Devil," both deserve praise. All three are short pieces, yet the plot of each is well developed and the interest of the reader is at once attracted and, what is rarer, is held to the end. Work of this kind will do much to raise the standard of the Advocate...