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...Magnesia. Very lamely some of his characters are dubbed Lieutenant Schpitzelberger, Baron von Sprudelwasser. The only comic intention of the librettist which comes off is his making the prime minister a fairly funny Bronx Jew. In general, however, The Well of Romance creeps along through interminable big chorus numbers, precious little ballads, noisy musical protestations of love for old Magnesia. Best that can be said for the production is that spectators get a chance to see Norma Terris (Show Boat) with her hair down. As Good As New. Being an exceptionally good mummer, Otto Kruger is always capable...
...bench, ordered a fancy triple pass which never had a chance. A field goal would have been little harder to kick than is the point after touchdown, and how big three points would have looked then! But instead the opportunity was wasted and the attempt to garner the precious trio of points had to be made five minutes later under far greater pressure and from a bad angle some ten yards or so farther back...
...Sister Danilova (both of the suppressed Convent of Ekaterinburg), were further accused of being former princesses.- To their homes the Ogpu frog-marched the protesting nuns, ransacked, found 800 silver ruble pieces, 250 rubles in Tsarist gold coins, "a panful of copper coins" and 515 carats of assorted precious stones. In reporting the women's arrest as "coin-hoarders," famed Besbozhnik ("The Atheist") ominously stated last week that twelve priests have been arrested for coin-hoarding in recent months, that twelve other persons have been shot...
Among the documents pertinent to the beginnings of Harvard which are on display, that of most immediate interest is probably the Charter. Protected from the bright glare of modern electric lamps by a heavy cloth, the precious parchment reposes safely beneath locked show cases. But by simply folding back this covering the curious may inspect as they will this aged treasure of the College as it lies in its gilt frame behind crimson curtains. It is the original charter of 1650 granted by the General Court of the Colony and signed by the Governor, Thomas Dudley. "The Christian Warfare against...
...charge of such construction and Fourth Assistant Postmaster General John W. Philp. The President's mind was full of the new buildings which would soon replace the temporary Wartime structures of plaster board and stucco in Washington which now house many a potent Government agency, many a precious record. Thoroughly familiar was he with the old warning that these 12-year-old "shacks" were the worst kind of firetraps...