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That somewhat evanescent figure,--especially in Boston,--the theatre-going public wants to be harrowed or amused, The long and useful life of the "niftiest" mystery play, "The Bat", was ample proof of the popularity of the first. But even the theatre-going public, beyond a certain point, like Mr. Coomber in "Listening In", refuses to be frightened by something which it does not believe in. Ectoplasm, mysterious appearances, clutching hands, automatic writing, all serve their purpose in conducting hair-calisthenics. But to have them poked at half in earnest, half in mild satire, combines both the successful elements...
...Similarly, the humor itself is not the extent of its transgressions. The advertising, too, reeks with the malicious and depraved spirit of the Lampoon Board. From the advertisement of the Prudential Insurance Company, the obnoxious phrase "The trouble with the Fifth Chapter of Genesis" is held up as "other proof that the asses who bray throughout its pages are particularly concerned in ridiculing what other men respect...
...compulsory public schools, John Smith, if unable to sign his name to an important document, made a cross, and this was labeled "his mark." He could not be identified by it, but it served the official purpose. Signatures have lately become more common, but even these are not proof against fraud. A recent proposal has been made to require finger-print identifications on all certificates of birth, marriage, and death; thus making forgery or impersonation impossible, and separating the sheep from the goats...
...only be compared to that of the comparatively young and blooming Mona Lisa. This inhabitant of Egypt, past and present, may be a likeness of her imperial majesty, Queen Ankhsenpaten, for she has gazed at the dead prince with a never-failing smile for more than a hundred generations--proof enough of devotion. But some skeptics claim that she is merely the model on which the queen tried her new evening gowns...
...professional tricksters, who astonish their audiences by self-inflicted torture, are often made possible and painless by this simple process of deep breathing. A French doctor, observing some of these semi-savage rites in Africa, drew his own conclusion, and the test of actual experiment was a satisfactory proof...