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Britain's First Commissioner of Works approximates Sam Goldwyn's idea of the U. S. citizen's idea of a Member of Parliament. His name is Herwald Ramsbotham (pronounced Ramsbottom). He studied at Oxford, fought gallantly in the War. His frosty monocle magnifies a warm twinkle. He wears striped shirts, and talks as if he had some hot Yorkshire pudding in his mouth. His strength lies in his solid conservatism, his besetting weakness is for classical quotations...
...sort of theme for Author Priestley but it is well suited to his fondness for sketching minor characters. Faraway is as full of them as a suburban telephone directory. William Dursley has three traveling companions: a retired naval officer who is curt and frosty; a bouncing, beaming Lancashireman named Ramsbottom; a U. S. girl of the type who "lets one down." He is bothered by a mysterious South American named Garsuvin, by a chorus of wiggling Tahitian girls, by a Hollywood cinema producer, by a London tycoon who takes William Dursley on a tour of speakeasies and to a bicycle...
...Pasea, c., Tyler, b., Smith, 16 Rothermel, b., Armitage, 10 Bullinger, b., Armitage, 2 Moore, b., Armitage, 36 Brock, b., Armitage, 0 Waters, b., Armitage, 6 Krumbhaar, l. b. w., b., Harnies, 1 Extras, 9 Total, 107 PAWTUCKET J. MacDonald, b., A. Tyng, 4 Harnies, b., A. Tyng, 3 Ramsbottom, b., A. Tyng, 0 M. MacDonald, b., Carter, 1 Smith, c., Pasea, b., Taylor, 21 Jackson, c., Bullinger, b., A. Tyng, 2 Armitage, c., Pasea, b., Taylor, 13 Burgess, b., Taylor, 0 Peacock, b., Taylor, 1 Tyler, run out, 0 Wilkinson, not out, 0 Extras, 2 Total...
...Pawtucket Y. M. C. A. by the score of 35 to 34, with six wickets up. Pasea batted well, making 11 runs; and Meiklejohn bowled a strong game for Pawtucket. The score was as follows: PAWTUCKET. Burgess, b. A. Tyng, 0 MacDonald, c. Pasea, b. A. Tyng, 10 Ramsbottom, c. Carter, b. Carter, 7 Smith, not out, 11 Byes, 7 Total, 35 HARVARD. Taylor, b. Meiklejohn, 7 D. Tyng, l.b.w. Meiklejohn, 0 Carter, b. Meiklejohn, 7 Pasea, b. Armitage, 11 Rothermel, b. Meiklejohn, 0 Bullinger, b. Meiklejohn, 2 Waters, b. Meiklejohn, 0 Brook, not out, 2 Williamson, b. Meiklejohn...