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When Prof. Paine took the director's baton Sunday evening, at the dress rehearsal of the OEdipus, the orchestra looked upon him as an intruder who had no right to give them directions. When, however, Mr. Chadwick, the director said, "Mr. Paine, the composer, gentlemen," he was greeted with round after round of applause. During the whole rehearsal he gave the chorus such advice as only a composer could give...
...performance, much improvement will undoubtedly be shown in the subsequent representations. That the performance was received with much favor was shown by the fact that after the final scene the audience remained seated until Mr. Riddle and Miss Cayvan reappeared on the stage, when they were greeted with round after round of applause...
...bring a man into anything like perfect condition for playing unless he returned to college in something above the average form. Formerly, as soon as the last game was played in the fall, the players were allowed to conduct themselves as they pleased until the next season came round. The result was that they had to spend most of the time before the first game in trying to worry themselves back into decent physical condition. With some it was a dismal failure, and injuries, contracted through their neglect, at the outset almost destroyed their usefulness in the important games that...
...heard of that bitin' lamb some of them farmers 'round New Haven 's got. They say he's a teaser; bite right thro' a man's coat and think nothin' 't all of it. Barnum's trying to git him, and if his circus comes our way, I'm goin' to see that ere lamb or bust. Here comes that cussed slow clerk...
...aside]. - Worse and worse. Daisy Chizzlehurst, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. But [desperately] I can't stop now. Oh! why does n't she come? [Proceeds to place the shawl round his shoulders. As she does so, he seizes her hands and holds her fast, glancing up back at her laughingly. They are in this position, when, suddenly, enter Mrs. Flynn. He drops the hands and springs to the opposite side of the room, where he begins to whistle and tries to look as unconcerned as possible...