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...Jack Barry more when he crossed paths with me. I shall, but meantime I am of necessity content with amateur concerts by the Poilus. Night before last a Lieutenant had a sketch produced as the "feature" of such a concert, and I went as his guest. There were semi-singing comedians. Why do all comedians in France paint their faces so broadly red and white? And their songs border on the decent sometimes, remarkable as it seems. One man sang bits from Nanon. He resembled a winter-garden chorus man about the face and timid sweet gestures--but he wore...
...Advocate chiefly consists. Dialect presents many difficulties even for the trained hand, and in this regard Mr. Strout and Mr. Henderson have acquitted themselves remarkably well. Of the two stories the former is the more ambitious, and is, perhaps, partly on that account, the more uneven. The semi-detached prelude, in which for a moment the author intrudes in his personal capacity, quite unnecessarily, is not altogether in tune with the rest of the story. Despite, however, its occasional lapses into the immature and inept, the story as a whole is vividly and consistently imagined, vigorously told, and shows...
...which Andover was an easy leader, winning nine out of ten matches played, with Exeter in second place with a total of five matches won. Kaltenback of Andover, after defeating Dana of Boston Latin, Marshall of Exeter, and Moore of Exeter, was the only man to reach the semi-finals. The six remaining matches will be played this morning...
...result of the semi-official information which has come through from Washington within the past 48 hours, the University military authorities issued the above announcement last night. As soon as official verification of this information is received, the names of the new applicants will be sent to the War Department as candidates for the June Camp. It is imperative that all applications be made before 1 o'clock tomorrow...
...them in all matters pertaining to labor is becoming increasingly apparent. While the selling of material commodities has become organized to the highest point, the selling of labor has been done for the most part in a completely haphazard manner. Trade unions have had some effect; private and semi-public labor exchanges have helped towards efficiency, but they have in general signally failed to organize the labor market even in the skilled trades, and have completely passed by the great mass of unskilled labor. Even at the present time when industry is at an unexampled flood and workmen...