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...must have been a distinct and powerful shock to one of Mr. William Randolph Hearst's retiring nature to have the Mayor of New York come out publicly, as he did yesterday morning, in one of his characteristic, straight-from-the-shoulder talks to the people;--advocating Mr. Hearst for Governor. Mr. Hylan was not reserved in his praise, and no doubt Mr. Hearst's ears burned to learn "that if the people want to govern the state themselves a man should be nominated for Governor,--regardless of his being Democrat or Republican,--who stands for the principles...
...date with the usual Shubert thoroughness. The constant outcroppings of well-worn musical comedy tricks leads one to suspect considerable alteration from the original. There is mention of flappers as well as of other things quite unknown "when Hector was a lad", and the stage business is straight from Broadway. Indeed, it offered a strange contrast of methods to find the modified recitative of the original score standing side by side with stage capers of the Fred Stone school. Consequently, only the sureness and restraint of Mr. Brian's playing prevented much of the buffoonery from being quite...
...platform inevitably finds plenty of people to listen to him. An avowed "conservative" usually commands an audience of himself and row upon row of empty chairs. As a result, people become so afraid of being thought conservative in any way, that they lean backward in an effort to stand straight as out-and-out liberals. In consequence, they resort to every extreme to show themselves in full sympathy with the latest popular movement in every field. Under these circumstances, liberalism tends to become radicalism, reflected in every "latest fad,"--in post-impressionistic renderings of the "Nude Falling Downstairs" or enamelled...
...Rand '09 spent the afternoon in coaching the hurdlers, correcting individual faults and emphasizing for both University and Freshman candidates, the necessity of running in a straight line, doing away with all wavering from side to side and other unnecessary action...
PRINCETON, N. J. APRIL 6--The Princeton baseball team defeated New York University yesterday 13.1 in the second straight victory of the season. New York scored their one run in the first inning but thereafter were held scoreless by the effective pitching of the Princeton boxmen, while the Orange and Black, though falling to score in the initial frame, began in the second inning to pile up the runs due, in a large part, to effective hitting on the part of MacPhee and Mcllvaine...