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...makers of ugly faces. With the Revolution and rise of republicanism, however, Mr. Schlesinger professes to see in manners the effort of common people to reach equality--a levelling process. A new conception of manners as a set of specific injunctions to be memorized developed, and a steady stream of manners books was demanded by the etiquette-hungry American people...
Died. May Sinclair, 93, British author (The Divine Fire, Mary Olivier) and feminist, one of the first and most penetrating novelists of the early "stream of consciousness" school, who a generation ago received wide acclaim, in both the U.S. and Britain; after long illness; in Aylesbury, England...
According to the publicity stream, the Chase-Smith company is emphasizing Theatre in its productions this year. There is no doubt that the settings and other theatrical aspects of its productions are excellent, but the overwhelming assets of the Ballet Theatre still lie in its repertoire and subordinate dancers. No one can approach a list of productions including Pillar of Fire, Fair at Sorochinsk, Fancy Free, Interplay, the new Facsimile, and a wide range of more familiar numbers. Ballets like Fancy Free have retained surprisingly well the fresh impact that made them famous originally, and the Ballet Theatre still treats...
...window shades up with a bang. "This is it," he said. One of the figures on the floor rolled over, mumbled something that Vag could have sworn sounded like Barzilauskus, and opened one eye. Waving at him gaily, Vag slammed the window shut, cutting off the stream of cold morning air, raising a minute cloud of coal dust, and waking the other figure in the process. The Vagabond bounded into the bathroom, applied shaving cream, and, with worn razor blade, briskly began to scrape at his face. "Five hours to game time, and plenty to do," he mused...
...acres of the Atkins Foundation include a palm garden, marsh plants, cactus garden, orchids, bamboo and over 9,000 species of other plants. Roads, paths, bridges and dams on the stream flowing through the area have been constructed. Dr. Kevorkin and his superintendent are the only Americans now working at Soledad; the rest of the employees are Cubans. The Atkins Foundation was the first to introduce teak to Cuba and has succeeded in producing better strains of sugar cane through selection and breeding. A terrific hurricane in 1935 wreaked great damage to the trees in the Soledad Gardens but foresight...