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...prologue and epilogue to the play take place in the present, and present some excellent dancing, and a general tempo which in most ways suit the taste of the average musical comedy public better than the swinging, soft atmosphere of the body of the play. Nevertheless, the music throughout it distinctly tuneful, and considerably above the average of the usual offerings. On the whole, by no means an exciting evening, but a pleasant one. In spite of the camouflaging effects of crinolines, the chorus established itself as one of the most restful the eye could demand...
Clad in an aviation suit and helmet, which looked as if it were made of silver-colored silk, one Mlle. Suzanne Biget, French aviatrix, allowed herself to be doused and soused with alcohol last week at Vincennes...
Stepped forward a friend, a swanky artillery officer, who struck and applied a sulphur match. As Mlle. Biget became enveloped in a towering blue-hot flame, interested spectators watched to see whether the fireproof aviation suit which she was testing would prove practicable...
...Ormiston, her radio operator, in a California cabin, is said to have suggested that perhaps Mrs. Virla Kimball had been Mr. Ormiston's companion. Mrs. Kimball claimed "defamation of character," and sued Evangelist McPherson for $1,000,000. Last week, Mrs. Kimball's lawyer announced that the suit had been settled out of court. What the terms of settlement might have been, he refused to say; his client, however, was "perfectly satisfied...
...Great Necker. A citizen of Manhattan, wearing a $35 suit of "tweed" clothing, bought tickets to The Great Necker. He noted with pleasure that it was "a new comedy of modern life." For him, this statement was not contradicted as its ageless plot unfolded. He laughed to see the blatantly promiscuous bachelor of forty-five summers getting engaged to a sixteen-year-old in the innocent delusion that she was unsophisticated as well as sweet. He chuckled with delight to see her mother, a movie censor, drinking strong fruit punch in the assurance that it was denatured grape-juice. When...