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...English literature whom, via Boswell's life, we can know as if we had met him on the street or suffered his thunderous rebuke in person. In this play Mr. Newton's task has been, avowedly, to string certain gems of Johnsonian talk and incident together on a thin thread of drama and he has accomplished his end with unobtrusive canniness. Dr. Johnson's curious ménage at Gough Street?a party at the Thrales'?Mrs. Thrale's decision to marry Piozzi?Dr. Johnson's death?so run the four acts and among the actors are all the Johnsonian...
...pleased with the agreeable contrast in the portrayal of Michael Hare and his luxurious surroundings on Fifth Avenue. But it is easy to become impatient, as unimportant characters and situations are introduced merely for the purpose of creating new pictures, making it hard to follow a main thread through the maze of deviating portrayal...
wedding gown of chiffon moireÚ, with silver thread and pearls, is being made in the famous Nottingham factories. The train will be made of tulle and beautiful old lace, lent me by Queen Mary...
Giovanni Papini-he looked into his heart and wrote a brilliant his- tory. (See Page 20.) The Saturday Evening Post-clean business. (P. 24.) A royal wedding gown of chiffon moire, silver thread, pearls, tulle and borrowed lace...
...evening comes much too soon. They are deep in point 2, or they are on the trail of the reasons for point 3. They are certainly not ready for bed at ten o'clock. But when the lights go out in Widener they must either break the thread of their work until next day, wasting a valuable hour or two of the evening, or collect their books and chattels, sign slips for as many volumes as possible, and carry them to their rooms, where peace and quiet and convenient surroundings are not likely to be found. Roommates and friends...