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...first place you must understand that I am too ignorant of condi- tions in America to express any opinion on them: I have but just begun to collect opinions of Harvard University. And even in English universities, my experience has been such as to enable me to speak with authority of but one of them,--and that one naturally enough, is Oxford...
...knowledge that this master comedian will reappear for one of his nonpareil curtain-talks, and when he actually joins the unspeakable "Russian Vocal Quartet" for a few flourishes, he raises the roof perceptibly. The temptation is to write reams about Balieff; his explanation that since the audience did not understand Italian, "La Grande Opera Italiana" would have to be sung in Russian,-his laudable attempt to teach the Russian language in one lesson, for as he says, it is so easy that every child of six speaks it in Russia,-and his indescribably ludicrous facial expressions will become classic...
...Commons become law, and only this present year the French Senate changed its opinion on the matter several times. Like all new ideas it was difficult to grasp. Farmers could not see how cows could be milked or wheat grown if the clock were altered and mothers could not understand how it would be possible to get their babies to sleep. This antagonism to new ideas is not new. The conception of a non-stationary engine was impossibly difficult to the physicist of the early days of the steam engine, while everyone has heard of the Oxford...
...greatest shocks of Niel's life was when he discovered Marian Forrester's intermittent liaison with dashing Frank Ellinger. He could not understand it-nor Marian-nor Captain Forrester, who seemed to know all, and yet to continue his trust and love for his wife. The great days passed-the Forrester fortune evaporated-Captain Forrester, crippled by a fall, spent years in dying-the pride of the house was brought down-yet Marian seemed to face Fate with a light, inflexible courage. She only broke down once, when Frank Ellinger threw her over and married-till Captain Forrester...
...Chauve Souris has not won known by novelty alone. In striking contrast to the average Broadway chorus, the Russians, from the principal down, take in their parts an interest which is joyous to behold. It is not difficult to understand why they have become not only a Russian, but a Parisian and an American institution. "Loyalties" is a play which treats a difficult and ever-present situation with consummate skill. Its characterization and its acting place it far above most of the so-called problem plays" which have cluttered the modern stage...