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There are, however, three numbers which come up to the best Keith traditions. One is Bob Pender's troupe of "animal impersonators, stilt walkers, and eccentric dancers". No one who has ever yearned to live once again in the weird and grotesque atmosphere of "Alice in Wonderland" or "The Wizard of Oz" should miss the big climax of this...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 12/14/1921 | See Source »

...usual white horse and dog tableau was well replaced by Maria Lo's "Porcelains", while the ice dancing was this time in a weird spectacle Behind the Masque...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 11/9/1921 | See Source »

...offense the westerners made but four first downs during the entire game, all of these coming in the second half. They failed to uncork any weird plays or aerial attack and on only two occasions, one due to a fumble and the other to a blocked kick, had possession of the ball beyond the centre of the field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INDIANA FAILS TO STOP RUSH OF NEW CRIMSON FORWARDS | 10/10/1921 | See Source »

...every sea-side hamlet. In the days of our fathers, there were always to be found those who, with bated breath, had watched the demon of the sea; and from whose tongues the off-told tale slipped readily over a mug of ale in the smoky seamen's taverns. Weird and fearful were those stories, none the less so because the visible proofs of their truth were always lacking. Long and hot would be the resulting arguments; the scoffers declaring that the supposed monster was only an unusually large whale a school of dolphins, or a mass of drifting kelp...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SEA GIVES UP ITS SECRET | 2/25/1921 | See Source »

...exigencies of the theatre may easily account for this. Whether the spectator is too materialistic to enjoy the production or not, he cannot fall to be influenced by the stupendous suggestion it contains; and whether it is merely a cold draught blowing on the audience from behind, or the weird effect of the play itself, there are some scenes during which a shivery, hair-raising sensation is unaccountably at work upon his spine...

Author: By H. S. V., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 1/10/1921 | See Source »

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