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Several.... frequently missed the spittoon at five paces, and one mistook the closed sash for the open window at three...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CHEW AND THE SMOKE | 12/16/1922 | See Source »

...left in front of the dormitory. On the same day a rug was taken. Both these losses were reported to the watchman, but for a week the case remained a mystery. Finally someone getting out of bed at six in the morning happened to look out of the window, and saw a boy crawling from under the building. Upon investigation the missing rug and overcoat were found stored away beneath the steps. Further investigation disclosed the fact that the boy had a home in Cambridge, but that he and his parents did not get along too well together, and that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROMANCE AND PENNIES | 12/2/1922 | See Source »

Scene I discloses the room adjoining the chamber in which Man is born, giving a note of lowliness and poverty. There is one large central window with two odd high backed chairs on each side...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DESIGNS FOR SETTINGS IN ANDREYEV'S "LIFE OF MAN" ARE COMPLETED | 12/1/1922 | See Source »

...Scene III Man is at the summit of his career and all is magnificence and splendor. The action is in a great ballroom with a raised platform at one end, across which Man makes his triumphant way. There is a great central window showing a deep blue sky in the center of the stage. The railing around the raised platform, which is reached by two sets of steps, is of gilt and a great...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DESIGNS FOR SETTINGS IN ANDREYEV'S "LIFE OF MAN" ARE COMPLETED | 12/1/1922 | See Source »

Yale had been playing for 12 and 9-10 yrs. on the slocum of don't tackle a man when he catches a punt lest you make him muff it. Those tactics worked for 12 yrs. like a wolf trying to crawl through a bathroom window but finely they turned around and bit them. Will Elihu Yale try those tactics again? Only as an adverb...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CROSS-EYED PARCHESI ON LINOLEUM RUGS NO GAME FOR AN OLD MAN | 11/11/1922 | See Source »

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