Word: ans
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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ON the jacket of this recent novel, a statement is made to which we should like to take immediate ex-exception. "The readers of Mr. Weston's first novel will not be surprised by the original manner in which he presents a powerful story"--so runs the brief puff. Well...
In the way of characters (none of which all very well developed), the author has two coldblooded respectable villains, a distinguished authoress, a pure, untainted heroine, a weak-willed mother, a detective, a hero in the form of a nephew of the authoress, and a few minor personages playing lesser...
"The Ginger Cat" is an outstanding example of a certain type of mystery and melodrama writing that is very popular at the present time. It ignores one of the principles of good melodrama--that the reader's attention should never be distracted from the main story and the main characters...
In the first western invasion since the late fall of 1920, Harvard will be exhibiting its football wares to a curious and expectant crowd. It is more than football, however, that will draw eighty thousand spectators into the Michigan stadium. To the alumni of the middle-west the team represents...
Football is not the simple sport that it used to be. An intersectional game today involves special trains, hide-outs for pre-game rest, newspaper reporters and front page publicity. A too well traveled team smacks highly of advertising and of gate receipts. But like all good things, there is...