Word: arts
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...brief engagement at the Hollis, which begins Monday, January 21, her new play, "Princess Walanoff," by Mrs. Romualdo Pacheco. This gifted authoress has had several of her dramatic works produced with great success, particularly on the Pacific coast, where she is a more conspicuous figure in literary and art circles than in the East. Mrs. Pacheco believes she has provided Miss Coghlan with a part that is essentially suited to her brilliant comedy and emotional capabilities. The plot is described as being of intense interest, at no time involved and intricate, but treating of men and women in Russian, French...
...could well be found. He has so many subtle things to say that he often becomes deeply involved in the saying of them. In "The Tragic Muse," Mr. James's best known novel, he divides himself from the rest of the literary fraternity by his enthusiasm for the art of acting. In this work he has not only given us a comment on the theatre, but also a living character in the person of the actress heroine...
Phedre is an immortal play, one of those works of the human brain which will live and be admired so long as man has the power to appreciate the highest beauty and loftiest art. The power of the last two plays which have been discussed, was, as we have seen, in the appreciation of character and in the reality and truth with which events long since passed and scenes laid in far distant countries were brought before our minds by the mighty pen of the author; in Phedre we meet with events of the times of the ancient Greeks, clothed...
...Such a statute conflicts with Art 1, Sec. 8, S 3, of the Constitution, viz: "The Congress shall have power to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several states." - (a) Prohibition of sale of imported articles interferes with this power. - (1) Sale is an essential part of commerce: Pomeroy 285. Brown v. Maryland, 12 Wheat 410. - (b) States have not full concurrent power over such commerce. - (1) Constitution, itself, makes it exclusive with commerce: Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheat 1; Pomeroy, 280. - (x) No analogy with concurrent power of taxation. - (2) Best theory of Constitutional construction is that...
...interior work on the Fogg Art Museum is slowly progressing. At present twelve men are busy laying the mosaic floor in the main hall. This work will be finished in a week. Twenty-five men are doing the stucco work in the front room on the first floor and in the large lecture room. They will finish the work in about a month and will be followed by the carpenters. The wood-work will require several months, so that the building will not be finished before June...