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...Asta, Italy, one Giovanni Noverre made a wager. He then drank a glass of water, another five glasses,* another 14 glasses, another 23 glasses, then very slowly nine more, then seven more taken in gulps and sips; finally he raised the 60th glass poured it drop by drop down his gullet. After this glass, his wager won, Giovanni Noverre fell down and died...
...only recently been stirred again by Baron Ungern, the "Incarnated God of War": the Mongolia whose books and priests and legends speak of the day when the swastika of Jenghis Khan will be carried Westward, and all of Europe will fall under "the last march of the Mongols". "Asta is awakened and her sons utter bold words...
...cast for the play follows: Birkenstock, retired, G. Priest 1G Emma, his wife Miss Elsie Wulkop Asta, their daughter, Miss Enrica Barth Sauerbrei, henpecked husband, Mr. C. L. Scaracer Rosalie, his wife, Mrs. Ward P. Shattuck. Klara, their daughter, Miss Elsa Warnke Arnold Reimann, architect, F. S. Cawley '10 Hugo Berger, life-insurance agent, C. G. Cook 3G Pieper, alderman, J. L. Mosle '20 Ballinger, alderman, R. P. Berie '20 Karner, alderman, J. R. Lauer '20 Lehmann, alderman, M. Cowley '19 Blechschmidt, alderman, C. A. Rome '17 Moll, physician, W. Silz '17 Hampel, messenger, W. J. Margreve '19 Frau Balder...
...produced by the Verein three years ago. Some of the situations are very amusing, and the action is lively throughout the three acts. The feminine roles in the play will be taken by members of the Bostoner Deutsche Gesellschaft. The cast follows: Birkenstock, G. Priester 1G Emma, Elsie Wullko Asta, Erica Barti Sauerbrei, C. L. Schrader uc Rosalie Lina Shattuck Klara, Elsa Warnke Arnold Reimann, F. S. Cawley '10 Hugo Berger, C. G. Cook 3G Ein Stadtverordneter, C. A. Rome '17 Moll, W. Silz '17 Hampel, W. J. Margreve '19 Frau Balder Sigfrid Gubitz Pauline, Lena Berle Karoline, Gabriele Veit...