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...German bailiff, acting for 3r. Julius Puppe of Pittsburgh, attempted to serve a writ of attachment on the Columbia, because Dr Puppe claimed that Mr. Levine has owed him $11,000 since 1924. Lawyers suggested that both parties apologize, that Mr. Levine pay Dr. Puppe an unnamed sum. The German press politely tried to hush the incident...
...curtain to write popular songs in Parisian Tin-Pan Alley. Here, the son, Mr. Geoffrey Kerr, has been fortunate enough to awaken with his piano one night the charming Miss Bainter, playing the part of a Roumanian medical student. Thus acquaintance, attention, and infatuation in quick succession. A bailiff with a long name has come to the Count to attempt to reconcile the Father and son, and by the by to collect 7,452 francs that the son owes him. The Count refuses to surrender. Finally for business reasons he agrees to settle his son's financial difficulties...
...Klux Mayor W. H. N. Stevens, Newark, Ohio (population 30,000) suffered a visitation in his office last week. "How are you, Bailiff?" he queried. Bailiff Robert Darnes arrested His Honor, removed a large revolver from his person, lodged him in Licking County Jail, charged with soliciting bribes. Half hour later, His Honor's stenographer, Miss Margaret Flowers, was also arrested, for active association in the Mayor's alleged requests of traveling salesmen for $100 "contributions...
...Evening Clothes. When a good idea falls to pieces like a human character suddenly crumbling, the spectacle is decidedly distressing. Such was the fate of a good idea in Henry Miller's production. In the first act, the bailiff gave the impecunious count only one suit from all his belongings. He chose his evening clothes and set out to find his fate. Of all the amusing whirligigs of drama that might have come tumbling out of this conception, few were employed...
...Little's acting was remarkable for its restraint and his understanding of the part. He never got "out of character" and, save in the drilling scene, he did not over-act. Mr. Williams, as Peer, the Deacon, and Mr. Packard, as the bailiff, showed real talent and never failed to make the most of their opportunities. Mr. Skinner was wholly delightful as Erasmus's younger brother. One could go on through the whole cast-- the acting was good throughout. From start to finish, it was a most artistic production of a highly entertaining play...