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...Whispering Wires", at the Plymouth Theatre is another of those popular mystery plays, which depends more on mechanical devices for its effect than on any inherent dramatic qualities. It cannot be as seriously criticised on these grounds however, as its predecessors, "The Bat" and "The Cat and the Canary",--the mechanics are not quite as essential, and incidentally the results are not as terrifying...
...NEXT ROOM-A successfully eerie descendant of The Bat dynasty of mystery plays...
...wrote a mystery yarn called The Boule Cabinet. Eleanor Robson (Mrs. August) Belmont saw in it another who-killed-him drama and (in collaboration with Harriet Ford) managed the transposition. One will surmise that a mystery melodrama must be exceptionally good to warrant production after The Thirteenth Chair, The Bat and their descending dynasty. In the Next Room is exceptionally good. It states its problem, defies the spectator to solve it, maintains that defiance to the very closing moments of the action. Since mystery plays depend for their effect on secrecy, the plot will remain undivulged. Most of the important...
...bases full, a valiant slugger sidled to the plate to save the fair name of his team. Whether or not the umpire was crosseyed, he called the first two pitches strikes. The crowd howled for umpire blood, but the batter only entrenched himself more deeply and juggled his bat into a better position. Then came the next ball: a mighty swing, and Casey...
This is the third successive time that Owen has won the Dana P. J. Wingate Cup which is awarded to the player showing the best all-round ability on the diamond. The Barrett Wendell Jr. Bat, which is given for the strongest performance on the offense, was awarded to Owen for the first time this year, having been won during the preceding two years by A. J. Conlon...