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Although gales of laughter greeted the Boston Stock Company's presentation of "The Whole Town's Talking" at the St. James Theatre on Monday night, I in my humble nothingness failed to be swept along on the boisterous tide. Now I am not blase nor have I anything against the management. On the contrary it seems only proper to say that if you go, you may possibly enjoy yourself thoroughly. If, however, you remember Grant Mitchell in the same production you will feel just as lonely as I did on Monday night. There was something lacking...
...This rhapsodic translation into musical terms of the progress of a locomotive dashing through the night recently met with an enthusiastic reception when introduced to U. S. audiences by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Chicago, accustomed to the rush and roar of Wolverines and 20th Century Limiteds, is a trifle blase about locomotives-particularly musical ones. Tlie audience reacted to Mr. Honegger's composition with chuckles rather than cheers. One Hackett, reviewer for The Evening Post, was particularly amused. He commented in a mood of tolerant banter. Among other things, he remarked of Mr. Honegger: ". . . he might as well amuse...
...prophets of economic disaster have so long pointed out the dangers to Germany in hopelessly inflating her paper currency that Wall Street has become blase to the impending financial collapse of Germany. News of the week was obviously still crescendo?all previous price and currency records were as usual outdone, as the long-prophesied political overturn arrived. Yet the view was taken that Germany had already ruined herself, and just how long it would take her to find it out made little difference to domestic business. Financial Germany, like Charles II, has already taken an unconscionable time in dying...
...Boston newspapers. This year the term is unusually applicable to the Freshman class. In most of the competitions for managerships in previous years there have always been large numbers of Freshmen, but this year they are noticeable by their absence. This disagreeable truth makes us fear that these blase youths do not realize the importance of such positions...
...best piece of work in the issue is "Cats" by I. J. Williams, Jr., '20. It is ingeniously put together with alternate bits of the naive and the blase, but it is real stuff. Mr. Williams is in service, and so this interesting essay whiffs of the trenches...