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...shivers and trained their opera glasses immediately upon him. For it is a characteristic of all readers that they would rather see an author than read another of his books. They would give ten times the price of his complete works to know that he parts his left eye-brow in the middle. What reader does not find new zest in the works of James Branch Cabell, after learning that that urbane satir ist does most of his writing at night, is proud of his distinguished ancestry, and boasts a highly protective spouse? Or in those of Joseph Hergesheimer after...
Crown a Viking brow and a broken soul...
...forced to go to the encyclopedia or its equivalent for our facts, as Shakespeare did. Nothing need be said about that long line of Hamlets of the century after Garrick. People went to the theatre for the joy of it. No clever criticism wrinkled the brow, and no tongue was stuck in the cheek over any performance. A jovial mob lounged in the theatre and awaited the actors. If they liked the play they broke out a clapping and a-yelling; if they did not like it they let fly any bric-a-brac that came to hand...
...answer seems to be "quite a bit". Rather obviously, no title far dissimilar could have been used. The show is nothing but a collection of assorted "spice". If one takes into consideration the varied frames of mind of the audience, which was no doubt divided between the low brow, the high brow and the tired business man, one can come to the conclusion that the performance was appreciated by some as low spice and by others as high spice. The plot is a negligible quantity, as in all musical shows, and warrants no criticism...
...Junior is only a Junior when he has ceased to yawn. The College office generally has aided him materially toward that end. He is sometimes heard to mutter "Hum" in a doubtful sort of way as if all within were not settled. A troubled brow and an occasional glance in the direction of a book-covered desk suggest a coming storm...