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...causa of all that is horrid in the Golden West, Communism as the hope of all that is hopable there by Author Sinclair and the woeful workers whose Moses he is. Like many bores, Mr. Sinclair is genial; like more, he has investi gated his subject. So the charac ters are appealing - J. Arnold Ross, onetime muleteer, rough-hewn oil baron; his son, Bunny, honest by his lights, which shift from the Kliegs of Hollywood to the rising Soviet sun; their friends, enemies, mistresses and Bunny's "Wobbly" comrades for whom great sympathy is obtained by their physical...
...many puzzles presented by her career. The divine Sarah represented the highest achievement in emotional act ing. She was handicapped with an appearance which, while preserving its youth with phenomenal tenacity, was never strictly beautiful. Her art was not one of interpretation. In stead of losing herself in a charac ter - Camille, for example - she used it simply as a mold in which to pour her own glowing vitality. She was born 78 years ago. Her father was French, her mother of mixed Dutch and Jewish origin. Her first great triumph came at the age of 22, as Cordelia...
...MORGAN.AGENTS WANTED for "Athletic Sports" a book of international charac ter and interest on base ball, cricket, tennis, foot ball, polo, rowing, lacrosse and bicycling: a beautifully illustrated work just ready, first work of the kind and no competition, Students should secure territory at once for their summer vacation by applying to the publishers, Hubbard Bros, 36 Bromfield St. Boston...