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However diverse the opening night criticisms of the Boston papers were in some matters, they all agreed that flesh predominated. And this is true of the first few scenes. But shortly after the rip snorting Charleston number, featuring the Hoffman's scrub team --we know it wasn't the 'Varsity, because in New York the left tackle had had her appendix removed--there was a subtle change...

Author: By V. O. J., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 11/18/1926 | See Source »

...lizard, sheik, as you will). He retains the MacNooder eloquence and syncopates it, polishing his quips for quotation, studying his audience. MacNooder's political finesse is his, refined and extended even unto sorority elections. His rostrum is at the mass meeting, in front of the grandstand, on the Charleston floor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Non-Fiction | 9/13/1926 | See Source »

...City N.H.-Concord N.J.-Trenton N. Mex.-Santa Fe N.Y.-Albany N .C.-Raleigh N. Dak.-Bismarck Ohio-Columbus Okla.-Oklahoma City Ore.-Salem Pa.-Harrisburg R. I.- Providence S.C.-Columbia S.Dak.-Pierre Tenn.-Nashville Tex.-Austin Utah-Salt Lake City Vt.-Montpelier Va.-Richmond Wash.-Olympia W. Va.-Charleston Wis.-Madison Wyo.-Cheyenne

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The 48 States and their capitals | 8/23/1926 | See Source »

...Sultan as to his every official act. Through this politic subterfuge, the despotism of Mulai Yusef, unrestricted by any law, civil or religious, is employed with great convenience by France. Last week General Steeg "advised" his puppet-Sultan, though informally, to observe the dancing of the so-called Charleston by Occidental females of fashion at the Chateau de Madrid in the Bois de Boulogne...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Prince of True Believers | 7/26/1926 | See Source »

Blossom. Early in June the schooner Blossom, financed by Clevelanders for their Museum of Natural History, dropped anchor at Charleston, S. C., after an absence of 31 months. She had fished in the Sargasso Sea; dredged for "the lost continent, Atlantis," in the eastern Atlantic; touched on the South American and African coasts for repairs and to collect plant and animal life. Her commander, George Finlay Simmons, set about discharging his cargo of 12,000 specimens under the direction of Paul M. Rea, Cleveland museum chief. Braving superstition, the Blossom's men had shot an albatross, hooked a golden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Expeditions: Jul. 5, 1926 | 7/5/1926 | See Source »

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