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After all, it is probably pleasanter to sit by the warm fire of a cold winter's evening, and imagine one's self lolling on the "paepae" of some picturesque Marquesan hut, listening to the chatter of Exploding Eggs, the native valet, and Chief Seventh Man Who Is So Angry He Wallows in The Mud, than it would be to explore in the flesh those far-away places, to broll under the tropic sun, flee from the shark and the enraged swordlish, or suffer the stings of the "nones" in deserted Haapa, where the last dregs of the Typee race...
Corinne Tilton leads the bill at Keith's this week under the name of "The Chatter Box Doll." She appears in a "Chameleon Revue," consisting of a series of songs and dances, and together with the other members of her company, displays some particularly effective costumes. Another singing and dancing act is that of Muldoon. Franklin and Rose, which is fully as good as that of the headliner...
...causes of the terrific upheaval in Boston banking circles are generally understood. Popular chatter has thrown responsibility for the long series of calamities upon Ponzl; carefully suggestive propaganda points the finger of incrimination at the moneyed group which controls "State Street." Both allegations are false...
...from great military leaders will he come, nor from great statesmen. Not from our leaders of affairs and our established politicians. He will be a dreamer who knows the highways to the fulfillment of dreams; and a wise man whose wisdom is beyond the shallow chatter of banks...
...both men and women for freedom from care and responsibility, and for passing pleasures rather than solid satisfaction." It cannot be denied that our indolent college life, with its short-cuts to pleasure, with the ease of spending an evening at the theatre or idling away an afternoon in chatter and smoke, is an open temptation to passing pleasures. We must be unusually strong if these wayside temptations do not lure us aside, leaving upon our characters the indelible imprint of a flabby character...