Word: children
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Barnard Dubois. This young gentlemen is supposed to be dead, but he returns to claim his property, incited thereto by the rejected Malesherbes. Bernard falls in love with Helene, and she returning the compliment, the marquis, glad to get out of his troubles, figuratively says, "Bless you, my children." Mr. Lander played the title role in his own work very well, and if he will cut it down from four acts to three it may achieve some success as there is smart repartee and clever word fencing in it. - Toronto Referee. Mr. Lander will be remembered in Cambridge...
...above is a short play interspersed with a number of songs and hymns for the celebration of Christmastide. It is the usual tale of good children at Grandpapa's for Christmas, who in the midst of their pleasure disvover the usual poor family in suffering, and finally bring the needed dinner to the poor widow, send off the rent collector, Mr. Pennygrip, and then of course enjoy their holiday far more than they would have otherwise. There is a certain want of freshness in the piece, which is its most striking feature, and so much moral that little benefit...
...more than ever the centre of the American College World. There may be many who criticise her methods and there may be justice in the arguments which they put forward, but nothing but praises should be heard while the Alma Mater of so many distinguished men gathers her college children together and celebrates an event which is of prime importance in the college history of America. - Pennsylvanian...
...malarial voices which cry to us from the shore "Begone! Begone!" than to hear the great deep, with its unbounded inspirations bidding us "Come on! Come on!" Who of us does not know this temper of our good mother, and of how sedulously she instills it in her children...
Another, with a cartoon of a boy of tender years in pantalettes, was representative of "Hopeful' '90," and its reverse bore some slighting allusions to "J. W. Bind, and Champlin's Liquid Pearl." Still another alluded to the freshman meeting as a "Matinee for Children...