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Unfortunately some of the cleverest lines in the play (and there are quite a number) have been changed or deleted to comply with the Boston purity laws but the dialogue nevertheless sparkles...
...collection to be sold in Manhattan in the American Art-Anderson galleries) was found to read: "I do not like the ups and downs of a country life; today you are rollicking with a fine girl and tomorrow you are moping by yourself. ... I have thought of the cleverest plan of life. . . . You exchange your land for Edgehill, or I mine for Fairfields; you marry Sally Prior. I marry Rebecca Burwell, join, and get a polo chair and a pair of keen horses, practice the law in the same courts, and drive about to all the dances in the country...
...really", and you have the pith of any conversation likely to intrude on the campusian walks of America's Greatest Women's College. So saying, the Vagabond will leave the shades of Sophia Smith with a parting admonition to the effect that the entertainment consists mostly of absorbing the cleverest, catchiest, and downright distinctive set of rules governing any herd of femmes congregated anywhere. To make the game a bit more interesting this writer will give a slight hint just to get the ball rolling, so to speak: Don't kick any bottles over. Penalty double in this case...
Leaving Boston Sunday night, these men will practice daily with the Syracuse team from Monday until Friday. These practice games will be under the direction of Lawrence Cox, Syracuse coach and one of the cleverest mentors of lacrosse in the country, through whom the visit was arranged. While at Syracuse, the Harvard group will eat at their host's training table, and several entertainments have been arranged in their honor. On Friday, they will leave for Schenectady where they are to play the only regular game of the trip, with Union College on Saturday afternoon...
...rather tense drama is a mixed group of performers, chief among them being Bob Hall who amuses with his extemporaneous songs, in which he takes the bald gentleman on our right and the fat lady in front for his subjects. The Lester and Irving trio produce one of the cleverest acts on the program with unusually difficult athletic stunts. Tony and Norman put on a bit of fast repartee, while Bobby Watson and Mary Lawlor, two former musical comedy stars also have an interesting song and dance...