Word: cleverness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...dialect, primal passion, heroic resignation, a moral struggle, and a savage fight march in perfect order to an artistically vague ending. A fit companion to "Pete La Farge" is "The Morrigan." Mr. Schenck piles on lurid horrors with the ungrudging hand of love. Beside his sketch, Mr. Proctor's clever "Page from Gorky" seems pale and ineffective. After the reader has shuddered at "the great black raven" flapping slowly across the sky in Mr. Schenck's closing paragraph, he should take W. C. G. 's mild moralizing upon "The Dilletante" as an antidote...
...cannot be denied that this cheering is calculated to unnerve the opposing nine as much as it is to support the university team. In the seventh inning when the score is very close, the applause at an error of the visitors is almost as great as at a clever play by the home nine. Such cheering is decidedly unfair and unsportsmanlike. We can only hope that no instances of it will occur this spring...
...bagger, scoring Simons. Davis bunted safely, putting Currier on third. Haydock reached first on a fielder's choice that was too late to catch Currier at the plate. Davis and did not go beyond his powers. The book, though not productive of any unusual situations, was amusing and clever. As to the topical songs, the best was "It Pays to Advertise...
...situation to test patience, and did not go beyond his powers. The book, though not productive of any unusual situations, was amusing and clever. As to the topical songs, the best was "It Pays to Advertise...
...costumes. Mr. Sanger's dancing received the applause it deserved. The music provided several songs of exceptional quality, and in the quartette at the end of the second act the composer did not go beyond his powers. The book, though not productive of any unusual situations, was amusing and clever. As to the topical songs, the best was "It Pays to Advertise...