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...commit a gross crime and, given but a few hours to make his escape, evade the police of the whole nation for a year. Instead of permitting us to see the bungling officers, to have first hand knowledge of their propensities to idiocy, we are given a colorless conversation between MacFarland, his butler, and two friends in which the facts of the matter are made known. So far as there is any response from the audience, this information might as well have been printed in the program. Why not convert the butler into one of the hopeless men from headquarters...
...today must be practical. Academic learning, while it is an advantage, can never accomplish anything in itself. Secondly, in judging public servants citizens should remember that if they agree with a man on nine points, and disagree on one, they should support him, rather than vote for a colorless nonentity, without any record whatever. Mr. Roosevelt next advised his audience to read the history of the mistakes, as well as of the successes of our government, so that they will be able to help prevent their recurrence...
...unexcelled rhythmic movement. The program contained also Mozart's aria, "Deh' Vieni," from "Marriage of Figaro," Massenet's "Air de Griseldis," and Morzkowski's "Pres du Berceau," with Mrs. Methot as soloist. Mrs. Methot's voice, though technically finished and well-rounded is without warmth and her interpretation is colorless...
...last few issues. Several of the sketches are so short that the excuse for their existence should be more than ordinary merit; and in most cases this excuse is wanting. "Salem Skinner's Unlucky Day," "A Latter Day Vendetta," and "Miss Sophy's Doughnuts" are all too vague and colorless to invite much interest or remain long in the memory. "The Sensation of Rickerts" is amusing and well handled, though a bit overdrawn here and there; and "His Dress Suit" is a happy-go-lucky, naturally told incident. As the mistaken identity idea is too threadbare to attract attention...
...Interloper" falls below the standard set by the rest of the number. It is uncertain in movement and conventional and colorless in incident and character-drawing...