Word: contrivedness
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Contrived for the Poncas - that's where the shoe hurts -
A plan so well contrived and followed up,
BOSTON THEATRE. The play "Drink" is so contrived that it keeps out the objectionable features of "L'Assommoir," which make it unfit for representation, and loses the dramatic and realistic merits of the novel. The chief feature of the play is the delirium tremens scene, which is as repulsive as...
This tasty little volume consists of seven short stories. They are not likely to keep one awake nights with excitement, but are, nevertheless, very entertaining, being (for the most part) quiet rural tales, written in an easy, "chatty" fashion, the pages of which contain many a charming glimpse of home...
LAST Friday was such a day as the Class of '79 deserved to have for their Class Day. At 9.30 the class assembled in front of Holworthy, and marched to the Chapel, where prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. Peabody. At about 11.30 the exercises in Sanders Theatre began. After...