Word: cowl
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...whose clothes and accent flap about in a manner broadly British. His real name is Emery Pottle and he attended Amherst College. Later, he was a teacher, wrote short stories. There followed War pages?pages bright for him?and finally peace. His stories did not sell. One day Jane Cowl wondered if he ever had been an actor. No, but he'd try it. And he did?with indifferent success. Presently, Mr. Emery turned his hand to playwriting. Writer of The Hero and Tarnish, actor in other plays, he has finally consolidated. With some regret, it must be stated, neither...
Even the estimable Jane Cowl could not improve the situation. She seemed as prone as the adapter to regard the 'girl with politely scandalized eyes. "Of course she's a bad girl, but we've got to make her as nice as possible," seemed the general slogan. The result was a cautious counterfeit...
There was Frederick Ballard, whose Believe Me, Xantippe! was produced in 1913 by William A. Brady, acted by John Barrymore. Cleves Kincaid wrote Common Clay, Jane Cowl's success in 1915. Mamma's Affair was the work of Rachel Barton Butler. Two years ago there was You and I, by Philip J. Q. Barry. Other craftsmen who learned their trade from Prof. Baker are Eugene O'Neill, Edward Sheldon, Edward Knobloch, David Carb, Jules Eckert Goodman, Kenneth MacGowan (producer) and Lee Simonson (scenic director...
...heyday she played with Warfield, Maurice Barrymore, Rose Coghlan, and many other stars. Later she toured the country for woman suffrage, led a certain Victory Ball with Inez Millholland, (oldest and youngest suffragettes). She died in a narrow room not far from Broadway. Said she: "I was with Jane Cowl-bless her-when she starred in A Grand Army...
...Paul; Col. Lloyd C. Griscom, one-time U. S. Ambassador at Rome; Dr. Joseph Collins, famed neurologist, author: The Doctor Looks at Literature ? (TIME, June 25, 1923) ; James Speyer, "international banker"; H. A. Cunard Cummins, British ex-Chargé des Archives at Mexico City (TIME, June 23) ; Jane Cowl, famed Juliet; Joseph Urban, famed scenic artist; Daniel E. Woodhull, President of the American Banknote Co.; Simon Guggenheim, President of the American Smelting & Refining Co.; Solomon R. Guggenheim, President of the Braden Copper Co.; Henri Bendel, famed milliner...