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Owing to strict governmental economy and to the reduction of naval armaments the Arkansas is the only cruiser which will be available for much work this summer...
...been very fortunate in securing again the services of Mr. Edward P. Goodnow '17, who directed its production of A. A. Milne's "Success" last year. Mr. Goodnow has given this difficult play his usual sympathetic and capable direction. The scenes staged on "the forebridge of a British light cruiser," which constitute Act II, must in prospect have been disheartening. The result is as realistic and tense an act as the amateur theatre in these parts has been privileged to see in many moons...
...friendship of two young officers, Sub-Lieutenant Westley of the British Navy, and Karl von Malheim, holding a similar post in the German navy, carries the story-thread from a night club in Kiel shortly before the war to the bridge of a British cruiser in the Battle of Jutland, and thence to the post-war office of a steel magnate. Inheriting their respective fathers' businesses, these two represent the curious and tense struggle between the cooperation of systematically-conducted navies and the individualistic philosophy of modern business. In the last act the two forces come to grips...
...graphic scene on the forebridge of a light cruiser during a night engagement is however, one of the most interesting aspects of "B. J. One," As the war in "Journey's End" was fought in terms of a front-line dug-out, so here we see the sounds, confusion and terrible effects of battle on the high seas. By the use of intricate lighting and other unusual devices an expert dramatist attempts to depict life among perhaps the most starting conditions the machine age has yet evoked. "B. J. One" will lay heavy and thrilling demands upon not only...
...same day Alfonso XIII landed from his cruiser at Marseilles, took the train to rejoin his family. Reporters hopped aboard at every stop but were firmly excluded from the Royal compartment. In the diner one newshawk peeped into the Royal casserole, reported that Alfonso was lunching off a truffled pigeon...