Word: cubistic
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Dates: during 1914-1914
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...current number of the Advocate should be dedicated to O. Henry, for the three stories depend on the problem of mistaken identity which he handled so supremely well. Of them, P. R. Mechem's "Burley knows a Cubist" alone is done with any particular skill. The style in description and conversation is light and the characters are cleverly sketched, although the close is distinctly weak. W. D. Crane in "Bully" and L. Wood, Jr., in "Short, Sweet and Bitter" do not succeed so well in following the difficult master. Both attempt what few people can accomplish skilfully in clearing...