Word: drunkard
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...editorial supports the scheme for an essay competition with Yale with a somewhat portentous psychological discussion. There are two stories; the longer, "Edged Tools" by H.L. Rogers, tells with considerable narrative skill the hackneyed tale of a drunkard who recovers his manhood under the influence of a girl and who relapses when she marries another man; the shorter, "Mary Hunters' Chair" by G. P. Davis, cleverly indicates the romance of two middleaged people as perceived by their children. C. G. Hoffman's "Yesterday" is one of those nondescript pieces of prose which seek to describe an atmosphere and a mood...
...music, on the other hand, is exceedingly good. The songs of the second act all go well, especially the "Drunkard's Song" and the "Love Waltz," both of which, by the way, ought to have been better named. In the first act the stenographers' song and that by Alexander and the ushers have much spirit; and the former is accompanied by a lively and well-executed dance. The dance at the beginning of the second act is likewise well done, but contains rather too much posing: a ballet composed of such girls may be spirited, but can hardly be very...
...Better Man" is a serious play in a bowery mission in New York. The leading character is "Easy" Joe, who is a drunkard reformed at the "Bridge Mission." The Governor of the State makes a speech at the Mission, in which he praises brotherly love and help of the unfortunate. Joe claims the Governor as his brother. The latter part of the play is a conflict of the Governor between the dignity of his office and the claim of the drunkard, in which finally the Governor accepts Joe as his brother...