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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...tons), 1,800.00 Operating Expense, of Electric Light Plant, 2,600.00 Wages of Engineer and Firemen, 2,600.00 Insurance, 600.00 Wages of Treasurer, Clerks and Bookkeeper, Doormen and Bellboys, Janitor, etc., 12,000.00 (The expenses of this item at the Houston Club, where we can be reasonably sure all due economy is practiced, are almost $8,000.00. The Harvard Union must be more than fifty per cent larger than Houston Hall, and ought to have much more than fifty per cent more members.) Miscellaneous (including ground rent and taxes...
...Theatre Libre, Gaiete Montparnasse and Menus Plaisirs. For the fifteen years in which these theatres have been in vogue many popu ar plays have been represented there, such as "L'Evasion," by Alexander Villiers; "Le Pain du Peche," by T. Aubanel; "Rolande," by J de Gramont; "Le Mort du Due d'Enghien," by Leon Hennique; "Tante Leontine," by Boniface and Rodin; "Le Maitre," by Jean Jullien. Plays by Ibsen and other foreign writers are also sometimes represented...
...Courteline. Of these, Courteline seems to have the most talent. He is a writer of considerable power, with a copious and spontaneous wit. The military officer is one of his stock characters, but he has not the tact, according to M. Deschamps, to treat him with the dignity due him as the protector of his country. "Les Gaietes de l'Escadron" is an excellent parody -- albeit full of philosophy--on the less attractive sides of military life. "Le Train de 8:47," "Boubonroche," and other similar works, belong to the same category and show the same keen appreciation of humannature...
...name, with the amount due, of any member whose account remains unpaid ten days after receiving notice from the Treasurer, shall be posted; and a week later he shall be deprived of the use of the Union unless his account has been paid, but if he fails to pay within three weeks more, he shall cease to be a member of the Union...
...Deschamps, though unwilling to go to the limits of Hervieu's daring conclusions, yet on essential points and in general theory agrees with him. He believes that to Hervieu is due unstinted praise for the sincerity, the eloquences and the talent with which he has defended the love marriage against the "mariage de convenance" and the "mariage de raison," so often opposed to the invincible instinct of love...