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While yet "The Mirrors of Downing Street" and "the Glass of Fashion" are being widely discussed as something more worth while than the effervescence of "the Grandmother of the Flapper" or the diaric bombast of Colonel Repington there comes another books from the pen of A Gentleman With a Duster. It may not command such a broad audience solely with religious personality and "the rather ignoble situation of the Church in the affections of men", but an eclectic public will appreciate the earnestness of the man even if it doesn't agree with his views...

Author: By W. P., | Title: THE CRIMSON BOOKSHELF PLAYGOER | 3/31/1922 | See Source »

...chaos of opinion which distrubs the Modern Church is the theme for a series of brilliant, penetrating and able sketches of English Churchmen. The charm of stylistic finesse, literary taste, and epigrammatic terseness can best be appreciated in the books of A Gentleman With a Duster when we compare them with the turgid, club-footed fumbling of the author of the pitiful Mirrors of Washington. There is a difference between a blunderbuss and a Lewis...

Author: By W. P., | Title: THE CRIMSON BOOKSHELF PLAYGOER | 3/31/1922 | See Source »

...continually being worked out. For those interested in financial management of dramatic enterprise, the business division offers practical training. Under this department is included press work and advertising, ticket distribution and other financial arrangements connected with play production. There will be a special meeting for these candidates at Duster 24 tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FALL TRAILS FOR DRAMATIC CLUB | 11/10/1913 | See Source »

Holt, C. H., Duster...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DIREOTORY OF FRESHMEN | 10/4/1909 | See Source »

Upon the occasion of the procession on Monday a curious lack of uniformity was noted in the gowns worn by the members of the faculty. One peculiar garment greatly resembled an alpaca duster minus the sleeves. While some voluminous robes swept the pavement others crept up to an unseemingly shortness. In a word, there seemed to be no clear distinctive mark by which a member of the faculty could be distinguished as such. This subject has been revived at every Class Day for years, and it again provokes comment when the garments so essential to the proper ceremonies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/11/1886 | See Source »

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