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...upon undeniably commonplace subjects. Thereafter the action becomes more brisk, and the melodramatic blah-blah, if not absent, is at least inconspicuous. The appearance of Miss Annette Margules as Tondeleyo, the white man's alternative, revives the waning interest of the audience no less than it does the lonely Englishmen. She shares with Mr. Gordon the acting honors of the evening...

Author: By R. S. F., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 1/24/1925 | See Source »

...White Cargo" at the Selwyn. Earl Carroll presents Leon Gordon in his own play, the tropical drama of Englishmen rotting in an African jungle, which created such a stir in New York last year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Seven Plays to Open in Boston January 19 | 1/14/1925 | See Source »

Last week, Englishmen grumbled over their chops, muttered into their ale. What the devil business had the press taking a holiday when something important was happening? Out in Sydney, N. S. W., England and Australia had been playing off "The Ashes" (international cricket championship) for seven days*; and now, just when the final score was due, the newspapermen were chucking it all and going home to undo presents and bounce the baby. Outrageous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Championship | 1/5/1925 | See Source »

Meanwhile, the students had fled from the scene of their crime, pursued ineffectually by two Englishmen mounted on motor cycles. An unexploded Mills bomb was later found on the spot where the car had stopped? a spot where two years previously two Englishmen were similarly murdered. Several suspects were later arrested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Shots and Repercussions | 12/1/1924 | See Source »

...victory for the rights of individuals over the rights of the State. Disraeli put it more clearly when he attacked the Liberals: "I prefer the liberty we now enjoy to the Liberalism they promise, and find something better than the rights of men in the rights of Englishmen."The Conservatives have made it: "We prefer the liberty we now enjoy to the Socialism they promise, and find something better than the rights of the State in the rights of Englishmen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British Commonwealth of Nations: Election Results | 11/10/1924 | See Source »

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