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...comparison of the American and English stages," he continued, "shows that we have much in common. The Americans excel above all in character acting. The two great successes in London in the past year have been Lucille Laverne in Sunup," and John Barrymore in the Shakespeare plays. On the other hand, the success of an English actor seems to lie in his ability to portray the everyday man as he is. Cyril Maude, for instance is praised for his acting as Cyril Maude, and not for any particular part he takes...
...Owen did not write of football saws he wrote of the majority of players, which is quite a different matter. Undoubtedly the majority of stars, those who excel, who can beat their fellows at the game, enjoy it; but that involves the personal factor what is known as 'individual psychology'. Stars are in a class by themselves. It is whether the majority enjoy the game that is the important point...
...Shevlin says that boyhood ambition to excel in athletics was formerly the incentive that led athletes to take up boxing. While these men were young they boxed in the local gymnasium in a keen but friendly manner which developed that instructive knack of ring generalship that is so necessary in the making of a champion. This type of boxer was the product of the city neighborhood athletic club...
...statistics cited are possibly accurate, but entirely too much reliance may be placed on their supposed significance. The classics are avowedly difficult. By that very token the students who eject them are more likely to be men of the scholarly type, men who would naturally excel in any field of scholastic endeavor. Once this is admitted a certain stigma of futility attaches itself to the statistics of the League. The organization might employ its time to better advantage in showing the value of the ancient authors to modern thought, the message which the mellowed wisdom of the ages...
Mario Chamlee tells a diverting story about his first performance as the Duke in Rigoletto at the Metropolitan Opera House, Manhattan. The baritone role was sung by De Luca. Now, De Luca is a very merry person, as are many who excel in tragic parts. His round, snub-nosed face was made for mirth, especially its wide, thin-lipped mouth, which even in repose is curved like a jocose crescent. When De Luca sings, he grimaces in such a way that his mouth carries the leer of a laughing satyr...