Word: familiarity
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Esperanto, two-masted schooner, outward bound from Gloucester to Halifax, has aroused the interest of all who are familiar with the traditions and character of American seamanship. For that same schooner, an American vessel with an American crew, is to race the challenger from Canada for the supremacy of North Atlantic waters. No butterfly drifting contest, this, but a real battle, regardless of weather conditions, and fought out by men of the old clipper-ship stock--men who are best able to uphold our fame and reputation...
...have added a new drama to their already long repertory. This time they are producing George Paston's "Nobody's Daughter" at the Copley Theatre, for what is practically its initial introduction to American audiences. George Paston, whose real name, by the way, is Emily Morse Symonds, has become familiar to Boston theatre-goers through "Clothes and the Woman" which was presented at the Copley Theatre a year ago last August...
...cheer when he is having difficulty in breathing; and who is going to be ready to repeat the experience? A stranger, watching the hopeless overcrowding at the Union Tuesday evening would certainly ask. "Why don't they hold such meetings in a hall of adequate size?" And those familiar with Harvard would have to answer, "We have no hall of adequate size, or even any approaching adequate size; in fact, the Union is the best accommodation we have for this sort of thing...
Irving Berlin has written two exceedingly catchy tunes, which have preceded the show to Boston by some time. "Girls of My Dreams" and "Tell Me, Little Gypsy", are familiar enough, and receive a large portion of the applause. Victor Herbert has added "The Love Boat," while Art Hickman's "Hold Me" is the only other song of consequence. One novelty that was introduced consists of a brilliant theatre audience facing the real spectators, in which the actions of an orchestra crowd during the intermission are travestied
...Cards will be sent out to entrants stating the name of their opponent and hour of match. All men who have entered must see that a manager has their name and address correctly, otherwise it will be impossible to arrange for them to play. Contestants should also make themselves familiar with the rules and regulations concerning the tournament...