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Metropolitan Opera Auditions (Sun. 4:30 p.m., ABC). Soloists: Soprano Elizabeth Farquhar, Mezzo-Soprano Jane Hobson...
...Farquhar Co., Ltd. (farm implements and hydraulic presses) was occupied with powder grinders and mixers for munitions plants...
Hence when Monimia returned with her players in the winter of 1736, Charles Town had the brand new Dock Street Theatre waiting for her, first theatre building in America. The play she chose to open it was George Farquhar's bawdy Recruiting Officer, which fine-limbed ladies of the frank 18th Century theatre liked to play because it clothed them part of the time in the tight breeches of English soldiery...
...Operator Farquhar J. Southbound at Portage and Main at 1:10. Two men (drunk) sitting about centre of car felt sick, and before getting off vomited on floor near window. Liquid trickled through panel on floor causing a short circuit. . . . Spark from short circuit caused the alcohol to explode and the flame shot upwards and singed the eyebrows of Mr. W. Alsip, 216 Stafford. . . . Mr. Alsip said he was all right...
...George Farquhar's racy comedy of the seventeenth century, "The Recruiting Officer," was successfully given by the House Dramatic Club last night. The play was in complete contrast is the insipid respectability of the club's Christmas presentation, "The Sleeping Car," and marks an era of new enthusiasm since the organization cast off faculty shackles...