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...continued, like the uproar that might herald the approach of some terrible invasion, they left their beds and crept to the head of the stairs. Below them, they saw a Roman scene. A lady somewhat their senior, in a nightgown, indiscreet and hilarious, bade them come down to a feast which she had made ready...
...author, which both these companies employ, has grown immensely in favor during recent years. Perhaps its most conspicuous devotee is the Theatre Guild of New York, with a long record of successful revivals, and presentations of important new plays. But while New York lias sat at a feast of dramatic good things, Boston has had lean fare. The Repertory Theater here is but a shade of what it might have been. Henry Jewett's company struggled valiantly but some spark of public interest or box office magnetism was lacking, and so Boston's theaters must depend consistently on what...
Thus, Temugin settles down to a new life. And greatly does he relish the pleasure of hunt and feast and woman. For the sake of variety he conducts an occasional military expedition, and Ung is so well satisfied with his ward's masterly strategy that he gives him his daughter as second wife. At this point, Temugin orders a census of his family. A eunuch (fad newly imported from Turkey) reviews 18 years of hearty domesticity, reports 84 women including the two wives, 178 children, of whom 65 have died, leaving a net increment...
...generosity. To their own and many another person's great surprise they had passed a Flood Control bill; passed it so suddenly that they had had to make their speeches on it after voting instead of before; passed it 70 to 0, moreover, so that only a "love feast" attended the event, without partisanship...
Later in the week, there were varying comments on this feast of fake fatalities and free-for-all ballyhoo. Some criticised the apparent foolishness of the press. Others gave great praise to Press-agent Irving Strouse. They said: "Certain flowers have a brief but repetitive bloom; likewise a fashion, a joke, a publicity stunt. Press-agent Strouse was clever in that he accurately gauged the precise degree of reportorial gullibility; newshawks are perhaps to be excused for supposing that no one would dare attempt so blatant a hoax in the hope of practicing a deception. Press-agent Strouse indubitably...