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...from Blankley's (Warner). By the same mental process which makes even the feeblest joke sound funny when whispered in church, the sight of a tragedian and screen romanticist as eminent as John Barrymore trying, at a dinner party, to cut a rubber squab which squirts out gravy and squeaks, is more hilarious than the same scene would be if a recognized clowner were playing it. But there are other reasons why The Man from Blankley's is unusual comedy. Its plot concerns an inebriated lord who, due to his condition and the heavy fog, arrives...
Miss Beringer was the feeblest and most timid of the old ladies. In her loneliness, she caught at the brave cheerfulness of Mrs. Amorest for solace and protection. Years ago, Miss Beringer had had six months of perfect happiness. That was the period of her friendship with Jane, the greatest and loveliest thing in her life. All that remained to her of Jane now was a piece of red amber?a gift which she cherished above all else in the world...
Heywood Broun: "Far and away the, feeblest of the current revues" Percy Hammond: "Not the most magnificent of the current revues but the funniest...
...written for the world's fair of 1915, and, existing only in manuscript, has been given heretofore nowhere else than in California. Presumably the Native Sons think highly of this music written in glorification of their state. The Bostonese, however, saluted Hail California as bad music. "The feeblest and least inspired piece of music written at full maturity by any modern composer of distinction...
...program for limiting naval armaments had been presented by the strongest nation concerned in the question, the sure winner of the race. In contrast, the program for the discussion of the affairs of the Far East was presented by the feeblest of nations, the one which in the contest for the markets of the East has been uniformly the victim. In the one case the winner suggested a plan for ending the race. In the other case the victim expressed her hopes for a change in the spirit and methods of the contest...